Cork star Fiona Shaw joins Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice remake

Plus the first look at the Bennet sisters with their mother.
Cork star Fiona Shaw joins Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice remake

Fiona Shaw joins Netflix's Pride and Prejudice. Picture: Matt Crossick/PA Wire

Netflix has cast two Irish actors as Lady Catherine and Mr Bingley in its upcoming adaptation of Jane Austen's  Pride and Prejudice, as it reveals the first look at the Bennet sisters with their mother.

Fiona Shaw joins the cast as the formidable Lady Catherine de Bourg, aunt to Mr Darcy and patroness of Mr Collins. She will be joined by her Bad Sisters co-star Daryl McCormack as Mr Darcy’s close friend Mr Bingley.

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