:Felicity Jones
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{{short description|British actress (born 1983)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Felicity Jones
| image = Felicity Jones (29582838166).jpg
| caption = Jones at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival
| birth_name = Felicity Rose Hadley Jones
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1983|10|17}}
| birth_place = Birmingham, England
| alma_mater = Wadham College, Oxford
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1996–present
| works = Full list
| spouse = {{marriage|Charles Guard|June 2018}}
| children = 2
}}
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 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/felicity-jones-to-receive-britannia-award|title=Felicity Jones to receive the Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year presented by Burberry|website=Bafta.org|access-date=31 August 2017|date=15 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831215141/http://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/felicity-jones-to-receive-britannia-award|archive-date=31 August 2017|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-oscars-nominees-list-1236115626/ |title=Oscars: Full List of Nominees|last=Lewis |first=Hilary |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 23, 2025 |access-date=January 23, 2025}}
Early life and education
Felicity Rose Hadley Jones was born in Birmingham on 17 October 1983,{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/felicity-jones|title=Felicity Jones Biography: Film Actress (1983–)|publisher=Biography.com (FYI / A&E Networks)|access-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122010206/http://www.biography.com/people/felicity-jones|archive-date=22 January 2015|url-status=dead}} and grew up in Bournville.{{cite news |url=http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/birmingham-born-actress-felicity-jones-talks-6721792|title=Acting is like a drug, something Felicity Jones can't live without|work=Birmingham Post|date=21 February 2014|access-date=2 November 2016|last=Young|first=Graham| archive-date= 4 November 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104043946/http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/birmingham-born-actress-felicity-jones-talks-6721792| url-status=live}} Her mother worked in advertising and her father was a journalist. They separated when she was three years old and she and her elder brother lived with her mother.{{cite news |title=Felicity Jones: 'There's a sensation when you're performing of release' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/feb/20/felicity-jones-chalet-girl-interview |work=The Observer |location=London |date=20 February 2011 |first=Carole |last=Cadwalladr |access-date=3 August 2011| archive-date= 21 December 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161221065834/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/feb/20/felicity-jones-chalet-girl-interview| url-status=live|quote=She grew up in Bournville, the model village south of Birmingham. Her parents met while working on the Wolverhampton Express and Star when they were in their early 20s. 'My mother worked in advertising and my father was a journalist. But they split up when I was three and I grew up in a single-parent family. My mum brought my brother and I up.'}}
One of her great-great-grandmothers was Italian and hailed from Lucca.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ_3-dQgkxs&t=53s|title=Felicity Jones Loves to Cook|work=Jimmy Kimmel Live|access-date=27 October 2016|format=YouTube Video|date=26 October 2016|time=00:56|quote=My great-great-grandmother was Italian ... and she was from Lucca, in Tuscany|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227203929/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ_3-dQgkxs&t=53s|archive-date=27 December 2016|url-status=live}} Her uncle Michael Hadley is also an actor, which prompted Jones's interest in acting as a child.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/10/01/inferno-star-felicity-jones-i-felt-totally-embraced-by-tom-hanks/|title=Rogue One star Felicity Jones: 'I can still be quite incognito'|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=28 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202121522/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/10/01/inferno-star-felicity-jones-i-felt-totally-embraced-by-tom-hanks/|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live}}
After Kings Norton Girls' School, Jones attended King Edward VI Handsworth School, to complete A-levels and went on to take a gap year (during which she appeared in the BBC series Servants). She then studied English at Wadham College, Oxford.{{cite web|url=https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/2018/january/felicity-jones-graces-wadham-hall|title=Felicity Jones graces Wadham Hall|work=Wadham College, Oxford|date=9 January 2018|access-date=23 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623184743/https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/2018/january/felicity-jones-graces-wadham-hall|archive-date=23 June 2019|url-status=live}} She appeared in student plays, including Attis in which she played the titular role,{{cite web |last=Moss |first=Deborah |date=9 June 2005 |url=http://www.oxfordstudent.com/tt2005wk7/Drama/mythologies |title=Mythologies |work=The Oxford Student |access-date=15 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501230507/http://www.oxfordstudent.com/tt2005wk7/Drama/mythologies |archive-date=1 May 2007}} and, in 2005, Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors for the Oxford University Dramatic Society summer tour to Japan, starring alongside Harry Lloyd.{{cite news|title=Who is Felicity Jones? Things you didn't know about the Rogue One star|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/who-rogue-one-felicity-jones-8454979|work=Birmingham Mail|date=9 February 2017|access-date=9 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081446/http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/who-rogue-one-felicity-jones-8454979|archive-date=11 February 2017|url-status=live}}
Career
Jones began acting at the age of 11 at after-school workshop Central Junior Television, which was funded by Central Television. At age 14, she appeared in the first series of The Worst Witch. When Weirdsister College began in 2001, Jones returned as Hallow. Her longest-running role around this time was on the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers, where she played Emma Carter until 2009.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8668333/Felicity-Jones-rising-star.html|title=Felicity Jones: rising star|last=Grant|first=Olly|date=31 July 2011|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|access-date=3 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802022849/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8668333/Felicity-Jones-rising-star.html|archive-date=2 August 2011|url-status=live}}
In 2003, she starred as Grace May in the BBC drama Servants.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/servants/ |title=Drama – Servants |publisher=BBC |access-date=7 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709051602/http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/servants/ |archive-date=9 July 2011 |url-status=live }} She took the leading role in the 2007 ITV adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, and starred in Polly Stenham's That Face at the Royal Court Theatre in April 2007.
