Gemma Jones
Born: 1942-12-04 in Marylebone, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy as Pamela Jones
- I, Jack Wright as Rose Wright
2024
- Disclaimer as Helen
- Wicked Little Letters as Victoria Swan
- Blue as Anna
- Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery as Brenda
2023
- The Reckoning as Agnes Savile
2022
- Emily as Aunt Branwell
2021
- Finding Alice as Minnie Walsh
- Benediction as Hester Gatty (Older)
2020
- Ammonite as Molly Anning
2019
- Gentleman Jack as Aunt Anne Lister
- Rocketman as Ivy
2018
- You, Me and Him as Sue Miller
- Patrick as Celia
2017
- God's Own Country as Deidre Saxby
- Carnage: Swallowing the Past as Davina
- Diana and I as Mrs McDonald
- Gypsy's Kiss as Judith
2016
- The Crown as Penelope Carter
- Bridget Jones's Baby as Mum
2015
- Unforgotten as Claire Slater
- Capital as Petunia
- Teacup Travels as Great Aunt Lizzie
2014
- Radiator as Maria
- Marvellous as Mary
2013
- Atlantis as Campe
- Lucan as Dowager Countess of Lucan
- The Lady Vanishes as Rose Floodporter
- Lucan as Dowager Countess
2012
- Last Tango in Halifax as Muriel
- 13 Steps Down as Olive
- 13 Steps Down as Olive
2011
- Death in Paradise as Sister Anne
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Poppy Pomfrey
- Hysteria as Lady St. John-Smythe
- Forget Me Not as Lizzie Fisher
2010
- You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Helena Shepridge
- The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister as Aunt Lister
- Whistle and I'll Come to You as Alice Parkin
2009
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Poppy Pomfrey
- Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility as Self
2008
- Merlin as The Cailleach
- Ballet Shoes as Dr. Jakes
- Good as Mother
2007
- The Contractor as Mrs. Day
- Who Killed Mrs De Ropp? as Mrs De Ropp
2005
- All About George as Kay
- Fragile as Mrs. Folder
2004
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Mum
- The Phoenix and the Carpet as Mrs. Bibble
2003
- Shanghai Knights as Queen Victoria
- Kiss of Life as Sonia
2002
- Spooks as Connie James
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Poppy Pomfrey
- Bootleg as Mrs. Bubby
2001
- Judge John Deed as Professor Moriarty
- Bridget Jones's Diary as Bridget's Mum
- Don't Tempt Me as Nancy
1999
- The Theory of Flight as Anne
- The Winslow Boy as Grace Winslow
- An Evil Streak as Beatrice Kyle
- Captain Jack as Eunice Pickles
- Cotton Mary as Mrs Freda Davids
1998
- All Revved Up as Mrs. Wiggins
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Maisie Gooch
- Trial & Retribution as Dr Jean Mullins
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman as Julia Hampson
- Wilde as Lady Queensberry
- The Phoenix and the Carpet as Mrs Biddle
- Jane Eyre as Mrs. Fairfax
1996
- Valley Girls as Beryl
- Wilderness as Jane Garth
- Wilderness as Jane Garth
1995
- Sense and Sensibility as Mrs. Dashwood
- Feast of July as Mrs. Wainwright
1994
- Faith as Jane Moreton
1993
- The Return of the Borrowers as Miss Menzies
- Tender Loving Care as Nicky Dobbs
1992
- The Borrowers as Miss Menzies
- After the Dance as Joan Scott-Fowler
1991
- Performance as Joan Scott-Fowler
- Devices and Desires as Alice Mair
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Miss Williams
- The Jim Henson Hour as The Queen (archive footage)
- Chelworth as Virginia Hincham
1988
- The Storyteller as Queen
- The Importance of Being Earnest as Miss Prism
- Paperhouse as Dr. Sarah Nicols
- On the Black Hill as Mary Jones
1987
- Inspector Morse as Anne Staveley
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Mrs. Peveril
1985
- Theatre Night as Miss Prism
1981
- Very Like a Whale as Lady Mellor
1980
- The Merchant of Venice as Portia
1978
- The BBC Television Shakespeare as Portia
1976
- The Duchess of Duke Street as Louise Trotter
1975
- The Way of the World as Millamant
- Dial a Deadly Number as Helen Curry
1974
- Churchill's People as Margaret Paston
- Fall of Eagles as Princess Vicky
- Dial M for Murder as Sophie Lamasse
- Footsteps as Mollie
- The Importance of Being Earnest as Gwendolen Fairfax
1973
- Thriller as Helen Curry
1971
- A Ghost Story for Christmas as Alice Parkin
- The Devils as Madeleine de Brou
- The Cherry Orchard as Varya
- The Man in the Sidecar as Edith
1970
- Play for Today as Anna Firth
- The Spoils of Poynton as Fleda Vetch
- Shadows of Fear as Judith
- The Lie as Anna Firth
1967
- Boy Meets Girl as Lucinda
- Kenilworth as Queen Elizabeth I
- Rainbow City as Mary Steele
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Varya
- Treasure Island as Mrs. Taylor
1964
- The Wednesday Play as Clarice
- Theatre 625 as Victoire / Lucille Desmoulins
- The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley as Grusha
1963
- The Human Jungle as Pamela Phillips