Best Actress 2013: Felicity Jones, The Invisible Woman

Ralph Fiennes follows up his freshman directing effort Coriolanus with The Invisible Woman.  Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady, Shame) adapted Claire Tomalin's book about the relationship between actress Nelly Ternan (Felicity Jones) and Charles Dickens (Fiennes).  Their considerable age difference as well as the fact that Dickens was a married man managed to destroy her reputation.  Sounds similar to Effie.  Fiennes English Patient costar Kristen Scott Thomas is also in the cast.  The crew includes production designer Maria Djurkovic (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Hours), and costume designer Michael O'Connor (Jane Eyre, The Duchess).  Jones bursted onto the scene in 2011 with the romantic drama Like Crazy.  Filmed in April of last year in Middlesex, Sony Picture Classics will distribute the movie sometime this year.

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