Jessica Brown-Findlay

[Empress Merel]

It's Lady Sybil Crawley ofcourse!

Jessica Brown-Findlay (born 14 September 1989) is an English actress. She played the character of Lady Sybil Crawley in ITV's Downton Abbey.

Brown-Findlay trained with the National Youth Ballet and the Associates of the Royal Ballet. Aged 15, she was invited to dance with the Kirov at the Royal Opera House for a summer season.[1]

Jessica attended Furze Platt Senior School in Maidenhead.[citation needed] At the end of her GCSEs, Brown-Findlay was accepted to a number of ballet schools but chose to go to the Arts Educational School, because of the A-level courses it provided and its pastoral care. She attended for two years and in her second year had three operations on her ankles, the last of which went wrong. Waking up from the anasthetic, she was told she couldn’t dance anymore.[1]

After encouragement from an art teacher, she applied for and got onto a Fine Art course at St Martin’s. While there, she took up acting classes. After being seen by a casting agent, she was cast in the lead role of Emelia in the film Albatross, directed by Niall MacCormick. She was cast in an episode of the E4 programme Misfits and in Downton Abbey.

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[Pencey]

Movie trailer for Albatross (2011)

http://youtu.be/0Bm1xbqw46w

I cant wait to see this movie (and she with Felicity), to see in her in totally different character from Sybil.

 

[glitterpeacock]

I love her! She looked beautiful in a Vogue UK shoot (September, I think?) I would scan it but my scanner is broken

 

[Empress Merel]

Nope, the Issue with Kate Moss on it, I forgot which month that was.
I was just looking through some fashions on Downton Abbey and that outfit she wore in ep 4 is just devine.

 

[glitterpeacock]

Ah yes, the August issue. Found them online:

wearing Valentino

wearing Bottega Veneta

Both Jason Bell for Vogue UK August 2011 via notetoself.typepad.com

 

[LegsXI]

She seems to have good style!

 

[YoninahAliza]

Ahh... I love Jessica's Lady Sybil! Such a fantastic character and a great actress. I love seeing that it seem's she has good style. Really love that long black gown and the teal lace dress paired with the leather jacket. It looks like she has a fondness for lace but also slightly edgier looks.

 

[Pencey]

I am silly excited for Downton Abbey season 2, it back on the 18th Sept (in the UK)

Here is some of Sybil's fashions from season 1







and one from season 2 without spoiling anything



jessicabfindlay.com

 

[johnnys_girl09]

She was also in an episode of Misfits! I just finished watching Downton Abbey and I knew I recognized her from somewhere!
jessica-brown-findlay.com

 

[twnv]

Thank you Empress Merel for opening a thread about her.

If anyone is interested, here is her twitter account:
https://twitter.com/#!/jrmustardflower
Credit: twitter.com.

Short interview about Downton Abbey: start at 3:25

Credit: youtube.com, digitalspy


I can't wait until season 2 will air in the Netherlands!

P.S. I love this picture of her: http://jessica-brown-findlay.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=1655&fullsize=1

 

[LolaSvelt]

She is so beautiful. I can't believe she is the girl from Misfits, as well. I love me some Lady Sybil.

 

[twnv]

Credit: youtube.com, sugarscaper

Perhaps if anyone is interested, a video about Downton Abbey: how battle scenes were filmed on Suffolk farm:

Credit: youtube.com, FarmersWeeklyVideo.

 

[twnv]

2 cute videos:


Credit: youtube.com, digitalspy.

 

[littlepaperstars]

Jessica has been nominated as Most Promising Newcomer at the British Independent Film awards for her role in Albatross.

 

[YoninahAliza]

^Oh that's good news. I haven't seen Albatross yet but it looks good from what I can tell. It'll be interesting to see her in a role outside of Downton Abbey.

 

[sobriquet87]

She's so gorgeous! She's also been cast in 'Labyrinth,' which is a miniseries based on a book by Kate Mosse. It also stars John Hurt, Tom Felton, Sebastian Stan, and Vanessa Kirby. It just started production this month in France.

 

[YoninahAliza]

Wait... Jessica and Tom Felton are working together???? This is seriously some of the best news I've herd in ages. Two of my favorite British actors (well actually... two on my very long list of favorites ). And I just looked up info about that project and it seems really interesting. Hopefully it get's picked up in America too.

 

[twnv]

A little off topic but tonight Downton Abbey season 2 will air in the Netherlands at 'Nederland 2', thanks to tvgids.nl.

So excited

 

[glitterpeacock]

She'll be in next Sunday's episode of Misfits - the Christmas Special.

 

[kokobombon]

I like her raspy voice