Gemma Jones (born 4 December 1942) is an English character actress on both stage and screen.

Jones was born Jennifer Jones in London, England, the daughter of Irene (née Isaac) and Griffith Jones, an actor. Her brother, Nicholas Jones is also an actor. She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

She was first recognised outside the UK in 1974, after playing the Empress Frederick in the BBC television drama series Fall of Eagles and Louisa Trotter in another BBC drama, The Duchess of Duke Street. She later played Mrs. Dashwood alongside Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson in the Academy Award-winning period drama Sense and Sensibility (1995).

Other notable roles include Lady Queensbury in Wilde (1997), Grace Winslow in The Winslow Boy (1999), Pam Jones in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Poppy Pomfrey in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. She plays Connie James in the BBC1 drama Spooks.

Filmography

Television

• Fall of Eagles (1974)
• The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
• Inspector Morse: The Dead of Jericho (1987)
• The Phoenix and the Carpet (1997)
• Ballet Shoes (2007), alongside Harry Potter co-star Emma Watson.
• Bootleg 2002
• Midsomer Murders
• Spooks (2007-2008)- Connie James

Film

• The Devils (1971)
• Paperhouse (1988)
• Sense and Sensibility (1995)
• Feast of July (1995)
• Wilde (1997)
• The Theory of Flight (1998)
• O.K. Garage (1998)
• The Winslow Boy (1999)
• Cotton Mary (1999)
• Don't Tempt Me (2001)
• Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
• Shanghai Knights (2003)
• Kiss of Life (2003)
• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
• Fragile (2005)
• The Contractor (2007)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
• You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (2011)

Other projects, contributions

• When Love Speaks (2002, EMI Classics) - Shakespeare's "Sonnet 50" ("How heavy do I journey on the way")

References

1. Gemma Jones Biography (1942-)
2. Gemma Jones Biography - Yahoo! Movies

External links