Who is Shireen Mula? Meet Golda Rosheuvel's partner

Who is Shireen Mula? Meet Golda Rosheuvel's partner

Golda Rosheuvel is an on-screen star and singer, who gained notoriety for her portrayal of Queen Charlotte in the Netflix series Bridgerton. Her long-term relationship with Shireen Mula has grabbed the attention of their fans. So, who is Shireen Mula? She is an Irish playwright and theatre-maker who has worked with various theatres. Read more about her here.

Golda Rosheuvel and Shireen Mula wearing short hair
Golda Rosheuvel (L) and Shireen Mula (R) are supportive of each other's careers. Photo: @goldarosheuvel, @TheCityCeleb (modified by author)
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Key Takeaways

  • Golda Rosheuvel and Shireen Mula have been together for over a decade.
  • Rosheuvel often promotes and compliments Mula’s work on social media.
  • When they are not working, Rosheuvel and Mula make time to travel the world together.

Shireen Mula’s profile summary

Full nameShireen Mula
NicknameShireen
GenderFemale
Date of birth11 December 1970
Age54 years old (as of June 2025)
Zodiac signSagittarius
BirthplaceGalway, Ireland
Current residenceLondon, England, UK
NationalityIrish
EthnicityMixed
ReligionChristianity
Alma materDominican College Taylors Hill High School, Middlesex University
Height5’6’’ (168 cm)
WeightEstimated 57 kg (126 lbs.)
Hair colorDark brown
Eye colorDark brown
SexualityGay
Relationship statusIn a relationship
PartnerGolda Rosheuvel
ProfessionTheatre-maker and playwright
Net worthEstimated $850,000
Famous forBeing Golda Rosheuvel's partner

Who is Shireen Mula?

Shireen Mula is an Irish playwright and theatre-maker who has worked in London and across the globe. She has been an associate artist at theaters in London and South Korea.

How old is Shireen Mula?

Shireen Mula (aged 54 as of June 2025) was born on 11 December 1970.

Where is Shireen Mula from?

She was born in Galway, Ireland but grew up in Saudi Arabia and later relocated to England.

What is Shireen Mula's ethnicity?

Mula is of Irish and Mauritian descent.

Shireen Mula wearing eyeglasses'
Facts about Shireen Mula. Photo: @TheCityCeleb on Facebook (modified by author)
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Educational background

Regarding her education, Shireen attended Dominican College Taylors Hill High School. After graduating, she enrolled at Middlesex University for her undergraduate studies.

What does Shireen Mula do for a living?

According to her WordPress portfolio, Shireen Mula is an acclaimed playwright, theatre-maker, and dramaturg. She writes plays solo and sometimes works in collaborative devising environments as a theatre-maker/dramaturg.

She has worked in London, regionally, and internationally, creating work for audiences of all ages. With a career spanning over a decade, some of her plays include:

  • Belongings (dramaturg & writer in the room, Tangled Feet, UK Tour 2023 & 2024)
  • Repeat After Me (writer, Epic Stages, National Youth Theatre, 2022)
  • You don’t need to make a Big Song and Dance out of it (co-writer, NT Connections, 2022)
  • 39 and Counting (writer, Park Theatre & Oxford School of Drama, 2021)
  • Why Is The Sky Blue? (co-writer, Southwark Playhouse, 2018)
  • The Rise & Fall (writer, Somerset House, 2017)
  • Last Words You’ll Hear (dramaturg, Almeida Young Company, 2014)
  • Soon Until Forever (writer, Theatre503, 2013)
  • Same Same (writer, Ovalhouse & fanSHEN 2011)
  • Nameless (writer, Arnolfini Theatre, 2010)

Her play, Same Same, was translated into Italian by the British Council and presented in Puglia, Italy (2012). It was also shortlisted for the Royal National Theatre Foundation Playwriting Award, formerly the Meyer Whitworth Award (2013).

Mula's other play, Why Is The Sky Blue?, was nominated for two Off West End Awards. In 2022 I worked with Secret Cinema as a writer on their Bridgerton and Dirty Dancing shows.

