--- title: Felicity Jones: Female Action Heroes 'Absolutely the Norm' description: Find out what 'Rogue One' star Felicity Jones told BBC about her starring role in the Star Wars spinoff and female action heroes. canonical: https://time.com/4603756/rogue-one-star-felicity-jones-female-action-heroes-absolutely-the-norm/ author: Kastalia Medrano article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-15T18:09:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:08.634Z og:title: Felicity Jones Says Female Action Heroes 'Absolutely the Norm' og:description: And she based her character on Beyoncé og:url: https://time.com/4603756/rogue-one-star-felicity-jones-female-action-heroes-absolutely-the-norm/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt865fc20c0f2901b9/6988b0227cdbac50f8d566bd/rogue-one.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: null og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Felicity Jones Says Female Action Heroes 'Absolutely the Norm' twitter:description: And she based her character on Beyoncé twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt865fc20c0f2901b9/6988b0227cdbac50f8d566bd/rogue-one.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Rogue One_ Star Felicity Jones Says Female Action Heroes Are 'Absolutely the Norm' > Sponsored content. 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It is a free newsletter available at time.com/newsletters. by [Kastalia Medrano](https://time.com/author/kastalia-medrano/) ## Kastalia Medrano Dec 15, 2016 6:09 PM UTC  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Jonathan Olley—Lucasfilm Ltd. by [Kastalia Medrano](https://time.com/author/kastalia-medrano/) ## Kastalia Medrano Dec 15, 2016 6:09 PM UTC Felicity Jones, the first woman to have solo [top billing in a Star Wars movie](http://time.com/4450497/rogue-one-star-wars-story-felicity-jones-jyn-erso-unlikely-heroine/), said female action heroes are “absolutely the norm” now.[Speaking with BBC Breakfast](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38313369?ocid=socialflow%5Ftwitter&ns%5Fmchannel=social&ns%5Fcampaign=bbcnews&ns%5Fsource=twitter), the [_Rogue One: A Star Wars Story_](http://time.com/4285348/star-wars-rogue-one-female-lead-felicity-jones/) star said the success of actors like Jennifer Lawrence, Daisy Ridley and Sigourney Weaver proves that that women-driven action movies can be successful. “It’s a wonderful moment for cinema and there’s a great appetite for female action hero leads,” Jones told the BBC. _Rogue One_, which will be released in the United States on Friday, is a Star Wars spin-off in which a group of [rebel spies attempt to steal the blueprints](http://time.com/4453901/rogue-one-star-wars-international-trailer-jyn-erso-father/) for the Death Star. [Jones plays Jyn Erso](http://time.com/3694564/felicity-jones-star-wars/), a young woman recruited by the Rebel Alliance with an “irreverence” that immediately attracted her to the part. She says she modeled the character after Beyoncé, citing the singer’s persona of “enormous power” without being “precious” or a “diva.” She told the BBC that she hopes both boys and girls see _Rogue One_and look up to Jyn as a role model. “The characters are in a time of war, they’re in a battle, they’re not from privileged backgrounds, they are ordinary people who are fighting for their lives and I feel like you can’t help but identify with them.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4603756/rogue-one-star-felicity-jones-female-action-heroes-absolutely-the-norm/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4603756/rogue-one-star-felicity-jones-female-action-heroes-absolutely-the-norm/"},"headline":"Rogue One Star Felicity Jones Says Female Action Heroes Are 'Absolutely the Norm'","datePublished":"2016-12-15T18:09:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:08.634Z","description":"And she based her character on Beyoncé","url":"https://time.com/4603756/rogue-one-star-felicity-jones-female-action-heroes-absolutely-the-norm/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt865fc20c0f2901b9/6988b0227cdbac50f8d566bd/rogue-one.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kastalia Medrano","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kastalia-medrano/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt865fc20c0f2901b9/6988b0227cdbac50f8d566bd/rogue-one.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"null","caption":"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story","creditText":"Jonathan Olley—Lucasfilm Ltd.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4603756/rogue-one-star-felicity-jones-female-action-heroes-absolutely-the-norm/","name":"Rogue One Star Felicity Jones Says Female Action Heroes Are 'Absolutely the Norm'"}}]}] ```