Felicity Jones
Felicity Jones | |
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Jones at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival | |
| Born | Felicity Rose Hadley Jones 17 October 1983 Birmingham, England |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Works | Full list |
| Spouse |
Charles Guard (m. 2018) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Full list |
Felicity Rose Hadley Jones (born 17 October 1983) is an English actress. Her accolades include nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.
Jones began her professional acting career as a child, appearing in The Treasure Seekers (1996) at age 12. She went on to play Ethel Hallow for one series of the television series The Worst Witch (1998). In 2008, she appeared in the Donmar Warehouse production of The Chalk Garden.
Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films Northanger Abbey (2007), Brideshead Revisited (2008), Chéri (2009), The Tempest (2010), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), and True Story (2015). She received praise for her performances in the romantic drama Like Crazy (2011) and the biopic The Theory of Everything (2014). Her portrayal of Jane Hawking in the latter earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
In 2016, Jones starred in the thriller Inferno, the fantasy drama A Monster Calls, and the space opera Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Jyn Erso.[1] She has portrayed Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the biopic On the Basis of Sex (2018), and has starred in the streaming films The Aeronauts (2019), The Midnight Sky (2020) and The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021), as well as the period drama The Brutalist (2024), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[2]
- ^ "Felicity Jones to receive the Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year presented by Burberry". Bafta.org. 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ Lewis, Hilary (23 January 2025). "Oscars: Full List of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 January 2025.