The 10 Best Daisy Edgar-Jones Roles

From breakout television to major studio features, Daisy Edgar-Jones has built a résumé that cuts across romance, thriller, period drama, and sci-fi. She first drew wide attention on the small screen before transitioning into leading roles on the big screen, working with streamers, broadcasters, and major studios on both sides of the Atlantic.

This list gathers her most notable movies and shows, highlighting character details, key creative partners, and where each project fits in her career arc. You’ll find lead turns, pivotal supporting roles, and early appearances that helped shape her path.

‘Normal People’ (2020) – Marianne Sheridan

Based on Sally Rooney’s novel, this limited series follows Marianne and Connell from school in County Sligo to university in Dublin, mapping their on-again, off-again connection. The adaptation was developed by Element Pictures for BBC Three and Hulu, with episodes directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Hettie Macdonald and scripts by Rooney with Alice Birch and Mark O’Rowe.

Edgar-Jones plays Marianne across multiple life stages, acting opposite Paul Mescal. The production used intimate handheld camerawork and extended close-ups, and it employed an intimacy coordinator to standardize practices for its relationship scenes. The series earned BAFTA and Golden Globe recognition across categories, elevating both leads internationally.

‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ (2022) – Kya Clark

Adapted from Delia Owens’s best-selling novel and produced by 3000 Pictures and Hello Sunshine for distribution by Sony Pictures, the film centers on an isolated young woman, Kya, who becomes the subject of a murder investigation in coastal North Carolina. The production showcases marshland locations and courtroom sequences that parallel Kya’s survival story with the legal case around her.

Edgar-Jones leads the cast alongside Taylor John Smith and Harris Dickinson, with direction by Olivia Newman and a screenplay by Lucy Alibar. The film’s soundtrack features an original song by Taylor Swift, and its release strategy paired a wide theatrical rollout with subsequent streaming availability on premium platforms.

‘Twisters’ (2024) – Kate Cooper

A standalone follow-up to the storm-chasing classic, this disaster feature was produced by Universal Pictures, Amblin, and Warner Bros. as a domestic theatrical and premium-video release. The story follows rival teams deploying new technology to track and mitigate severe weather while contending with escalating systems across Tornado Alley.

Edgar-Jones portrays a data-driven meteorologist working in the field opposite Glen Powell and Anthony Ramos. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung from a script by Mark L. Smith, the production combined large-format location shoots with VFX from multiple houses to stage multi-vortex sequences and practical stunts with specialized vehicles.

‘Fresh’ (2022) – Noa

Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival before streaming on Hulu and Disney+ territories, this thriller blends dating-app culture with horror elements. Directed by Mimi Cave from a script by Lauryn Kahn, the film pairs dark humor with controlled, stylized production design and needle-drop cues to shift tone as the narrative tightens.

Edgar-Jones plays Noa, whose attempt to escape a dangerous situation drives the second and third acts. The film co-stars Sebastian Stan and JoJo T. Gibbs, and it uses confined spaces, choreographed practical effects, and an escalating soundscape to convey power dynamics between captor and captive.

‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ (2022) – Brenda Wright Lafferty

FX’s crime limited series adapts Jon Krakauer’s nonfiction account of a double homicide and its religious context. Showrun by Dustin Lance Black, with episodes directed by David Mackenzie and Isabel Sandoval, the series intercuts police procedure with flashbacks that map family history and belief systems.

Edgar-Jones appears as Brenda Wright Lafferty, whose letters, musical training, and interactions with in-laws are incorporated into the investigation timeline. The ensemble includes Andrew Garfield and Sam Worthington, and the production employed bilingual dialogue, period costuming, and location doubles in Alberta to recreate Utah settings.

‘War of the Worlds’ (2019–2021) – Emily Gresham

This contemporary reimagining of H. G. Wells’s novel was a European co-production for Canal+, Fox Networks Group, and StudioCanal, with Howard Overman as creator. Set across the U.K. and France, the series follows survivors responding to an extraterrestrial event through parallel storylines that converge around scientific clues.

Edgar-Jones plays Emily Gresham, a teenager whose neurological condition and unusual sensory changes become relevant to the central mystery. She appears opposite Gabriel Byrne and Léa Drucker, with sequences shot on location in urban transit corridors, forests, and industrial zones to situate character arcs within a grounded post-event environment.

‘Cold Feet’ (2016–2020) – Olivia Marsden

ITV’s long-running comedy-drama returned with new seasons that reintroduced familiar characters and their families. The revival continued the format of interwoven domestic plots across Manchester, using a mix of location work and studio interiors, and it retained the original theme and episodic structure.

Edgar-Jones portrays Olivia Marsden, daughter of David and Karen, appearing across multiple series. Her storylines include family transitions, school milestones, and evolving relationships, placing her within the show’s ensemble dynamics led by James Nesbitt, Hermione Norris, and Robert Bathurst.

‘On Swift Horses’ (2024) – Muriel

Adapted from Shannon Pufahl’s novel and directed by Daniel Minahan, this period drama tracks a young married couple and a drifter whose paths cross amid casinos, racetracks, and desert towns. The production highlights interiors and roadside Americana, employing a muted palette and widescreen compositions to anchor character movement across the Southwest.

Edgar-Jones plays Muriel, opposite Will Poulter and Jacob Elordi. The project screened on the festival circuit ahead of general release plans, with the narrative framed through Muriel’s perspective as she navigates work, marriage, and clandestine connections that intersect with gambling and migration themes.

‘Outnumbered’ (2016) – Kate

The Christmas special of the BBC One family sitcom revisited the Brockmans with older children and new partners. The episode brought back the original cast and re-established the show’s semi-improvised style, integrating set-piece gags with domestic chaos during the holiday.

Edgar-Jones appears as Kate, Jake Brockman’s girlfriend, in scenes that fold a new character into the family’s rituals and misunderstandings. The special was produced by Hat Trick Productions and filmed on standing sets with additional exterior inserts to match the show’s established visual language.

‘Gentleman Jack’ (2019) – Delia Rawson

Created by Sally Wainwright for BBC One and HBO, this historical drama chronicles landowner Anne Lister’s business negotiations, social maneuvering, and personal relationships in Halifax. The series mixes diary extracts with dramatized events, using period-accurate locations in West Yorkshire and a recurring theme by O’Hooley & Tidow.

Edgar-Jones appears as Delia Rawson in early-season episodes that intersect with the Rawson family’s industrial interests. Her scenes contribute to the show’s mapping of local power structures, and she features alongside Suranne Jones and Sophie Rundle as the plot moves between Shibden Hall, parish settings, and rival coal operations.

‘Silent Witness’ (2017) – Jessica Timpson

In a two-part story arc of the BBC forensic procedural, the Lyell Centre team investigates a teacher’s disappearance that links to a wider safeguarding case. The episodes combine pathology sequences, police interviews, and witness accounts, maintaining the series’ case-file structure.

Edgar-Jones plays Jessica Timpson, a student connected to key evidence threads, appearing opposite Emilia Fox and David Caves. The production integrates school locations, CCTV inserts, and lab work to progress the investigation from initial discovery to formal statements and forensic conclusions.

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