Felicity Jones had not appeared in a Shakespeare adaptation until 2012.
Felicity Jones . She took time off from acting to attend university at Wadham College , Oxford where she performed in Shakespeare 's The Comedy of Errors for the Oxford University Dramatic Society , and has worked steadily since graduating in 2006 . In 2008 , she appeared in the Donmar Warehouse production of The Chalk Garden . Since 2006 , Jones has appeared in numerous films , including Northanger Abbey ( 2007 ) , Brideshead Revisited ( 2008 ) , Chéri ( 2009 ) , and The Tempest ( 2010 ) . The Tempest is a 2010 American film based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare , featuring Helen Mirren in the principal role of Prospera .