Jessica Brown Findlay Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for her role in the film "Albatross․"
• Was nominated for a 2012 Evening Standard Film Award
• Attended the Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
• Trained in ballet before an injury forced her to switch her focus to acting
• Made her screen acting debut in the series "Misfits․"
• Quote: "I do still have a dancer's mentality, which may be to do with the training․ It gives you a kind of determination․"
• Quote: "[on leaving "Downton Abbey"] "I reasoned that there was nothing I could learn by staying on that I hadn't learnt already․ So I took a deep breath, crossed my fingers, and leapt into the abyss․""
• Appeared in the 2017 West End production of "Hamlet․"
• Best known for her role as Lady Sybil Crawley in the series "Downton Abbey․"
• Danced with the Kirov Ballet for a summer season