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Known for
Actor
Gender
Female
Birthday
24 May
Location
England, United Kingdom
Edit pageDaisy Edgar Jones
Biography
Daisy Jessica Edgar-Jones (born 24 May 1998) is a British actress. She is best known for her starring role in the miniseries Normal People (2020), which earned her nominations for a British Academy Television Award and a Golden Globe Award.
She is also known for her role in the crime miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven (2022), for which she received her second Golden Globe nomination.
She began her career with the television series Cold Feet (2016–2020) and War of the Worlds (2019–2021).
In 2022, she starred in the comedy-thriller film Fresh and the mystery film Where the Crawdads Sing.
Daisy Edgar-Jones was born on 24 May 1998 in the borough of Islington, London. Her Northern Irish mother Wendy is a former drama film editor who now works in real estate. Her Scottish father Philip is the director of Sky Arts and head of entertainment at Sky.
Edgar-Jones grew up in Muswell Hill, London, and first acted in a school play in Year 2. She attended The Mount School for Girls and Woodhouse College and was admitted to the National Youth Theatre. She studied at the Open University.
