Jordanne Jones
{{short description|Irish actress}}
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{{infobox actor
| name = Jordanne Jones
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|8|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tallaght, County Dublin, Ireland
| nationality = Irish
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
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| occupation = Actress
| mother = Lynn Ruane
| years_active = 2014–present
| notable_works = Metal Heart{{Cite web |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/video/2019/0627/1059085-jordanne-jones-and-hugh-oconor/ |title=Metal Heart's Jordanne Jones and Hugh O'Conor |date=2019-07-01 |website=RTÉ TEN |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724155604/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/video/2019/0627/1059085-jordanne-jones-and-hugh-oconor/ |archive-date=2019-07-24 |access-date=2020-02-27 |df=dmy-all}}
Resistance
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Jordanne Jones (born 7 August 2000){{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/lynn-ruane-aspiring-senator-s-crusading-zeal-for-social-justice-1.2484744|title = Lynn Ruane: Aspiring Senator's crusading zeal for social justice| newspaper=The Irish Times }} is an Irish actress. She began her career as a child actress, earning a Dublin Film Critics' Circle Award{{cite web|url=http://www.scannain.com/featured/dublin-film-critics-circle-films-2015 |title=Films of 2015: Dublin Film Critics Circle weigh in |publisher=Scannain |date=22 December 2015 |access-date=27 February 2020}} as well as an IFTA nomination{{Cite web |url=https://universityobserver.ie/spotlight-jordanne-jones-a-hopeful-face-for-young-irish-actors/ |title=Spotlight: Jordanne Jones- a hopeful face for young Irish actors |last=Gibbons |first=Rosemarie |date=3 February 2019 |website=University Observer |language=en-ie |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227151235/https://universityobserver.ie/spotlight-jordanne-jones-a-hopeful-face-for-young-irish-actors/ |archive-date=2020-02-27 |access-date=2020-02-27 |df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.hotpress.com/film-tv/jordanne-jones-metal-heart-mental-health-love-dublin-22778751 |title=Jordanne Jones: On Metal Heart, mental health, and her love for Dublin |last=McDermott |first=Roe |date=2019-07-03 |website=Hotpress.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228145433/https://www.hotpress.com/film-tv/jordanne-jones-metal-heart-mental-health-love-dublin-22778751 |archive-date=2019-12-28 |access-date=2020-02-27 |df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/best-dublin-2019-niamh-algar-jordanne-jones-feature-massive-annual-issue-22778296 |title=Best of Dublin 2019: Niamh Algar, Jordanne Jones and More Feature in our Massive Annual Issue |date=26 June 2019 |website=Hotpress.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717180741/https://www.hotpress.com/music/best-dublin-2019-niamh-algar-jordanne-jones-feature-massive-annual-issue-22778296 |archive-date=2019-07-17 |access-date=2020-02-27 |df=dmy-all}} for her debut film role in Frank Berry's I Used to Live Here.
In 2016 and 2019, she played Minnie Mahon in the RTÉ One miniseries Rebellion and Resistance. Her lead performance in Metal Heart earned her the Bingham Ray award for Best Newcomer at the Galway Film Fleadh in 2018.{{Cite web |url=https://www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/project/metal-heart/ |title=Metal Heart |website=Galway Film Fleadh |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125113433/https://www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/project/metal-heart/ |archive-date=2019-01-25 |access-date=27 February 2020 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |title=Jordanne Jones wins Bingham Ray New Talent Award at 2018 Galway Film Fleadh |url=http://www.treasure.ie/news/2018/7/16/jordanne-jones-wins-bingham-ray-new-talent-award-at-2018-galway-film-fleadh |website=Treasure |date=16 July 2018 |access-date=27 February 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915180632/http://www.treasure.ie/news/2018/7/16/jordanne-jones-wins-bingham-ray-new-talent-award-at-2018-galway-film-fleadh |archivedate=2018-09-15 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}} She was named one of Screen International's 2019 Stars of Tomorrow.{{Cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2019-jordanne-jones-actor/5140849.article |title=Stars of Tomorrow 2019: Jordanne Jones (actor) |last=Dalton |first=Ben |website=ScreenDaily.com |language=en |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227142908/https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2019-jordanne-jones-actor/5140849.article |archive-date=2020-02-27 |access-date=2020-02-27 |df=dmy-all}}
She appeared in short films for spoken word artist and actor Emmet Kirwan,{{Cite news |last=Mackin |first=Laurence |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/heartbreak-emmet-kirwan-s-dazzling-short-film-shows-pressures-on-young-irish-women-1.2941325 |title=Heartbreak: Emmet Kirwan's dazzling short film shows pressures on young Irish women |date=18 January 2017 |work=IrishTimes.com |access-date=2020-02-27 |df=dmy-all}} and musicians Dermot Kennedy and Lilla Vargen.{{Cite web |url=https://www.joe.ie/music/dermot-kennedy-all-my-friends-693692 |title=New Dermot Kennedy video set at Electric Picnic is fittingly excellent |website=JOE.ie |date=24 February 2020 |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227150032/https://www.joe.ie/music/dermot-kennedy-all-my-friends-693692 |archive-date=2020-02-27 |access-date=2020-02-27 |df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/lilla-vargen-presents-powerful-video-new-single-cold-22806116 |title=Lilla Vargen presents powerful video for new single 'Cold' |website=Hotpress.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227150239/https://www.hotpress.com/music/lilla-vargen-presents-powerful-video-new-single-cold-22806116 |archive-date=2020-02-27 |access-date=2020-02-27 |df=dmy-all}} She presented an award alongside actor Robert Sheehan.
