Simone Ashley is the new diamond of the season.
After recently confirming her breakup from Constantin “Tino” Klein, the Bridgerton actress is embracing the single life.
Simone told People in an interview published March 5 that she’s defining her “single era as a time that I don’t wanna waste away.”
The 29-year-old continued, “It’s about self-growth, and I am looking for someone who is so confident in themselves and is really ready to have an open heart in the same way I do. And I think that’s hard to find.”
She noted that she’s “not in a rush,” sharing, “I want to take my time to find the right person for me and to work on myself—to grow, and to focus on my work.”
“I’ve got such an incredible year ahead and I’m up to such exciting things,” she explained. “And I have the most amazing family and friends around me. So I’m working on my heart and on myself and on my confidence.”
Simone did joke about the irony of starring in a rom-com—her new movie Picture This—while going through a breakup earlier this year.
“It’s kind of ironic I’m promoting a rom-com,” Simone said on the Feb. 28 episode of BBC’s Woman’s Hour podcast, “and as of January this year, I’ve been entering my single era.”
While Simone is unattached, her Bridgerton character Kate Sharma’s relationship with love interest Anthony Bridgerton, played by Wicked‘s Jonathan Bailey, will continue into season four. And that’s a connection Simone feels confident in.
“Johnny was an amazing co-partner to work with,” she said in a 2022 interview with People. “We always had each other’s backs and made sure that each other—as much as we were doing our own work and we were on our own journeys—we would always check in with one another and make sure that they were okay.”
For the love lives of more Bridgerton stars, read on.
Nicola Coughlan
While Nicola’s Penelope Featherington found love with Luke Newton‘s Colin Bridgerton on season three, Nicola herself has sparked romance rumors with Renegade Nell alum Jake Dunn.
Sam Phillips and Bessie Carter
Lord Debling and Prudence Dankworth (née Featherington) may not factor into each other’s love lives on the show, but the actors have made a real-life match.
And it appears that Carter’s mum Imelda Staunton approves.
Phoebe Dynevor
Daphne Bridgerton swapped vows with Regé-Jean Page‘s Simon Basset, and now the Bridgerton alum plans to take her own stroll down the aisle.
Dynevor flashed her engagement ring from producer Cameron Fuller at the 2024 Met Gala.
Regé-Jean Page
The erstwhile Duke of Hastings, Page having left the show after season one, keeps his personal cards close to his vest off-camera, but has looked awfully happy in copywriter Emily Brown‘s company since 2021.
Jonathan Bailey
Like Anthony, 9th Viscount Bridgerton, the English actor prefers to stay mum on romantic affairs.
But he told TheStandard in December 2023 that he was in a not-secret-but-private relationship with a “lovely man.”
“Having a private life is, for me, completely critical,” the Fellow Travelers star said. “I don’t know if I would be able to be as confident to speak out on other things if I felt that my whole life was up for grabs.”
Simone Ashley
The Sex Education star, who fit the Vicountess bill for Anthony upon arrival from India, confirmed she was in a relationship with Tino Klein with a March 2023 Instagram post. But in February 2025, the actress shared she had entered her “single era” in an interview on BBC’s Woman Hour podcast, revealing the split occured one month prior.
Luke Thompson
Benedict Bridgerton seemingly just wants to be free to do his thing, as an artist and in the bedroom. Though maybe he’s developing some feelings…
And Thompson, who’s not one to share what he’s up in real life, was totally onboard with his character’s journey, wherever it took him.
“It’s lovely to explore,” he told Deadline ahead of the season three finale, “but also putting down some roots and choosing something or someone also has huge value and excitement.”
Luke Newton
Newton dated actress Jade Louise Davies—her sister Amber Davies won Love Island U.K. in 2017 with then-boyfriend Kem Cetinay—for several years.
But he was snapped following Bridgerton‘s June 2024 midseason premiere in London hand-in-hand with dancer Antonia Roumelioti.
Of course, most fans are just disappointed that Colin Bridgerton and Penelope aren’t together in real life.
“We think it’s really sweet,” Coughlan told Extra of the off-camera shipping that goes on for them. “I think because we truly love each other.”
Charithra Chandran
The actress who plays Kate’s sparkling sister Edwina Sharma may be single at the moment, but she sent hearts soaring with the release of her 2024 rom-com How to Date Billy Walsh, costarring her longtime friend Sebastian Croft.
Claudia Jessie
It turns out the actress destined to play Eloise Bridgerton ended up falling for the non-actor she auditioned with, casting editor Cole Edwards.
“I got a job and a fella on the same day,” Jessie told The Guardian in April 2024. “It was a great day for me, wasn’t it?”