In 2008, Jones appeared in the films Brideshead Revisited and Flashbacks of a Fool,Fanning, Ewan. (13 April 2008). "[http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/film-cinema/i-reckon-i-never-had-that-much-sex-as-a-kid-1346112.html I reckon I never had that much sex as a kid] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508195051/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/film-cinema/i-reckon-i-never-had-that-much-sex-as-a-kid-1346112.html |date=8 May 2008 }}". Interview with Daniel Craig. Irish Independent. Retrieved 13 April 2008. the Doctor Who episode "The Unicorn and the Wasp" and a revival of Enid Bagnold's The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London."[http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/display/cm/contentId/98948 Roger takes on Piaf at Donmar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421021603/http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/display/cm/contentId/98948 |date=21 April 2008 }}". 18 April 2008. Official London Theatre Guide. Retrieved 18 April 2008. In January 2009, the five-part TV serial The Diary of Anne Frank, in which Jones played the role of Margot Frank alongside Tamsin Greig (as Edith Frank-Holländer) and Iain Glen (as Otto Frank), was broadcast on BBC One. Later that year in May, she performed in a rehearsed reading of Anthony Minghella's Hang Up at the High Tide Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.hightide.org.uk/pages/anthonyminghella.php |title=HighTide: Festival Theatre |publisher=HighTide |access-date=12 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008114822/http://www.hightide.org.uk/pages/anthonyminghella.php |archive-date=8 October 2011 }} Jones played the role of Julie in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's 2010 film Cemetery Junction.{{cite web |title=Ricky Gervais talks Cemetery Junction |publisher=Indie London |url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/ricky-gervais-talks-cemetery-junction |access-date=1 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923215046/http://indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/ricky-gervais-talks-cemetery-junction |archive-date=23 September 2010 |url-status=live }} She appeared in Soulboy{{cite web |url=http://www.ipsofactofilms.com/films/soulboy.html |title=Soulboy |access-date=15 April 2010 |publisher=Ipso Facto Films |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203100139/http://www.ipsofactofilms.com/films/soulboy.html |archive-date=3 February 2015 |url-status=dead }} and in Julie Taymor's big screen adaptation of The Tempest as Miranda.
