Emilia Annis I. Jones is a British actress. She is best known for her lead role as Ruby Rossi in the Academy Award-winning film CODA (2021) for which she received a British Academy Film Award nomination for Best Actress. She is also known for playing Kinsey Locke in the Netflix series Locke & Key (2020–2022).
Jones at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in March 2022
CODA is a 2021 coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Sian Heder. An English-language remake of the 2014 French-Belgian film La Famille Bélier, it stars Emilia Jones as Ruby Rossi, the child of deaf adults (CODA) and only hearing member of her family, who attempts to help her family's struggling fishing business while pursuing her aspirations to become a singer.
Official release poster
Sian Heder, the film's writer and director.
Emilia Jones received praise for her performance.
Troy Kotsur's performance received critical acclaim, winning him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, making him the first male deaf actor to do so.