Jessica Barden

Jessica Barden (born July 21, 1992) is an English actress. She is known for her role as Alyssa in the Channel 4 comedy-drama series The End of the F***ing World (2017–2019). She has also made appearances in films including Hanna (2011), The Lobster (2015), The New Romantic (2018) and Pink Skies Ahead (2020).

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Comedown (2012)

Six friends, who've known each other from childhood, break into the tower block they lived in as kids, now deserted and condemned, to rig-up a pirate radio station, get high and party. When one of the group goes missing, her friends begin to search the dark ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Menhaj Huda
CAST:  Adam Deacon  •  Jessica Barden  •  Sophie Stuckey  •  Geoff Bell

Six friends, who've known each other from childhood, break into the tower block they lived in as kids, now deserted and condemned, to rig-up a pirate radio station, get high and party. When one of the group goes missing, her friends begin to search the dark ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Menhaj Huda
CAST:  Adam Deacon  •  Jessica Barden  •  Sophie Stuckey  •  Geoff Bell

Anna (2013)

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A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Dorado
CAST:  Mark Strong  •  Taissa Farmiga  •  Brian Cox  •  Indira Varma

A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Dorado
CAST:  Mark Strong  •  Taissa Farmiga  •  Brian Cox  •  Indira Varma

Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)

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Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy. Bathsheba Everdene, attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Vinterberg
CAST:  Carey Mulligan  •  Juno Temple  •  Michael Sheen  •  Tom Sturridge

Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy. Bathsheba Everdene, attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Vinterberg
CAST:  Carey Mulligan  •  Juno Temple  •  Michael Sheen  •  Tom Sturridge

The Lobster (2015)

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In a dystopian near future, 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 animals and sent off into The Woods.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yorgos Lanthimos
CAST:  Léa Seydoux  •  Colin Farrell  •  John C. Reilly  •  Rachel Weisz

In a dystopian near future, 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 animals and sent off into The Woods.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yorgos Lanthimos
CAST:  Léa Seydoux  •  Colin Farrell  •  John C. Reilly  •  Rachel Weisz

Lullaby (2014)

Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During this intensely condensed period, a lifetime of drama plays out. Robert (Jenkins) fights a zero sum game to reclaim all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Levitas
CAST:  Garrett Hedlund  •  Richard Jenkins  •  Jennifer Hudson  •  Jessica Brown Findlay

Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During this intensely condensed period, a lifetime of drama plays out. Robert (Jenkins) fights a zero sum game to reclaim all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Levitas
CAST:  Garrett Hedlund  •  Richard Jenkins  •  Jennifer Hudson  •  Jessica Brown Findlay

In the Dark Half (2012)

A teenage girl comes to terms with the unexplained death of the boy next door.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alastair Siddons
CAST:  Simon Armstrong  •  Jessica Barden  •  Tony Curran  •  Lyndsey Marshal

A teenage girl comes to terms with the unexplained death of the boy next door.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alastair Siddons
CAST:  Simon Armstrong  •  Jessica Barden  •  Tony Curran  •  Lyndsey Marshal

Hanna (2011)

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Raised by her father, an ex-CIA agent, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing has been geared to making her the perfect assassin. Sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys across Europe, eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Wright
CAST:  Saoirse Ronan  •  Eric Bana  •  Cate Blanchett  •  Vicky Krieps

Raised by her father, an ex-CIA agent, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing has been geared to making her the perfect assassin. Sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys across Europe, eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Wright
CAST:  Saoirse Ronan  •  Eric Bana  •  Cate Blanchett  •  Vicky Krieps

Tamara Drewe (2010)

A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Gemma Arterton  •  Roger Allam  •  Bill Camp  •  Dominic Cooper

A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Gemma Arterton  •  Roger Allam  •  Bill Camp  •  Dominic Cooper

Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)

Based on a true story, Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution is the tale of a family from Bingley in Yorkshire, who defect to East Germany. Here they find a nightmare of rationing, censorship and the most spied upon people in history rather than the Marxist utopia they were ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bille Eltringham
CAST:  Catherine Tate  •  Iain Glen  •  Katharina Thalbach  •  Heike Makatsch

Based on a true story, Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution is the tale of a family from Bingley in Yorkshire, who defect to East Germany. Here they find a nightmare of rationing, censorship and the most spied upon people in history rather than the Marxist utopia they were ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bille Eltringham
CAST:  Catherine Tate  •  Iain Glen  •  Katharina Thalbach  •  Heike Makatsch

Mindhorn (2016)

A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sean Foley
CAST:  Julian Barratt  •  Simon Farnaby  •  Essie Davis  •  Steve Coogan

A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sean Foley
CAST:  Julian Barratt  •  Simon Farnaby  •  Essie Davis  •  Steve Coogan

Sweet Maddie Stone (2016)

15-year-old Maddie Stone rules her school yard under the protection of her family name. But after discovering her notorious father has been arrested, she has to make his bail money or lose the yard. The more Maddie fights, the more her world spirals out of control ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brady Hood
CAST:  Jessica Barden  •  Jason Flemyng  •  Zak Sutcliffe

15-year-old Maddie Stone rules her school yard under the protection of her family name. But after discovering her notorious father has been arrested, she has to make his bail money or lose the yard. The more Maddie fights, the more her world spirals out of control ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brady Hood
CAST:  Jessica Barden  •  Jason Flemyng  •  Zak Sutcliffe

Ellen (2016)

