Emily in Paris is an American romantic comedy drama television series created by Darren Star for Netflix. The series stars Lily Collins as aspiring marketing executive Emily Cooper, an American who moves to Paris to provide an American point of view to a French marketing firm. In Paris, she tries to overcome challenges in her work, love life, and friendships. The series also stars Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Ashley Park, Lucas Bravo, Samuel Arnold, Bruno Gouery, Camille Razat, William Abadie, and Lucien Laviscount.
Produced by MTV Studios and developed initially for Paramount Network, where it was given a straight-to-series order in September 2018, the series moved to Netflix in July 2020. Filming takes place in Île-de-France, mainly in Paris and its suburbs, and began in August 2019.
Emily in Paris premiered on October 2, 2020, to mixed reviews in the United States and criticism in France for negatively stereotyping Parisians and the French. In November 2020, the series was renewed for a second season by Netflix, which premiered on December 22, 2021. In January 2022, the series was renewed for a third and fourth season by Netflix. The third season premiered on December 21, 2022. The fourth season premiered in two parts: the first premiered on August 15, 2024, followed by the second on September 12, 2024. In September 2024, the series was renewed for a fifth season, which premiered on December 18, 2025. In January 2026, the series was renewed for a sixth and final season which is slated to premiere on December 24, 2026.
Premise Emily in Paris follows Emily Cooper, an American from Chicago with a master's degree in communications, who moves to Paris for a new job opportunity. She is tasked with bringing an American point of view and social media presence to a venerable French marketing firm. Cultures clash as she adjusts to the challenges of life in Paris while juggling her career, new friendships, and active love life.
Cast and characters
Main
Lily Collins as Emily Cooper, a 29-year-old who moves from Chicago to Paris for a temporary social media strategy job at Savoir Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Sylvie Grateau, Emily's tough and bitter boss at Savoir—later Agence Grateau—in Paris Ashley Park as Mindy Chen, Emily's first friend in Paris, an American nanny of Chinese-Korean descent and aspiring singer, and the heiress to a Shanghai business magnate from whom she is estranged Lucas Bravo as Gabriel, Emily's attractive downstairs neighbor, the head chef at Chez Lavaux, Camille's former boyfriend and Emily's main 'will they, won't they' love interest throughout the seasons Samuel Arnold as Julien, Emily's trendy and theatrical co-worker who forms a comic duo with Luc Bruno Gouery as Luc, Emily's quirky co-worker, who forms a comic duo with Julien Camille Razat as Camille (seasons 1–4), Emily's friend, and Gabriel's former girlfriend who works at an art gallery and is a champagne heiress. Her family, part of the French nobility, owns a château and vineyard William Abadie as Antoine Lambert (season 2–present; recurring season 1), Emily's client who owns the perfume company Maison Lavaux and is having a long-standing affair with Sylvie Lucien Laviscount as Alfie (seasons 3 and 5; recurring seasons 2 and 4), a British banker in Emily's French class and Emily's love interest
Recurring
Kate Walsh as Madeline (seasons 1–3), Emily's boss in Chicago who cannot take the job in Paris after learning that she is pregnant Jean-Christophe Bouvet as Pierre Cadault (seasons 1–3, guest season 5), a famous flamboyant French designer and uncle of Mathieu Charles Martins as Mathieu Cadault (seasons 1–2), a businessman who becomes Emily's love interest Jeremy O. Harris as Grégory Elliot Duprée (season 2–3, guest season 4), Pierre Cadault's rival Céline Menville as Jacqueline (seasons 2–3; guest season 1), Emily's French teacher Arnaud Binard as Laurent Grateau, (season 2–present), Sylvie's husband Kevin Dias as Benoît (seasons 2–4), a member of Mindy's band and her love interest Jin Xuan Mao as Étienne (seasons 2–4), a member of Mindy's band Søren Bregendal as Erik de Groot (seasons 2–3), a photographer and Sylvie's love interest Melia Kreiling as Sofia Sideris (season 3–4), a Greek artist who works with Camille and with whom she is having an affair Paul Forman as Nicolas de Léon (seasons 3–present), a businessman and Mindy's love interest, with whom she attended a boarding school and Marcello's friend Pierre Deny as Louis de Léon (season 3-4), CEO of the fictional fashion company JVMA and father of Nicolas de Leon Eugenio Franceschini as Marcello (season 4–5), Emily's love interest whom she met in Megève and Nicolas's friend Thalia Besson as Geneviève (season 4–5), Laurent G.'s daughter from New York who is interested in Gabriel romantically Raoul Bova as Giancarlo (season 4–5), an Italian commercial director and Sylvie's former film professor and old flame Anna Galiena as Antonia Muratori (season 4–5), Marcello's mother Minnie Driver as Princess Jane (season 5), an old friend of Sylvie who is married into an Italian royal family
