Portrait of Gemma Jones

Gemma Jones

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.

Born: December 4, 1942

Place of Birth: Marylebone, London, England, UK

Filmography

2025
Patriarche

as Rose Wright

2024
Disclaimer

as Helen

2024
Blue

as Anna

2024
Wicked Little Letters

as Victoria Swan

2023
The Reckoning

as Agnes Savile

2022
Emily

as Aunt Branwell

2021
Benediction

as Hester Gatty (Older)

2021
Finding Alice

as Minnie

2020
Ammonite

as Molly Anning

2019
Rocketman

as Ivy

2019
Gentleman Jack

as Aunt Anne Lister

2018
Patrick

as Celia

2018
You, Me and Him

as Sue Miller

2017
Diana and I

as Mrs McDonald

2017
God's Own Country

as Deidre Saxby

2017
Gypsy's Kiss

as Judith

2016
The Crown

as Penelope Carter

2015
Capital

as Petunia

2015
Unforgotten

as Claire Slater

2015
Teacup Travels

as Great Aunt Lizzie

2014
Radiator

as Maria

2014
Marvellous

as Mary

2013
Lucan

as Dowager Countess of Lucan

2013
Lucan

as Dowager Countess

2013
Atlantis

as Campe

2013
The Lady Vanishes

as Rose Floodporter

2012
2011
Death in Paradise

as Sister Anne

2011
Hysteria

as Lady St. John-Smythe

2011
Forget Me Not

as Lizzie Fisher

2010
2010
2008
Good

as Mother

2008
Merlin

as The Cailleach

2008
Ballet Shoes

as Dr. Jakes

2007
The Contractor

as Mrs. Day

2007
2005
Fragile

as Mrs. Folder

2004
2003
Kiss of Life

as Sonia

2003
Shanghai Knights

as Queen Victoria

2002
Bootleg

as Mrs. Bubby

2002
Spooks

as Connie James

2001
2001
Judge John Deed

as Professor Moriarty

2001
Bridget Jones's Diary

as Bridget's Mum

2000
Longitude

as Elizabeth Harrison

2000
Longitude

as Elizabeth Harrison

1999
Cotton Mary

as Mrs Freda Davids

1999
Captain Jack

as Eunice Pickles

1999
The Winslow Boy

as Grace Winslow

1998
All Revved Up

as Mrs. Wiggins

1997
1997
Trial & Retribution

as Dr. Jean Mullins

1997
Wilde

as Lady Queensberry

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Maisie Gooch

1997
Jane Eyre

as Mrs. Fairfax

1996
Valley Girls

as Beryl

1996
Wilderness

as Jane Garth

1996
Wilderness

as Jane Garth

1995
Sense and Sensibility

as Mrs. Dashwood

1995
Feast of July

as Mrs. Wainwright

1994
Faith

as Jane Moreton

1993
Tender Loving Care

as Nicky Dobbs

1992
After the Dance

as Joan Scott-Fowler

1992
The Borrowers

as Miss Menzies

1991
Performance

as Joan Scott-Fowler

1991
Devices and Desires

as Alice Mair

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Miss Williams

1988
On the Black Hill

as Mary Jones

1988
Paperhouse

as Dr. Sarah Nicols

1988
1987
1987
Inspector Morse

as Anne Staveley

1981
Very Like a Whale

as Lady Mellor

1976
1975
Dial a Deadly Number

as Helen Curry

1975
1974
Footsteps

as Mollie

1974
Fall of Eagles

as Princess Vicky

1973
Thriller

as Helen Curry

1971
1971
1971
The Devils

as Madeleine de Brou

1970
The Lie

as Anna Firth

1970
Play for Today

as Anna Firth

1970
1970
The Spoils of Poynton

as Fleda Vetch

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Gwendolen Fairfax

1964
1964
Theatre 625

as Victoire / Lucille Desmoulins

1964
Theatre 625

as Nina Zarechnaya

1963
The Human Jungle

as Pamela Phillips