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On 29 January 2011, Jones won a Special Jury Prize (Dramatic) at the Sundance Film Festival for her performance as Anna in Drake Doremus's Like Crazy. For the film, Jones did her own hair and make-up and improvised her dialogue. Her performance earned comparisons to Carey Mulligan's Academy Award-nominated role in An Education. She received the Best New Hollywood Award for this film at the 2011 Hollywood Film Awards.{{cite web|title=2011 Hollywood Film Awards Honorees|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/hollywood-movie-awards/2011-hollywood-film-awards-winners-190416123.html|publisher=Yahoo! Movies|access-date=25 October 2011|date=7 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003011321/http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/hollywood-movie-awards/2011-hollywood-film-awards-winners-190416123.html|archive-date=3 October 2011|url-status=live}}
Jones appeared alongside Ed Westwick in Chalet Girl, a romantic comedy released in March 2011, for which she had to undergo two months of snowboarding training and work undercover in a chalet at St Anton, scrubbing toilets and partying at the Krazy Kanguruh bar in preparation for the role. Jones said that the role was "something of a relief" after a string of costume roles and she was also keen to take on a comic role. Jones performed in Luise Miller, a new translation of Schiller's Kabale und Liebe by Mike Poulton at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London, in June and July 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.donmarwarehouse.com/pl125.html |title=Luise Miller – Donmar Warehouse website |publisher=Donmarwarehouse.com |date=30 July 2011 |access-date=7 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306060112/http://www.donmarwarehouse.com/pl125.html |archive-date=6 March 2012 }} Jones lived with a Catholic family and attended Mass to prepare for the role. In 2011, Jones was announced as the new face of Burberry. In November, she was also announced as the new face of Dolce & Gabbana.{{cite web |last1=Niven-Phillips |first1=Lisa |title=Felicity For Dolce |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/felicity-jones-for-dolce-gabbana |website=British Vogue |date=28 November 2011 |publisher=Conde Nast Britain |access-date=7 February 2020}}
In 2013, Jones portrayed Ellen Ternan in The Invisible Woman. Jones, previously unfamiliar with Ternan, learned about her life through research,{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/felicity-jones-the-invisible-woman-no-more-20140417-36uoe.html|title=Felicity Jones: The Invisible Woman no more|date=18 April 2014|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=28 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302160954/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/felicity-jones-the-invisible-woman-no-more-20140417-36uoe.html|archive-date=2 March 2017|url-status=live}} and reflected that she knew she was "in for a challenge" when choosing to work on the film, citing the experience of director Ralph Fiennes and how "methodically done" his performance was.{{cite news|url=https://collider.com/eddie-redmayne-felicity-jones-theory-of-everything-sbiff-interview/|date=2 February 2015|title=Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones Talk Theory of Everything, Their Careers|publisher=Collider|access-date=28 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710124313/http://collider.com/eddie-redmayne-felicity-jones-theory-of-everything-sbiff-interview/|archive-date=10 July 2017|url-status=live}} She appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which was released on 2 May 2014. She played Felicia Hardy; an assistant of Harry Osborn.{{cite web|url=https://cinemablend.com/new/Amazing-Spider-Man-2-Must-Read-Marc-Webb-Goblins-Internet-Rumors-Thinking-Bigger-38620-p2.html|title=Amazing Spider-Man 2 Must Read: Marc Webb On Goblins, Internet Rumors And 'Thinking Bigger'|publisher=Cinema Blend|date=20 July 2013|access-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723025145/http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Amazing-Spider-Man-2-Must-Read-Marc-Webb-Goblins-Internet-Rumors-Thinking-Bigger-38620-p2.html|archive-date=23 July 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/178147-felicity-jones-drops-a-big-spoiler-for-the-amazing-spider-man-franchise|title=Felicity Jones Drops a Big Spoiler for The Amazing Spider-Man Franchise|publisher=SuperHero Hype|date=17 July 2013|access-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224062715/http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/178147-felicity-jones-drops-a-big-spoiler-for-the-amazing-spider-man-franchise|archive-date=24 December 2013|url-status=live}} Jones signed on due to its difference from her previous works.{{cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/01/felicity-jones-on-reuniting-with-ralph-fiennes-for-the-invisible-woman-and-her-rise-after-like-crazy-31520/|title=Felicity Jones on Reuniting With Ralph Fiennes for 'The Invisible Woman' and Her Rise After 'Like Crazy'|date=10 January 2014|publisher=indiewire.com|access-date=28 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301180151/http://www.indiewire.com/2014/01/felicity-jones-on-reuniting-with-ralph-fiennes-for-the-invisible-woman-and-her-rise-after-like-crazy-31520/|archive-date=1 March 2017|url-status=live}}
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In 2014, Jones portrayed Jane Wilde Hawking in the film The Theory of Everything, a biopic charting the life and love between Wilde Hawking and physicist Stephen Hawking, with Eddie Redmayne starring as Hawking. After being given the script by her agent, Jones read it in its entirety in one sitting, and said that she enjoyed that it was a "love story and not a straightforward biopic." She auditioned for the film and its director, James Marsh, offered her the part immediately after.{{cite news|url= http://www.vogue.com/article/felicity-jones-the-theory-of-everything-jane-hawking |title= Felicity Jones on The Theory of Everything and Meeting the Real Mrs. Stephen Hawking|date=6 November 2014|work=Vogue|access-date=28 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301092651/http://www.vogue.com/article/felicity-jones-the-theory-of-everything-jane-hawking|archive-date=1 March 2017|url-status=live}} Jones met with Jane Hawking in preparing for the role.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/stephen-hawkings-ex-wife-jane-i-thought-felicity-jones-was-me-in-oscar-nominated-the-theory-of-10068961.html|title=Stephen Hawking's ex-wife Jane: 'I thought Felicity Jones was me' in Oscar-nominated The Theory of Everything|first=Helen|last=Nianas|publisher=Independent|access-date=20 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021220409/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/stephen-hawkings-ex-wife-jane-i-thought-felicity-jones-was-me-in-oscar-nominated-the-theory-of-10068961.html|archive-date=21 October 2017|url-status=live}} Jane Hawking was so impressed by the portrayal she wondered if it was herself when watching Jones. For her role as Jane, she received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role.
