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This article is about the actress. For the naturist, see Felicity Jones (naturist).

Felicity Jones

Jones in December 2016

Born Felicity Rose Hadley Jones

17 October 1983 (age 35)

Birmingham, West Midlands, England

Nationality English

Alma mater Wadham College, Oxford

Occupation Actress

Years active 1996–present

Home town Bournville, Birmingham

Charles Guard (m. 2018)


Spouse(s)

Felicity Rose Hadley Jones (born 17 October 1983) is an English actress. She started her
professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The Treasure Seekers (1996).
Jones went on to play Ethel Hallow for one season in the television series The Worst Witch and
its sequel Weirdsister College. On radio, she has played the role of Emma Grundy in
the BBC's 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), The Tempest (2010), The Amazing
Spider-Man 2 (2014) and True Story (2015). Her performance in the 2011 film Like Crazy 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 also met with critical
acclaim, garnering her nominations for the Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA and Academy Award for
Best Actress. In 2016, Jones starred in the adventure-thriller Inferno, the fantasy drama A
Monster Calls and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Jyn Erso. In 2016, she received
the BAFTA Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year.[1]

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