Guest Roe Hartrampf as Doug (seasons 1 and 3), Emily's ex-boyfriend in Chicago as Catherine Lambert (seasons 1–3), Antoine's wife Camille Japy as Louise (seasons 1–4), Camille's aristocratic mother as Gerard (seasons 1–4), Camille's father Victor Meutelet as Timothée (seasons 1–4), Camille's younger brother with whom Emily has a one-night stand Hanaé Cloarec-Bailly and Tytouan Cloarec-Bailly as Sybil and Laurent Dupont (season 1), the two children that Mindy nannies as Paul Brossard (season 1), the owner of Savoir Claude Perron as Patricia (season 1), an employee at Savoir Eion Bailey as Randy Zimmer (season 1), a well-known hotel owner Aleksandra Yermak as Klara (season 1), the representative of Hästens, a Swedish luxury bedmaker Julien Floreancig as Thomas (season 1), a snobbish French professor of semiotics Carlson Young as Brooklyn Clark (season 1), a famous young American actress Elizabeth Tan as Li (seasons 1 and 4), Mindy's best friend who brings her bridesmaids to Paris to shop for bridesmaids' dresses David Prat as Théo (season 1), the elder of Camille's two brothers as Jovanka (season 1), a Serbian model who starred in a perfume commercial for De L'Heure Faith Prince as Judith Robertson (season 1), the head of the American Friends of the Louvre Isaiah Hodges and Christophe Tek as Grey Space (season 1), a duo of avant-garde designers Daria Panchenko as Petra (season 2), a woman in Emily's French class Ellen von Unwerth as herself (season 2), a photographer hired for Pierre Cadault's photoshoot Julien Looman as Gerhard (season 2), Ellen von Unwerth's agent and Julien's potential love interest Alice Révérend as Natalie (season 2), a bartender at Chez Lavaux Luca Ivoula as Raphael (season 2), a sous-chef at Gabriel's restaurant Brigitte Macron as herself (season 4) Debi Mazar as Marlena (season 4) Rupert Everett as Giorgio Barbieri (season 4), an Italian fashion designer Michèle Laroque as Yvette (season 5), another old friend of Sylvie Bryan Greenberg as Jake Campbell (season 5), a consular officer at the U.S. Embassy in Paris Jonathan Cake as Thomas Heatherton (season 5), a British billionaire and client of Agence Grateau.
Episodes
Season 1 (2020)
Season 2 (2021)
Season 3 (2022)
Season 4 (2024)
Season 5 (2025)
Production Development
The series was created by Darren Star, who has a multi-year overall deal with ViacomCBS and develops for ViacomCBS and for outsider buyers via MTV Studios. Star was also expected to serve as an executive producer alongside Tony Hernandez. Jax Media was reported to be involved in a producing role. On September 5, 2018, it was announced that Paramount Network had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of 10 episodes.
On July 13, 2020, it was reported that the series would move from Paramount Network to Netflix. On November 11, 2020, Netflix renewed the series for a second season. On January 10, 2022, Netflix renewed the series for a third and fourth season. On September 16, 2024, Netflix renewed the series for a fifth season. On January 5, 2026, the series was renewed for a sixth season which was announced to be the final one on May 21, 2026.
Casting On April 3, 2019, Lily Collins was cast as the titular Emily. On August 13, 2019, Ashley Park had joined the main cast. On September 19, 2019, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Lucas Bravo, Samuel Arnold, Camille Razat, and Bruno Gouery joined the cast in starring roles, while Kate Walsh, William Abadie, and Arnaud Viard were cast in recurring roles. On May 24, 2021, Lucien Laviscount was cast in a recurring role, while Abadie was promoted to series regular for the second season. On April 10, 2022, Laviscount was promoted to series regular for the third season. On January 22, 2025, Laviscount returned as a series regular for the fifth season after appearing as recurring in the fourth season. On April 17, 2025, it was confirmed that Razat would not be returning for the fifth season. On May 14, 2025, Minnie Driver was cast in an undisclosed capacity for the fifth season. On July 2, 2025, Bryan Greenberg and Michèle Laroque joined the cast in recurring capacities while Paul Forman and Arnaud Binard would be returning for the fifth season.
Filming Principal photography for the first season, in Paris and its suburbs, began in August 2019. Additional photography took place in Chicago in November 2019.
Many scenes are filmed at Place de l'Estrapade in the 5th Arrondissement, including the site of Emily's apartment, the restaurant ("Les Deux Compères"), and the bakery ("La Boulangerie Moderne"). Some scenes are also filmed at Cité du Cinéma, a film studio complex in Saint-Denis. Famous Parisian sites to feature in the series include Le Grand Véfour, the Pont Alexandre III, Palais Garnier, , , Jardin du Luxembourg, Jardin Du Palais Royal, Café de Flore and the Panthéon. An episode was also filmed at the Château de Sonnay in the department of Indre-et-Loire.