Phoebe Dynevor has undergone a stunning transformation.
The candy colored, addictive Netflix showBridgertonwas a veritable smash hit after its release in 2020.
As theEvening Standardreported, it was watched by 63 million households in just four weeks.
Dynevor starred as Daphne inBridgerton, the show’s leading lady in season 1.
So, who is the young, relatively unknown actress who captivated us asBridgerton’sDaphne?
And how did she end up landing this coveted role?
Here is the stunning transformation of Phoebe Dynevor.
As a child, Phoebe sometimes got the chance to visit them on set.
She also explained that “gratitude is the most important thing.”
Sounds like Phoebe picked up a few crucial lessons by watching her mother as a child.
And that’s not all Dynevor also picked up an inherent politeness from her mother.
“She’d never say a bad word about anyone or anything,” she explained.
“I love that about her.”
Sounds like Dynover had a couple of wonderful role models growing up.
She also recalled, “I remember watchingBrideshead Revisitedas well when I was young.”
Apparently, that was her father’s contribution to her cultural upbringing.
As she toldExpress, “I’ve always been a show-off.”
When her grandparents visited, she and her sister were always eager to perform.
When Dynevor was 11, she convinced her parents to let her attend open auditions forThe Golden Compass.
“It was like, ‘Right, what’s next?
How are we doing this?'”
“My mum and dad couldn’t stop me.”
Dynevor played a well-off teenage schoolgirl in the show about a comprehensive school.
Funnily enough, herBridgertonco-starRege-Jean Pagealso had a brief role onWaterloo Roadas well (viaOK!).
Starring in a TV series as a teen wasn’t always easy for Dynevor.
It seems like Dynevor was pretty lucky to get this early professional experience in front of the camera.
As she explained toExpressin 2014, she actually struggled in school as a child.
However, with determination and hard work, Dynevor managed to leave school with pretty good grades.
She even recalled taking an exam about the aftermath of World War I.
“So it seems History did come in handy after all,” she summed up.
In fact, as she toldThe Guardian, she rarely participated in school drama.
“I think it was because I wasn’t really a huge singer or dancer,” she explained.
For Dynevor, it was a hugely exciting opportunity.
“It was just the best moment ever,” she recalled.
“At 17, I was finally in a school play.”
It sounds like the experience really cemented the young actress’ love of acting.
In fact, Dynevor seemed to be a pretty popular choice for casting directors despite her lack of training.
AfterThe Village, she appeared inThe MusketeersandDickensian,two other period dramas.
It seems like Dynevor was destined for a career in TV the roles just kept on coming!
As she explained in aBBCinterview, her character inThe Villagewas her first real “adult role.”
The experience was, as Dynevor said, “quite surreal.”
She added, “To be in scenes with characters and actors I really admire is incredible.”
Additionally, in the showSnatch, Dynevor got the chance to play a strong female character.
As she toldHeyUGuys,her character’s strength is similar to her own.
“She knows what she wants and she’s gonna get it,” Dynevor said.
However, as Dynevor explained, that was the only real similarity between her and her character.
Sounds like Dynevor was really coming into her own as a confident young actress.
Dynevor also spoke about this difficult period toGlamour.
Apparently, her career disappointments led to “points of really low self-esteem.”
Dynevor also found herself questioning whether she really was suited to the career of an actress.
She thought, “Why is this not working?
What do I need to do?
Who do I need to be for this to happen?”
As Dynevor went on to explain, these thoughts about changing herself was a “dangerous” time.
And things certainly did click into place.
In fact, this newfound attitude and confidence eventually led to Dynevor landing her dream role: Daphne inBridgerton.
As she recalled, she thought that she’d never get the role.
Clearly, her bold approach worked!
She had “horse riding on Monday and piano lessons on Tuesday and etiquette training.”
Sounds like the actress was basically sent to finishing school before she took on the role.
As she remembered thinking, “Oh, okay.
This is kind of crazy.”
“I learned to ride sidesaddle, which was interesting,” she revealed.
However, as she recalled, she ended up pressing the producers to let her ride astride.
As the actress explained toHarper’s Bazaar, the two actors spent six weeks preparing together.
“So, we had so much time to get to know each other,” she said.
Apparently, Page and Dynevor spent a long time with their choreographer in the studio.
“And we just got time to play and sort of form a connection.
I think that was so beneficial actually in getting the chemistry right,” she continued.
The pair also worked with an intimacy coordinator, who helped them prepare forthosescenes.
After all, the chemistry between Dynevor and Page is one of theshow’s biggest selling points.
As Phoebe Dynevor toldDeadline, the last days were “crazy.”
“When I was filming, it was masks on in rehearsals,” she recalled.
“So you didn’t take them off until you say action.”
Not surprisingly, it was a pretty odd experience.
It’s a very intimate show."
For one thing, she’s practically become a household name.
As she toldGrazia, “There is a potential threat in fame…
But I’m so proud of whatBridgertonstands for.
I couldn’t think of anything else that I would want people to know me from.”
As she toldElle,one of her ambitions is to work with directors like David Lynch and Damien Chantelle.
“My director list is very long,” she explained.
As for actors, she’d love to work with the likes of Cate Blanchett andMeryl Streep.
And acting is just the beginning of Dynevor’s plans.
She explained toThe Guardianthat during the COVID lockdown she’d begun working on not one but two scripts.
Sounds like we have plenty more Phoebe Dynevor to look forward to!
