From Bridgerton to the horrors of war

Actress Adjoa's quest to help others

- JANINE YAQOOB

AS Bridgerton's Lady Danbury, she is one of the most powerful and privileged women in London.

But in real-life, actress Adjoa Andoh is determined to use her TV stardom to help those less fortunate.

She recently visited Poland with the International Rescue Committee to meet Ukrainian women displaced by the war with Russia - and Adjoa, who is an ambassador for the IRC, was left in tears by their devastating stories.

She says: "We sat and cried together.

"The sort of mad schizophrenia of doing the Bridgerton junket in Warsaw and everybody being zhuzhed up and fabulous to then, a day later, sitting with women who have run away with a suitcase and a bag of nappies is a stark contrast.