Daisy Edgar-Jones is set to lead a new big-screen adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.

The actor, who broke out in the hit miniseries Normal People, will play Elinor in a movie based on the first novel from the author whose 250th birthday is being celebrated by a number of events this year.

The 27-year-old teased the news on Instagram in a post of her holding the book. Production is set to begin next month.

The film will be directed by Georgia Oakley, who received acclaim for her 80s-set drama Blue Jean, which told the story of a lesbian teacher keeping her sexuality under wraps in Thatcher’s England.

It will also boast Working Title producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, who previously worked together on 2005’s Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley and 2020’s Emma with Anya Taylor-Joy.

The story tells of the Dashwood sisters, who are in need of financial security and seek it via potential suitors. It was previously turned into an Oscar-winning film in 1995 by Ang Lee starring Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet as well as a BBC series in 2008.

The film joins an upcoming Netflix series based on Pride and Prejudice starring Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden and Olivia Colman.

Since her role in the romantic drama series based on Sally Rooney’s novel, Edgar-Jones has starred in dating thriller Fresh, blockbuster sequel Twisters, a hit adaptation of Where the Crawdads Sing and 50s-set queer drama On Swift Horses. She will next be seen opposite Michelle Williams in workplace thriller A Place in Hell from Fair Play writer-director Chloe Dumont.