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Gemma Jones

Acting · 1942-12-04 · 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.

Filmography (38)

Year	Film	As
2025	Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy	Pamela Jones
2024	Wicked Little Letters	Victoria Swan
2022	Emily	Aunt Branwell
2021	Benediction	Hester Gatty (Older)
2020	Ammonite	Molly Anning
2019	Rocketman	Ivy
2017	God's Own Country	Deidre Saxby
2017	Carnage	Davina
2017	You, Me and Him	Sue Miller
2016	Bridget Jones's Baby	Mum
2014	NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage	Queen Margaret
2014	Radiator	Maria
2011	Hysteria	Lady St. John-Smythe
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2	Poppy Pomfrey
2010	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger	Helena Shepridge
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Poppy Pomfrey
2008	Good	Mother
2008	Ballet Shoes	Dr. Jakes
2007	The Contractor	Mrs. Day
2005	Fragile	Mrs. Folder
2004	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason	Mum
2003	Kiss of Life	Sonia
2003	Shanghai Knights	Queen Victoria
2002	Bootleg	Mrs. Bubby
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Poppy Pomfrey
2001	Bridget Jones's Diary	Bridget's Mum
1999	The Winslow Boy	Grace Winslow
1999	Cotton Mary	Mrs Freda Davids
1999	Captain Jack	Eunice Pickles
1998	The Theory of Flight	Anne
1997	Wilde	Lady Queensberry
1996	Wilderness	Jane Garth
1995	Feast of July	Mrs. Wainwright
1995	Sense and Sensibility	Mrs. Dashwood
1993	The Return of the Borrowers	Miss Menzies
1988	Paperhouse	Dr. Sarah Nicols
1988	On the Black Hill	Mary Jones
1971	The Devils	Madeleine de Brou