Gemma Jones

Known for: Acting

Born: 1942-12-04 (age 83)

From: Marylebone, London, England, UK

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.

Filmography (127)

TV★ 5.1
I, Jack Wright
2025
as Rose Wright
MOVIE★ 6.4
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
as Pamela Jones
TV★ 7.5
Disclaimer
2024
as Helen
MOVIE★ 5.4
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
2024
as Brenda
MOVIE
Blue
2024
as Anna
MOVIE★ 6.9
Wicked Little Letters
2024
as Victoria Swan
TV★ 7.2
The Reckoning
2023
as Agnes Savile
MOVIE★ 6.9
Emily
2022
as Aunt Branwell
MOVIE★ 6.2
Benediction
2021
as Hester Gatty (Older)
TV★ 5.6
Finding Alice
2021
as Minnie
MOVIE★ 6.9
Ammonite
2020
as Molly Anning
MOVIE★ 7.3
Rocketman
2019
as Ivy
TV★ 7.8
Gentleman Jack
2019
as Aunt Anne Lister
MOVIE★ 6.7
Patrick
2018
as Celia
MOVIE★ 5.6
You, Me and Him
2018
as Sue Miller
MOVIE★ 7.1
Diana and I
2017
as Mrs McDonald
MOVIE★ 7.7
God's Own Country
2017
as Deidre Saxby
MOVIE★ 6.5
Gypsy's Kiss
2017
as Judith
MOVIE★ 6.4
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
as Davina
TV★ 8.2
The Crown
2016
as Penelope Carter
MOVIE★ 6.4
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016
as Mum
TV★ 7.1
Capital
2015
as Petunia
TV★ 7.5
Unforgotten
2015
as Claire Slater
TV★ 8.0
Teacup Travels
2015
as Great Aunt Lizzie
MOVIE★ 6.4
Radiator
2014
as Maria
MOVIE★ 7.1
Marvellous
2014
as Mary
MOVIE★ 6.0
Lucan
2013
as Dowager Countess
TV★ 7.1
Lucan
2013
as Dowager Countess of Lucan
TV★ 6.4
Atlantis
2013
as Campe
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Lady Vanishes
2013
as Rose Floodporter
TV★ 7.1
Last Tango in Halifax
2012
as Muriel
MOVIE★ 4.9
13 Steps Down
2012
as Olive
TV★ 7.2
Thirteen Steps Down
2012
as Olive
TV★ 7.5
Death in Paradise
2011
as Sister Anne
MOVIE★ 8.1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Poppy Pomfrey
MOVIE★ 6.7
Hysteria
2011
as Lady St. John-Smythe
MOVIE★ 5.4
Forget Me Not
2011
as Lizzie Fisher
MOVIE★ 5.7
Whistle and I'll Come to You
2010
as Alice Parkin
MOVIE★ 5.9
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
as Helena Shepridge
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
2010
as Aunt Lister
MOVIE★ 7.7
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
as Poppy Pomfrey
MOVIE
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.1
Good
2008
as Mother
TV★ 7.8
Merlin
2008
as The Cailleach
MOVIE★ 6.4
Ballet Shoes
2008
as Dr. Jakes
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Contractor
2007
as Mrs. Day
MOVIE★ 4.9
Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?
2007
as Mrs De Ropp
MOVIE★ 10.0
All About George
2005
as Kay
MOVIE★ 6.5
Fragile
2005
as Mrs. Folder
TV
All About George
2005
as Kay
MOVIE★ 6.2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
as Mum
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Phoenix and the Carpet
2004
as Mrs. Bibble
MOVIE★ 5.7
Kiss of Life
2003
as Sonia
MOVIE★ 6.1
Shanghai Knights
2003
as Queen Victoria
TV★ 7.4
Bootleg
2002
as Mrs. Bubby
MOVIE★ 7.7
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Poppy Pomfrey
TV★ 7.7
Spooks
2002
as Connie James
MOVIE★ 5.6
Don't Tempt Me
2001
as Nancy
TV★ 6.8
Judge John Deed
2001
as Professor Moriarty
MOVIE★ 6.7
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001
as Bridget's Mum
MOVIE★ 7.4
Longitude
2000
as Elizabeth Harrison
TV★ 7.0
Longitude
2000
as Elizabeth Harrison
MOVIE★ 5.0
Cotton Mary
1999
as Mrs Freda Davids
MOVIE★ 5.5
Captain Jack
1999
as Eunice Pickles
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Winslow Boy
1999
as Grace Winslow
