Jessica Madsen

Jessica Madsen is a British actress who came out publicly on Instagram in June 2024 with a post that read: "In love with a woman, loud about it, and proud about it!" — a year after a 2023 Pride Month post in which she wrote "Bisexuals are not 'confused'" and "bi af." The announcements were received with widespread celebration by castmates and fans, many of whom knew her from Bridgerton (2020), where she has played the sharp-tongued, socially ambitious Cressida Cowper across all three seasons — a role whose arc deepened considerably in the third season, revealing unexpected vulnerability. Madsen's directness in publicly claiming both a bisexual identity and, later, a same-sex relationship was widely praised as a joyful act of visibility. Her other screen credits include Clique (2017) and various British television productions.