Golda attending an event and Shireen is at a restaurant
Golda Rosheuvel's partner, Shireen Mula, is an Associate Artist with Fast Familiar Theatre Company. Photo: @goldarosheuvel, @shireen.mula.3 (modified by author)
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She was an Associate Artist at Ovalhouse (2013) and Nottle Theatre, South Korea (2011) and a playwright-on-attachment at the Royal Court (2010).

Additionally, Shireen is an Associate Artist with Fast Familiar Theatre Company (formerly fanSHEN) with whom she has co-created numerous works most notably:

  • The Justice Syndicate (UK and Ireland Tour, 2018),
  • Disaster Party (UK Tour, 2017)
  • Lists for The End of The World (Summerhall, 2017).

She has facilitated playwriting/devising workshops for Soho Theatre, Deafinitely Theatre, Ovalhouse, and Fourth Monkey Drama School.

Golda Rosheuvel's partner also lectures at the London South Bank University on the Drama and Performance MA and BA on an ongoing basis.

In 2022, Shireen contributed to National Theatre’s Connections, a book of plays from England’s Royal National Theatre for young performers, in which she was called one of “the UK's most exciting playwrights.”

That same year, Mula worked with the company Secret Cinema as a writer on the “Bridgerton Experience” immersive fan event — a dinner and show experience where guests dressed in Regency-era regalia and enjoyed era-specific music and dancing.

What is Shireen Mula’s net worth?

According to Gossip Next Door Mula’s net worth is around $850,000 as of June 2025. Her income primarily stems from her successful playwright and theatre-maker career.

How did Golda Rosheuvel and Shireen Mula meet?

According to AmoMama, the couple met in 2013 at a mutual friend’s party. They started dancing, decided to go on a date, and have been together ever since.

Although they first started as friends, their connection became deeper, and over a decade down the line, they are closer than ever.

However, being in an openly gay couple has not always been easy for the couple, who has been in the entertainment industry for over a decade. Golda told the Liverpool Queer Collective in 2018:

My partner (Shireen Mula) is a writer and she struggles to get work seen. She writes gay work because that's what she knows. But do we see gay plays or gay characters? I think it's a shame.
Shireen Mula takes a selfie with Golda Rosheuvel
Being in an openly gay couple has not always been easy for Golda and Shireen in the entertainment industry. Photo: @Shireenmula (modified by author)
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During a 2022 interview with Just For Variety, Golda narrated how a lesbian director advised her to keep her sexuality a secret during the early days of her career. The actress, however, resolved that she would never actively hide such an integral part of her identity.

Golda said:

My sexuality is really important to me in terms of existing, knowing that I’m important. I’m as important as anyone on the planet...
I would rather lose a job than not be true to who I am. I would rather not work in an industry that does not accept me. It just was not how I was raised.

When talking to The Guardian, she said that the 2022 “Bridgerton Experience” event organizers had no idea Mula was in a relationship with her. She said:

I don’t think Secret Cinema actually knows that I’m Shireen’s partner. We’ve never said anything, which is fun.

In an interview with Shondaland in 2023, the actress said that Shireen helped her land the role of Queen Charlotte in Bridgerton. Golda was originally called in to audition for the role of Lady Danbury, but she forgot the lines in the audition room and did not get the part.

A few hours later, she got a call from the casting director asking her to audition for the queen. At the time, Golda and Shireen were packing for a trip to France with friends, but they dropped everything to film a self-tape audition. It was a success — Golda got the role, acted in three seasons of Bridgerton, and even inspired a spinoff series.

How tall is Shireen Mula?

Shireen Mula’s height is 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm).

Is Shireen Mula on Wikipedia?

There is a brief mention of her relationship with Golda Rosheuvel on Wikipedia in Golda's biography.

Golda in a black dress and a purple acting costume
Golda Rosheuvel aspired to be a professional athlete growing up but turned her focus to theatre after suffering an ankle injury. Photo: @goldarosheuvel (modified by author)
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Who is Golda Rosheuvel?

