EMILY GOES ITALIAN! Netflix just dropped the bomb — Emily in Paris Season 5 premieres Dec 18!
This time, she’s leaving Paris for Rome and Venice, where love, chaos, and couture collide. 💄💔
🔥 New city. New lovers. New drama. Same Emily.
Grab your passport: Emily Cooper’s Italian adventures are coming to Netflix Dec. 18 with Season 5 of Emily in Paris. “This season is a tale of two cities: Rome and Paris,” creator Darren Star says. “Straddling both, Emily takes love and life to the next level.” Reunite with the marketing maven in the brand-new teaser for Emily in Paris Season 5 above.
Rome’s not the only new city Emily is exploring: See her cruising through Venice in first-look photos below. “From Parisian rooftops to Roman ruins, we can’t wait to share where Emily’s next chapter takes us,” Star says about the next installment of the series. Keep reading to check out Emily living la dolce vita.
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Who is in the cast of Emily in Paris Season 5?
Lily Collins as Emily Cooper
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Sylvie Grateau
Ashley Park as Mindy Chen
Lucas Bravo as Gabriel
Samuel Arnold as Julien
Bruno Gouery as Luc
William Abadie as Antoine Lambert
Lucien Laviscount as Alfie
Eugenio Franceschini as Marcello
Thalia Besson as Genevieve
Paul Forman as Nico
Arnaud Binard as Laurent G.
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Also signing on for Emily’s Roman holiday are Bryan Greenberg (Junction, Suits LA, How to Make It in America) as Jake, an American living in Paris. Michèle Laroque (Brillantissime) plays Yvette, an old friend of Emily’s boss, Sylvie. Academy Award–nominated actor Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting, Will & Grace) plays Princess Jane, a friend of Sylvie’s who married into a royal family.
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Wait, so Emily’s in Rome now?
Season 4 of the series saw the expat spark a romance with a handsome Italian fashion scion and then move into an Italian apartment to open a Rome office for Agence Grateau. But the locale twist doesn’t mean the name of the show is changing. “Emily’s going to have a presence in Rome,” says Star. “It doesn’t mean she’s not going to be in Paris.”
Sending Emily to Italy to open up a new office was born out of the series creator’s desire to “stay ahead of the audience and take them to unexpected places,” and prove “the show has the ability to have a bigger footprint.”
Emily in Paris Season 4 ranked No. 1 on the Netflix Global Top 10 when it premiered in August. It had 19.9 million views in its first four days, reaching the Top 10 in 93 countries, and has remained on the list for four consecutive weeks since.
In Season 5, Collins was particularly excited to explore what happens between her character and Marcello (Franceschini). “Marcello is a whole other adventure that we want for Emily, because we ultimately want Emily to be able to have a better work-life balance,” the actor says. “We want to have Emily be able to smile without condition. We want to see her beyond her vacay mode. And he comes at that perfect time.”
Star, too, is eager to explore their relationship, adding, “I feel like they have a real spark and a real connection and a real romantic connection. A lot of that’s going to continue to play out next season.”
Of course, Emily’s neighbor and on-again, off-again boyfriend Gabriel (Bravo) has an epiphany in the final moments of Season 4, realizing that he wants to be with Emily after all. Communication troubles might have gotten in the way of a real relationship before, with Gabriel ending things between them, and now he’s ready to fight to be with her. But is he too late? “Unfortunately,” says Collins, “Gabriel has to deal with the repercussions of his choice.”
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When is Season 5 of Emily in Paris released?
Can Emily move on, or will she move back to the City of Lights? Jet to Netflix on Dec. 18 to find out! In the meantime, watch the teaser above and bookmark this page to stay in the know about all things Emily in Paris Season 5.
