Gemma Jones

Gemma Jones

1942-12-04 Marylebone, London, England, UK 68 Credits

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.

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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

2025

as Pamela Jones

6.6
Acting

Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and former lover, Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, s...

Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery

Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery

2024

as Brenda

5.3
Acting

Gemma is delighted to be recruited by the Serious Crimes Agency, but sadly they don't want Terry because of his criminal past.

Blue

Blue

2024

as Anna

Acting

After her daughter has passed away, a mother senses an ethereal poltergeist-like energy around her and wants to know if her child has come home.

Wicked Little Letters

Wicked Little Letters

2024

as Victoria Swan

7.0
Acting

When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is...

Emily

Emily

2022

as Aunt Branwell

6.9
Acting

The imagined life of one of the world’s most famous authors, Emily Brontë, as she finds her voice and writes the literary classic Wuthering Heights. E...

Benediction

Benediction

2021

as Hester Gatty (Older)

6.2
Acting

Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the gov...

Ammonite

Ammonite

2020

as Molly Anning

6.9
Acting

In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite ...

Rocketman

Rocketman

2019

as Ivy

7.3
Acting

The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership wit...

Patrick

Patrick

2018

as Celia

6.7
Acting

A woman's chaotic life becomes more complicated when she inherits her grandmother's dog.

You, Me and Him

You, Me and Him

2018

as Sue Miller

5.7
Acting

Despite their age difference, Lesbian couple Olivia and Alex are very much in love. But as the question of pregnancy rears its head and their neighbou...

Diana and I

Diana and I

2017

as Mrs McDonald

7.5
Acting

In the week that follows Princess Diana's tragic death on 31 August 1997, four separate stories unfold as four ordinary lives are all affected in diff...

God's Own Country

God's Own Country

2017

as Deidre Saxby

7.8
Acting

A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.

Gypsy's Kiss

Gypsy's Kiss

2017

as Judith

6.5
Acting

An elderly widow reasserts her own sense of independence with an unconventional yearly pilgrimage to her late husband's grave.

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

2017

as Davina

6.5
Acting

It's 2067, the UK is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the hor...

Bridget Jones's Baby

Bridget Jones's Baby

2016

as Mum

6.4
Acting

After breaking up with Mark Darcy five years earlier, Bridget Jones' happily-ever-after hasn't quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single...

Radiator

Radiator

2014

as Maria

6.8
Acting

A moving, blackly comic drama about the strains in coping with ageing parents.

Marvellous

Marvellous

2014

as Mary

7.2
Acting

Dramatisation of the true story of the life of Neil "Nello" Baldwin. Born with a mild learning disability but without the burden of social embarrassm...

Lucan

Lucan

2013

as Dowager Countess

6.0
Acting

Drama about infamous aristocrat Lord Lucan, who mysteriously disappeared in 1974 after being accused of murdering his children's nanny.

The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

2013

as Rose Floodporter

6.3
Acting

Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers c...

13 Steps Down

13 Steps Down

2012

as Olive

5.2
Acting
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011

as Poppy Pomfrey

8.1
Acting

Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wiza...

Hysteria

Hysteria

2011

as Lady St. John-Smythe

6.7
Acting

Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.

Forget Me Not

Forget Me Not

2011

as Lizzie Fisher

5.6
Acting

The film follows Will Fletcher, a musician, and Eve Fisher, who works in a pub where he is performing, during one night in London. After Will has save...

Whistle and I'll Come to You

Whistle and I'll Come to You

2010

as Alice Parkin

5.6
Acting

After placing his ailing wife Alice in a care home, elderly academic James Parkin goes to stay at a wintry out-of-season hotel which they used to visi...

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

2010

as Helena Shepridge

5.9
Acting

Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue wha...

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

2010

as Aunt Lister

6.6
Acting

A lesbian in the 1800s who keeps a detailed account of her life written in coded diaries attempts to live independently while juggling an affair with ...

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009

as Poppy Pomfrey

7.7
Acting

As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven. Harry suspects perils may even lie wi...

Good

Good

2008

as Mother

6.1
Acting

When John Halder's latest novel is enlisted by powerful political figures in the Nazi party to push their agenda, his career and social standing insta...

Ballet Shoes

Ballet Shoes

2008

as Dr. Jakes

6.4
Acting

An unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But ...

The Contractor

The Contractor

2007

as Mrs. Day

5.5
Acting

Former CIA Operative James Dial is coaxed back into action to kill a terrorist in London, but it all goes wrong and he is forced into hiding, where he...

Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?

Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?

2007

as Mrs De Ropp

4.4
Acting

On a train journey, Saki meets Mrs De Ropp, an oppressive aunt and guardian to an unruly brood. Inspired by the meeting, he imagines a tale of repress...

Fragile

Fragile

2005

as Mrs. Folder

6.5
Acting

Haunted by memories of a patient's death, a nurse takes a job at an antiquated hospital for children. Soon she learns that the kids fear a ghost that...

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

2004

as Mum

6.2
Acting

Bridget Jones is working as a TV host and still dating her new love, barrister Mark Darcy, for a perfect six weeks. But Bridget is jealous of the time...

