The full story of Katherine Ryan's Netflix show "The Duchess"
If you clicked on this article in search of a sexy show about Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (opens in new tab) that would rival the tea spilled (on English Breakfast) in The Crown, this is not it. Instead, Netflix's latest series, "The Duchess," featuring a different Catherine, namely Catherine Ryan, is proving to be, as the Brits say, a ho-hum good time. What to know about season one of Netflix's rom-com "The Duchess" Here's what you need to know (opens in a new tab).
The six episodes follow Catherine, a melodramatic single mother living in London with an over-the-top sense of style, a unique relationship with her daughter Olive, and a deep fear of commitment. Catherine debates having a second child with her ex-boyfriend, a fallen boy band member. The only problem is that Catherine can't stand her ex, causing an awkward conflict. Gilmore Girls meets Fleabag.
The show stars Canadian actress and comedian Katherine Ryan, who also wrote the series and served as one of its executive producers. She is better known across the pond for hosting panels and comedy shows in the UK, including Comedy Central UK's Roast Battle and Your Face or Mine with Jimmy Carr.
The comedian already has two live stand-up specials on Netflix, "Katherine Ryan: In Trouble" (2017) and "Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room" (2019), so before the shows premiere, her irreverent sense of humor.
The show is loosely based on Ryan's own life, she previously confirmed to RadioTimes.com (opens in new tab)." I think Duchess is super true to my character and to my stage persona because it's a bad person but a good mother, a destructive mother. She is fashionable, loves being a mother and isn't sad about it. The rest is fiction, but I'm really lucky because my heightened version lets me write as true as I want it to be. It'll be fun (opens in new tab)
"Dutchess" (opens in new tab) also stars Steen Raskopoulos as Catherine's devoted boyfriend, Laurie Keenan as her ex-boyfriend, Michelle de Swart as her straight-talking best friend, Katherine Kate Brine as Catherine's precocious daughter.
The show will begin streaming on Friday, September 11. Watch the trailer
No, it's not about Meghan Markle. But there is always hope that the Duchess of Sussex might make a cameo (open in new tab) in the yet-to-be-confirmed Season 2.
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