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Felicity Jones

Acting

Born October 17, 1983 · Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

Also known as Felicity Rose Hadley Jones · 菲丽希缇·琼斯 · 펄리시티 존스

Biography

Felicity Rose Hadley Jones (born 17 October 1983) is an English actress. She 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 nominations for the BAFTA and 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. She has since portrayed Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the biopic On the Basis of Sex (2018). She 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Felicity Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Empire AwardBest Actress · 2017
  • Empire Awards · 2017
  • Empire AwardBest Newcomer · 2012
  • Gotham Independent Film AwardBreakthrough Actor · 2011
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 2025 · nominated
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  • Academy AwardBest Actress · 2015 · nominated

Filmography46 titles

Weirdsister College

as Ethel Hallow

Servants

as Grace May

The Theory of Everything

2014as Jane Hawking

Doctor Who

2005as Robina Redmond

The Worst Witch

1998as Ethel Hallow

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016as Jyn Erso

Train Dreams

2025as Gladys Grainier

The Last Letter from Your Lover

2021as Ellie Haworth

On the Basis of Sex

2018as Ruth Bader Ginsburg

A Monster Calls

2016as Mum

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

The Brutalist

2024as Erzsébet Tóth

Dragon Rider

2020as Sorrell (voice)

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

The Aeronauts

2019as Amelia Wren

Northanger Abbey

2007as Catherine Morland

Hysteria

2011as Emily Dalrymple

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

2014as Felicia

Cemetery Junction

2010as Julie Kendrick

Girls

2012as Dot

Like Crazy

2011as Anna Gardner

Chalet Girl

2011as Kim Matthews

True Story

2015as Jill Barker

Brideshead Revisited

2008as Cordelia Flyte

Flashbacks of a Fool

2008as Young Ruth Davies

Meadowlands

as Zoe Brogan

Inferno

2016as Sienna Brooks

Chéri

2009as Edmee

100 Nights of Hero

2025as Narrator / Moon

Albatross

2011as Beth Fischer

Breathe In

2013as Sophie

The Invisible Woman

2013as Nelly Ternan

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self - Guest

The Midnight Sky

2020as Sully

Oh. What. Fun.

2025as Channing

Collide

2016as Juliette Marne

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003as Self

Dead Shot

2023as Catherine

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

2012as Dolly Thatcham

The Tempest

2010as Miranda

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003as Self

Chelsea

2016as Self

Star Wars: Forces of Destiny

as Jyn Erso (voice)

The View

1997as Self

The One Show

as Self

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014as Self