Gemma Jones: movies and TV shows
Gemma Jones has 130 credits in the archive: 72 films and 58 TV series, from 1959 to 2025. Highest rated: The Jim Henson Hour (8.9/10).
Career timeline
1959 – 2025 · busiest year: 1997 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | I, Jack Wright | Rose Wright | TV | 5.1 | 82 |
| 2025 | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Pamela Jones | Film | 6.4 | 82 |
| 2024 | Disclaimer | Helen | TV | 7.5 | 81 |
| 2024 | Wicked Little Letters | Victoria Swan | Film | 6.9 | 81 |
| 2024 | Blue | Anna | Film | — | 81 |
| 2024 | Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery | Brenda | Film | 5.4 | 81 |
| 2023 | The Reckoning | Agnes Savile | TV | 7.2 | 80 |
| 2022 | Emily | Aunt Branwell | Film | 6.9 | 79 |
| 2021 | Benediction | Hester Gatty (Older) | Film | 6.2 | 78 |
| 2021 | Finding Alice | Minnie | TV | 5.6 | 78 |
| 2020 | Ammonite | Molly Anning | Film | 6.9 | 77 |
| 2019 | Rocketman | Ivy | Film | 7.3 | 76 |
| 2019 | Gentleman Jack | Aunt Anne Lister | TV | 7.8 | 76 |
| 2018 | Patrick | Celia | Film | 6.7 | 75 |
| 2018 | You, Me and Him | Sue Miller | Film | 5.6 | 75 |
| 2017 | God's Own Country | Deidre Saxby | Film | 7.7 | 74 |
| 2017 | Diana and I | Mrs McDonald | Film | 7.1 | 74 |
| 2017 | Carnage: Swallowing the Past | Davina | Film | 6.4 | 74 |
| 2017 | Gypsy's Kiss | Judith | Film | 6.5 | 74 |
| 2016 | The Crown | Penelope Carter | TV | 8.2 | 73 |
| 2016 | Bridget Jones's Baby | Mum | Film | 6.4 | 73 |
| 2015 | Unforgotten | Claire Slater | TV | 7.5 | 72 |
| 2015 | Capital | Petunia | TV | 7.1 | 72 |
| 2015 | Teacup Travels | Great Aunt Lizzie | TV | 8.0 | 72 |
| 2014 | Marvellous | Mary | Film | 7.1 | 71 |
| 2014 | Radiator | Maria | Film | 6.4 | 71 |
| 2013 | Atlantis | Campe | TV | 6.4 | 70 |
| 2013 | The Lady Vanishes | Rose Floodporter | Film | 6.4 | 70 |
| 2013 | Lucan | Dowager Countess of Lucan | TV | 7.1 | 70 |
| 2013 | Lucan | Dowager Countess | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 2012 | Last Tango in Halifax | Muriel | TV | 7.1 | 69 |
| 2012 | 13 Steps Down | Olive | Film | 4.9 | 69 |
| 2012 | 13 Steps Down | Olive | TV | 7.2 | 69 |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Sister Anne | TV | 7.5 | 68 |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Poppy Pomfrey | Film | 8.1 | 68 |
| 2011 | Hysteria | Lady St. John-Smythe | Film | 6.7 | 68 |
| 2011 | Forget Me Not | Lizzie Fisher | Film | 5.4 | 68 |
| 2010 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Helena Shepridge | Film | 5.9 | 67 |
| 2010 | The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister | Aunt Lister | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 2010 | Whistle and I'll Come to You | Alice Parkin | Film | 5.7 | 67 |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Poppy Pomfrey | Film | 7.7 | 66 |
| 2009 | Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility | Self | Film | — | 66 |
| 2008 | Merlin | The Cailleach | TV | 7.8 | 65 |
| 2008 | Ballet Shoes | Dr. Jakes | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 2008 | Good | Mother | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 2007 | The Contractor | Mrs. Day | Film | 5.5 | 64 |
| 2007 | Who Killed Mrs De Ropp? | Mrs De Ropp | Film | 4.9 | 64 |
| 2005 | Fragile | Mrs. Folder | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2005 | All About George | Kay | TV | — | 62 |
| 2005 | All About George | Kay | Film | 10.0 | 62 |
| 2004 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Mum | Film | 6.2 | 61 |
| 2004 | The Phoenix and the Carpet | Mrs. Bibble | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2003 | Shanghai Knights | Queen Victoria | Film | 6.1 | 60 |
| 2003 | Kiss of Life | Sonia | Film | 5.7 | 60 |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Poppy Pomfrey | Film | 7.7 | 59 |
| 2002 | Spooks | Connie James | TV | 7.7 | 59 |
| 2002 | Bootleg | Mrs. Bubby | TV | 7.4 | 59 |
| 2001 | Judge John Deed | Professor Moriarty | TV | 6.8 | 58 |
| 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | Bridget's Mum | Film | 6.7 | 58 |
| 2001 | Don't Tempt Me | Nancy | Film | 5.6 | 58 |
| 2000 | Longitude | Elizabeth Harrison | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2000 | Longitude | Elizabeth Harrison | Film | 7.4 | 57 |
| 1999 | The Theory of Flight | Anne | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1999 | Captain Jack | Eunice Pickles | Film | 5.5 | 56 |
| 1999 | The Winslow Boy | Grace Winslow | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1999 | Cotton Mary | Mrs Freda Davids | Film | 5.0 | 56 |
| 1999 | An Evil Streak | Beatrice Kyle | TV | — | 56 |
