April brings us twenty actors who have held roles in Austen-inspired film adaptations. How many of these below are among your favorites?
April 1 – JJ Feild, who portrayed Henry Tilney in 2007’s Northanger Abbey, as well as Mr Henry Nobley in Austenland
April 2 – Penelope Keith, who portrayed Lady Catherine de Bourgh in Death Comes to Pemberley
April 3 – Matthew Goode, who portrayed George Wickham in Death Comes to Pemberley
April 3 – Marsha Mason, who portrayed Catherine Darcy in Bride and Prejudice
April 5 – Hayley Atwell, who portrayed Mary Crawford in 2007’s Mansfield Park
April 5 – Lily James, who portrayed Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
April 5 – Tom Riley, who portrayed George Wickham in Lost in Austen
April 6 – Paul Rudd, who portrayed Josh in Clueless
April 9 – Andrew Osborn, who portrayed Fitzwilliam Darcy in 1938’s Pride and Prejudice (9 April 1912 to 13 March 1985)
April 14 – Michelle Duncan, who portrayed Charlotte Lucas in Lost in Austen
April 15 – Emma Thompson, who portrayed Elinor Dashwood in 1995’s Sense and Sensibility
April 17 – Lucila Solá, who portrayed Jane Vasquez in Pride and Prejudice: A Latter Day Comedy
April 19 – Hugh O’Conor, who portrayed James Moreland in 2007’s Northanger Abbey
April 21 – James Mcavoy, who portrayed Tom Lefroy in Becoming Jane
April 22 – Michelle Ryan, who portrayed Maria Bertram in 2007’s Mansfield Park
April 25 – Renée Zellweger, who portrayed Bridget Jones in Bridget Jones’ Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, and Bridget Jones’ Baby
April 26 – Susannah Harker, who portrayed Jane Bennet in 1995’s Pride and Prejudice
April 27 – Anna Chancellor, who portrayed Miss Caroline Bingley in 1995’s Pride and Prejudice
April 27 – Jenna Coleman, who portrayed Lydia Bennet in Death Comes to Pemberley
April 27 – Sally Hawkins, who portrayed Anne Elliot in 2007’s Persuasion
Wow, I am an April baby myself (April 6) and proud to share the month with such fine company 🙂
Good for you, Julie. My ex’s birthday was today. April Fool’s!