How to Build a Girl
September 24, 2020
102 minutes
5.7
Comedy

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.

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Cast
Beanie Feldstein
(Johanna Morrigan)
Paddy Considine
(Pat Morrigan)
Sarah Solemani
(Angie Morrigan)
Alfie Allen
(John Kite)
Frank Dillane
(Tony Rich)
Laurie Kynaston
(Krissi Morrigan)
Arinzé Kene
(Kenny)
Tadhg Murphy
(Andy Rock)
Ziggy Heath
(Derby)
Bobby Schofield
(Pricey)
Chris O'Dowd
(Alan 'Wilko' Wilkinson)
Joanna Scanlan
(Mrs. Belling)
Emma Thompson
(Amanda)
Dónal Finn
(Karl Boden)
Stellan Powell
(Lupin Morrigan)
Freya Perry
(Morrigan Twin)
Harper Perry
(Morrigan Twin)
Violet Amer
(Morrigan Twin)
Andi Oliver
(Donna Summer)
Michael Sheen
(Sigmund Freud)
Sue Perkins
(Emily Bronte)
Mel Giedroyc
(Charlotte Bronte)
Alexei Sayle
(Karl Marx)
Lily Allen
(Elizabeth Taylor)
Gemma Arterton
(Maria Von Trapp)
Jameela Jamil
(Cleopatra)
Lucy Punch
(Sylvia Plath)
Sharon Horgan
(Jo March)
Ralph Prosser
(Lee Veltman)
Johnny Mindlin
(Sound Man)
Samantha Morrish
(Female TV Runner)
Vicki Pepperdine
(Smart DSS Woman)
Patsy Ferran
(Snow Pixie)
Asheq Akhtar
(Mr. Sanghera)
Edward Bluemel
(Strange Cases Manager)
Hammed Animashaun
(Ed Edwards)
Tobi Bamtefa
(Gig Doorman)
Oliver Barrs
(Hallows Drummer)
Antony Somers
(Press Officer)
Bob Mortimer
(Awards Host)
Ciara May Wilson
(Goth School Girl)
John Peters
(Cab Driver)
Sonia Goswami
(Pediatrician Alex Slade (uncredited))
Ryan Nolan
(Damon Yardley (uncredited))