Golda Rosheuvel (born 2 May 1970) is a British actress and singer. She is known for her theatre work and a number of on-screen roles, most prominently for the portrayal of Queen Charlotte in Netflix regency romance drama series, Bridgerton and its prequel, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.

Rosheuvel was born in Guyana to a Guyanese Angelican priest, Siegfrried Rosheuvel, and an English mother, Judith Evans.^[1] She moved consistantly around Guyana due to her father's mission work, often staying with indigenous tribes.^[2] When she was five, her family moved in with her mother's brother in England before eventually settling in Hertfordshire, England.^[3][4] She has a brother.^[5]

Rosheuvel spent her teen years doing athletics with intent to be a professional athlete. She did the 100m sprint, javelin, and the long-jump. However when she suffered an ankle injury, she turned her focus to theatre.^[2]

She studied for a diploma in performance at East Herts College, before going on to study musical theatre at the London Studio Centre.^[2]

Roshevel's first professional theatre credit was portraying Donna on a nine-month European tour of Hair, while she was still in college.^[6]

Rosheuvel's stage credits include Porgy and Bess, Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, Romeo and Juliet, Angels in America, Bad Girls: The Musical, and Jesus Christ Superstar.^[7] In 2018, Rosheuvel played a lesbian version of Othello in Othello.^[8][3][9] On television, she made her debut appearing in 2001 production of Jesus Christ Superstar aired as a part of Great Performances. She later made guest appearances on television series such as Casualty, The Bill, Torchwood, Luther, Coronation Street and Silent Witness. She had a supporting part in the 2016 period drama film Lady Macbeth.

In 2019, Rosheuvel was cast as Queen Charlotte in the Netflix period drama Bridgerton produced by Shonda Rhimes.^[10] The series premiered on 25 December 2020 with positive reviews from critics.^[11][12] As a cast member, Rosheuvel received Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2021.^[13] In 2023, Rosheuvel reprised her role in its prequel series, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.^[14][15]

Rosheuvel later was cast in the romantic comedy film This Time Next Year,^[16] and the horror film Somewhere in Dreamland alongside Whitney Peak and S. Epatha Merkerson.^[17]

In March 2024, it was announced that Rosheuvel would appear in the upcoming Doctor Who episode "Space Babies" as Jocelyn.^[18]

Her partner is writer Shireen Mula.^[9] She is Patron of An Tobar and Mull Theatre, a multi art-form creative hub on the Hebridean island of Mull.^[19]