--- name: "Gemma Jones" canonical: "https://film.one/person/gemma-jones" fi1m_id: "gemma-jones" imdb_id: "nm0428121" tmdb_id: 9138 wikidata_id: "Q234142" roles: ["Actor"] born: "4 December 1942" reviewed_on_fi1m: 19 average_fi1m_score: 72 average_as: "actor" average_over: 19 updated: "2026-10-25T04:00:16.560626+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Gemma Jones ## Identity Gemma Jones - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gemma-jones - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** gemma-jones - **IMDb ID:** nm0428121 - **TMDB ID:** 9138 - **Wikidata ID:** Q234142 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma_Jones, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234142, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428121/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9138 Actor. Born 4 December 1942 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 4 December 1942, Marylebone, London, England, UK - **Active:** 1971–present - **Also known as:** Jennifer R. Jones, جما جونز - **Frequently works with:** [Eric Fellner](https://film.one/person/eric-fellner.md), [Helen Fielding](https://film.one/person/helen-fielding.md), [Hugh Grant](https://film.one/person/hugh-grant.md), [Jim Broadbent](https://film.one/person/jim-broadbent.md), [Renée Zellweger](https://film.one/person/renee-zellweger.md), [Tim Bevan](https://film.one/person/tim-bevan.md), [Colin Firth](https://film.one/person/colin-firth.md), [Alec Secăreanu](https://film.one/person/alec-secareanu.md) - **BAFTA Television Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 19 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 85 (1), 2000s 67 (5), 2010s 78 (8), 2020s 63 (4) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 69 across 15 titles - **Score spread:** 7 at 80+, 10 at 60–79, 2 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 12 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 15, Romance 7, Comedy 6, Adventure 3, Fantasy 3, Mystery 3 - **Screen time:** 26 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $4,385m across 12 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma_Jones, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234142, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428121/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9138 ## Streaming the US now - **Hulu:** [*Bridget Jones's Diary*](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-diary.md) (80), [*Bridget Jones's Baby*](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-baby.md) (71), [*Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason*](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-the-edge-of-reason.md) (48) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*God's Own Country*](https://film.one/film/gods-own-country.md) (84), [*Marvellous*](https://film.one/film/marvellous.md) (82) - **Peacock:** [*The Storyteller*](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md) (82), [*Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy*](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy.md) (70) - **HBO Max:** [*Gentleman Jack*](https://film.one/tv/gentleman-jack.md) (82) - **Apple TV:** [*Rocketman*](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md) (78) - **Tubi:** [*Ammonite*](https://film.one/film/ammonite.md) (64) - **Disney+:** [*Wicked Little Letters*](https://film.one/film/wicked-little-letters.md) (61) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Gemma Jones > Gemma Jones makes a quiet supporting part tell us how a household works. We rate her ability to suggest what goes unsaid; the frustration is how readily a film can mistake her familiar presence for enough of a part. At the Swans’ dinner table in *Wicked Little Letters* (2024), Gemma Jones says almost nothing. Timothy Spall’s Edward corrects his grown daughter’s posture; Jones, as Victoria, shows what it costs to live by his rules. We went quite still because the small humiliations and her compliance made the household’s cruelty plain. Cristina Casali’s brown paint, lace and closed curtains make the Swan house feel airless. Thea Sharrock’s comedy keeps retreating from that sadder story, but Jones gives us a reason to wish it would stay there. Her familiar place in film ensembles followed wider television recognition in the 1970s, including *The Duchess of Duke Street*. *Sense and Sensibility* (1995) brought her greater prominence in film as Mrs Dashwood, under Ang Lee’s direction. We recommend that adaptation warmly, while recognising that Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet do much of the