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Theory of Flight
1999
as Anne
MOVIE★ 5.6
All Revved Up
1998
as Mrs. Wiggins
TV
The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997
as Mrs Biddle
TV★ 7.5
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1997
as Julia Hampson
TV★ 6.8
Trial & Retribution
1997
as Dr Jean Mullins
MOVIE★ 6.6
Wilde
1997
as Lady Queensberry
TV★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Maisie Gooch
MOVIE★ 7.1
Jane Eyre
1997
as Mrs. Fairfax
MOVIE
Valley Girls
1996
as Beryl
TV★ 5.7
Wilderness
1996
as Jane Garth
MOVIE
Wilderness
1996
as Jane Garth
MOVIE★ 7.4
Sense and Sensibility
1995
as Mrs. Dashwood
MOVIE★ 5.8
Feast of July
1995
as Mrs. Wainwright
TV★ 9.5
Faith
1994
as Jane Moreton
TV★ 7.0
The Return of the Borrowers
1993
as Miss Menzies
MOVIE
Tender Loving Care
1993
as Nicky Dobbs
MOVIE
After the Dance
1992
as Joan Scott-Fowler
TV★ 6.7
The Borrowers
1992
as Miss Menzies
TV★ 6.3
Performance
1991
as Joan Scott-Fowler
TV★ 6.6
Devices and Desires
1991
as Alice Mair
TV
Chelworth
1989
as Virginia Hincham
TV★ 8.9
The Jim Henson Hour
1989
as The Queen (archive footage)
TV★ 8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Miss Williams
MOVIE★ 6.4
On the Black Hill
1988
as Mary Jones
MOVIE★ 6.5
Paperhouse
1988
as Dr. Sarah Nicols
MOVIE
The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant
1988
as Queen
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Importance of Being Earnest
1988
as Miss Prism
TV★ 8.2
The Storyteller
1988
as Queen
TV★ 6.6
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Mrs. Peveril
TV★ 7.9
Inspector Morse
1987
as Anne Staveley
TV
Theatre Night
1985
as Miss Prism
MOVIE★ 5.0
Very Like a Whale
1981
as Lady Mellor
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Merchant of Venice
1980
as Portia
TV★ 6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Portia
TV★ 8.0
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976
as Louise Trotter
MOVIE★ 7.5
Dial a Deadly Number
1975
as Helen Curry
MOVIE
The Way of the World
1975
as Millamant
TV★ 5.0
Churchill's People
1974
as Margaret Paston
MOVIE★ 7.0
Footsteps
1974
as Mollie
TV
Dial M for Murder
1974
as Sophie Lamasse
TV★ 7.0
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Princess Vicky
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Importance of Being Earnest
1974
as Gwendolen Fairfax
TV★ 6.9
Thriller
1973
as Helen Curry
TV★ 7.4
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Alice Parkin
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Cherry Orchard
1971
as Varya
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Devils
1971
as Madeleine de Brou
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Man in the Sidecar
1971
as Edith
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Lie
1970
as Anna Firth
TV★ 6.6
Play for Today
1970
as Anna Firth
TV★ 6.7
Shadows of Fear
1970
as Judith
TV★ 6.7
The Spoils of Poynton
1970
as Fleda Vetch
TV
Boy Meets Girl
1967
as Lucinda
TV
Kenilworth
1967
as Queen Elizabeth I
TV★ 8.0
Rainbow City
1967
as Mary Steele
TV★ 5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Varya
MOVIE
Treasure Island
1965
as Mrs. Taylor
MOVIE
The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley
1964
as Grusha
TV★ 5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Clarice
TV★ 7.2
Theatre 625
1964
as Victoire / Lucille Desmoulins
TV★ 8.2
The Human Jungle
1963
as Pamela Phillips
TV★ 4.8
No Hiding Place
1959
MOVIE
The Bright Side Running Club
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