Felicity Jones
Birthdate: Oct 17, 1983
Birthplace: Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
Felicity Rose Hadley Jones is an English actress and producer. Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The Treasure Seekers (1996). She went on to play Ethel Hallow for one series in the television show The Worst Witch and its sequel Weirdsister College. After Kings Norton Girls School, Jones attended King Edward VI Handsworth School, to complete A Levels and went on to take a gap year (during which she appeared in the BBC series Servants (2003)). She took time off from acting to attend school during her formative years, and has worked steadily since she graduated with a 2:1 from Wadham College, Oxford in 2006, where she read English. While studying English, she appeared in student plays, including Attis in which she played the title role, and, in 2005, Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" for the OUDS summer tour to Japan, starring alongside Harry Lloyd.
On radio, she is known for playing the long-running role of Emma Grundy in The Archers. In 2008, she appeared in the Donmar Warehouse production of The Chalk Garden. Since 2006, Jones has appeared in numerous films, including Northanger Abbey (2007), Brideshead Revisited (2008), Chéri (2009), and The Tempest (2010). She stars in Star Wars spin-off Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) as Jyn Erso. Her performance in the 2011 film Like Crazy (2011) was met with critical acclaim garnering her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. In 2014, her performance as Jane Hawking in The Theory of Everything (2014) was also met with critical acclaim, garnering her nominations for the Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA, and Academy Award for Best Actress.
In 2019, Jones founded her own production company, Piecrust Productions with her brother, Alex Jones.
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Upcoming (1)
- 2024 | The BrutalistasErzsébet Tóth
The Brutalist
When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious and wealthy client.
Previous (27)
- 2023 | Dead Shot
- 2021 | Blood Mother
- 2021 | Maria
- 2021 | The Last Letter From Your Lover
The Last Letter From Your Lover
A pair of interwoven stories, set in the past and present, follow an ambitious journalist determined to solve the mystery of a forbidden love affair at the center of a trove of secret love letters from 1965.
- 2020 | Dragon Rider
- 2020 | The Midnight Sky
- 2020 | On the Basis of Sex: 2020 Re-releaseasRuth Bader Ginsburg
On the Basis of Sex: 2020 Re-release
The true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and the early cases of a historic career that lead to her nomination and confirmation as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice.
- 2019 | The Aeronauts
- 2019 | On the Basis of Sex
On the Basis of Sex
The true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and the early cases of a historic career that lead to her nomination and confirmation as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice.
- 2016 | Like CrazyasAnna
Like Crazy
Two quite different women escape a mental institution to see Tuscany in a stolen car and get to know each other.
- 2017 | Collide (2017)asJuliette Marne
Collide (2017)
An American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, though he winds up on the run from his employers across Cologne high-speed Autobahn.
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- 2016 | A Monster Calls
- 2016 | The Brutalist
- 2016 | Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
- 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryasJyn Erso
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction.
- 2016 |
- 2015 | True Story
- 2014 | The Theory of Everythingas Jane Hawking
- 2013 | Breathe In
- 2013 | The Invisible Woman
- 2012 | Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
- 2011 | Albatross
- 2011 | Chalet Girl
- 2011 | Hysteria
- 2010 | Cemetery Junction
- 2010 | The Tempest
