The best-known adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility is the 1995 movie directed by Ang Lee, starring Emma Thompson (as Elinor Dashwood), Kate Winslet (Marianne Dashwood), Hugh Grant (Edward Ferrars), and Alan Rickman (Colonel Brandon). Thompson won an Academy Award for best adapted screenplay. In 2026 a new film version was released, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones (Elinor) and Esmé Creed-Miles (Marianne).
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