Acting

Gemma Jones

Born 1942-12-04 · 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.

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I, Jack Wright
as Rose Wright
2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
as Pamela Jones
2025
Disclaimer
as Helen
2024
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
as Brenda
2024
Blue
as Anna
2024
Wicked Little Letters
as Victoria Swan
2024
The Reckoning
as Agnes Savile
2023
Emily
as Aunt Branwell
2022
Benediction
as Hester Gatty (Older)
2021
Finding Alice
as Minnie Walsh
2021
Ammonite
as Molly Anning
2020
Gentleman Jack
as Aunt Anne Lister
2019
Rocketman
as Ivy
2019
Patrick
as Celia
2018
You, Me and Him
as Sue Miller
2018
Diana and I
as Mrs McDonald
2017
God's Own Country
as Deidre Saxby
2017
Gypsy's Kiss
as Judith
2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
as Davina
2017
The Crown
as Penelope Carter
2016
Bridget Jones's Baby
as Mum
2016
Capital
as Petunia
2015
Unforgotten
as Claire Slater
2015
Teacup Travels
as Great Aunt Lizzie
2015
Radiator
as Maria
2014
Marvellous
as Mary
2014
Lucan
as Dowager Countess
2013
Lucan
as Dowager Countess of Lucan
2013
Atlantis
as Campe
2013
The Lady Vanishes
as Rose Floodporter
2013
Last Tango in Halifax
as Muriel
2012
13 Steps Down
as Olive
2012
13 Steps Down
as Olive
2012
Death in Paradise
as Sister Anne
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Poppy Pomfrey
2011
Hysteria
as Lady St. John-Smythe
2011
Forget Me Not
as Lizzie Fisher
2011
Whistle and I'll Come to You
as Alice Parkin
2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
as Helena Shepridge
2010
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
as Aunt Lister
2010
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Poppy Pomfrey
2009
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility
as Self
2009
Good
as Mother
2008
Merlin
as The Cailleach
2008
Ballet Shoes
as Dr. Jakes
2008
The Contractor
as Mrs. Day
2007
Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?
as Mrs De Ropp
2007
Fragile
as Mrs. Folder
2005
All About George
as Kay
2005
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
as Mum
2004
The Phoenix and the Carpet
as Mrs. Bibble
2004
Kiss of Life
as Sonia
2003
Shanghai Knights
as Queen Victoria
2003
Bootleg
as Mrs. Bubby
2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Poppy Pomfrey
2002
Spooks
as Connie James
2002
Don't Tempt Me
as Nancy
2001
Judge John Deed
as Professor Moriarty
2001
Bridget Jones's Diary
as Bridget's Mum
2001
Longitude
as Elizabeth Harrison
2000
Longitude
as Elizabeth Harrison
2000
Cotton Mary
as Mrs Freda Davids
1999
Captain Jack
as Eunice Pickles
1999
An Evil Streak
as Beatrice Kyle
1999
The Winslow Boy
as Grace Winslow
1999
The Theory of Flight
as Anne
1999
All Revved Up
as Mrs. Wiggins
1998
The Phoenix and the Carpet
as Mrs Biddle
1997
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
as Julia Hampson
1997
Trial & Retribution
as Dr Jean Mullins
1997
Wilde
as Lady Queensberry
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Maisie Gooch
1997
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
1997
Valley Girls
as Beryl
1996
Wilderness
as Jane Garth
1996
Wilderness
as Jane Garth
1996
Sense and Sensibility
as Mrs. Dashwood
1995
Feast of July
as Mrs. Wainwright
1995
Faith
as Jane Moreton
1994
The Return of the Borrowers
as Miss Menzies
1993