Gemma Jones

Gemma Jones

Known for
Acting
Born
December 4, 1942 (age 83)
Birthplace
Marylebone, London, England, UK

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

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Filmography

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The Bright Side Running Club

The Bright Side Running Club

Movie

2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy poster

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Movie · as Pamela Jones

2025
I, Jack Wright poster

I, Jack Wright

TV · as Rose Wright · 6 eps

2024
Wicked Little Letters poster

Wicked Little Letters

Movie · as Victoria Swan

2024
Blue poster

Blue

Movie · as Anna

2024
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery poster

Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery

Movie · as Brenda

2024
Disclaimer poster

Disclaimer

TV · as Helen · 2 eps

2023
The Reckoning poster

The Reckoning

TV · as Agnes Savile · 4 eps

2022
Emily poster

Emily

Movie · as Aunt Branwell

2021
Benediction poster

Benediction

Movie · as Hester Gatty (Older)

2021
Finding Alice poster

Finding Alice

TV · as Minnie Walsh · 5 eps

2020
Ammonite poster

Ammonite

Movie · as Molly Anning

2019
Rocketman poster

Rocketman

Movie · as Ivy

2019
Gentleman Jack poster

Gentleman Jack

TV · as Aunt Anne Lister · 16 eps

2018
You, Me and Him poster

You, Me and Him

Movie · as Sue Miller

2018
Patrick poster

Patrick

Movie · as Celia

2017
Gypsy's Kiss poster

Gypsy's Kiss

Movie · as Judith

2017
God's Own Country poster

God's Own Country

Movie · as Deidre Saxby

2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past poster

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Movie · as Davina

2017
Diana and I poster

Diana and I

Movie · as Mrs McDonald

2016
Bridget Jones's Baby poster

Bridget Jones's Baby

Movie · as Mum

2016
The Crown poster

The Crown

TV · as Penelope Carter · 1 ep

2015
Unforgotten poster

Unforgotten

TV · as Claire Slater · 6 eps

2015
Capital poster

Capital

TV · as Petunia · 3 eps

2015
Teacup Travels poster

Teacup Travels

TV · as Great Aunt Lizzie · 25 eps

2014
Marvellous poster

Marvellous

Movie · as Mary

2014
Radiator poster

Radiator

Movie · as Maria

2013
The Lady Vanishes poster

The Lady Vanishes

Movie · as Rose Floodporter

2013
Lucan poster

Lucan

Movie · as Dowager Countess

2013
Atlantis poster

Atlantis

TV · as Campe · 1 ep

2013
Lucan poster

Lucan

TV · as Dowager Countess of Lucan · 2 eps

2012
13 Steps Down poster

13 Steps Down

Movie · as Olive

2012
13 Steps Down poster

13 Steps Down

TV · as Olive · 2 eps

2012
Last Tango in Halifax poster

Last Tango in Halifax

TV · as Muriel · 1 ep

2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 poster

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Movie · as Poppy Pomfrey

2011
Forget Me Not poster

Forget Me Not

Movie · as Lizzie Fisher

2011
Hysteria poster

Hysteria

Movie · as Lady St. John-Smythe

2011
Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise

TV · as Sister Anne · 1 ep

2010
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister poster

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

Movie · as Aunt Lister

2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger poster

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Movie · as Helena Shepridge

2010
Whistle and I'll Come to You poster

Whistle and I'll Come to You

Movie · as Alice Parkin

2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Movie · as Poppy Pomfrey

2009
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility

Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility

Movie · as Self

2008
Ballet Shoes poster

Ballet Shoes

Movie · as Dr. Jakes

2008
Good poster

Good

Movie · as Mother

2008
Merlin poster

Merlin

TV · as The Cailleach · 2 eps

2007
Who Killed Mrs De Ropp? poster

Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?

