Gemma Jones
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Biography
Jennifer Gemma Jones (born 4 December 1942) is an English character actress on both stage and screen. Her film appearances include Sense and Sensibility (1995), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), the Harry Potter series (2002–11), and Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010). For her role in the BBC television film Marvellous (2014), she won the 2015 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Known For
Filmography
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
as Pamela Jones
I, Jack Wright
2025
as Rose Wright
Wicked Little Letters
2024
as Victoria Swan
Blue
2024
as Anna
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
2024
as Brenda
Disclaimer
2024
as Helen
The Reckoning
2023
as Agnes Savile
Emily
2022
as Aunt Branwell
Benediction
2021
as Hester Gatty (Older)
Finding Alice
2021
as Minnie Walsh
Ammonite
2020
as Molly Anning
Rocketman
2019
as Ivy
Gentleman Jack
2019
as Aunt Anne Lister
You, Me and Him
2018
as Sue Miller
Patrick
2018
as Celia
Gypsy's Kiss
2017
as Judith
God's Own Country
2017
as Deidre Saxby
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
as Davina
Diana and I
2017
as Mrs McDonald
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016
as Mum
The Crown
2016
as Penelope Carter
Unforgotten
2015
as Claire Slater
Capital
2015
as Petunia
Teacup Travels
2015
as Great Aunt Lizzie
Marvellous
2014
as Mary
Radiator
2014
as Maria
The Lady Vanishes
2013
as Rose Floodporter
Lucan
2013
as Dowager Countess
Atlantis
2013
as Campe
Lucan
2013
as Dowager Countess of Lucan
13 Steps Down
2012
as Olive
13 Steps Down
2012
as Olive
Last Tango in Halifax
2012
as Muriel
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Poppy Pomfrey
Forget Me Not
2011
as Lizzie Fisher
Hysteria
2011
as Lady St. John-Smythe
Death in Paradise
2011
as Sister Anne
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
2010
as Aunt Lister
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
as Helena Shepridge
Whistle and I'll Come to You
2010
as Alice Parkin
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
as Poppy Pomfrey
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility
2009
as Self
Ballet Shoes
2008
as Dr. Jakes
Good
2008
as Mother
Merlin
2008
as The Cailleach
Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?
2007
as Mrs De Ropp
The Contractor
2007
as Mrs. Day
Fragile
2005
as Mrs. Folder
All About George
2005
as Kay
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
as Mum
The Phoenix and the Carpet
2004
as Mrs. Bibble
Shanghai Knights
2003
as Queen Victoria
Kiss of Life
2003
as Sonia
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Poppy Pomfrey
Spooks
2002
as Connie James
Bootleg
2002
as Mrs. Bubby
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001
as Bridget's Mum
Don't Tempt Me
2001
as Nancy
Judge John Deed
2001
as Professor Moriarty
Longitude
2000
as Elizabeth Harrison
Longitude
2000
as Elizabeth Harrison
Cotton Mary
1999
as Mrs Freda Davids
Captain Jack
1999
as Eunice Pickles
The Theory of Flight
1999
as Anne
The Winslow Boy
1999
as Grace Winslow
An Evil Streak
1999
as Beatrice Kyle
All Revved Up
1998
as Mrs. Wiggins
Jane Eyre
1997
as Mrs. Fairfax
Wilde
1997
as Lady Queensberry
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Maisie Gooch
The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997
as Mrs Biddle
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1997
as Julia Hampson
Trial & Retribution
1997
as Dr Jean Mullins
Valley Girls
1996
as Beryl
Wilderness
1996
as Jane Garth
Wilderness
1996
as Jane Garth
Feast of July
1995
as Mrs. Wainwright
Sense and Sensibility
1995
as Mrs. Dashwood
Faith
1994
as Jane Moreton
Tender Loving Care
1993
as Nicky Dobbs
The Return of the Borrowers
1993
as Miss Menzies
After the Dance
1992
as Joan Scott-Fowler
The Borrowers
1992
as Miss Menzies
Devices and Desires
1991
as Alice Mair
Performance
1991
as Joan Scott-Fowler
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Miss Williams
The Jim Henson Hour
1989
as The Queen (archive footage)
Chelworth
1989
as Virginia Hincham
Paperhouse
1988
as Dr. Sarah Nicols
The Importance of Being Earnest
1988
as Miss Prism
On the Black Hill
1988
as Mary Jones
The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant
1988
as Queen
The Storyteller
1988
as Queen
Inspector Morse
1987
as Anne Staveley
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Mrs. Peveril
Theatre Night
1985
as Miss Prism
Very Like a Whale
1981
as Lady Mellor
The Merchant of Venice
1980
as Portia
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Portia
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976
as Louise Trotter
The Way of the World
1975
as Millamant
Dial a Deadly Number
1975
as Helen Curry
Footsteps
1974
as Mollie
The Importance of Being Earnest
1974
as Gwendolen Fairfax
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Princess Vicky
Churchill's People
1974
as Margaret Paston
Dial M for Murder
1974
as Sophie Lamasse
Thriller
1973
as Helen Curry
The Devils
1971
as Madeleine de Brou
The Cherry Orchard
1971
as Varya
The Man in the Sidecar
1971
as Edith
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Alice Parkin
The Lie
1970
as Anna Firth
Shadows of Fear
1970
as Judith
Play for Today
1970
as Anna Firth
The Spoils of Poynton
1970
as Fleda Vetch
Rainbow City
1967
as Mary Steele
Kenilworth
1967
as Queen Elizabeth I
Boy Meets Girl
1967
as Lucinda
Treasure Island
1965
as Mrs. Taylor
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Varya
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Gwendolen Fairfax
The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley
1964
as Grusha
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Clarice
Theatre 625
1964
as Victoire / Lucille Desmoulins
Theatre 625
1964
as Nina Zarechnaya
The Human Jungle
1963
as Pamela Phillips
No Hiding Place
1959