In February 2015, she was cast as Jyn Erso in the Star Wars stand-alone film Rogue One, with Gareth Edwards directing.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/felicity-jones-star-wars-standalone-pic-1201422533/|title=Felicity Jones to Play Lead Role in 'Star Wars' Spinoff Movie|work=Variety|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=3 February 2015|access-date=12 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052615/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/felicity-jones-star-wars-standalone-pic-1201422533/|archive-date=22 December 2017|url-status=live}} Jones's agent recommended the role to her,{{cite web|url= http://www.etonline.com/movies/203866_felicity_jones_opens_up_about_feminism_pay_equality_and_star_wars_rogue_one/ |title=Felicity Jones Opens Up About Feminism, Pay Equality and 'Star Wars: Rogue One'|last=Tailor|first=Leena|work=Entertainment Tonight|date=29 November 2016|access-date=2 March 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170302173735/http://www.etonline.com/movies/203866_felicity_jones_opens_up_about_feminism_pay_equality_and_star_wars_rogue_one/|archive-date=2 March 2017|url-status=live}} and she enjoyed the character's search for an identity, drawing inspiration in her movements from Ronda Rousey.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-rogue-one-felicity-jones-20161215-story.html|date=15 December 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|title=Felicity Jones, the heroine of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,' projects calm despite a galaxy of chaos|first=Meredith|last=Woerner|access-date=26 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226184832/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-rogue-one-felicity-jones-20161215-story.html|archive-date=26 February 2017|url-status=live}} The film was released in December 2016 to positive reviews and grossed over $1 billion at the box office. Also in 2016, Jones starred in Inferno, playing a doctor aiding Robert Langdon in his escape. After agreeing to the role, she visited museums and galleries to understand her character better.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/felicity-jones-rogue-one-reshoots-937569|title=Felicity Jones on 'Rogue One' Reshoots, 'Inferno' Reluctance and Anton Yelchin's "Devastating" Death|date=12 October 2016|first=Tatiana|last=Siegel|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=1 March 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170128113534/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/felicity-jones-rogue-one-reshoots-937569|archive-date=28 January 2017|url-status=live}} Jones enjoyed the chemistry between her and Tom Hanks's characters as well as Inferno's overall diversity.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2016/12/felicity-jones-rogue-one-a-monster-calls-inferno-oscars-interview-1201860019/|title=Felicity Jones On 'Rogue One', 'A Monster Calls' And 'Inferno': "Film, At Its Best, Really Can Change Things" – Q&A|date=1 December 2016|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|first=Joe|last=Utiohi|access-date=1 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302113732/http://deadline.com/2016/12/felicity-jones-rogue-one-a-monster-calls-inferno-oscars-interview-1201860019/|archive-date=2 March 2017|url-status=live}}
In 2017, Jones was announced as a global brand ambassador for Clé de Peau Beauté.{{Cite web |date=2017-11-17 |title=Felicity Jones named as new face of Cle de Peau Beaute |url= https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/makeup/2017111744086/felicity-jones-new-face-cle-de-peau-beaute/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=HELLO! |language=en}}
In late 2018, Jones starred in On the Basis of Sex, a biography of United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, directed by Mimi Leder and co-starring Armie Hammer and Justin Theroux.{{Cite web | url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kathy-bates-justin-theroux-join-felicity-jones-ruth-bader-ginsburg-biopic-1045003 | title=Kathy Bates, Justin Theroux Join Felicity Jones in Ruth Bader Ginsburg Biopic | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=2 October 2017 | access-date=4 July 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705003320/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kathy-bates-justin-theroux-join-felicity-jones-ruth-bader-ginsburg-biopic-1045003 | archive-date=5 July 2018 | url-status=live }} She reunited on-screen with Redmayne in the biographical adventure The Aeronauts (2019), joined George Clooney in Netflix's science fiction film The Midnight Sky (2020), and starred in the romantic drama The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021), an adaptation of Jojo Moyes' 2011 novel of the same name.
