Charlotte Heywood

Charlotte Heywood is a fictional character created by Jane Austen in her unfinished novel Sanditon. In the 2019 period drama adaptation, she was portrayed by Rose Williams. Charlotte is the 22-year-old eldest daughter of the Heywood family in Willingden, Sussex. Her father is a prosperous farmer. When Mr. and Mrs. Parker's carriage crashes on a hill near the Heywood home, Charlotte and her family befriend them and welcome them to their house. Mr. Parker, who is currently making Sanditon into a seaside resort with his business partner Lady Denham, invites one of the girls to stay with them over the summer. Charlotte decides to join them, and they head to the Parker home: Trafalgar House.

Charlotte embarks on many adventures in Sanditon; in the TV series she even finds a love interest, Mr. Sidney Parker, and a friend, Miss Georgiana Lambe. At the end of the series, Charlotte heads home once the summer is over and is left wondering if she should've come in the first place.