Jessica Brown Findlay is a charming and aspiring British actress. This young and talented woman has pursued a ballet career since she was three years old, so she has been surrounded by beauty and success from an early age. Her dancing abilities made her famous, and she transitioned smoothly into the performing arts. Although she took a break from the stage due to injury as a teenager, she never lost hope and was inspired by her art teacher to pursue fine arts.
Just as she became interested in the course, she was discovered by a casting agent and after that signed several films and TV series. At the age of 20, she starred in the critically acclaimed TV series "Downton Abbey" series, but this was only the beginning of her booming acting career.
Jessica Brown Findlay embarked on an acting career after a failed operation
Born in Cookham, Berkshire, Jessica Brown Findlay comes from a multi-ethnic family with roots in Scotland and England. His father, who previously worked in investments, now works as a financial advisor, and his mother is a nurse. Jessica Brown Findlay received her initial training with the Royal Ballet and the National Youth Ballet and performed with the Royal Opera House and Kirov Ballet in London for almost four months.
After that, Jessica Brown Findlay entered high school for formal education. She went to Hertfordshire College of Art Education, where in her third year of course she underwent three surgeries on her ankle complications, and after the third failed operation, her ballet dreams were shattered, but she was reluctant to give up art and ended up studying fine art at St Martins' College of Art and Design. After being noticed by the casting agent, he starred in his first movie "Albatross".
Leaving Downton Abbey in season three, Jessica Brown Findlay never regretted it
After Jessica Brown Findlay gained attention for her role in Albatross, she was courted by director James Strong for her most successful role to date, Mrs. Sybil Crowley in the ITV drama Downton Abbey. But Jessica Brown Findlay died of illness in Season 3, becoming the first main actor to leave the show.
Still, Jessica Brown Findlay doesn't feel sorry at all. She hinted from the beginning that she would only star until the third season, after which she would leave. After saying goodbye to the Downton Abbey series, the actress starred in an episode of the TV series Black Mirror, the main storyline of which revolves around a dystopian future where people can only escape captivity by auditioning in front of reality TV judges.
Jessica Brown Findlay starred in two consecutive Hollywood productions
After that, Jessica Brown Findlay played the lead role in the miniseries "Labyrinth" based on Kate Moss's novel of the same name. In 2013, she appeared with Russell Crowe and Colin Farrell in the movie "Winter Legends", and in 2014, she starred in the sci-fi film "Victor Frankenstein" with James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe, the success of these two films led her to be selected as the sixth of the 100 most beautiful face actresses.
In addition to film and television performances, Jessica Brown Findlay has starred in several stage plays. These include the 2015 adaptation of the tragedy Orestia and the critically acclaimed Hamlet at London's Almeida Theatre in 2016. In 2016, starred in the movie "Steven", a biopic about the life of British singer Morrissey, which was later renamed "My England".
Starring in the limited drama "Brave New World"
When Aldous Huxley wrote his novel Brave New World in the early thirties, he couldn't imagine where the story would go. The book has been adapted into radio, film, and stage plays, and is now streamed into an eight-episode miniseries. Brave New World aired on NBCUniversal's channel and was selected by ABC to rebroadcast at the end of 2020.
Jessica Brown Findlay also expressed excitement about being able to shoot normally during the special period, she said in an interview: "The series was reimagined and arranged by 11 screenwriters including David Warner, and it is also attached to the original book's vision of the future world after eighty-eight years." While much of this vision is outdated, director Irving Harris and others have captured the vastness of the work. ”
The miniseries Brave New World was criticized by some viewers as soon as it was broadcast, because most of the plot norms in the show violated traditional values in reality, especially in terms of intimacy. Jessica Brown Findlay said: "The presence of different relationships is an integral part of the whole production process, it's all about how you feel, we're human beings, so we're changing all the time. ”
After days and nights of waiting, Jessica Brown Findlay finally ushered in that day
Between 2010 and 2012, Jessica Brown Findlay met her first love, actor Thomas Campbell, who also studied at St. Martin's College, and after two years of dating, the two finally broke up due to different development plans. In 2016, she met Ziji Heath while filming a TV series, and after four years of love, they held a secret wedding and exchanged vows in September 2020.
On March 9, 2022, after two years of hard work, Jessica Brown Findlay revealed that she was finally pregnant and appeared at this year's Venice International Film Festival with a pregnant belly.