‘Emily in Paris’ Star Thalia Besson Returns for Season 5 (EXCLUSIVE)

Thalia Besson, who played sexy and deceitful antagonist Geneviève in Season 4 of Netflix‘s hit romantic comedy series “Emily in Paris,” is back for Season 5, which is currently filming in Paris, Variety has learned.

Besson, who is the daughter of French director Luc Besson, is joining the key recurring cast, notably Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, who plays Emily’s nonchalant boss Sylvie, Samuel Arnold (Julien), Bruno Gouery (Luc), William Abadie (Antoine Lambert), as well as Ashley Park who stars as Emily’s best friend, Mindy Chen. Also returning are Emily Cooper’s new Italian love interest, Marcello (Eugenio Franceschini), and her one-and-off boyfriends, the sexy French chef Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) and dashing Brit Alfie (Lucien Laviscount). Another male character will join the show this season, a source told Variety.

Geneviève is the second “villain” from “Emily in Paris,” following Camille, Gabriel’s French girlfriend who was played by Camille Razat in the first four seasons of the show. The American-French stepdaughter of Sylvie born out of wedlock, Geneviève is an NYU grad who moved to Paris in Season 4 and got hired at Agence Grateau where Emily gracefully took her under her wing. But Geneviève isn’t as innocent as she appears to be and soon starts to attempt to steal her clients and seduce Emily’s boyfriend, Gabriel. The latter ultimately turns down Geneviève and tries to win Emily back after learning that she’s moved to Italy. Season 4 wraps with a cliffhanger as Gabriel surprises Emily by showing up on the doorsteps of her new flat in Rome.

Season 5 kicked off filming last month in Rome and returned to the French capital several weeks ago. The story picks up days after Season 4 ends, as Emily settles into her apartment in Rome to run Agence Grateau’s Italian office and spend time with Marcello, the charming and confident heir of a family-owned cashmere company.