Gemma Jones

Actor Dec 4 (age 83) Marylebone, London, England, UK 1959–2025 (66 year career)

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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

Film

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Poppy Pomfrey

Film

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Poppy Pomfrey

Film

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Poppy Pomfrey

Film

Rocketman

Ivy

Film

Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget's Mum

Film

Sense and Sensibility

Mrs. Dashwood

Film

God's Own Country

Deidre Saxby

Film

Bridget Jones's Baby

Mum

Filmography

Acting (122)

Movies (71)

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

2025

as Pamela Jones

6.4

Wicked Little Letters

2024

as Victoria Swan

6.9

Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery

2024

as Brenda

5.4

Blue

2024

as Anna

Emily

2022

as Aunt Branwell

6.9

Benediction

2021

as Hester Gatty (Older)

Ammonite

as Molly Anning

Rocketman

as Ivy

Patrick

as Celia

You, Me and Him

as Sue Miller

Diana and I

as Mrs McDonald

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

as Davina

God's Own Country

as Deidre Saxby

Gypsy's Kiss

as Judith

Bridget Jones's Baby

as Mum

Marvellous

as Mary

Radiator

as Maria

The Lady Vanishes

as Rose Floodporter

Lucan

as Dowager Countess

13 Steps Down

as Olive

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011

as Poppy Pomfrey

8.1

Hysteria

2011

as Lady St. John-Smythe

6.7

Forget Me Not

2011

as Lizzie Fisher

5.4

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

2010

as Helena Shepridge

5.9

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

2010

as Aunt Lister

6.5

Whistle and I'll Come to You

2010

as Alice Parkin

5.7

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009

as Poppy Pomfrey

7.7

Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility

2009

as Self

Good

as Mother

Ballet Shoes

as Dr. Jakes

The Contractor

as Mrs. Day

Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?

as Mrs De Ropp

Fragile

as Mrs. Folder

All About George

as Kay

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

2004

as Mum

6.2

The Phoenix and the Carpet

2004

as Mrs. Bibble

Shanghai Knights

as Queen Victoria

Kiss of Life

as Sonia

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

as Poppy Pomfrey

7.7

Bridget Jones's Diary

as Bridget's Mum

Don't Tempt Me

as Nancy

Longitude

as Elizabeth Harrison

Captain Jack

as Eunice Pickles

The Winslow Boy

as Grace Winslow

The Theory of Flight

as Anne

Cotton Mary

as Mrs Freda Davids

All Revved Up

as Mrs. Wiggins

Wilde

as Lady Queensberry

Jane Eyre

as Mrs. Fairfax

Valley Girls

as Beryl

Wilderness

1996

as Jane Garth

Sense and Sensibility

as Mrs. Dashwood

Feast of July

as Mrs. Wainwright

Tender Loving Care

as Nicky Dobbs

After the Dance

1992

as Joan Scott-Fowler

On the Black Hill

as Mary Jones

Paperhouse

as Dr. Sarah Nicols

The Importance of Being Earnest

1988

as Miss Prism

4.7

The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant

1988

as Queen

Very Like a Whale

1981

as Lady Mellor

3.0

The Merchant of Venice

as Portia

Dial a Deadly Number

as Helen Curry

The Way of the World

as Millamant

Footsteps

1974

as Mollie

The Importance of Being Earnest

1974

as Gwendolen Fairfax

The Devils

1971

as Madeleine de Brou

7.5

The Cherry Orchard

1971

as Varya

The Man in the Sidecar

1971

as Edith

The Lie

1970

as Anna Firth

6.0

Treasure Island

1965

as Mrs. Taylor

The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley

1964

as Grusha

Television (51)

I, Jack Wright

as Rose Wright

Disclaimer

as Helen

The Reckoning

as Agnes Savile

Finding Alice

as Minnie

Gentleman Jack

as Aunt Anne Lister

The Crown

as Penelope Carter

Unforgotten

as Claire Slater

Capital

as Petunia

Teacup Travels

as Great Aunt Lizzie

Atlantis

as Campe

Lucan

as Dowager Countess of Lucan

7.2

Last Tango in Halifax

as Muriel

Thirteen Steps Down

as Olive

Death in Paradise

as Sister Anne

Merlin

as The Cailleach

A Ghost Story for Christmas

2005

as Alice Parkin

All About George

2005

as Kay

Spooks

as Connie James

Spooks

as Connie James

Bootleg

as Mrs. Bubby

Judge John Deed

as Professor Moriarty

6.7

Longitude

2000

as Elizabeth Harrison

Midsomer Murders

as Maisie Gooch

Trial & Retribution

as Dr. Jean Mullins

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

1997

as Julia Hampson

7.2

The Phoenix and the Carpet

1997

as Mrs Biddle

Wilderness

as Jane Garth

Faith

as Jane Moreton

The Return of the Borrowers

as Miss Menzies

The Borrowers

as Miss Menzies

Performance

as Joan Scott-Fowler

Devices and Desires

as Alice Mair

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Miss Williams

The Storyteller

as Queen

Inspector Morse

as Anne Staveley

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1987

as Mrs. Peveril

6.3

Theatre Night

1985

as Miss Prism

The Duchess of Duke Street

as Louisa Trotter

Churchill's People

as Margaret Paston

Fall of Eagles

as Princess Vicky

Thriller

as Helen Curry

A Ghost Story for Christmas

as Alice Parkin

Play for Today

as Anna Firth

Shadows of Fear

as Judith

The Spoils of Poynton

1970

as Fleda Vetch

5.5

Rainbow City

1967

as Mary Steele

BBC Play of the Month

as Varya

The Wednesday Play

as Clarice

Theatre 625

as Victoire / Lucille Desmoulins

The Human Jungle

as Pamela Phillips

No Hiding Place