She then played small parts in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), an episode of smash television series Doctor Who and Utopia (both in 2013). At the same time, she was also performing in the theatre, including big shows like Shrek the Musical (2011) and The Turn of the Screw (2013).
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Next up, she is set to lead season three of Netflix’s fantasy drama Locke and Key and thriller movie Cat Person, both set to air this year.
She pulled out all the stops for her part in Coda
Joining Coda as the lead was a big challenge for Jones, who didn’t know sign language and had never trained as a singer when she was cast.
So in addition to professional singing classes, she also spent nine months studying with a sign language teacher, learning not just the language but also the culture and nuances of the deaf community. “I didn’t just want to learn my lines, because I wanted to be able to communicate with (co-stars) Marlee [Matlin], Troy [Kotsur] and Daniel [Durrant] without an interpreter,” she told IndieWire.
Not an easy feat given that she was working 75 hours per week for Locke & Key. So she practised during break time there. “One of the crew members once asked me what I was finger-spelling and I was like, ‘Tinder!’”, she joked in an interview with Glamour.
But that wasn’t enough for the complex role. Rossi grew up in a fishing family so Jones also learnt to fish. “We’d go out with the fishermen at 3am every morning for two weeks, and then I’d get back smelling like fish guts and I’d be a state and then I’d go into ASL training,” Jones said later.
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She loves a challenge
From Coda’s Ruby Rossi to Kinsey Locke – one of the three Locke siblings in Locke and Key – to Margot, a university student who has a brief relationship with an older man in Cat Person, Jones clearly enjoys taking on diverse roles. It’s because she always looks for a project that “challenges and educates” her, she told Flickering Myth.
“I think even from a young age. Utopia was challenging, it was edgy and different and I loved that. I was getting to do things that I had luckily had no experience to draw from, so that challenged me. I had to put myself in these characters’ shoes,” she said.
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Viola Davis is her current role model
Jones said she never thought too much about what it meant to be a successful actor when she was young, preferring just to focus on her performances. “If I was blown away by someone’s performance, I would think, I look up to you, and follow their career,” she also told Glamour.
She currently looks up to Viola Davis, saying that the actress seems “super positive and fun” and appears to have great energy. “She’s a boss and carries the whole crew and cast,” she said to Glamour. “Her performances are always so inspiring and every project is completely different. That’s what I like to look for.”Not just Jada Pinkett Smith – 10 celebrities who suffer from alopecia
She does a little dance after completing every project
When a movie or television show’s filming ends, Jones dances. It’s her way of both celebrating and letting it all go – the lines, the concentration, all of the hard work during shooting, she told Flaunt in an interview.
She loves soul music and can play guitar
Like her Coda character Ruby, music is important to Jones too. She considers listening to music a big part of her acting process because it “makes her feel so much”, she told reporters at the Golden Globes. “If there is a sad scene, I will put my headphones in and listen to a song,” she added. According to MovieMaker, soul legends Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding are two of the actress’s particular favourites.
When she isn’t acting or listening to music, Jones can be found playing guitar or wandering around London. For her part in Coda she even auditioned with a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Landslide on her guitar, according to Vogue.