A tearaway teenage girl, at war with her mum, and trying to take control of her life, forms an amazing and unbreakable bond with a new friend. They raise hell, stick two fingers up at the world, and laugh like they never have before... but can Ellen avoid becoming ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mahalia Belo
CAST:  Jessica Barden  •  Jaime Winstone  •  Yasmin Monet Prince  •  Joe Dempsie

A tearaway teenage girl, at war with her mum, and trying to take control of her life, forms an amazing and unbreakable bond with a new friend. They raise hell, stick two fingers up at the world, and laugh like they never have before... but can Ellen avoid becoming ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mahalia Belo
CAST:  Jessica Barden  •  Jaime Winstone  •  Yasmin Monet Prince  •  Joe Dempsie

The New Romantic (2018)

In order to escape her looming post-graduation fate that includes student debt and zero romantic prospects, Blake Conway becomes a sugar baby. As the aspiring journalist and hopeless romantic documents the adventure, she sets out on a quest to figure out if society ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carly Stone
CAST:  Jessica Barden  •  Hayley Law  •  Brett Dier  •  Timm Sharp

In order to escape her looming post-graduation fate that includes student debt and zero romantic prospects, Blake Conway becomes a sugar baby. As the aspiring journalist and hopeless romantic documents the adventure, she sets out on a quest to figure out if society ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carly Stone
CAST:  Jessica Barden  •  Hayley Law  •  Brett Dier  •  Timm Sharp

Habit (2017)

Manchester, the present. Michael divides his time between the job center and the pub. A chance meeting with Lee, an introduction to her Uncle Ian and a heavy night on the lash lead to a job working the door at a Northern Quarter massage parlor. After witnessing the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simeon Halligan
CAST:  William Ash  •  Jessica Barden  •  Elliot James Langridge  •  Roxanne Pallett

Manchester, the present. Michael divides his time between the job center and the pub. A chance meeting with Lee, an introduction to her Uncle Ian and a heavy night on the lash lead to a job working the door at a Northern Quarter massage parlor. After witnessing the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simeon Halligan
CAST:  William Ash  •  Jessica Barden  •  Elliot James Langridge  •  Roxanne Pallett

The Earth Belongs to No One (2015)

On her way back home from school, 14-year-old Sky is followed by a gang, the rest is a blur. Her big sister Jessy-May, a tough isolated 16-year-old must now protect her family the only way she knows how.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ani Laurie
CAST:  Jessica Barden  •  Alana Boden  •  Jack Wilkie  •  Stephan Chase

On her way back home from school, 14-year-old Sky is followed by a gang, the rest is a blur. Her big sister Jessy-May, a tough isolated 16-year-old must now protect her family the only way she knows how.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ani Laurie
CAST:  Jessica Barden  •  Alana Boden  •  Jack Wilkie  •  Stephan Chase

The Dark (2014)

As a family tradition every year on his birthday, a Daughter takes a picture of her Father. The Mother is a memory, a portrait looking back from the wall of the dark room. As the picture develops, a mystery emerges from the darkness which threatens to bring the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Hemmings
CAST:  Jessica Barden  •  Toby Jones

As a family tradition every year on his birthday, a Daughter takes a picture of her Father. The Mother is a memory, a portrait looking back from the wall of the dark room. As the picture develops, a mystery emerges from the darkness which threatens to bring the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Hemmings
CAST:  Jessica Barden  •  Toby Jones

Scarborough (2019)

Set over three days, two different couples - each comprising of a teacher and a student - spend a life-changing weekend at the seaside resort town of Scarborough to seek an escape from the constraints of every day life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barnaby Southcombe
CAST:  Edward Hogg  •  Jodhi May  •  Jordan Bolger  •  Jessica Barden

Set over three days, two different couples - each comprising of a teacher and a student - spend a life-changing weekend at the seaside resort town of Scarborough to seek an escape from the constraints of every day life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barnaby Southcombe
CAST:  Edward Hogg  •  Jodhi May  •  Jordan Bolger  •  Jessica Barden

Romantic Comedy (2020)

This documentary goes beneath the surface of our favorite films, seeking to better understand the way we view love, relationships, and romance. From clumsy meet cutes to rain-soaked declarations of love, these films reflect our experiences but are often just as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elizabeth Sankey
CAST:  Jessica Barden  •  Charlie Shackleton  •  Simran Hans  •  Laura Snapes

This documentary goes beneath the surface of our favorite films, seeking to better understand the way we view love, relationships, and romance. From clumsy meet cutes to rain-soaked declarations of love, these films reflect our experiences but are often just as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elizabeth Sankey
CAST:  Jessica Barden  •  Charlie Shackleton  •  Simran Hans  •  Laura Snapes

Jungleland (2020)

Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Winkler
CAST:  Jack O'Connell  •  Charlie Hunnam  •  Jessica Barden  •  Fran Kranz

Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Winkler
CAST:  Jack O'Connell  •  Charlie Hunnam  •  Jessica Barden  •  Fran Kranz

Earthy Encounters (2018)

15-year-old Kyle believes he can save his dying older brother with a plant he's found at the back of a garden centre. Problem is, there's a shadowy government agency out to destroy it first.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Johnson
CAST:  Fionn O'Shea  •  Jessica Barden  •  Luke Baverstock  •  Peter Sullivan

15-year-old Kyle believes he can save his dying older brother with a plant he's found at the back of a garden centre. Problem is, there's a shadowy government agency out to destroy it first.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Johnson
CAST:  Fionn O'Shea  •  Jessica Barden  •  Luke Baverstock  •  Peter Sullivan
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