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Hatty Jones (born 21 July 1988) is an English actress and playwright. She is best known for playing the titular character in the 1998 film Madeline, before returning to acting after her education.

Early life and education
Jones was born in London on 21 July 1988. She grew up in Muswell Hill in North London.

Jones attended Channing School in Highgate and an after-school drama school, from which she heard of auditions for Madeline. After the film, Jones studied a three-year acting degree at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, finishing in 2010.

Career
Aged nine, Jones was picked from among 9,000 applicants to play the lead role in the 1998 film Madeline. Prior to being cast as Madeline, Jones' only performance had been at a school play. Her performance was nominated at the YoungStar and Young Artist Awards. In a review for the LA Weekly, Ella Taylor wrote that Jones was the "one great thing going" for the film, describing her as "a tiny Brit with currant-bun eyes full of forthcoming transgression".

Following her success with Madeline, Jones narrowly lost out to Emma Watson for the role of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. After touring to promote Madeline, Jones took a break from acting.

Returning to acting following her education, Jones played minor roles in episodes of British television soaps Holby City and Doctors. She cofounded Heavy Wait Productions, a production company showcasing female creative talent.

In 2014, Jones cowrote and starred in Offstage with Amani Zardoe, a twelve-part homemade webseries shot in Jones' family home about a pair of out-of-work actresses. In 2015, Jones codirected the short The Silent Gangsters.

In September 2018, Jones starred in That Girl, a self-written semi-autobiographical play about the anxiety of losing childhood, which explored how differently her life might have been developed following her success as a child actress. The play featured at the Old Red Lion in Islington.

In 2020, Jones cohosted a podcast series showcasing other child actors.