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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

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

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.

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Bill Nighy says holding a baby for new IVF film Joy was a ‘very edgy day’

Based on a true story, the drama follows three pioneering British scientists in the 1960s and 1970s and their struggle to develop IVF.

Evening Standard

Joy review – Jack Thorne-penned IVF drama captures the intense pressure its inventors faced

James Norton, Thomasin McKenzie and Bill Nighy star in a solid study of the trio behind the first test-tube baby

The Guardian - UK

‘Rachel had been ready to leave me if our IVF hadn’t worked’: writer Jack Thorne on how his family’s fertility struggles inspired his new film

The screenwriter behind hit TV dramas National Treasure and Kiri, as well as the Harry Potter stage play, talks about his new, more personal project created with his wife - a feature film, Joy, celebrating the birth of IVF

The Guardian - UK

Joy review – warm and intensely English portrayal of the birth of IVF

Bill Nighy, James Norton and Thomasin McKenzie form the unlikely trio who doggedly, quietly and courageously made the discovery that would change lives around the world

The Guardian - UK

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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

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

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

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