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I was a tomboy running around in the garden. I used to play on a local cricket team. I grew up with all boy cousins, for the most part, and my brother.

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Felicity Jones
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: October 17
Actor
Actress
Child Actor
Executive Producer
Film Actor
Voice Actor
Birmingham
West Midlands
Felicity Rose Hadley Jones
Boys
Tomboy
Grew
Cousins
Team
Cousin
Running
Cricket
Around
Locals
Part
Local
Used
Garden
Play
Brother

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The American vice would be sometimes speaking too loudly. You can always hear American people on the trains!
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