Gemma Jones

Dec 04, 1942 (82 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Midsomer Murders

Maisie Gooch

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

Miss Williams

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Unforgotten

Claire Slater

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Death in Paradise

Sister Anne

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No Hiding Place

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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Mrs. Peveril

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Play for Today

Anna Firth

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The Crown

Penelope Carter

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Merlin

The Cailleach

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BBC Play of the Month

Varya

Credits

I, Jack Wright 2025

★ 5.9
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy 2025

Pamela Jones

★ 6.5
Disclaimer 2024

Helen

★ 7.4
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery 2024

Brenda

★ 5.3
Blue 2024

Anna

★ NR
Wicked Little Letters 2024

Victoria Swan

★ 6.9
The Reckoning 2023

Agnes Savile

★ 7.1
Emily 2022

Aunt Branwell

★ 6.9
Benediction 2021

Hester Gatty (Older)

★ 6.2
Finding Alice 2021

Minnie

★ 5.5
Ammonite 2020

Molly Anning

★ 7
Rocketman 2019

Ivy

★ 7.3
Gentleman Jack 2019

Aunt Anne Lister

★ 7.8
Patrick 2018

Celia

★ 6.7
You, Me and Him 2018

Sue Miller

★ 5.7
Diana and I 2017

Mrs McDonald

★ 7.5
God's Own Country 2017

Deidre Saxby

★ 7.8
Gypsy's Kiss 2017

Judith

★ 6.5
Carnage: Swallowing the Past 2017

Davina

★ 6.5
The Crown 2016

Penelope Carter

★ 8.2
Bridget Jones's Baby 2016

Mum

★ 6.4
Capital 2015

Petunia

★ 7.1
Unforgotten 2015

Claire Slater

★ 7.6
Teacup Travels 2015

Great Aunt Lizzie

★ 8
Radiator 2014

Maria

★ 6.8
Marvellous 2014

Mary

★ 7.2
Lucan 2013

Dowager Countess

★ 6
Atlantis 2013

Campe

★ 6.4
The Lady Vanishes 2013

Rose Floodporter

★ 6.3
Last Tango in Halifax 2012

Muriel

★ 7.2
13 Steps Down 2012

Olive

★ 5.3
Thirteen Steps Down 2012

Olive

★ 7.2
Death in Paradise 2011

Sister Anne

★ 7.4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011

Poppy Pomfrey

★ 8.1
Hysteria 2011

Lady St. John-Smythe

★ 6.7
Forget Me Not 2011

Lizzie Fisher

★ 5.6
Whistle and I'll Come to You 2010

Alice Parkin

★ 5.6
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger 2010

Helena Shepridge

★ 5.9
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister 2010

Aunt Lister

★ 6.6
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009

Poppy Pomfrey

★ 7.7
Good 2008

Mother

★ 6.1
Merlin 2008

The Cailleach

★ 7.8
Ballet Shoes 2008

Dr. Jakes

★ 6.4
The Contractor 2007

Mrs. Day

★ 5.5
Who Killed Mrs De Ropp? 2007

Mrs De Ropp

★ 4.4
Fragile 2005

Mrs. Folder

★ 6.6
All About George 2005

Kay

★ NR
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 2004

Mum

★ 6.2
The Phoenix and the Carpet 2004

Mrs. Bibble

★ NR
Kiss of Life 2003

Sonia

★ 4.6
Shanghai Knights 2003

Queen Victoria

★ 6.1
Bootleg 2002

Mrs. Bubby

★ 7
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002

Poppy Pomfrey

★ 7.7
Spooks 2002

Connie James

★ 7.7
Don't Tempt Me 2001

Nancy

★ 5.5
Judge John Deed 2001

Professor Moriarty

★ 6.6
Bridget Jones's Diary 2001

Bridget's Mum

★ 6.7
Longitude 2000

Elizabeth Harrison

★ 7.3
Cotton Mary 1999

Mrs Freda Davids

★ 4.7
Captain Jack 1999

Eunice Pickles

★ 5
The Winslow Boy 1999

Grace Winslow

★ 6.7
The Theory of Flight 1999

Anne

★ 6.2
All Revved Up 1998

Mrs. Wiggins

★ 5.8
Trial & Retribution 1997

Dr. Jean Mullins

★ 6.8
Wilde 1997

Lady Queensberry

★ 6.6
Midsomer Murders 1997

Maisie Gooch

★ 7.5
Jane Eyre 1997

Mrs. Fairfax

★ 7.1
Valley Girls 1996

Beryl

★ NR
Wilderness 1996

Jane Garth

★ NR
Sense and Sensibility 1995

Mrs. Dashwood

★ 7.4
Feast of July 1995

Mrs. Wainwright

★ 5.9
Faith 1994

Jane Moreton

★ 10
The Return of the Borrowers 1993

Miss Menzies

★ 6.5
Tender Loving Care 1993

Nicky Dobbs

★ NR
After the Dance 1992

Joan Scott-Fowler

★ NR
The Borrowers 1992

Miss Menzies

★ 6.4
Performance 1991

Joan Scott-Fowler

★ 6
Devices and Desires 1991

Alice Mair

★ 6
Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989

Miss Williams

★ 8.2
On the Black Hill 1988

Mary Jones

★ 6.3
Paperhouse 1988

Dr. Sarah Nicols

★ 6.6
The Storyteller 1988

Queen

★ 8.1
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries 1987

Mrs. Peveril

★ 6.2
Inspector Morse 1987

Anne Staveley

★ 7.8
Theatre Night 1985

Miss Prism

★ NR
Very Like a Whale 1981

Lady Mellor

★ 3
The Merchant of Venice 1980

Portia

★ 7
The BBC Television Shakespeare 1978

Portia

★ 6
The Duchess of Duke Street 1976

Louisa Trotter

★ 7.8
Dial a Deadly Number 1975

Helen Curry

★ 7
The Way of the World 1975

Millamant

★ NR
Footsteps 1974

Mollie

★ NR
Fall of Eagles 1974

Princess Vicky

★ 6.8
The Importance of Being Earnest 1974

Gwendolen Fairfax

★ NR
Thriller 1973

Helen Curry

★ 6.6
A Ghost Story for Christmas 1971

Alice Parkin

★ 7.5
The Cherry Orchard 1971

Varya

★ NR
The Devils 1971

Madeleine de Brou

★ 7.5
The Man in the Sidecar 1971

Edith

★ NR
The Lie 1970

Anna Firth

★ 6
Play for Today 1970

Anna Firth

★ 6.3
Shadows of Fear 1970

Judith

★ 6
The Spoils of Poynton 1970

Fleda Vetch

★ 5.5
Rainbow City 1967

Mary Steele

★ NR
BBC Play of the Month 1965

Varya

★ 5
Treasure Island 1965

Mrs. Taylor

★ NR
The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley 1964

Grusha

★ NR
The Wednesday Play 1964

Clarice

★ 4.5
The Human Jungle 1963

Pamela Phillips

★ 8.2
No Hiding Place 1959

★ 3.7

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