Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles opened Georgia Oakley's Sense and Sensibility, a new film of Jane Austen's first novel, at its world premiere in Leicester Square.
Georgia Oakley’s Sense and Sensibility had its world premiere at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in the West End on Tuesday 15 September 2026. Daisy Edgar-Jones, who plays Elinor Dashwood in this new film of Jane Austen’s first novel, led the cast.
Edgar-Jones was born in London in 1998 and began acting with the National Youth Theatre. Marianne in Normal People, the 2020 adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel, made her name and brought her a Golden Globe nomination. She has since led Where the Crawdads Sing and Twisters.
Oakley made her debut as a director with Blue Jean in 2022. Diana Reid wrote this screenplay from Austen’s novel of 1811, and Working Title produced it for Focus Features.
When their father dies, the Dashwood sisters lose their fortune and their home. Practical Elinor and passionate Marianne, played by Esmé Creed-Miles, move with their mother to a cottage on reduced means. There they learn the cost of love and marriage in their new society.
George MacKay, Fiona Shaw, Frank Dillane, Herbert Nordrum and Bodhi Rae Breathnach joined Edgar-Jones and Creed-Miles on the carpet. Universal released the film in British cinemas on 25 September.