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How to Build a Girl

Genres
Comedy
Rating
5.7
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited KingdomUnited States of America
Release Date2020-09-24
Runtime102 mins

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.

Cast & Crew

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Beanie Feldstein

as Johanna Morrigan

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Paddy Considine

as Pat Morrigan

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Sarah Solemani

as Angie Morrigan

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Alfie Allen

as John Kite

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Frank Dillane

as Tony Rich

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Laurie Kynaston

as Krissi Morrigan

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Arinzé Kene

as Kenny

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Tadhg Murphy

as Andy Rock

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Ziggy Heath

as Derby

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Bobby Schofield

as Pricey

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Chris O'Dowd

as Alan 'Wilko' Wilkinson

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Joanna Scanlan

as Mrs. Belling

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Emma Thompson

as Amanda

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Dónal Finn

as Karl Boden

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Stellan Powell

as Lupin Morrigan

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Freya Perry

as Morrigan Twin

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Harper Perry

as Morrigan Twin

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Violet Amer

as Morrigan Twin

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Andi Oliver

as Donna Summer

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Michael Sheen

as Sigmund Freud

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Sue Perkins

as Emily Bronte

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Mel Giedroyc

as Charlotte Bronte

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Alexei Sayle

as Karl Marx

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Lily Allen

as Elizabeth Taylor

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Gemma Arterton

as Maria Von Trapp

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Jameela Jamil

as Cleopatra

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Lucy Punch

as Sylvia Plath

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Sharon Horgan

as Jo March

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Ralph Prosser

as Lee Veltman

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Johnny Mindlin

as Sound Man

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Samantha Morrish

as Female TV Runner

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Vicki Pepperdine

as Smart DSS Woman

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Patsy Ferran

as Snow Pixie

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Asheq Akhtar

as Mr. Sanghera

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Edward Bluemel

as Strange Cases Manager

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Hammed Animashaun

as Ed Edwards

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Tobi Bamtefa

as Gig Doorman

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Oliver Barrs

as Hallows Drummer

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Antony Somers

as Press Officer

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Bob Mortimer

as Awards Host

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Ciara May Wilson

as Goth School Girl

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John Peters

as Cab Driver

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Sonia Goswami

as Pediatrician Alex Slade (uncredited)

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Ryan Nolan

as Damon Yardley (uncredited)

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Sean Coleman

as Classmate (Uncredited)

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