Fay


I just watched this movie and recognized Fay was the actress who played Mr. Darcy's little sister in Pride and Prejudice 1995.

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You have a good eye! I didn't realize that because she had been so young as Geogianna.

That actress is Emilia Fox. She's the daughter of famous Brit actors Edward Fox (played Fay's father in 'Republic of Love'; also the brutal Gen. Reginald Dyer in 'Gandhi') and Joanna David (who was also in 'Pride and Prejudice' as Mrs. Gardiner, but I remember best from a guest role on the 'Inspector Morse' series). The Foxes are apparently an acting dynasty in the UK. Edward Fox has two brothers, James (actor - Richard Fielding in 'A Passage to India') and Robert (producer). James's son Laurence Fox (most well-known to me as Detective Sergeant James Hathaway on 'Lewis,' the sequel to 'Morse') recently married the beautiful and vivacious singer/actor Billie Piper. (Laurence also shone as Jane Austen's stiff-upper-lipped suitor Wisley in 'Becoming Jane'.) And there's even a connection there to that other Brit acting dynasty, the Redgrave/Richardsons: before she married Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson was married for a couple of years to Robert Fox. It's all a bit like royalty over there, eh? :)

Emilia will be in the upcoming movie 'Dorian Gray.' It's coming out in England soon, but I'm not sure of the release date here across the pond.

And tonight there's another episode of 'Lewis' on PBS, so I'm really looking forward to seeing Laurence Fox in that! Wow, what a family... :)

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