Jessica Barden: 12 Surprising Facts You (Probably) Didn’t Know About The Rising Star
The rising star has been getting rave reviews for her role as Alyssa in 'The End of the F***ing World'. But what else do we know about her?
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1. The End of the Fucking World
'The End of the Fucking World' may have propelled Jessica to global fame in 2018 but her involvement in the series goes back several years. TEOTFW was initially a short film, which was released in 2014, and then the UK's Channel 4 picked it up and released as a TV series in 2017. Netflix then bought the rights and released it in 2018.
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2. How old is Jessica Barden?
Jessica was born 21 July 1992, making her 25-years-old. She was born in Northallerton but moved to Wetherby, West Yorkshire where she grew up.
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3. Is she on social media?
Yes! Jessica has an (excellent) Instagram account (@jessybarden) but is not on Twitter or Snapchat.
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4. How tall is Jessica?
Jessica is 5ft 2in tall. So now you know.
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5. What is Jessica Barden's net worth?
These things are usually highly speculative but one net worth website has valued Jessica's net worth at $1.5 Million, although best to take these things with a pitch of salt.
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6. Jessica Barden's most high-profile role to date was in The Lobster (2015).
The film stars Jessica as 'Nosebleed Woman' alongside Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Ben Whishaw and Olivia Colman. The film is set in a dystopian near future where single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods. Fun!
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7. But Jessica's very first acting role was in British early 90s kids show My Parents Are Aliens.
Unfortunately, we cannot find her role in 'The Date', the one episode she appeared in during the first season way back in 1999. Any eager YouTube fans want to track it down for us?
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8. Jessica also took a role in Tamara Drewe (2010).
Starring Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper and Luke Evans, Jessica plays teenager Jody who has become obsessed with a rock star drummer Ben (Cooper). She earned lots of praise from critics who noted she 'runs away with every scene in the small but pivotal part of Jody".
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9. Jessica also had a part in Far from the Maddening Crowd (2015).
She starred opposite Carey Mulligan in the British romantic drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg. It is an adaptation of the 1874 novel Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.
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10. But her most iconic role was in legendary British TV soap Coronation Street
Jessica played Kayleigh Morton and was in the show for a whooping 72 episodes between 2007 & 2008. She was a member of the Morton family and lived at No. 6 with the rest of her family, until her father Jerry moved the family to Spain. She spent most of her time being unsuccessfully cherpsed by Chesney Battersby-Brown.
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11. What are Jess' thoughts on a possible second season of The End of the Fucking World?
When asked by Vulture if she would like to see a second season, Jess responded, "I was just as sad and shocked as the audience will be when I got to the end. I cried when I read the script. But I liked that it almost doesn’t end. It isn’t the end of the world." She also suggested that Alyssa and James could go on another road trip in season two and find some drag queens "so RuPaul could be in the show". We are 100% down for this.
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12. Are Jessica Barden and Bill Milner dating?
There are rumours that Jessica is dating actor Bill Milner. They appear on each other's instagram accounts fairly regularly, although neither has officially confirmed the relationship. Bill has appeared in several films such as X Men: First Class and Dunkirk. He is also Maisie William's flatmate.
