Minnie Driver has been cast in the fifth season of Netflix's 'Emily in Paris', Variety has learned exclusively. The actress will play Princess Jane, described as 'a friend of Sylvie's who married into a royal family'.
Driver is best known for her Oscar-nominated role in 'Good Will Hunting' and has appeared in films such as 'Owning Mahowny', 'The Phantom of the Opera' (2004), and the 2021 live-action 'Cinderella'. On television, she has starred in 'The Riches', 'Speechless', and Netflix's 'The Witcher: Blood Origin'.
Season 5 was announced in September 2024, with production beginning earlier in May in Rome. Lily Collins returns as Emily, alongside Lucas Bravo, Lucien Laviscount, Eugenio Franceschini, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Samuel Arnold, Bruno Gouery, William Abadie, and Ashley Park.
Plot details remain under wraps, but the season picks up days after Season 4 ends, as Emily settles into her Rome apartment to run Agence Grateau's Italian office. The series is created by Darren Star and executive produced by Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns, Andrew Fleming, Stephen Brown, Alison Brown, Robin Schiff, Grant Sloss, and Joe Murphy.