The Phoenix and the Carpet

The Phoenix and the Carpet

2004

as Mrs. Bibble

Acting

Relive the magic in this new 90 minute movie of the classic BBC series! Embark on marvelous adventures with THE PHOENIX AND THE CARPET! Jane, Robert, ...

Kiss of Life

Kiss of Life

2003

as Sonia

4.6
Acting

Helen lives in London with her father and her kids. John, her husband, is an aid-worker in Eastern Europe. He has been gone many months. Helen is desp...

Shanghai Knights

Shanghai Knights

2003

as Queen Victoria

6.1
Acting

When a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their way to London with revenge on their minds.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

as Poppy Pomfrey

7.7
Acting

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger aw...

Don't Tempt Me

Don't Tempt Me

2001

as Nancy

5.5
Acting

Two angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.

Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones's Diary

2001

as Bridget's Mum

6.7
Acting

Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her various imperfections. As a New Year's r...

Longitude

Longitude

2000

as Elizabeth Harrison

7.2
Acting

Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.

Cotton Mary

Cotton Mary

1999

as Mrs Freda Davids

4.7
Acting

A British family is trapped between culture, tradition, and the colonial sins of the past.

Captain Jack

Captain Jack

1999

as Eunice Pickles

5.0
Acting

Rebellious and irreverent, Captain Jack is a man on a mission. Come hell or high water, he's determined to follow in the footsteps of Whitby's unsung ...

The Winslow Boy

The Winslow Boy

1999

as Grace Winslow

6.7
Acting

Early 20th century England: while toasting his daughter Catherine's engagement, Arthur Winslow learns the royal naval academy expelled his 14-year-old...

The Theory of Flight

The Theory of Flight

1999

as Anne

6.2
Acting

A dreamer who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a public building. This leads him to meeting a young wo...

All Revved Up

All Revved Up

1998

as Mrs. Wiggins

5.8
Acting

A lovely school teacher finds herself the victim of a scam artist - a garage owner who delights in ripping off his customers. Soon, she has two eager ...

Wilde

Wilde

1997

as Lady Queensberry

6.6
Acting

The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment a...

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

1997

as Mrs. Fairfax

7.1
Acting

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she mee...

Valley Girls

Valley Girls

1996

as Beryl

Acting

Two Welsh women win a trip to Hollywood.

Wilderness

Wilderness

1996

as Jane Garth

Acting

In the light of the moon, seduction and pleasure are never what they seem. And neither is Alice White (Amanda Ooms), a beautiful and obsessed woman wi...

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

1995

as Mrs. Dashwood

7.4
Acting

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When H...

Feast of July

Feast of July

1995

as Mrs. Wainwright

5.9
Acting

After an abandoned young woman in late 19th Century England is taken in by a rural couple with three handsome sons, tragic consequences result.

Tender Loving Care

Tender Loving Care

1993

as Nicky Dobbs

Acting

Night nurse Elaine Dobbs may be overworked and underpaid, but she has created a very special atmosphere in her ward and is extremely attentive to her ...

After the Dance

After the Dance

1992

as Joan Scott-Fowler

Acting

David and Joan's life has been one continuous party, but their marriage is loveless. Suddenly a young girl appears in their world and announces that s...

On the Black Hill

On the Black Hill

1988

as Mary Jones

6.3
Acting

The story covers eighty years in the lives of a pair of Welsh identical twins with an unusual bond, as they go through war, love affairs, and land dis...

Paperhouse

Paperhouse

1988

as Dr. Sarah Nicols

6.6
Acting

A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in he...

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

1988

as Miss Prism

4.7
Acting

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using ...

Very Like a Whale

Very Like a Whale

1981

as Lady Mellor

3.0
Acting

Theme of a powerful and respected man tearing his life to bits.

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

1980

as Portia

7.0
Acting

A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's fath...

Dial a Deadly Number

Dial a Deadly Number

1975

as Helen Curry

7.0
Acting

A young woman tormented by murderous dreams decides to call a psychiatrist for help but accidentally dials a desperate out -of-work actor.

The Way of the World

The Way of the World

1975

as Millamant

Acting

In order for Millamant and Mirabell to get married and receive Millamant's full dowry, Mirabell must receive the blessing of Millamant's aunt, Lady Wi...

Footsteps

Footsteps

1974

as Mollie

Acting

Gemma Jones stars as a woman suffering from hyperacusis, which affects the muscles of the ears. As a result she has become highly sensitive to noise, ...

The Importance of Being Earnest

1974

as Gwendolen Fairfax

Acting

Adaptation of the play by Oscar Wilde.

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

1971

as Varya

Acting

Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate aft...

The Devils

The Devils

1971

as Madeleine de Brou

7.5
Acting

In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occu...

The Man in the Sidecar

The Man in the Sidecar

1971

as Edith

Acting

Examines the relationship between Edith, a famous and successful novelist, and her writer husband, and how her own domestic situation is paralleled in...

The Lie

The Lie

1970

as Anna Firth

6.0
Acting

Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Co...

Treasure Island

1965

as Mrs. Taylor

Acting

Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel.

The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley

1964

as Grusha

Acting