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On my radar: Daisy Edgar-Jones's cultural highlights

The Normal People star on livestreamed theatre, the best TV show she’s ever seen and a gem from her dad’s record collection
‘I’m hyper-aware of what I take for granted – sitting in a pub with a pal, hugging my parents’: Daisy Edgar-Jones. Photograph: Phil Fisk/The Observer

Actor Daisy Edgar-Jones was born in 1998 in Islington, London. She trained with the National Youth Theatre and her breakthrough acting role was in ITV’s comedy drama Cold Feet aged 17. She made her film debut in 2018’s but is best known for playing Marianne earlier this year in the of Sally Rooney’s novel . Edgar-Jones stars in Mike Bartlett’s play about politics and patriotism, and airing at 10.10pm on BBC Four tonight and subsequently on iPlayer.

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