- Born
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Emilia Jones was recently named one of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch.
She is best known for playing the lead role of Ruby Rossi in CODA which won the Best Picture Oscar in 2022. Her performance garnered her 13 wins and 25 nominations including a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
For her role, Emilia spent nine months learning American Sign Language. She also had intensive singing lessons as all of her musical performances were recorded live on set. Her CODA duet video reached over 5 billion views on TikTok.
In addition to her television and film work, Emilia has also performed in three highly acclaimed West End theatre productions at The Almeida, The Young Vic and The Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
- IMDb mini biography by: Marcus James
- ParentsClaire Fossett
- She is the daughter of singer/presenter Aled Jones.
- Is half-Welsh.
- For her part in Coda, Jones spent nine months (during production of Locke & Key) learning American Sign Language, while also learning how to operate a professional fishing trawler.
- Has a younger brother, Lucas.
- Her mother, Claire Fossett, is a former trapeze artist and her family own and run one of the most famous and long running family circuses in Ireland.
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