work that makes it moving. Its performances keep the feelings awkward and recognisable even when the setting looks too comfortable for anyone’s difficulties. The recurring parts made the pattern more pronounced: Pamela Jones in *Bridget Jones’s Diary* (2001), then the school matron Poppy Pomfrey in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (2002). Later casting has often kept her among mothers and dowagers, and the risk is that familiarity does the work the script ought to do. A character’s family position tells us little about how rewarding the performance will be. In *Wicked Little Letters*, the wife who scarcely speaks is one of the few people we want to understand better. By *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* (2025), the danger is plain. Michael Morris brings Jones back as Pamela alongside Jim Broadbent as Bridget’s father, then gives the pair scarcely anything to do. We find enough tenderness in the film’s treatment of grief to recommend it to those already attached to Bridget, but Jones’s presence is frustratingly underused. That is a failure of the part she has been given. Start with *Sense and Sensibility*; approach *Wicked Little Letters* for the actors, with modest expectations of the comedy. ## Biography Gemma Jones is an English actress who has worked in theatre, film and television since the early 1960s. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and is the daughter of actor Griffith Jones. Her film roles include Mrs Dashwood in *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), Bridget's mother in the *Bridget Jones* series (2001–2025), Madam Pomfrey in three *Harry Potter* films (2002–2011), Ivy in *Rocketman* (2019), and Victoria Swan in *Wicked Little Letters* (2024). On television she has appeared in *The Crown*, *Gentleman Jack* and many other series. In 2015 she won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the BBC film *Marvellous* (2014). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, conwayvangeldergrant.com.* ## On Fi1m (19) - *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* (2025), Fi1m 70, as Pamela Jones — [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy.md) - *Disclaimer* (2024), Fi1m 56, as Helen — [page](https://film.one/tv/disclaimer.md) - *Wicked Little Letters* (2024), Fi1m 61, as Victoria Swan — [page](https://film.one/film/wicked-little-letters.md) - *Ammonite* (2020), Fi1m 64, as Molly Anning — [page](https://film.one/film/ammonite.md) - *Gentleman Jack* (2019), Fi1m 82, as Aunt Anne Lister — [page](https://film.one/tv/gentleman-jack.md) - *Rocketman* (2019), Fi1m 78, as Ivy — [page](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md) - *God's Own Country* (2017), Fi1m 84, as Deidre Saxby — [page](https://film.one/film/gods-own-country.md) - *Bridget Jones's Baby* (2016), Fi1m 71, as Mum — [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-baby.md) - *Unforgotten* (2015), Fi1m 64, as Claire Slater — [page](https://film.one/tv/unforgotten.md) - *Marvellous* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Mary — [page](https://film.one/film/marvellous.md) - *Last Tango in Halifax* (2012), Fi1m 79, as Muriel — [page](https://film.one/tv/last-tango-in-halifax.md) - *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2* (2011), Fi1m 83, as Poppy Pomfrey — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2.md) - *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince* (2009), Fi1m 66, as Poppy Pomfrey — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince.md) - *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason* (2004), Fi1m 48, as Mum — [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-the-edge-of-reason.md) - *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (2002), Fi1m 65, as Poppy Pomfrey — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets.md) - *Spooks* (2002), Fi1m 77, as Connie James — [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md) - *Bridget Jones's Diary* (2001), Fi1m 80, as Bridget's Mum — [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-diary.md) - *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), Fi1m 85, as Mrs. Dashwood — [page](https://film.one/film/sense-and-sensibility.md) - *The Storyteller* (1988), Fi1m 82, as Queen — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md) ## Complete filmography (126) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *I, Jack Wright* (2025), series, as Rose Wright - *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* (2025), as Pamela Jones — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy.md) - *Disclaimer* (2024), series, as