Becoming Jane Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Before becoming a famous novelist, a young Jane Austen becomes embroiled in a passionate love affair with an Irish lawyer, Tom Lefroy, that inspires her career.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

The year is 1795 and young Jane Austen is a feisty 20-year-old and emerging writerwho already sees a world beyond class and commerce, beyond pride and prejudice, and dreams of doing what was then nearly unthinkable--marrying for love. Naturally, her parents are searching for a wealthy, well-appointed husband to assure their daughter''s future social standing. They are eyeing Mr. Wisley, nephew to the very formidable, not to mention very rich, local aristocrat Lady Gresham, as a prospective match. But when Jane meets the roguish and decidedly non-aristocratic Tom Lefroy, sparks soon fly along with the sharp repartee. His intellect and arrogance raise her ire--then knock her head over heels. Now, the couple, whose flirtation flies in the face of the sense and sensibility of the age, is faced with a terrible dilemma. If they attempt to marry, they will risk everything that matters--family, friends and fortune.

Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Becoming Jane.

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  Anne Hathaway

  The Odyssey, Sesame Street

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  James McAvoy

  The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her, The Book of Clarence

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  Julie Walters

  Paddington in Peru, Brave

Crew Behind the Film

The Becoming Jane behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Julian Jarrold last directed Brideshead Revisited and Kinky Boots. The film's writer Kevin Hood last wrote On Green Dolphin Street and Reykjavik.

Director

Julian Jarrold

Screenwriters

Kevin Hood
Sarah Williams

Producers

Robert Bernstein
Graham Broadbent
Douglas Rae

Production Details

What we know about the Becoming Jane movie production.

Key Facts

• Adapatation of the best-selling novel by Karen Joy Fowler.

Production Updates for Becoming Jane

Dec 2004

Completed

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