Jones starred in the thriller Dead Shot,{{cite web|url=https://www.screen.scot/film-in-scotland/made-in-scotland/film/dead-shot|title=Dead Shot|date=19 March 2021 |publisher=Screen Scotland|access-date=13 May 2023}} alongside Aml Ameen, Mark Strong and Sophia Brown, in 2023.{{Cite web| date=12 April 2022|first=Tom|last=Grater|url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/aml-ameen-colin-morgan-sophia-brown-mark-strong-felicity-jones-thriller-borderland-shooting-underway-1235000586/|title=Aml Ameen, Colin Morgan & Sophia Brown Join Felicity Jones & Mark Strong In Thriller 'Borderland' As Filming Gets Underway|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=13 August 2022}} In May 2022, it was announced that she would lead Simon Amstell's comedy Maria, co-starring Jonathan Bailey.{{Cite web| date=4 May 2022|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/felicity-jones-bridgerton-jonathan-bailey-simon-amstell-comedy-maria-cannes-1235016165/|title=Felicity Jones & 'Bridgerton' Star Jonathan Bailey To Lead Comedy 'Maria' — Cannes Market|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=13 August 2022}} However, both Jones and Bailey were reported as having departed from the project in April 2024.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/felicity-jones-maria-comedy-simon-amstell-1235954794/|date=3 April 2024|first=K.J.|last=Yossman|website=Variety|title=Felicity Jones, Jonathan Bailey Drop Out of Simon Amstell Comedy 'Maria' (EXCLUSIVE)|access-date=2 January 2025}} Jones appeared in the 2024 film The Brutalist, portraying the Holocaust-survivor wife of the central character, for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Personal life
Jones met artist Ed Fornieles at Oxford when he was at the Ruskin School of Art,{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/10565698/Spider-Man-2-star-Felicity-Jones-splits-up-with-artist.html |title=Spider-Man 2 star Felicity Jones splits up with artist |first=Richard |last=Eden |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=12 January 2014 |access-date=12 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112231055/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/10565698/Spider-Man-2-star-Felicity-Jones-splits-up-with-artist.html |archive-date=12 January 2014 |url-status=live }} and they dated from 2003 to 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23819441-the-dream-team-ricky-gervaiss-bright-young-things.do |title=The dream team: Ricky Gervais's bright young things |first=Hermione |last=Eyre |work=London Evening Standard |date=26 March 2010 |access-date=15 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328221014/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23819441-the-dream-team-ricky-gervaiss-bright-young-things.do |archive-date=28 March 2010}}
In 2015, Jones began a relationship with director Charles Guard. They became engaged in May 2017{{cite web |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/felicity-jones-engaged-charles-guard |title=Felicity Jones Is Engaged |first=Karen |last=Mizoguchi |work=Vogue |date=18 May 2017 |access-date=10 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010155739/https://www.vogue.com/article/felicity-jones-engaged-charles-guard |archive-date=10 October 2017 |url-status=live }} and married in June 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/948523/felicity-jones-marries-director-charles-guard-in-secret-wedding|title=Felicity Jones Marries Director in Secret Wedding|last=Swertlow|first=Meg|date=1 July 2018|website=E! News|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702102852/https://www.eonline.com/news/948523/felicity-jones-marries-director-charles-guard-in-secret-wedding|archive-date=2 July 2018|url-status=live}} They have two children: a son born in 2020{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/felicity-jones-pregnant-with-first-child/|title=Felicity Jones Expecting First Child With Husband Charles Guard |author=Goldstein, Joelle|publisher=People.com|date=4 December 2019|access-date=5 December 2019}}{{cite magazine|last=VanHoose|first=Benjamin|date=14 December 2020|title=Felicity Jones Says Parenting Her Son, 8 Months, Is 'Just a Rollercoaster of Fatigue'|url=https://people.com/parents/felicity-jones-parenting-newborn-during-pandemic/|magazine=People|access-date=14 December 2020}} and a daughter born in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=2024-12-11 |title='The Brutalist' Star Felicity Jones on the 'Element of Defiance' in Her Golden Globe-Nominated Performance and Being Open to a 'Star Wars' Return: 'There's Unfinished Business' |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/felicity-jones-the-brutalist-interview-star-wars-1236245215/ |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Felicity Jones Has the Most Relatable Parenting Reason for Why She Doesn't Get Out Much (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/felicity-jones-relatable-parenting-comment-about-why-she-doesnt-get-out-much-exclusive-8765327 |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=People.com |language=en}}
Acting credits
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Awards and nominations
See also
Notes
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References
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