Helen — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/tv/disclaimer.md) - *Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery* (2024), as Brenda - *Blue* (2024), as Anna - *Wicked Little Letters* (2024), as Victoria Swan — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/wicked-little-letters.md) - *The Reckoning* (2023), series, as Agnes Savile - *Emily* (2022), as Aunt Branwell - *Benediction* (2021), as Hester Gatty (Older) - *Finding Alice* (2021), series, as Minnie Walsh - *Ammonite* (2020), as Molly Anning — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ammonite.md) - *Rocketman* (2019), as Ivy — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md) - *Gentleman Jack* (2019), series, as Aunt Anne Lister — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/gentleman-jack.md) - *Patrick* (2018), as Celia - *You, Me and Him* (2018), as Sue Miller - *Diana and I* (2017), as Mrs McDonald - *God's Own Country* (2017), as Deidre Saxby — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gods-own-country.md) - *Gypsy's Kiss* (2017), as Judith - *Carnage: Swallowing the Past* (2017), as Davina - *The Crown* (2016), series, as Penelope Carter — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md) - *Bridget Jones's Baby* (2016), as Mum — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-baby.md) - *Capital* (2015), series, as Petunia - *Unforgotten* (2015), series, as Claire Slater — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/unforgotten.md) - *Teacup Travels* (2015), series, as Great Aunt Lizzie - *Radiator* (2014), as Maria - *Marvellous* (2014), as Mary — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/marvellous.md) - *Lucan* (2013), series, as Dowager Countess of Lucan - *Lucan* (2013), as Dowager Countess - *Atlantis* (2013), series, as Campe - *The Lady Vanishes* (2013), as Rose Floodporter - *Last Tango in Halifax* (2012), series, as Muriel — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/last-tango-in-halifax.md) - *13 Steps Down* (2012), as Olive - *13 Steps Down* (2012), series, as Olive - *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Sister Anne - *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2* (2011), as Poppy Pomfrey — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2.md) - *Hysteria* (2011), as Lady St. John-Smythe - *Forget Me Not* (2011), as Lizzie Fisher - *Whistle and I'll Come to You* (2010), as Alice Parkin - *You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger* (2010), as Helena Shepridge - *The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister* (2010), as Aunt Lister - *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince* (2009), as Poppy Pomfrey — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince.md) - *Good* (2008), as Mother - *Merlin* (2008), series, as The Cailleach - *Ballet Shoes* (2008), as Dr. Jakes - *The Contractor* (2007), as Mrs. Day - *Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?* (2007), as Mrs De Ropp - *Fragile* (2005), as Mrs. Folder - *All About George* (2005), series, as Kay - *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason* (2004), as Mum — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-the-edge-of-reason.md) - *The Phoenix and the Carpet* (2004), as Mrs. Bibble - *Kiss of Life* (2003), as Sonia - *Shanghai Knights* (2003), as Queen Victoria - *Bootleg* (2002), series, as Mrs. Bubby - *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (2002), as Poppy Pomfrey — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets.md) - *Spooks* (2002), series, as Connie James — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md) - *Don't Tempt Me* (2001), as Nancy - *Judge John Deed* (2001), series, as Professor Moriarty - *Bridget Jones's Diary* (2001), as Bridget's Mum — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-diary.md) - *Longitude* (2000), as Elizabeth Harrison - *Longitude* (2000), series, as Elizabeth Harrison - *Cotton Mary* (1999), as Mrs Freda Davids - *Captain Jack* (1999), as Eunice Pickles - *An Evil Streak* (1999), series, as Beatrice Kyle - *The Winslow Boy* (1999), as Grace Winslow - *The Theory of Flight* (1999), as Anne - *All Revved Up* (1998), as Mrs. Wiggins - *The Phoenix and the Carpet* (1997), series, as Mrs Biddle - *An Unsuitable Job for a Woman* (1997), series, as Julia Hampson - *Trial & Retribution* (1997), series, as Dr Jean Mullins - *Wilde* (1997), as Lady Queensberry - *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Maisie Gooch — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md) - *Jane Eyre* (1997), as Mrs. Fairfax - *Valley Girls* (1996), as Beryl - *Wilderness* (1996), series, as Jane Garth - *Wilderness* (1996), as Jane Garth - *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), as Mrs. Dashwood — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/sense-and-sensibility.md) - *Feast of July* (1995), as Mrs. Wainwright - *Faith* (1994), series, as Jane Moreton - *The Return of the Borrowers* (1993), series, as Miss Menzies - *Tender Loving Care* (1993), as Nicky Dobbs - *After the Dance* (1992), as Joan Scott-Fowler - *The Borrowers* (1992), series, as Miss Menzies - *Performance* (1991), series, as Joan Scott-Fowler - *Devices and Desires* (1991), series, as Alice Mair - *Chelworth* (1989), series, as Virginia Hincham - *The Jim Henson Hour* (1989), series, as The Queen (archive footage) - *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Miss Williams — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md) - *On the Black Hill* (1988), as Mary Jones - *Paperhouse* (1988), as Dr. Sarah Nicols - *The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant* (1988), as Queen - *The Importance of Being Earnest* (1988), as Miss Prism - *The Storyteller* (1988), series, as Queen — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md) - *The Ruth Rendell Mysteries* (1987), series, as Mrs. Peveril - *Inspector Morse* (1987), series, as Anne Staveley — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md) - *Theatre Night* (1985), series, as Miss Prism - *Very Like a Whale* (1981), as Lady Mellor - *The Merchant of Venice* (1980), as Portia - *The BBC Television Shakespeare* (1978), series, as Portia - *The Duchess of Duke Street* (1976), series, as Louise Trotter - *Dial a Deadly Number* (1975), as Helen Curry - *The Way of the World* (1975), as Millamant - *Churchill's People* (1974), series, as Margaret Paston - *Footsteps* (1974), as Mollie - *Dial M for Murder* (1974), series, as Sophie Lamasse - *Fall of Eagles* (1974), series, as Princess Vicky - *The Importance of Being Earnest* (1974), as Gwendolen Fairfax - *Thriller* (1973), series, as Helen Curry - *A Ghost Story for Christmas* (1971), series, as Alice Parkin - *The Cherry Orchard* (1971), as Varya - *The Devils* (1971), as Madeleine de Brou - *The Man in the Sidecar* (1971), as Edith - *The Lie* (1970), as Anna Firth - *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Anna Firth - *Shadows of Fear* (1970), series, as Judith - *The Spoils of Poynton* (1970), series, as Fleda Vetch - *Boy Meets Girl* (1967), series, as Lucinda - *Kenilworth* (1967), series, as Queen Elizabeth I - *Rainbow City* (1967), series, as Mary Steele - *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Varya, Gwendolen Fairfax - *Treasure Island* (1965), as Mrs. Taylor - *The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley* (1964), as Grusha - *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as Clarice - *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Victoire / Lucille Desmoulins, Nina Zarechnaya - *The Human Jungle* (1963), series, as Pamela Phillips - *No Hiding Place* (1959), series, Actor - *The Bright Side Running Club*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Gemma Jones at the screening of You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/8692/gallery-497f8013da66.jpg) Gemma Jones at the screening of You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival — Mark Kari, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Gemma_Jones_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Gemma Jones](https://film.one/media/person/8692/gallery-2625b2a7fa0a.jpg) Gemma Jones — Image via TMDB - ![Gemma Jones](https://film.one/media/person/8692/gallery-db62adfc6bd1.jpg) Gemma Jones — Image via TMDB - ![Gemma Jones](https://film.one/media/person/8692/gallery-826164a02bab.jpg) Gemma Jones — Image via TMDB - ![Gemma Jones](https://film.one/media/person/8692/gallery-2869071be65e.jpg) Gemma Jones — Image via TMDB - ![Gemma Jones](https://film.one/media/person/8692/gallery-d9ab45bde553.jpg) Gemma Jones — Image via TMDB - ![Gemma Jones](https://film.one/media/person/8692/gallery-eb076f3e80c1.jpg) Gemma Jones — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### BAFTA Television Awards — 1 won - 2015: Best Supporting Actress (won), for *Marvellous* ### Other awards — 1 won - Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actress in a Television Film 2015: Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actress in a Television Film (won), for *Marvellous* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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