Hadley Rose Felicity Jones was born on 17th October 1983, in Bourneville, Birmingham, England and is an actress, best known from being nominated for Golden Globe, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild and an Academy Awards in the category of Best Actress for her portrayal of Jane Wilde Hawking in the movie “The Theory of Everything” (2014). Jones has been active in the entertainment industry since 1996.
How much is the net worth of Felicity Jones? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of her wealth is as much as $6 million, as of the data presented at the end of 2017. Acting is the major source of Jones’ modest fortune.
Felicity Jones (Actress) Net Worth $6 million
To begin with, after matriculating from Kings Norton Girls School, Jones attended King Edward VI Handsworth School, after which he took a sabbatical leave before studying English at Wadham College, Oxford from which she graduated in 2006. Concurently she appeared in students productions, including “Atis” played the lead role, and in “The Comedy of Errors” by Shakespeare.
Concerning her professional career, Jones was praised for her antagonistic role of Ethel Hallow in the TV series “The Worst Witch” (1998 – 1999) and in its subsequent sequel “Weirdsister College” (2001). Her longest and probably best known role was in the radio soap opera of BBC Radio 4 “The Archers”, in which she voiced Emma Carter from 1999 to 2009. She took the lead role in the adaptation of writer Jane Austen’s “The Northanger Abbey” (2007) for television, and made her professional theatrical debut in “That Phase” at the Royal Court Theatre the same year. In 2008, she appeared in the films “Brideshead Revisited” and “Flashbacks of a Fool”, then in May 2009, she performed in a rehearsed reading of “Hang Up” by writer Anthony Minghella at the High Tide Festival, all adding steadily to her net worth.
In 2010, Jones appeared in the films “Soule Boy” and “The Tempest”, based on a piece by Shakespeare directed by Julie Taymor, and played Julie in “Cemetery Junction”. In 2011, she played in “Albatross” directed by Niall MacCormick, then made her international breakthrough with a starring role in the US-based drama “Like Crazy” (2011), for which she received the Newcomer Award at the Hollywood Film Awards, and the jury’s Special Prize at the Sundance Film Festival – other nominations were for the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of Review Awards.
Moreover, Jones starred in the latest instalment of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” that premiered in May 2014, in which she shared the screen with Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. The same year she appeared in the acclaimed film “The Theory of Everything”, playing Jane Wilde, the first wife of astrophysicist Stephen Hawking. Her interpretation earned her a nomination for an Oscar in the category of Best Actress, and a number of other nominations. In 2016, Jones participated in the adventure thriller “Inferno”, the fantasy drama “A Monster Calls” and the science fiction movie “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”, which all contributed to her receiving the BAFTA award as the Best British Artist in the year. In 2017, she voiced the animated web series “Star Wars Forces of Destiny” aired on Disney’s YouTube channel, and in 2018 fans will see Felicity in the film “On the Basis of Sex”, still adding consistently to her net worth.
Finally, in the personal life of the actress, in 2013 she broke up with her long time friend Edem Fornieles, a sculptor and internet artist, after 10 years; she is now engaged to director Charles Guard. Felicity currently lives in Bethnal Green, London.
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