The Crown Season 5 Cast – Ages, Partners, Characters

The Crown Season 5 is almost upon us, yes, it was recently announced that the upcoming season will premiere in late 2022, and we are looking forward to welcoming it! We think there are lots of things to talk about The Crown Season 5 cast, as the majority of the cast members will change due to the time period it will be set in. Do you have any idea who will take over for whom? Who will play the Queen in the new cast of Netflix’s historical drama? Who will be the new faces in the upcoming season?  Keep scrolling to learn more about The Crown Season 5 cast!

The Crown Season 5 Cast

Imelda Staunton

Imelda Staunton as the Queen

Imelda Staunton is a 66-year-old English actress. She is best known for her performances in films such as Vera Drake, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, and Downtown Abbey. Also, Staunton appeared as Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. She will join The Crown Season 5 cast as Queen Elizabeth, portraying the older years of the Queen. Staunton will be the 3rd actress in the series playing the role of the Queen, following Olivia Colman and Claire Foy. She has been married to actor Jim Carter since 1983, the couple has a daughter.

Khalid Abdalla

Khalid Abdalla as Dodi Fayed

Khalid Abdalla is a 41-year-old Egyptian actor who comes from Egyptian heritage. He rose to prominence with his role as Amir in the 2007 film The Kite Runner. Abdalla also starred in films such as United 93, The Square, and Green Zone with Matt Damon. Abdalla will join the cast of The Crown Season 5 as Dodi Fayed, the Egyptian film producer and the romantic interest of Princess Diana. Abdalla is married to Cressida Trew.

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Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip

Jonathan Pryce is an English actor who is 75 years old. His most well-known films include Tomorrow Never Dies, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, and The Wife. He recently starred in the 2019 film The Two Popes. Pryce has also appeared in a number of television shows. In Season 6 of Game of Thrones, for example, he played High Sparrow. In The Crown Season 5, Pryce will take over as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, from Matt Smith, who played the role previously. Pryce married Irish actress Kate Fahy in 2015, with whom he has been in a relationship for a long time.

Lesley Manville

Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret

The outstanding actress Lesley Manville is 66 years old. Manville collaborated with well-known English director Mike Leigh on a number of films, including Mr. Turner, High Hopes, and All or Nothing. Maleficent, Another Year, and Phantom Thread are just a few of the well-known films in which she appeared. Lesley also starred alongside Imelda Staunton in Vera Drake. She received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the British Academy Film Awards.

Recently, Manville starred as Lydia Quigley in the British historical drama Harlots. She will take over the role of Princess Margaret from Helena Bonham Carter in The Crown Season 5. Manville had been married to Gary Oldman between 1987 and 1990. She then married Joe Dixon in 2000. The couple divorced in 2004. Manville is reported as currently single.

Elizabeth Debicki

Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana

Elizabeth Debicki is a mixed-race actress who is half-Polish and half-Australian. She is 32 years old. In 2011, she made her feature film debut in A Few Best Men. Her most well-known roles are in the films The Great Gatsby, Widows, and Tenet, the most recent film by Christopher Nolan. Her portrayal of Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby won her an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She will join The Crown Season 5 cast as Princess Diana.  Debicki is maintaining a low-profile personal life. According to reports, though, she is not dating anyone now.

Dominic West

Dominic West as Prince Charles

52-year-old acclaimed English actor Dominic West is most recognized for his roles as Detective Jimmy McNulty in The Wire and as Noah Solloway in The Affair. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and won a Satellite Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Affair. In 2019, he also produced Les Miserables, a six-episode television miniseries. He will join The Crown Season 5 cast as Prince Charles. Dominic West has been married to Catherine FitzGerald since 2010, with whom he has four children.

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