Bridget

Bridget is a maid in the van Rhijn household, part of the unseen machinery that keeps old New York's parlors running. She moves through the story at the edges of her employers' dramas, dutiful and watchful, absorbing the tensions of a house caught between tradition and the encroaching new money next door.

The Gilded Age is fascinated by the labor beneath its silk and manners, and Bridget is one of the quiet reminders that every rustling gown has someone behind it. Taylor Richardson gives her a steady, observant presence, the kind of servant whose face tells you she notices everything her employers assume she doesn't.