Bridgerton Season 4 Confirmed for 2026, Sophie Baek Joins Cast

Netflix confirmed on Tuesday that Bridgerton will return for a fourth season in 2026 and released the show’s first official poster, spotlighting Yerin Ha as Sophie Baek and teasing a central masquerade that will set the season’s romance in motion. The streaming service accompanied the image with a Lady Whistledown–style caption that read, “A masquerade is like no other event. Prepare yourselves, for anything can happen. Bridgerton Season 4 shall debut in 2026.”

The poster shows Sophie in a silver gown holding a mask, a visual hint of the masquerade ball where Benedict Bridgerton, played by Luke Thompson, first encounters the mysterious Lady in Silver. Promotional material and early synopses indicate the season will follow Benedict’s search for a more permanent love, as his chance meeting with Sophie, disguised at Violet Bridgerton’s masked event, propels a new courtship that will unfold over the season. Sophie is described as a clever maid with a difficult past who conceals her identity at the ball.

Producers have set the season at eight episodes and say the storyline draws on Julia Quinn’s novel An Offer from a Gentleman, which serves as the primary inspiration for Benedict and...