Golda Rosheuvel is known globally as steely Queen Charlotte on Netflix s Bridgerton , but she said shed be willing to turn her back on fame if it meant she couldnt live as her true self.

Appearing on the Just for Variety podcast last week, the actor recalled her experience working with an unidentified lesbian director who urged her to keep quiet about her sexuality if she wanted to succeed in Hollywood.

We were talking about being out and proud and representation and whether I should say I was gay in interviews, and it was an absolute no, Rosheuvel said. I would rather lose a job than not be true to who I am. Id rather not work in an industry that doesnt accept me. It just wasnt how I was raised.

Rosheuvel, who has been in a relationship with playwright Shireen Mula for nearly a decade, said she was really confused by the directors remarks.

My sexuality is really important to me, in terms of existing, in terms of being around the campfire and knowing that Im important, she said. Im as important as anyone on the planet.