Movie · as Mrs De Ropp

2007
The Contractor poster

The Contractor

Movie · as Mrs. Day

2005
Fragile poster

Fragile

Movie · as Mrs. Folder

2005
All About George poster

All About George

TV · as Kay · 6 eps

2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason poster

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Movie · as Mum

2004
The Phoenix and the Carpet poster

The Phoenix and the Carpet

Movie · as Mrs. Bibble

2003
Shanghai Knights poster

Shanghai Knights

Movie · as Queen Victoria

2003
Kiss of Life poster

Kiss of Life

Movie · as Sonia

2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets poster

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Movie · as Poppy Pomfrey

2002
Spooks poster

Spooks

TV · as Connie James · 16 eps

2002
Bootleg poster

Bootleg

TV · as Mrs. Bubby · 3 eps

2001
Bridget Jones's Diary poster

Bridget Jones's Diary

Movie · as Bridget's Mum

2001
Don't Tempt Me poster

Don't Tempt Me

Movie · as Nancy

2001
Judge John Deed poster

Judge John Deed

TV · as Professor Moriarty · 1 ep

2000
Longitude poster

Longitude

Movie · as Elizabeth Harrison

2000
Longitude poster

Longitude

TV · as Elizabeth Harrison · 2 eps

1999
Cotton Mary poster

Cotton Mary

Movie · as Mrs Freda Davids

1999
Captain Jack poster

Captain Jack

Movie · as Eunice Pickles

1999
The Theory of Flight poster

The Theory of Flight

Movie · as Anne

1999
The Winslow Boy poster

The Winslow Boy

Movie · as Grace Winslow

1999
An Evil Streak

An Evil Streak

TV · as Beatrice Kyle · 3 eps

1998
All Revved Up poster

All Revved Up

Movie · as Mrs. Wiggins

1997
Jane Eyre poster

Jane Eyre

Movie · as Mrs. Fairfax

1997
Wilde poster

Wilde

Movie · as Lady Queensberry

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Maisie Gooch · 1 ep

1997
The Phoenix and the Carpet poster

The Phoenix and the Carpet

TV · as Mrs Biddle · 6 eps

1997
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman poster

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

TV · as Julia Hampson · 1 ep

1997
Trial & Retribution poster

Trial & Retribution

TV · as Dr Jean Mullins · 10 eps

1996
Valley Girls poster

Valley Girls

Movie · as Beryl

1996
Wilderness poster

Wilderness

Movie · as Jane Garth

1996
Wilderness poster

Wilderness

TV · as Jane Garth · 3 eps

1995
Feast of July poster

Feast of July

Movie · as Mrs. Wainwright

1995
Sense and Sensibility poster

Sense and Sensibility

Movie · as Mrs. Dashwood

1994
Faith poster

Faith

TV · as Jane Moreton · 2 eps

1993
Tender Loving Care poster

Tender Loving Care

Movie · as Nicky Dobbs

1993
The Return of the Borrowers

The Return of the Borrowers

TV · as Miss Menzies · 3 eps

1992
After the Dance poster

After the Dance

Movie · as Joan Scott-Fowler

1992
The Borrowers poster

The Borrowers

TV · as Miss Menzies · 3 eps

1991
Devices and Desires poster

Devices and Desires

TV · as Alice Mair · 6 eps

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as Joan Scott-Fowler · 1 ep

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Miss Williams · 1 ep

1989
The Jim Henson Hour poster

The Jim Henson Hour

TV · as The Queen (archive footage) · 1 ep

1989
Chelworth poster

Chelworth

TV · as Virginia Hincham · 8 eps

1988
Paperhouse poster

Paperhouse

Movie · as Dr. Sarah Nicols

1988
The Importance of Being Earnest poster

The Importance of Being Earnest

Movie · as Miss Prism

1988
On the Black Hill poster

On the Black Hill

Movie · as Mary Jones

1988
The Storyteller poster

The Storyteller

TV · as Queen · 1 ep

1987
Inspector Morse poster

Inspector Morse

TV · as Anne Staveley · 1 ep

1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries poster

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

TV · as Mrs. Peveril · 3 eps

1985
Theatre Night poster

Theatre Night

TV · as Miss Prism · 1 ep

1981
Very Like a Whale poster

Very Like a Whale

Movie · as Lady Mellor

1980
The Merchant of Venice poster

The Merchant of Venice

Movie · as Portia

1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare poster

The BBC Television Shakespeare

TV · as Portia · 1 ep

1976
The Duchess of Duke Street poster

The Duchess of Duke Street

TV · as Louise Trotter · 31 eps

1975
The Way of the World poster

The Way of the World

Movie · as Millamant

1975
Dial a Deadly Number poster

Dial a Deadly Number

Movie · as Helen Curry

1974
Footsteps poster

Footsteps

Movie · as Mollie

1974
The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

Movie · as Gwendolen Fairfax

1974
Fall of Eagles poster

Fall of Eagles

TV · as Princess Vicky · 2 eps

1974
Churchill's People poster

Churchill's People

TV · as Margaret Paston · 1 ep

1974
Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder

TV · as Sophie Lamasse · 1 ep

1973
Thriller poster

Thriller

TV · as Helen Curry · 1 ep

1971
The Devils poster

The Devils

Movie · as Madeleine de Brou

1971
The Cherry Orchard poster

The Cherry Orchard

Movie · as Varya

1971
The Man in the Sidecar poster

The Man in the Sidecar

Movie · as Edith

1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas poster

A Ghost Story for Christmas

TV · as Alice Parkin · 1 ep

1970
The Lie poster

The Lie

Movie · as Anna Firth

1970
Shadows of Fear poster

Shadows of Fear

TV · as Judith · 1 ep

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Anna Firth · 1 ep

1970
The Spoils of Poynton poster

The Spoils of Poynton

TV · as Fleda Vetch · 4 eps

1967
Rainbow City

Rainbow City

TV · as Mary Steele · 6 eps

1967
Kenilworth

Kenilworth

TV · as Queen Elizabeth I · 4 eps

1967
Boy Meets Girl poster

Boy Meets Girl

TV · as Lucinda · 1 ep

1965
Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Movie · as Mrs. Taylor

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as Varya, Gwendolen Fairfax · 1 ep

1964
The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley

The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley

Movie · as Grusha

1964
The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play

TV · as Clarice · 1 ep

1964
Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625

TV · as Victoire / Lucille Desmoulins, Nina Zarechnaya · 1 ep

1963
The Human Jungle poster

The Human Jungle

TV · as Pamela Phillips · 1 ep

1959
No Hiding Place poster

No Hiding Place

TV · 1 ep