| 1998 | All Revved Up | Mrs. Wiggins | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Maisie Gooch | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution | Dr Jean Mullins | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1997 | Wilde | Lady Queensberry | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1997 | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | Julia Hampson | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1997 | Jane Eyre | Mrs. Fairfax | Film | 7.1 | 54 |
| 1997 | The Phoenix and the Carpet | Mrs Biddle | TV | — | 54 |
| 1996 | Valley Girls | Beryl | Film | — | 53 |
| 1996 | Wilderness | Jane Garth | TV | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1996 | Wilderness | Jane Garth | Film | — | 53 |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Mrs. Dashwood | Film | 7.4 | 52 |
| 1995 | Feast of July | Mrs. Wainwright | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1994 | Faith | Jane Moreton | TV | 9.5 | 51 |
| 1993 | Tender Loving Care | Nicky Dobbs | Film | — | 50 |
| 1993 | The Return of the Borrowers | Miss Menzies | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1992 | The Borrowers | Miss Menzies | TV | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1992 | After the Dance | Joan Scott-Fowler | Film | — | 49 |
| 1991 | Performance | Joan Scott-Fowler | TV | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1991 | Devices and Desires | Alice Mair | TV | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Miss Williams | TV | 8.2 | 46 |
| 1989 | The Jim Henson Hour | The Queen (archive footage) | TV | 8.9 | 46 |
| 1989 | Chelworth | Virginia Hincham | TV | — | 46 |
| 1988 | The Storyteller | Queen | TV | 8.2 | 45 |
| 1988 | The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant | Queen | Film | — | 45 |
| 1988 | On the Black Hill | Mary Jones | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1988 | Paperhouse | Dr. Sarah Nicols | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1988 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Miss Prism | Film | 5.4 | 45 |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Mrs. Peveril | TV | 6.6 | 44 |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Anne Staveley | TV | 7.9 | 44 |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | Miss Prism | TV | — | 42 |
| 1981 | Very Like a Whale | Lady Mellor | Film | 5.0 | 38 |
| 1980 | The Merchant of Venice | Portia | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Portia | TV | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1976 | The Duchess of Duke Street | Louise Trotter | TV | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1975 | The Way of the World | Millamant | Film | — | 32 |
| 1975 | Dial a Deadly Number | Helen Curry | Film | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Margaret Paston | TV | 5.0 | 31 |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Princess Vicky | TV | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1974 | Dial M for Murder | Sophie Lamasse | TV | — | 31 |
| 1974 | Footsteps | Mollie | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1974 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Gwendolen Fairfax | Film | 10.0 | 31 |
| 1973 | Thriller | Helen Curry | TV | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1971 | A Ghost Story for Christmas | Alice Parkin | TV | 7.4 | 28 |
| 1971 | The Devils | Madeleine de Brou | Film | 7.4 | 28 |
| 1971 | The Man in the Sidecar | Edith | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1971 | The Cherry Orchard | Varya | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Anna Firth | TV | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1970 | Shadows of Fear | Judith | TV | 6.7 | 27 |
| 1970 | The Spoils of Poynton | Fleda Vetch | TV | 6.7 | 27 |
| 1970 | The Lie | Anna Firth | Film | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1967 | Boy Meets Girl | Lucinda | TV | — | 24 |
| 1967 | Kenilworth | Queen Elizabeth I | TV | — | 24 |
| 1967 | Rainbow City | Mary Steele | TV | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Varya | TV | 5.3 | 22 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Gwendolen Fairfax | TV | 5.3 | 22 |
| 1965 | Treasure Island | Mrs. Taylor | Film | — | 22 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Victoire / Lucille Desmoulins | TV | 7.2 | 21 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Nina Zarechnaya | TV | 7.2 | 21 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Clarice | TV | 5.2 | 21 |
| 1964 | The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley | Grusha | Film | — | 21 |
| 1963 | The Human Jungle | Pamela Phillips | TV | 8.2 | 20 |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | TV | 4.8 | 16 | |
| The Bright Side Running Club | Film | — | — |