Image Credit: ZOE MCCONNELL/NETFLIX Season 5 of Bridgerton is all about the girls. For the first time in the Netflix series' history, the storyline will focus on the budding love between two female leads, Francesca (Hannah Dodd) and Michaela (Masali Baduza), and the actresses are over the moon excited now that production is underway! According to an official description from Netflix, the fifth season of Bridgerton "spotlights introverted middle daughter Francesca. Two years after losing her beloved husband John, Francesca decides to reenter the marriage mart for practical reasons.