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Johanna Morrigan (Beanie Feldstein) is a bright, quirky, 16-year-old who uses her colorful imagination to regularly escape her humdrum life in Wolverhampton and live out her creative fantasies. Desperate to break free from the overcrowded flat she shares with her four brothers and eccentric parents, she submits an earnestly penned and off-beat music review to a group of self-important indie rock critics at a weekly magazine. Despite being brushed off initially, Johanna clamors to the top of the 90s rock music scene by reinventing herself as Dolly Wilde - a venerable, impossible-to-please music critic with an insatiable lust for fame, fortune, and men. It isn't long before the rapid pace at which Johanna's life is changing becomes overwhelming and she runs face-first into a devastatingly real, existential crisis: Is this the type of girl she wants to become? Or does she need to start over and build again from the ground up? Based on the best-selling novel by Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl is a sassy, sexy, and a profoundly touching coming-of-age comedy that traces the rocky road to womanhood through the lens of a unique and wildly hilarious protagonist. Co-starring Alfie Allen, Paddy Consindine, Chris O'Dowd, and Emma Thompson.
Original Release
05/08/2020
US Release
05/08/2020
Cast
Name | Character |
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Beanie Feldstein | Johanna Morrigan |
Cleo | Bianca Morrigan |
Dónal Finn | Karl Boden |
Paddy Considine | Pat Morrigan |
Laurie Kynaston | Krissi Morrigan |
Stellan Powell | Lupin Morrigan |
Freya Perry | Morrigan Twin |
Harper Perry | Morrigan Twin |
Violet Amer | Morrigan Twin |
Sarah Solemani | Angie Morrigan |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Beanie Feldstein | Johanna Morrigan |
Cleo | Bianca Morrigan |
Dónal Finn | Karl Boden |
Paddy Considine | Pat Morrigan |
Laurie Kynaston | Krissi Morrigan |
Stellan Powell | Lupin Morrigan |
Freya Perry | Morrigan Twin |
Harper Perry | Morrigan Twin |
Violet Amer | Morrigan Twin |
Sarah Solemani | Angie Morrigan |
Andi Oliver | Donna Summer |
Michael Sheen | Sigmund Freud / Dr. Freud |
Sue Perkins | Emily Bronte |
Mel Giedroyc | Charlotte Bronte |
Alexei Sayle | Karl Marx |
Lily Allen | Elizabeth Taylor |
Gemma Arterton | Maria von Trapp |
Jameela Jamil | Cleopatra |
Lucy Punch | Sylvia Plath |
Sharon Horgan | Jo March |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Caitlin Moran | Executive Producer |
Daniel Battsek | Executive Producer |
Emma Berkofsky | Executive Producer |
Lia Buman | Executive Producer |
Peter Hampden | Executive Producer |
Tim Headington | Executive Producer |
Zygi Kamasa | Executive Producer |
Ollie Madden | Executive Producer |
Norman Merry | Executive Producer |
Sue Bruce-Smith | Executive Producer |
Michael S. Constable | Producer |
Debra Hayward | Producer |
Alison Owen | Producer |
Bonnie-Chance Roberts | Producer |