Gemma Jones

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

Midsomer Murders

The Crown

Death in Paradise

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Play for Today

Merlin

Spooks

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

All Movies (72)

• Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy2025 · as Pamela Jones
• Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery2024 · as Brenda
• Blue2024 · as Anna
• Wicked Little Letters2024 · as Victoria Swan
• Emily2022 · as Aunt Branwell
• Benediction2021 · as Hester Gatty (Older)
• Ammonite2020 · as Molly Anning
• Rocketman2019 · as Ivy
• Patrick2018 · as Celia
• You, Me and Him2018 · as Sue Miller
• Diana and I2017 · as Mrs McDonald
• God's Own Country2017 · as Deidre Saxby
• Gypsy's Kiss2017 · as Judith
• Carnage: Swallowing the Past2017 · as Davina
• Bridget Jones's Baby2016 · as Mum
• Radiator2014 · as Maria
• Marvellous2014 · as Mary
• Lucan2013 · as Dowager Countess
• The Lady Vanishes2013 · as Rose Floodporter
• 13 Steps Down2012 · as Olive
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22011 · as Poppy Pomfrey
• Hysteria2011 · as Lady St. John-Smythe
• Forget Me Not2011 · as Lizzie Fisher
• Whistle and I'll Come to You2010 · as Alice Parkin
• You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger2010 · as Helena Shepridge
• The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister2010 · as Aunt Lister
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2009 · as Poppy Pomfrey
• Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility2009 · as Self
• Good2008 · as Mother
• Ballet Shoes2008 · as Dr. Jakes
• The Contractor2007 · as Mrs. Day
• Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?2007 · as Mrs De Ropp
• All About George2005 · as Kay
• Fragile2005 · as Mrs. Folder
• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason2004 · as Mum
• The Phoenix and the Carpet2004 · as Mrs. Bibble
• Kiss of Life2003 · as Sonia
• Shanghai Knights2003 · as Queen Victoria
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002 · as Poppy Pomfrey
• Don't Tempt Me2001 · as Nancy
• Bridget Jones's Diary2001 · as Bridget's Mum
• Longitude2000 · as Elizabeth Harrison
• Cotton Mary1999 · as Mrs Freda Davids
• Captain Jack1999 · as Eunice Pickles
• The Winslow Boy1999 · as Grace Winslow
• The Theory of Flight1999 · as Anne
• All Revved Up1998 · as Mrs. Wiggins
• Wilde1997 · as Lady Queensberry
• Jane Eyre1997 · as Mrs. Fairfax
• Valley Girls1996 · as Beryl
• Wilderness1996 · as Jane Garth
• Sense and Sensibility1995 · as Mrs. Dashwood
• Feast of July1995 · as Mrs. Wainwright
• Tender Loving Care1993 · as Nicky Dobbs
• After the Dance1992 · as Joan Scott-Fowler
• On the Black Hill1988 · as Mary Jones
• Paperhouse1988 · as Dr. Sarah Nicols
• The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant1988 · as Queen
• The Importance of Being Earnest1988 · as Miss Prism
• Very Like a Whale1981 · as Lady Mellor
• The Merchant of Venice1980 · as Portia
• Dial a Deadly Number1975 · as Helen Curry
• The Way of the World1975 · as Millamant
• Footsteps1974 · as Mollie
• The Importance of Being Earnest1974 · as Gwendolen Fairfax
• The Cherry Orchard1971 · as Varya
• The Devils1971 · as Madeleine de Brou
• The Man in the Sidecar1971 · as Edith
• The Lie1970 · as Anna Firth
• Treasure Island1965 · as Mrs. Taylor
• The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley1964 · as Grusha
• The Bright Side Running Club—

All TV Shows (55)

• I, Jack Wright2025 · as Rose Wright
• Disclaimer2024 · as Helen
• The Reckoning2023 · as Agnes Savile
• Finding Alice2021 · as Minnie
• Gentleman Jack2019 · as Aunt Anne Lister
• The Crown2016 · as Penelope Carter
• Capital2015 · as Petunia
• Unforgotten2015 · as Claire Slater
• Teacup Travels2015 · as Great Aunt Lizzie
• Lucan2013 · as Dowager Countess of Lucan
• Atlantis2013 · as Campe
• Last Tango in Halifax2012 · as Muriel
• Thirteen Steps Down2012 · as Olive
• Death in Paradise2011 · as Sister Anne
• Merlin2008 · as The Cailleach
• All About George2005 · as Kay
• Bootleg2002 · as Mrs. Bubby
• Spooks2002 · as Connie James
• Judge John Deed2001 · as Professor Moriarty
• Longitude2000 · as Elizabeth Harrison
• The Phoenix and the Carpet1997 · as Mrs Biddle
• An Unsuitable Job for a Woman1997 · as Julia Hampson
• Trial & Retribution1997 · as Dr Jean Mullins
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Maisie Gooch
• Wilderness1996 · as Jane Garth
• Faith1994 · as Jane Moreton
• The Return of the Borrowers1993 · as Miss Menzies
• The Borrowers1992 · as Miss Menzies
• Performance1991 · as Joan Scott-Fowler
• Devices and Desires1991 · as Alice Mair
• The Jim Henson Hour1989 · as The Queen (archive footage)
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Miss Williams
• The Storyteller1988 · as Queen
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987 · as Mrs. Peveril
• Inspector Morse1987 · as Anne Staveley
• Theatre Night1985 · as Miss Prism
• The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · as Portia
• The Duchess of Duke Street1976 · as Louise Trotter
• Churchill's People1974 · as Margaret Paston
• Dial M for Murder1974 · as Sophie Lamasse
• Fall of Eagles1974 · as Princess Vicky
• Thriller1973 · as Helen Curry
• A Ghost Story for Christmas1971 · as Alice Parkin
• Play for Today1970 · as Anna Firth
• Shadows of Fear1970 · as Judith
• The Spoils of Poynton1970 · as Fleda Vetch
• Boy Meets Girl1967 · as Lucinda
• Rainbow City1967 · as Mary Steele
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Varya
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Gwendolen Fairfax
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Clarice
• Theatre 6251964 · as Victoire / Lucille Desmoulins
• Theatre 6251964 · as Nina Zarechnaya
• The Human Jungle1963 · as Pamela Phillips
• No Hiding Place1959