Golda Rosheuvel is a British actress and singer. She aspired to be a professional athlete growing up but turned her focus to theatre after suffering an ankle injury.

The actress debuted in 2000 and has since starred in several films and TV shows. Below are some of Rosheuvel’s acting credits:

FilmYear
Great Performances2000
Lava 2001
The Bill2005
Torchwood 2008
Luther 2011
Coronation Street 2012
I Live with Models2015
Silent Witness2019
Death in Paradise 2020
Dune 2021

In 2021, she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in the category of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series starring Bridgerton.

How old is Golda Rosheuvel?

Golda (aged 55 as of 2025) was born on 2 May 1970.

Golda attending red carpet events
Golda Rosheuvel's father was a Guyanese Anglican priest. Photo: @goldarosheuvel (modified by author)
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Who is the Guyanese actress in Bridgerton?

Guyanese actress Golda Rosheuvel plays Queen Charlotte in the Bridgerton series. The actress is a British-Guyanese national of mixed ethnicity. She was born to a Guyanese Anglican priest, Siegfried Rosheuvel, and her mother, Judith Evans, was English and Jewish.

Where is Golda Rosheuvel from?

She was born in Guyana but due to her dad’s mission work, the family moved constantly, often staying with indigenous tribes. She was five when her family, including her younger brother, moved in with her mother’s brother to Hertfordshire, England.

Golda's educational background

Rosheuvel studied for a diploma in performance at East Herts College before studying musical theatre at the London Studio Centre.

Who are Shireen Mula and Golda Rosheuvel's children?

Golda Rosheuvel and Shireen Mula do not have kids and have not spoken about having kids in the future. Actress India Amarteifio is not Golda Rosheuvel's daughter either. She only the role of young Queen Charlotte in Bridgerton's prequel series.

Golda takes pictures at different events
Golda Rosheuvel studied for a diploma in performance at East Herts College. Photo: @goldarosheuvel, @BRIDGERTON (modified by author)
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Who is Golda Rosheuvel married to?

The actress is known to many as Shireen Mula's wife of over a decade even though they are not officially married. When asked about the possibility of marrying Mula on a Just for Variety podcast, she said:

We'll see, we'll see. I mean, you know, I don't see myself with any other person.

Nevertheless, Rosheuvel is open about her over decade-long relationship with Mula — and isn’t afraid to tell the world their love story.

On an episode of the Okay, Now Listen podcast in 2022, she told the hosts that she feels “freed” by love. The actress said:

I’m in love, at the moment. Deeply. And to admit that is freeing, you know?” she said. “To be able to be vulnerable with that person, with yourself, within that relationship, to be able to see your flaws, to have flaws, and for your flaws to be held by another person who you know loves you.

Is Adjoa Andoh Golda Rosheuvel's partner?

Adjoa Andoh and Golda Rosheuvel are not partners. Adjoa has been married to Howard Cunnell since March 2001 and they have two children, while Rosheuvel is in a long-term relationship with Shireen.

From 2020, Adjoa portrays Lady Danbury in the Netflix Regency romance series Bridgerton, who is not explicitly portrayed as gay. The show does explore diverse sexualities, but Lady Danbury's character is not one of them.

India Amarteifio and Adjoa Andoh attending deferent events
Actress India Amarteifio (L) is not Golda Rosheuvel's daughter and actress Adjoa Andoh (R) has never been in a relationship with Golda. Photo: @ShondaRhimes, @Bridgerton Fans (modified by author)
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Facts about Shireen Mula

  • The playwright has lectured in Drama and Performance at London South Bank University.
  • She was an associate artist at the Ovalhouse and Nottle Theatre
  • Shireen worked on the "Bridgerton Experience," an immersive fan event.
  • She helped Golda land the role of Queen Charlotte in Bridgerton.
  • While she supports Golda publicly, Mula tends to keep her personal life more private.

Who is Shireen Mula? She is actress Golda Rosheuvel's partner and prefers to maintain a low-key profile despite her wife’s prominence. Shireen has thrived in her career as a playwright and theatre-maker. The duo currently resides in London, England.

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