Gemma Jones
Acting • Born 1942-12-04
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
121 credits
Bridget Jones's Diary
Movie • 2001
Bridget's Mum
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Movie • 2009
Poppy Pomfrey
Don't Tempt Me
Movie • 2001
Nancy
Fragile
Movie • 2005
Mrs. Folder
Shanghai Knights
Movie • 2003
Queen Victoria
The Devils
Movie • 1971
Madeleine de Brou
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie • 2011
Poppy Pomfrey
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Movie • 2004
Mum
Paperhouse
Movie • 1988
Dr. Sarah Nicols
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
Movie • 2010
Aunt Lister
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Movie • 2010
Helena Shepridge
Jane Eyre
Movie • 1997
Mrs. Fairfax
Forget Me Not
Movie • 2011
Lizzie Fisher
Cotton Mary
Movie • 1999
Mrs Freda Davids
Gypsy's Kiss
Movie • 2017
Judith
Longitude
Movie • 2000
Elizabeth Harrison
Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?
Movie • 2007
Mrs De Ropp
Captain Jack
Movie • 1999
Eunice Pickles
Hysteria
Movie • 2011
Lady St. John-Smythe
The Theory of Flight
Movie • 1999
Anne
The Cherry Orchard
Movie • 1971
Varya
The Lady Vanishes
Movie • 2013
Rose Floodporter
The Contractor
Movie • 2007
Mrs. Day
Footsteps
Movie • 1974
Mollie
Very Like a Whale
Movie • 1981
Lady Mellor
Feast of July
Movie • 1995
Mrs. Wainwright
Ballet Shoes
Movie • 2008
Dr. Jakes
Marvellous
Movie • 2014
Mary
Whistle and I'll Come to You
Movie • 2010
Alice Parkin
Sense and Sensibility
Movie • 1995
Mrs. Dashwood
Radiator
Movie • 2014
Maria
Wicked Little Letters
Movie • 2024
Victoria Swan
The Lie
Movie • 1970
Anna Firth
All Revved Up
Movie • 1998
Mrs. Wiggins
The Way of the World
Movie • 1975
Millamant
Blue
Movie • 2024
Anna
Bridget Jones's Baby
Movie • 2016
Mum
Tender Loving Care
Movie • 1993
Nicky Dobbs
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Movie • 2025
Pamela Jones
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie • 1974
Gwendolen Fairfax
The Winslow Boy
Movie • 1999
Grace Winslow
After the Dance
Movie • 1992
Joan Scott-Fowler
God's Own Country
Movie • 2017
Deidre Saxby
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Movie • 2017
Davina
Wilde
Movie • 1997
Lady Queensberry
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Movie • 2002
Poppy Pomfrey
Kiss of Life
Movie • 2003
Sonia
Diana and I
Movie • 2017
Mrs McDonald
You, Me and Him
Movie • 2018
Sue Miller
Good
Movie • 2008
Mother
Patrick
Movie • 2018
Celia
The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley
Movie • 1964
Grusha
Lucan
Movie • 2013
Dowager Countess
Treasure Island
Movie • 1965
Mrs. Taylor
Rocketman
Movie • 2019
Ivy
The Man in the Sidecar
Movie • 1971
Edith
The Merchant of Venice
Movie • 1980
Portia
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie • 1988
Miss Prism
Ammonite
Movie • 2020
Molly Anning
13 Steps Down
Movie • 2012
Olive
On the Black Hill
Movie • 1988
Mary Jones
Benediction
Movie • 2021
Hester Gatty (Older)
Valley Girls
Movie • 1996
Beryl
Wilderness
Movie • 1996
Jane Garth
Emily
Movie • 2022
Aunt Branwell
Dial a Deadly Number
Movie • 1975
Helen Curry
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
Movie • 2024
Brenda
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Movie • 2004
Mrs. Bibble
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility
Movie • 2009
Self
All About George
Movie • 2005
Kay
The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant
Movie • 1988
Queen
Thriller
TV • 1973
Helen Curry
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Maisie Gooch
Finding Alice
TV • 2021
Minnie
Thirteen Steps Down
TV • 2012
Olive
Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Anne Staveley
Spooks
TV • 2002
Connie James
The Storyteller
TV • 1988
Queen
Longitude
TV • 2000
Elizabeth Harrison
Rainbow City
TV • 1967
Mary Steele
Trial & Retribution
TV • 1997
Dr. Jean Mullins
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
Bootleg
TV • 2002
Mrs. Bubby
Fall of Eagles
TV • 1974
Princess Vicky
Shadows of Fear
TV • 1970
Judith
The Human Jungle
TV • 1963
Pamela Phillips
Devices and Desires
TV • 1991
Alice Mair
Unforgotten
TV • 2015
Claire Slater
Atlantis
TV • 2013
Campe
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV • 1987
Mrs. Peveril
A Ghost Story for Christmas
TV • 1971
Alice Parkin
All About George
TV • 2005
Kay
The Return of the Borrowers
TV • 1993
Miss Menzies
The Reckoning
TV • 2023
Agnes Savile
Capital
TV • 2015
Petunia
Faith
TV • 1994
Jane Moreton
Wilderness
TV • 1996
Jane Garth
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Anna Firth
Gentleman Jack
TV • 2019
Aunt Anne Lister
Teacup Travels
TV • 2015
Great Aunt Lizzie
Lucan
TV • 2013
Dowager Countess of Lucan
Death in Paradise
TV • 2011
Sister Anne
Merlin
TV • 2008
The Cailleach
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Miss Williams
The Spoils of Poynton
TV • 1970
Fleda Vetch
The Crown
TV • 2016
Penelope Carter
Disclaimer
TV • 2024
Helen
The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Clarice
Judge John Deed
TV • 2001
Professor Moriarty
Last Tango in Halifax
TV • 2012
Muriel
The Borrowers
TV • 1992
Miss Menzies
I, Jack Wright
TV • 2025
Rose Wright
Theatre Night
TV • 1985
Miss Prism
Performance
TV • 1991
Joan Scott-Fowler
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Varya
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Gwendolen Fairfax
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Victoire / Lucille Desmoulins
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Nina Zarechnaya
Churchill's People
TV • 1974
Margaret Paston
The Phoenix and the Carpet
TV • 1997
Mrs Biddle
The Duchess of Duke Street
TV • 1976
Louise Trotter