How to Build a Girl

Overview

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.

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Director

Coky Giedroyc

Cast

Beanie Feldstein

Paddy Considine

Sarah Solemani

Alfie Allen

Frank Dillane

Laurie Kynaston

Arinzé Kene

Tadhg Murphy

Ziggy Heath

Bobby Schofield

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