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I was into Virginia Woolf and James Joyce [at university] and I think we all thought that [Charles] Dickens wasn't that cool.

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Felicity Jones
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: October 17
Actor
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Child Actor
Executive Producer
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Voice Actor
Birmingham
West Midlands
Felicity Rose Hadley Jones
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