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
- Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery as Brenda
- Blue as Anna
2023
- The Reckoning as Agnes Savile
2022
- Emily as Aunt Branwell
2021
- Finding Alice as Minnie
- Benediction as Hester Gatty (Older)
2020
- Ammonite as Molly Anning
2019
- Gentleman Jack as Aunt Anne Lister
- Rocketman as Ivy
2018
- Patrick as Celia
- You, Me and Him as Sue Miller
2017
- God's Own Country as Deidre Saxby
- Diana and I as Mrs McDonald
- Carnage: Swallowing the Past as Davina
- 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
- Marvellous as Mary
- Radiator as Maria
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
- Thirteen 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
- The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister as Aunt Lister
- You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Helena Shepridge
- 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
- Good as Mother
- Ballet Shoes as Dr. Jakes
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
- All About George as Kay
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
- Bridget Jones's Diary as Bridget's Mum
- Judge John Deed as Professor Moriarty
- Don't Tempt Me as Nancy
1999
- The Theory of Flight as Anne
- The Winslow Boy as Grace Winslow
- Cotton Mary as Mrs Freda Davids
- Captain Jack as Eunice Pickles
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
- Wilderness as Jane Garth
- Valley Girls as Beryl
- 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
1988
- The Storyteller as Queen
- Paperhouse as Dr. Sarah Nicols
- The Importance of Being Earnest as Miss Prism
- On the Black Hill as Mary Jones
- The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant as Queen
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
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
- The Importance of Being Earnest as Gwendolen Fairfax
- Dial M for Murder as Sophie Lamasse
- Footsteps as Mollie
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
- Shadows of Fear as Judith
- The Spoils of Poynton as Fleda Vetch
- The Lie as Anna Firth
1967
- Rainbow City as Mary Steele
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Varya
- Treasure Island as Mrs. Taylor
1964
- Theatre 625 as Victoire / Lucille Desmoulins
- The Wednesday Play as Clarice
- The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley as Grusha
1963
- The Human Jungle as Pamela Phillips