Character Descriptions
Name: Jesminder ‘Jess’ Kaur Bhamra
Age: 18 years old
Nationality: Indian
Religion: Sikh
Relations within the movie: mother-Mrs Bhamra, father-Mr Bhamra, sister-Pinky Bhamra, best friend-Juliette ‘Jules’ Paxton, coach-Joe, friend-Tony
Appearance: Brown eyes, black hair, burn scars on her right leg
Clothing: Jess wears her football/sports uniform when she is playing football and at home she wears tracksuit pants and a t-shirt. For special occasions, Jess is seen wearing saris.
Hobbies: Playing football
Education: Jess went to school and got good enough grades to go to university, but also received a scholarship to Santa Clara University in California and chose to go there to pursue a football career.
Best quality: Very kind and generous, humble, mostly does what her parents tell her to do.
Throughout the movie, Jess’ only dream is to play football and she will stop at nothing to do that. She is very determined and is very talented when playing football. Though her parents tell her not to play football, she goes against their wishes and joins a girls football team. Without her parents’ consent, she travels to Germany to play with her team, and whilst there falls in love with her team coach Joe. On the other hand, her best friend, Jules also has a crush on Joe and is devastated when she finds out that they had almost kissed. Jess’ friendship with her temporarily breaks down but is resolved at the end before they leave to California.
Age: 18 years old
Nationality: Indian
Religion: Sikh
Relations within the movie: mother-Mrs Bhamra, father-Mr Bhamra, sister-Pinky Bhamra, best friend-Juliette ‘Jules’ Paxton, coach-Joe, friend-Tony
Appearance: Brown eyes, black hair, burn scars on her right leg
Clothing: Jess wears her football/sports uniform when she is playing football and at home she wears tracksuit pants and a t-shirt. For special occasions, Jess is seen wearing saris.
Hobbies: Playing football
Education: Jess went to school and got good enough grades to go to university, but also received a scholarship to Santa Clara University in California and chose to go there to pursue a football career.
Best quality: Very kind and generous, humble, mostly does what her parents tell her to do.
Throughout the movie, Jess’ only dream is to play football and she will stop at nothing to do that. She is very determined and is very talented when playing football. Though her parents tell her not to play football, she goes against their wishes and joins a girls football team. Without her parents’ consent, she travels to Germany to play with her team, and whilst there falls in love with her team coach Joe. On the other hand, her best friend, Jules also has a crush on Joe and is devastated when she finds out that they had almost kissed. Jess’ friendship with her temporarily breaks down but is resolved at the end before they leave to California.
Name: Juliette ‘Jules’ Paxton
Age: 18 years old
Nationality: English
Relations within the movie: mother-Paula Paxton, father-Alan Paxton,
Appearance: Short blonde hair, brown eyes, quite tall
Clothing: Sports uniform, tracksuit pants and t-shirt,(informal clothing)
Hobbies: Playing football
Education: Receives scholarship to go to Santa Clara University to play football.
Character traits: Athletic, easygoing, confident, jealous(when Jess and Joe almost kiss), light-hearted, carefree
During the film, Jess and Jules maintain a close friendship after Jules invites Jess to play with her on the girls football team. They stay friends until Jess and Joe fall for each other and Jules is upset. Jess desperately tries to recover their friendship, but Jules refuses to forgive her. Jules overcomes her crush for Joe and moves on, and later they gradually become friends again and are both offered scholarships to Santa Clara University to play football.
Age: 18 years old
Nationality: English
Relations within the movie: mother-Paula Paxton, father-Alan Paxton,
Appearance: Short blonde hair, brown eyes, quite tall
Clothing: Sports uniform, tracksuit pants and t-shirt,(informal clothing)
Hobbies: Playing football
Education: Receives scholarship to go to Santa Clara University to play football.
Character traits: Athletic, easygoing, confident, jealous(when Jess and Joe almost kiss), light-hearted, carefree
During the film, Jess and Jules maintain a close friendship after Jules invites Jess to play with her on the girls football team. They stay friends until Jess and Joe fall for each other and Jules is upset. Jess desperately tries to recover their friendship, but Jules refuses to forgive her. Jules overcomes her crush for Joe and moves on, and later they gradually become friends again and are both offered scholarships to Santa Clara University to play football.
Name: Joe
Nationality: English
Appearance: Blue eyes, light brown hair, tall
Hobbies: coaching and playing football
Clothing: sports clothing, shirt(formal)
Character traits: kind, a leader, nice, persistent
Joe is always very nice to all the characters in the movie. He is a great coach and leader to the girls on the football team. When he tries to convince Jess’ father to let Jess play football he shows persistence. Overall, he is a great character with a really nice personality.
Nationality: English
Appearance: Blue eyes, light brown hair, tall
Hobbies: coaching and playing football
Clothing: sports clothing, shirt(formal)
Character traits: kind, a leader, nice, persistent
Joe is always very nice to all the characters in the movie. He is a great coach and leader to the girls on the football team. When he tries to convince Jess’ father to let Jess play football he shows persistence. Overall, he is a great character with a really nice personality.