Gemma Jones

Acting · Born 1942-12-04 in Marylebone, London, England, UK

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.

Filmography

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Poppy Pomfrey
• The Devils as Madeleine de Brou
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Poppy Pomfrey
• Sense and Sensibility as Mrs. Dashwood
• Wicked Little Letters as Victoria Swan
• God's Own Country as Deidre Saxby
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Poppy Pomfrey
• Rocketman as Ivy
• Bridget Jones's Diary as Bridget's Mum
• Don't Tempt Me as Nancy

TV

• Inspector Morse as Anne Staveley
• Spooks as Connie James
• The Storyteller as Queen
• Gentleman Jack as Aunt Anne Lister
• Merlin as The Cailleach
• Agatha Christie's Poirot as Miss Williams
• The Crown as Penelope Carter
• Thriller as Helen Curry
• Midsomer Murders as Maisie Gooch
• Finding Alice as Minnie