Its not a zero-sum game, she said.

Youre so focused on fighting your own that you become distracted from the people doing the oppressing.

I think that is the burden of representation, right?, she added.

Charithra Chandran as Edwina Sharma in Bridgerton

Charithra Chandran as Edwina Sharma in BridgertonLiam Daniel/Netflix

Its so scarce that youre expected to represent everybody in your community as opposed to just being an individual.

For Chandran, her first time in a lead role was a crucial moment in her career.

Even the fact that Shankari and I share the same surname, it was meant to be.

Nicola Coughlan at this week’s Canneseries

Charithra Chandran on the opening night of ‘Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon’Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/Getty Images