Daisy Edgar-Jones

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Daisy Edgar-Jones (born May 24, 1998 in London ) is a British actress .

Life

Daisy Edgar-Jones was the daughter of a Scottish TV Producers and one from Northern Ireland coming film editor born. She grew up in Muswell Hill and attended by the Mount School for Girls , the local Woodhouse College . At the age of 14, she was inducted into the National Youth Theater (NYT). In 2017 she was in a production of the NYT at the Yard Theater in Hackney in The Reluctant Fundamentalist as April on stage.

In 2016 she starred as Kate in the Christmas Special of the BBC sitcom Outnumbered , and since 2016 she has also had a recurring role in the ITV series Cold Feet , in which she plays Olivia Marsden. In 2017, she appeared in two episodes as Jessica Timpson in the series Silent Witness , and in 2018 she played the role of Cassie in the coming-of-age film Pond Life by Bill Buckhurst. In 2019, she played the role of Delia Rawson in two episodes of the HBO / BBC series Gentleman Jack . In 2019, she also played Emily Gresham as her film mother Sarah in the television series War of the Worlds, based on the novel by HG Wells , alongside Natasha Little . In the German version it was dubbed by Daniela Molina .

In February 2020 she made her debut at the Almeida Theater in Albion by Mike Bartlett. In the Hulu / BBC series adaptation of the novel Normal People by Sally Rooney (2020), she plays the leading female role of Marianne alongside Paul Mescal as Connell. For her portrayal, she was nominated for a TV Choice Award for best actress in 2020 .

Filmography (selection)

  • 2016: Outnumbered - Christmas Special
  • since 2016: Cold Feet (TV series)
  • 2017: Silent Witness (TV series, two episodes)
  • 2018: Pond Life
  • 2019: Gentleman Jack (TV series, two episodes)
  • 2019: War of the Worlds ( War of the Worlds , TV series)
  • 2020: Normal People (TV series)

Awards and nominations (selection)

TV Choice Award 2020

  • Nomination for Best Actress for Normal People

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Daisy Edgar-Jones Age, Bio, Wiki, Height, Boyfriend, Net Worth, Facts. In: celebsline.com. Retrieved April 22, 2020 (English).
  2. Harriet Fitch Little: Meet the Charismatic Stars of the Highly-Anticipated Normal People Adaptation. In: vogue.com. March 20, 2020, accessed on April 22, 2020 .
  3. Interview with Daisy Edgar-Jones. In: bbc.co.uk. April 20, 2020, accessed on April 22, 2020 .
  4. Woodhouse Drama student Daisy gets Cold Feet ... In: woodhouse.ac.uk. January 9, 2017, accessed April 22, 2020 .
  5. Zoe Paskett: Actor Daisy Edgar-Jones: 'It's good to play a character unlike myself ... I'm usually cast as the smiley one!' In: hamhigh.co.uk. August 8, 2017, accessed April 22, 2020 .
  6. Daisy Edgar-Jones. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on April 22, 2020 .
  7. Alex Wood: Daisy Edgar-Jones: Starring in Normal People was the best way to prepare for my stage debut at the Almeida. In: whatsonstage.com. February 3, 2020, accessed April 22, 2020 .
  8. Ralf Döbele: "Normal People": Trailer and start date published. In: Wishlist.de . April 1, 2020, accessed April 22, 2020 .
  9. a b Flora Carr: TV Choice Awards nominations revealed - Normal People leads the pack. In: radiotimes.com. July 7, 2020, accessed on July 29, 2020 .