Gemma Jones

Born

December 4, 1942 (82 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

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

7.7

Rocketman

I, Jack Wright

(6 episodes)

6.2

2025

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Pamela Jones

6.6

2025

Disclaimer

Helen · (2 episodes)

7.4

2024

Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery

Brenda

5.3

2024

Blue

Anna

0.0

2024

Wicked Little Letters

Victoria Swan

7.0

2024

The Reckoning

Agnes Savile · (4 episodes)

7.1

2023

Emily

Aunt Branwell

6.9

2022

Benediction

Hester Gatty (Older)

6.2

2021

Finding Alice

Minnie · (6 episodes)

5.5

2021

Ammonite

Molly Anning

6.9

2020

Rocketman

Ivy

7.3

2019

Gentleman Jack

Aunt Anne Lister · (16 episodes)

7.8

2019

Patrick

Celia

6.7

2018

You, Me and Him

Sue Miller

5.7

2018

Diana and I

Mrs McDonald

7.5

2017

God's Own Country

Deidre Saxby

7.8

2017

Gypsy's Kiss

Judith

6.5

2017

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Davina

6.5

2017

The Crown

Penelope Carter · (1 episode)

8.2

2016

Bridget Jones's Baby

Mum

6.4

2016

Capital

Petunia · (3 episodes)

7.3

2015

Unforgotten

Claire Slater · (6 episodes)

7.6

2015

Teacup Travels

Great Aunt Lizzie · (25 episodes)

8.0

2015

Radiator

Maria

6.8

2014

Marvellous

Mary

7.2

2014

Lucan

Dowager Countess

6.0

2013

Lucan

Dowager Countess of Lucan · (2 episodes)

7.2

2013

Atlantis

Campe · (1 episode)

6.4

2013

The Lady Vanishes

Rose Floodporter

6.3

2013

Last Tango in Halifax

Muriel · (1 episode)

7.2

2012

13 Steps Down

Olive

5.3

2012

Thirteen Steps Down

Olive · (2 episodes)

7.2

2012

Death in Paradise

Sister Anne · (1 episode)

7.5

2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Poppy Pomfrey

8.1

2011

Hysteria

Lady St. John-Smythe

6.7

2011

Forget Me Not

Lizzie Fisher

5.6

2011

Whistle and I'll Come to You

Alice Parkin

5.6

2010

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Helena Shepridge

5.9

2010

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

Aunt Lister

6.6

2010

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Poppy Pomfrey

7.7

2009

Good

Mother

6.1

2008

Merlin

The Cailleach · (2 episodes)

7.8

2008

Ballet Shoes

Dr. Jakes

6.4

2008

The Contractor

Mrs. Day

5.5

2007

Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?

Mrs De Ropp

4.4

2007

Fragile

Mrs. Folder

6.5

2005

All About George

Kay · (6 episodes)

0.0

2005

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Mum

6.2

2004

The Phoenix and the Carpet

Mrs. Bibble

0.0

2004

Kiss of Life

Sonia

4.6

2003

Shanghai Knights

Queen Victoria

6.1

2003

Bootleg

Mrs. Bubby · (3 episodes)

7.0

2002

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Poppy Pomfrey

7.7

2002

Spooks

Connie James · (16 episodes)

7.7

2002

Don't Tempt Me

Nancy

5.5

2001

Judge John Deed

Professor Moriarty · (1 episode)

6.7

2001

Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget's Mum

6.7

2001

Longitude

Elizabeth Harrison

7.3

2000

Longitude

Elizabeth Harrison · (2 episodes)

7.0

2000

Cotton Mary

Mrs Freda Davids

4.7

1999

Captain Jack

Eunice Pickles

5.0

1999

The Winslow Boy

Grace Winslow

6.7

1999

The Theory of Flight

Anne

6.2

1999

All Revved Up

Mrs. Wiggins

5.8

1998

The Phoenix and the Carpet

Mrs. Bibble · (6 episodes)

0.0

1997

Trial & Retribution

Dr. Jean Mullins · (14 episodes)

6.8

1997

Wilde

Lady Queensberry

6.6

1997

Midsomer Murders

Maisie Gooch · (1 episode)

7.5

1997

Jane Eyre

Mrs. Fairfax

7.1

1997

Valley Girls

Beryl

0.0

1996

Wilderness

Jane Garth · (3 episodes)

5.5

1996

Wilderness

Jane Garth

0.0

1996

Sense and Sensibility

Mrs. Dashwood

7.4

1995

Feast of July

Mrs. Wainwright

5.9

1995

Faith

Jane Moreton · (2 episodes)

10.0

1994

The Return of the Borrowers

Miss Menzies · (3 episodes)

6.5

1993

Tender Loving Care

Nicky Dobbs

0.0

1993

After the Dance

Joan Scott-Fowler

0.0

1992

The Borrowers

Miss Menzies · (3 episodes)

6.4

1992

Performance

Joan Scott-Fowler · (1 episode)

6.0

1991

Devices and Desires

Alice Mair · (6 episodes)

6.0

1991

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Miss Williams · (1 episode)

8.2

1989

On the Black Hill

Mary Jones

6.3

1988

Paperhouse

Dr. Sarah Nicols

6.6

1988

The Importance of Being Earnest

Miss Prism

4.7

1988

The Storyteller

Queen · (1 episode)

8.2

1988

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Mrs. Peveril · (3 episodes)

6.2

1987

Inspector Morse

Anne Staveley · (1 episode)

7.8

1987

Theatre Night

Miss Prism · (1 episode)

0.0

1985

Very Like a Whale

Lady Mellor

3.0

1981

The Merchant of Venice

Portia

7.0

1980

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Portia · (1 episode)

6.0

1978

The Duchess of Duke Street

Louisa Trotter · (31 episodes)

7.8

1976

Dial a Deadly Number

Helen Curry

7.0

1975

The Way of the World

Millamant

0.0

1975

Footsteps

Mollie

0.0

1974

Fall of Eagles

Princess Vicky · (2 episodes)

6.9

1974

The Importance of Being Earnest

Gwendolen Fairfax

0.0

1974

Thriller

Helen Curry · (1 episode)

6.6

1973

A Ghost Story for Christmas

Alice Parkin · (1 episode)

7.6

1971

The Cherry Orchard

Varya

0.0

1971

The Devils

Madeleine de Brou

7.5

1971

The Man in the Sidecar

Edith

0.0

1971

The Lie

Anna Firth

6.0

1970

Play for Today

Anna Firth · (1 episode)

6.3

1970

Shadows of Fear

Judith · (1 episode)

6.0

1970

The Spoils of Poynton

Fleda Vetch · (4 episodes)

5.5

1970

Rainbow City

Mary Steele · (6 episodes)

0.0

1967

BBC Play of the Month

Varya · (1 episode)

5.0

1965

BBC Play of the Month

Gwendolen Fairfax · (1 episode)

5.0

1965

Treasure Island

Mrs. Taylor

0.0

1965

The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley

Grusha

0.0

1964

The Wednesday Play

Clarice · (1 episode)

4.5

1964

The Human Jungle

Pamela Phillips · (1 episode)

8.2

1963

No Hiding Place

(1 episode)

3.7

1959