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Felicity Rose Hadley Jones (born October 17, 1983 in Birmingham ) is a British actress .
Life
Felicity Jones grew up in Bournville, Birmingham. Her father was a journalist, her mother worked in the advertising business. Her parents separated when Jones was three years old. She and her brother grew up with their mother. She later attended Kings Norton Girls School in Birmingham. She then did her A-Levels at King Edward VI Handsworth School . After a one-year hiatus, she began to study English at Wadham College , Oxford . During her studies, she appeared in various plays, often taking the lead role.
After roles in British television series , Jones made her international breakthrough with her lead role in 2011 US drama Like Crazy , for which she received the Newcomer Prize of the Hollywood Film Awards and the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival . The New York Film Critics Circle and National Board of Review awards also followed .
Jones was responsible for the Oscar in 2015 as best actress for representing the first Wife Stephen Hawking , Jane Hawking , in the movie The Theory of Everything nominated.
2016 she played the female lead in the film adaptations Inferno alongside Tom Hanks . She also starred in the Star Wars - a spin-off film Rogue One: A Star Wars story , the main role of the rebel Jyn Erso .
Private
Jones has been married to British filmmaker Charles Guard since 2018.
Filmography (selection)
- 1996: Five Against the Rest of the World ( The Treasure Seekers , Movie made for TV)
- 1998–1999: A Lousy Witch ( The Worst Witch , TV series, 11 episodes)
- 2001–2002: A Lousy Witch in Cambridge ( Weirdsister College , TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2003: Servants (miniseries, 6 episodes)
- 2007: Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey (TV movie)
- 2007: Meadowlands - City of Fear ( Cape Wrath , TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2008: Reunion with Brideshead (Brideshead Revisited)
- 2008: Doctor Who (TV series, episode 4x07)
- 2008: Flashbacks of a Fool
- 2009: The Diary of Anne Frank (miniseries, 5 episodes)
- 2009: Chéri - A Comedy of Vanities (Chéri)
- 2010: Cemetery Junction
- 2010: SoulBoy
- 2010: The Tempest - Der Sturm (The Tempest)
- 2011: Like Crazy
- 2011: Powder Girl (Chalet Girl)
- 2011: The Conspiracy - Treason at the Highest Level ( Page Eight , TV movie)
- 2011: Albatross
- 2011: In good hands (Hysteria)
- 2012: Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
- 2013: Breathe In - An Impossible Love (Breathe In)
- 2013: Emily (short film)
- 2013: The Invisible Woman
- 2014: Girls (TV series, episode 3x10)
- 2014: The Conspiracy - Merciless Hunt ( Salting the Battlefield , Movie made for TV)
- 2014: The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
- 2014: The Theory of Everything (The Theory of Everything)
- 2015: True Story - A Game of Power (True Story)
- 2016: Collide
- 2016: Seven Minutes After Midnight (A Monster Calls)
- 2016: Inferno
- 2016: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- 2017: Star Wars: The Forces of Destiny ( Star Wars: Forces of Destiny , TV series, 2 episodes, voice of Jyn Erso)
- 2018: The Calling - Your Fight For Justice ( On the Basis of Sex )
- 2019: The Aeronauts
Web links
- Felicity Jones in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Felicity Jones in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Felicity Jones in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ "Star Wars" heroine Felicity Jones is pregnant . stuttgarter-nachrichten.de. December 5, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jones, Felicity |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jones, Felicity Rose Hadley (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th October 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birmingham |