Jessica Brown Findlay on What Attracted Her to Downton Abbey's Sybil
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- ️Wed Nov 21 2012
PROVENANCE: Cookham, Berkshire, England.
AGE: 23.
COUNTRY GIRL: Brown Findlay spent her childhood in the small English village. “I grew up there, as did my mum. My nan and granddad are around the corner. It’s a very familiar place and incredibly dear to my heart. It’s sort of quiet, but wonderfully so.“
EN POINTE: “Growing up, I was completely in love and infatuated with ballet. Ballet was my life completely.” After three ankle operations, she was forced to leave it behind and ended up at university in London, where she discovered the stage. “Acting was the element from ballet that I actually loved and missed the most.”
LADY LUCK: Almost immediately after shooting her first major role, in Albatross, Brown Findlay landed the role of the youngest Crawley daughter in the transatlantic sensation Downton Abbey. “I thought this character of Sybil was fascinating, and I liked her modern attitude to life.”
PLAYING IT COOL: Brown Findlay is about to start filming the fantasy Winter's Tale, due out next year, co-starring Will Smith, Russell Crowe, and Colin Farrell. “I didn’t think that something like that would happen with a girl from Cookham.”
Brown Findlay wears a dress by Christian Dior; necklace by Vale Jewelry.
PROVENANCE: Cookham, Berkshire, England.
AGE: 23.
COUNTRY GIRL: Brown Findlay spent her childhood in the small English village. “I grew up there, as did my mum. My nan and granddad are around the corner. It’s a very familiar place and incredibly dear to my heart. It’s sort of quiet, but wonderfully so.“
EN POINTE: “Growing up, I was completely in love and infatuated with ballet. Ballet was my life completely.” After three ankle operations, she was forced to leave it behind and ended up at university in London, where she discovered the stage. “Acting was the element from ballet that I actually loved and missed the most.”
LADY LUCK: Almost immediately after shooting her first major role, in Albatross, Brown Findlay landed the role of the youngest Crawley daughter in the transatlantic sensation Downton Abbey. “I thought this character of Sybil was fascinating, and I liked her modern attitude to life.”
PLAYING IT COOL: Brown Findlay is about to start filming the fantasy Winter's Tale, due out next year, co-starring Will Smith, Russell Crowe, and Colin Farrell. “I didn’t think that something like that would happen with a girl from Cookham.”
Brown Findlay wears a dress by Valentino; shoes by Alexandre Birman.
PROVENANCE: Cookham, Berkshire, England.
AGE: 23.
COUNTRY GIRL: Brown Findlay spent her childhood in the small English village. “I grew up there, as did my mum. My nan and granddad are around the corner. It’s a very familiar place and incredibly dear to my heart. It’s sort of quiet, but wonderfully so.“
EN POINTE: “Growing up, I was completely in love and infatuated with ballet. Ballet was my life completely.” After three ankle operations, she was forced to leave it behind and ended up at university in London, where she discovered the stage. “Acting was the element from ballet that I actually loved and missed the most.”
LADY LUCK: Almost immediately after shooting her first major role, in Albatross, Brown Findlay landed the role of the youngest Crawley daughter in the transatlantic sensation Downton Abbey. “I thought this character of Sybil was fascinating, and I liked her modern attitude to life.”
PLAYING IT COOL: Brown Findlay is about to start filming the fantasy Winter's Tale, due out next year, co-starring Will Smith, Russell Crowe, and Colin Farrell. “I didn’t think that something like that would happen with a girl from Cookham.”
Brown Findlay wears a dress by Chanel.
PROVENANCE: Cookham, Berkshire, England.
AGE: 23.
COUNTRY GIRL: Brown Findlay spent her childhood in the small English village. “I grew up there, as did my mum. My nan and granddad are around the corner. It’s a very familiar place and incredibly dear to my heart. It’s sort of quiet, but wonderfully so.“
EN POINTE: “Growing up, I was completely in love and infatuated with ballet. Ballet was my life completely.” After three ankle operations, she was forced to leave it behind and ended up at university in London, where she discovered the stage. “Acting was the element from ballet that I actually loved and missed the most.”
LADY LUCK: Almost immediately after shooting her first major role, in Albatross, Brown Findlay landed the role of the youngest Crawley daughter in the transatlantic sensation Downton Abbey. “I thought this character of Sybil was fascinating, and I liked her modern attitude to life.”
PLAYING IT COOL: Brown Findlay is about to start filming the fantasy Winter's Tale, due out next year, co-starring Will Smith, Russell Crowe, and Colin Farrell. “I didn’t think that something like that would happen with a girl from Cookham.”
Brown Findlay wears a dress and shoes by L’Wren Scott.