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Thomasin McKenzie on 'the job of a lifetime' in Netflix's Joy – and what Bill Nighy loves to get up to on set

The 24-year-old star talks about portraying a pioneer of science history

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2024

The true story behind Joy, the Netflix IVF movie leaving viewers in tears

Film follows the journey of scientists Robert Edwards, Patrick Steptoe and Jean Purdy in their tireless development of the scientific breakthrough

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2024

Joy: the story of IVF shows how women’s health and scientific contributions haven’t been taken seriously

Watching the Netflix film Joy has been a hugely emotional experience for me. The film is the story of the scientific endeavour to figure out in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and the first baby to be born this way, Louise Joy Brown on 25 July 1978 at Oldham General Hospital in Manchester.

The Conversation · Nov 26, 2024

Joy: release date, cast, plot, trailer, first looks, interviews and everything you need know

Joy is a Netflix movie about the events leading up to the birth of the first IVF test tube baby Louise Joy Brown in 1978 and stars Bill Nighy, James Norton and Thomasin McKenzie.

WhatToWatch · Jan 19, 2024

A punk, a monkey, a maths genius … our pick of local heroes who deserve a blue plaque

With the London scheme poised to go national, Observer writers make their cases for a few of the many overlooked, snubbed or merely forgotten figures who richly deserve recognition

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2023

Pioneering nurses who were 'snubbed' for their part in world's first IVF baby will finally be remembered

"We have a collective responsibility to speak up against injustice and try to do everything possible to rectify it."

Manchester Evening News · Mar 8, 2022