SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from the season finale of Task on HBO.

Emilia Jones considers it a compliment that, while playing the emo niece of a criminal uncle in Task , no one realized that she previously played the only hearing member of a deaf family in the 2021 Oscar winner CODA.

“I went to the Rangers game last night and someone was like, ‘I didn’t recognize you without your mullet.’ And then someone else was like, ‘well, I didn’t recognize her with the mullet.’ So many people sent me text messages saying they didn’t realize it was me until episode three or two,” admits Jones of the CODA role that earned her a BAFTA nomination. “It’s such a compliment. That’s what I love about acting. I love playing characters you can totally disappear into. That was my goal

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