

How to Build a Girl(2020)
Overview
The journey of Midlands teenager Johanna Morrigan, who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde: fast-talking, lady sex-adventurer, moves to London, and gets a job as music critic in the hope of saving her poverty stricken family in Wolverhampton. Based on Caitlin Moran's bestselling semi-autobiographical novel.
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Beanie Feldstein
Johanna Morrigan

Paddy Considine
Pat Morrigan

Sarah Solemani
Angie Morrigan

Alfie Allen
John Kite

Frank Dillane
Tony Rich

Laurie Kynaston
Krissi Morrigan

Arinzé Kene
Kenny

Tadhg Murphy
Andy Rock

Ziggy Heath
Derby

Bobby Schofield
Pricey

Chris O'Dowd
Alan 'Wilko' Wilkinson

Joanna Scanlan
Mrs. Belling

Emma Thompson
Amanda

Dónal Finn
Karl Boden
Stellan Powell
Lupin Morrigan
Freya Perry
Morrigan Twin
Harper Perry
Morrigan Twin
Violet Amer
Morrigan Twin

Andi Oliver
Donna Summer

Michael Sheen
Sigmund 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
Ralph Prosser
Lee Veltman
Johnny Mindlin
Sound Man
Samantha Morrish
Female TV Runner

Vicki Pepperdine
Smart DSS Woman

Patsy Ferran
Snow Pixie

Asheq Akhtar
Mr. Sanghera

Edward Bluemel
Strange Cases Manager

Hammed Animashaun
Ed Edwards

Tobi Bamtefa
Gig Doorman
Oliver Barrs
Hallows Drummer
Antony Somers
Press Officer

Bob Mortimer
Awards Host
Ciara May Wilson
Goth School Girl

John Peters
Cab Driver

Sonia Goswami
Pediatrician Alex Slade (uncredited)

Ryan Nolan
Damon Yardley (uncredited)
Sean Coleman
Classmate (Uncredited)
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