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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.

2020 |1h 42m |  Comedy

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Beanie Feldstein

Johanna Morrigan

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Paddy Considine

Pat Morrigan

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Sarah Solemani

Angie Morrigan

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Alfie Allen

John Kite

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Frank Dillane

Tony Rich

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Laurie Kynaston

Krissi Morrigan

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Arinzé Kene

Kenny

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Tadhg Murphy

Andy Rock

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Ziggy Heath

Derby

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Bobby Schofield

Pricey

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Chris O'Dowd

Alan 'Wilko' Wilkinson

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Joanna Scanlan

Mrs. Belling

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Emma Thompson

Amanda

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Dónal Finn

Karl Boden

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Andi Oliver

Donna Summer

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Michael Sheen

Sigmund Freud

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Sue Perkins

Emily Bronte

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Mel Giedroyc

Charlotte Bronte

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Alexei Sayle

Karl Marx

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Lily Allen

Elizabeth Taylor

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Gemma Arterton

Maria Von Trapp

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Jameela Jamil

Cleopatra

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Lucy Punch

Sylvia Plath

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Sharon Horgan

Jo March

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Vicki Pepperdine

Smart DSS Woman

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Patsy Ferran

Snow Pixie

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Asheq Akhtar

Mr. Sanghera

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Edward Bluemel

Strange Cases Manager

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Hammed Animashaun

Ed Edwards

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Tobi Bamtefa

Gig Doorman

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Bob Mortimer

Awards Host

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John Peters

Cab Driver

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Sonia Goswami

Pediatrician Alex Slade (uncredited)

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Ryan Nolan

Damon Yardley (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

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