
Gemma Jones
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Bridget Jones's Diary
as Bridget's Mum
2001

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Poppy Pomfrey
2009

Don't Tempt Me
as Nancy
2001

Fragile
as Mrs. Folder
2005

Shanghai Knights
as Queen Victoria
2003

The Devils
as Madeleine de Brou
1971

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Poppy Pomfrey
2011

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
as Mum
2004

Paperhouse
as Dr. Sarah Nicols
1988

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
as Aunt Lister
2010

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
as Helena Shepridge
2010

Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
1997

Forget Me Not
as Lizzie Fisher
2011

Cotton Mary
as Mrs Freda Davids
1999

Gypsy's Kiss
as Judith
2017

Longitude
as Elizabeth Harrison
2000

Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?
as Mrs De Ropp
2007

Captain Jack
as Eunice Pickles
1999

Hysteria
as Lady St. John-Smythe
2011

The Theory of Flight
as Anne
1999
TV Appearances

Thriller
as Helen Curry
1973

Midsomer Murders
as Maisie Gooch
1997

Finding Alice
as Minnie
2021

Thirteen Steps Down
as Olive
2012

Inspector Morse
as Anne Staveley
1987

Spooks
as Connie James
2002

The Storyteller
as Queen
1988

Longitude
as Elizabeth Harrison
2000
Rainbow City
as Mary Steele
1967

Trial & Retribution
as Dr. Jean Mullins
1997

No Hiding Place
1959

Bootleg
as Mrs. Bubby
2002