How to Build a Girl

How to Build a Girl

102 mins | Comedy | Sept. 24, 2020

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.

How to Build a Girl

102 mins | Comedy | Sept. 24, 2020

How to Build a Girl
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.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Lionsgate, Film4 Productions, Tango Entertainment
Original title How to Build a Girl
Directors Andrew Mackie, Sven Arnstein, Robyn Henderson, Jack Wren, Non Eleri Hughes, Coky Giedroyc
Writers Caitlin Moran

Cast

Beanie Feldstein

as Johanna Morrigan

Paddy Considine

as Pat Morrigan

Sarah Solemani

as Angie Morrigan

Alfie Allen

as John Kite

Frank Dillane

as Tony Rich

Laurie Kynaston

as Krissi Morrigan

Arinzé Kene

as Kenny

Tadhg Murphy

as Andy Rock

Ziggy Heath

as Derby

Bobby Schofield

as Pricey

Chris O'Dowd

as Alan 'Wilko' Wilkinson

Joanna Scanlan

as Mrs. Belling

Emma Thompson

as Amanda

Dónal Finn

as Karl Boden

Stellan Powell

as Lupin Morrigan

Freya Perry

as Morrigan Twin

Harper Perry

as Morrigan Twin

Violet Amer

as Morrigan Twin

Andi Oliver

as Donna Summer

Michael Sheen

as Sigmund Freud

Sue Perkins

as Emily Bronte

Mel Giedroyc

as Charlotte Bronte

Alexei Sayle

as Karl Marx

Lily Allen

as Elizabeth Taylor

Gemma Arterton

as Maria Von Trapp

Jameela Jamil

as Cleopatra

Lucy Punch

as Sylvia Plath

Sharon Horgan

as Jo March

Ralph Prosser

as Lee Veltman

Johnny Mindlin

as Sound Man

Samantha Morrish

as Female TV Runner

Vicki Pepperdine

as Smart DSS Woman

Patsy Ferran

as Snow Pixie

Asheq Akhtar

as Mr. Sanghera

Edward Bluemel

as Strange Cases Manager

Hammed Animashaun

as Ed Edwards

Tobi Bamtefa

as Gig Doorman

Oliver Barrs

as Hallows Drummer

Antony Somers

as Press Officer

Bob Mortimer

as Awards Host

Ciara May Wilson

as Goth School Girl

John Peters

as Cab Driver

Sonia Goswami

as Pediatrician Alex Slade (uncredited)

Ryan Nolan

as Damon Yardley (uncredited)