- Born
- Nickname
- Jess
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Jessica Brown Findlay is an English actress. She is known for Emelia Conan-Doyle in the British comedy-drama Albatross (2011), Winter's Tale (2014), This Beautiful Fantastic (2016) and Lady Sybil Crawley in ITV's Downton Abbey (2010). She also starred in the TV series Misfits (2009) and mini-series Labyrinth (2012). In 2011, she starred in the Black Mirror (2011) episode, Fifteen Million Merits (2011). "Albatross" was her film debut.
Jessica was born in Cookham, Berkshire, to Beverley, a teacher's aide and nurse, and Christopher Brown-Findlay, who works in finance. She is of Scottish, English, and Irish descent. Jessica trained with the National Youth Ballet and the Associates of the Royal Ballet. At age fifteen, she was invited to dance with the Kirov at the Royal Opera House for a summer season.- IMDb mini biography by: Giulio and Pedro Borges
- SpouseZiggy Heath(September 12, 2020 - present) (2 children)
- ParentsBeverley Brown-FindlayChristopher Brown-Findlay
- Trained as a dancer but switched to acting after bungled ankle surgery ended her dancing career.
- Was invited to dance with the Kirov Ballet at the Royal Opera House at age 15.
- She is of Scottish, English, Irish, and more distant Welsh, ancestry.
- Mother, with husband Ziggy Heath, of twin sons (b. November 5, 2022).
- Friend of Downton Abbey (2010) co-star Allen Leech.
- The thing I adore about acting is that it's not me: you get to experience all these emotions, but essentially it's not you.
- I trained as a ballet dancer and fell in love with Rudolf Nureyev; I thought him the most beautiful creature. My mum had to break it to me that not only was he gay, but he was dead.
- Everything you listen to when you are 17 should be embarrassing, otherwise you are way too cool.
- You don't automatically assume everyone will fall for a period drama.
- Unfortunately I had an ankle problem and underwent three operations.
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