Early life
Jones is from Killinarden, Tallaght, South Dublin.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30933393.html|title=Jordanne Jones: A star was born with her first role at age 12|journal=Irish Examiner|first=Esther|last=McCarthy|date=27 June 2019|accessdate=14 July 2021}} She is the daughter of Senator Lynn Ruane, with whom she successfully campaigned to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution which had restricted abortion rights.{{Cite web |url=https://www.joe.ie/life-style/jordanne-jones-reveals-called-sexism-confirmation-673985 |title=Jordanne Jones reveals how she called out sexism at her own Confirmation |website=JOE.ie |date=July 2019 |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227145350/https://www.joe.ie/life-style/jordanne-jones-reveals-called-sexism-confirmation-673985 |archive-date=2020-02-27 |access-date=2020-02-27}} Ruane was only 15 years old when she gave birth to Jones.{{cite web|url= https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/parenting/senator-lynn-ruane-i-had-a-few-wild-years-pregnancy-calmed-me-down-1.4317905|title= Senator Lynn Ruane: I had a few wild years. Pregnancy calmed me down|work=Irish Times|date=11 August 2020|last=Hogan|first=Jen}}
Jones attended Killinarden Community School. She went on to train at the Bow Street Young Filmmakers Academy and study English and Film at Trinity College Dublin.{{cite web |title=Meet Jordanne Jones – nominated for Best Actress IFTA at just 14|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/meet-jordanne-jones-nominated-for-best-actress-ifta-at-just-14-31226110.html |first=Liadan |last=Hynes |work=Irish Independent |date=18 May 2015 |access-date=27 February 2020}}{{Cite journal|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/metal-heart-star-jordanne-jones-on-the-role-she-was-born-to-play-hlxf9dn96|title=Metal Heart star Jordanne Jones on the role she was born to play|journal=The Sunday Times|first=Eithne|last=Shortall|date=16 June 2019|access-date=14 July 2021}}
Personal life
Jones was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome when she was 17. She held an event for people on the autism spectrum at the Science Gallery Dublin, her place of work at the time, in 2019.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.echo.ie/me-my-asperger-s-and-you-a-free-event-for-young-people-on-the-autism-spectrum/|title='Me, My Asperger's, and You': a free event for young people on the autism spectrum|journal=Echo.ie|first=Hayden|last=Moore|date=31 January 2019|accessdate=15 December 2021}}
Filmography
=Film=
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Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
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2014
| I Used to Live Here | Amy | |
2017
| Heartbreak | Youngone | Short film |
2017
| My Father, My Blood | Daniel | Short film |
2018
| Emma | |
2018
| Lady Black Eyes | Nora | Short film |
2019
| Moth | Roisin | Short film |
2019
| Sister This | Denise | Short film |
2019
| Young Mother | Nora | Short film |
2021
| Suzanne | |
2021
| Mildly Different | Christina (adult) | Short film |
=Television=
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Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
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2016
| Minnie Mahon | Miniseries |
2019
| Minnie Mahon | Miniseries |
2020
| Lily Molloy | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
2020
| Kitty Byrnes | Episode: "Angel of Darkness: Better Angels" |
=Music videos=
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Song
! Year ! Artist ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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"All My Friends"
| 2020 | |
Awards and nominations
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Year
! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! Ref |
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rowspan="2" | 2015
| Irish Film & Television Awards | Best Actress in a Lead Role – Film | rowspan="2" | I Used to Live Here | {{nom}} | |
Dublin Film Critics' Circle
| Irish Breakthrough Artist | {{won}} | |
2018
| New Talent Award | Metal Heart | {{won}} | |
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Category:21st-century Irish actresses
Category:Actresses from County Dublin
Category:Alumni of the Bow Street Academy
Category:People with Asperger syndrome
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