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Jessica Brown Findlay
Jessica Brown Findlay
Born Jessica Rose Brown-Findlay
September 14 1989 (1989-09-14) (age 34)
Berkshire, England
Occupation Actress
Years active 2009–present

Jessica Rose Brown-Findlay (born 14 September 1989), known professionally as Jessica Brown Findlay, is an English actress, best known for playing Lady Sybil Crawley in the ITV series Downton Abbey and Emelia Conan-Doyle in the British comedy-drama film Albatross. In 2014, she starred as Beverly Penn in the film adaptation of the Mark Helprin novel Winter's Tale. She will also co-star in Paul McGuigan's Frankenstein remake.

Career[]

Findlay was cast in the lead role of Emelia in the film Albatross, directed by Niall MacCormick. She was subsequently cast in two episodes of the E4 programme Misfits and in Downton Abbey, she played the youngest daughter of the Grantham household for three seasons before subsequently leaving the show to move forward in her career. She appeared in the second episode of Channel 4's Black Mirror. In 2012, she became the face of Dominic Jones' jewellery line and was cast in Not Another Happy Ending by John McKay, and in the miniseries Labyrinth, based on the novel of the same name written by Kate Mosse, portraying Alaïs Pelletier. In 2012, she was cast as Beverly Penn in the film adaptation of the novel Winter's Tale (2014) with Colin Farrell and Russell Crowe.

Tim Burton considered Findlay for the lead in his adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, but ultimately gave the role to Australian actress Mia Wasikowska. In March 2015, it was confirmed that she will star in the remake of The Crow, in which Findlay portrayed Shelly in a leading role.

In July 2015, Findlay played the role of emotionally conflicted stepmother Alice Aldridge in the BBC’s two-part television adaptation of Sadie Jones’ debut novel The Outcast.

In May 2015, Findlay made her theatre debut as Electra in a new adaptation of The Oresteia to rave reviews. The production later transferred to the Trafalgar Theatre in London's West End.

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Jessica Brown Findlay films
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