Jessica Brown Findlay reads from ‘Still Born’ | The Booker Prize

written by Ana on 17 May 2023

Jessica has been selected as one of the few celebrities reading a small snippet for The Booker Prize with a extract from Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel. This book is part of the International Booker Prize 2023 shortlist, the shortlist of six books was announced on Tuesday, April 18 and the winning title will be announced at a ceremony at Sky Garden in London on Tuesday, May 23, 2023.

The story so far: Alina and Laura are independent and career-driven women in their mid-thirties, neither of whom have built their future around the prospect of a family. Alina becomes pregnant and when complications arise in her pregnancy, both women are forced to reckon with the complexity of their emotions, in Nettel’s sensitive and surgically precise exploration of maternal ambivalence.

Jessica Brown Findlay was most recently seen leading both feel-good hit The Flatshare (Paramount+) and the film adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s The Hanging Sun (Sky Cinema). She played Ophelia to Andrew Scott’s Hamlet in Robert Icke’s Olivier-nominated London production, and played Lady Sybil Crawley in ITV’s Downton Abbey.

Be aware of the video as it contains descriptions of prenatal complications that some viewers may find upsetting.

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SPYSCAPE+ To Release “True Spies Podcast” & “The Razumov Files” Podcast

written by Ana on 22 November 2022

Also exclusive on SPYSCAPE+ is The Razumov Files, an ambitious audio reimagining of Joseph Conrad’s classic spy thriller Under Western Eyes starring Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey, Brave New World). By approaching the 1917 Russian Revolution from the perspective of an investigative podcast, The Razumov Files is a radical reinvention of spy fiction, melding genres to bring this classic story to the attention of a global audience used to binging on Crimetown and Serial. Imagine The Lives Of Others told in the style of The RFK Tapes, laced with vivid characters and powerful themes only a master like Conrad could conjure.

The Razumov Files debuts on November 23 on SPYSCAPE+.

Jessica’s impressive body of film and television credits include; The Banishing, The Outcast (BBC), Jamaica Inn (BBC), Winter’s Tale, Victor Frankenstein, The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society, and the Morrissey biopic, England Is Mine. Jessica played Ophelia to Andrew Scott’s Hamlet in Robert Icke’s Olivier nominated production which transferred from the Almeida to the West End.

SPYSCAPE is a podcast subscription service. Subscribers to SPYSCAPE+ — the recently launched podcast subscription offering from SPYSCAPE Studios — will have exclusive access to the first episode beginning on November 1. SPYSCAPE+ offers early access to True Spies episodes, an ad-free listening experience, and exclusive bonus content, such as the soon-to-launch True Spies Debriefs in which real spies provide background info alongside True Spies episodes.

After a free three-day trial, subscriptions begin at $3.99 / month or $24.99 / year. Learn more about SPYSCAPE+ here.