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What a Girl Wants is a 2003 American teen comedy film directed by Dennie Gordon and written by Jenny Bicks and Elizabeth Chandler. Based on the 1955 play The Reluctant Debutante by William Douglas-Home, it is the second adaptation for the screen of this work and stars Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston, Eileen Atkins, Anna Chancellor, and Jonathan Pryce.
- April 4, 2003
Apr 4, 2003 · What a Girl Wants: Directed by Dennie Gordon. With Kelly Preston, Soleil McGhee, Colin Firth, Eileen Atkins. An American teenager learns that her father is a wealthy British politician running for office.
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- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Dennie Gordon
- 2003-04-04
What a Girl Wants - Full Cast & Crew. 41 Metascore; 2003; 1 hr 40 mins Drama, Comedy PG Watchlist. Where to Watch. In this breezy comedy, an American teenager learns that her father is a wealthy ...
- Amanda Bynes as Daphne Reynolds. Amanda Bynes had her breakout film performance in What a Girl Wants as Daphne Reynolds, who jumps on a flight to London to find her long-lost father, Lord Henry Dashwood.
- Colin Firth as Henry Dashwood. Colin Firth stepped into the dad role for What a Girl Wants as the high-profile Lord Henry Dashwood, who worries about his political career when he discovers his less-than-debutante-ready daughter.
- Kelly Preston as Libby Reynolds. Daphne’s hippy mother is brought to life by Kelly Preston, who previously acted in Twins and Jerry Maguire. She was born in Oahu — making her television debut in an episode of Hawaii Five-O — and then left the island for Hollywood, studying theater and drama at USC and UCLA.
- Eileen Atkins as Jocelyn Dashwood. Eileen Atkins has a knack for portraying the British upper-class, and is in fact a dame herself. In What a Girl Wants, she played Jocelyn Dashwood, the mother of Colin Firth’s character who urges him to get to know his daughter.
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An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost dad is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.
Dec 16, 2023 · Cole was 21 years old when "What a Girl Wants" was released in 2003, at which point her only professional screen acting credit was a 2002 BBC TV film called "The Project" (which also happened to ...
