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