Jenny Agutter
Biography
Jennifer Ann "Jenny" Agutter, born 20 December 1952 in Taunton, Somerset, England, is an English film and television actress. She began her career as a child actress in the mid‑1960s, appearing in the BBC television series The Railway Children and its film adaptation. As an adult she relocated to Hollywood and took roles such as Alex Price in An American Werewolf in London, Jessica 6 in Logan's Run, Joanne Simpson in Child's Play 2 and Jill Mason in Equus. Since the 1990s she has worked in sound recording and serves as a patron of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. After a hiatus, she returned to television in the 2000s, appearing in series including Spooks and Call the Midwife.
Career overview
Jennifer Ann “Jenny” Agutter was born on 20 December 1952 in Taunton, Somerset, England. She entered the entertainment industry as a child actress in the mid‑1960s, appearing in the BBC television series The Railway Children and in the film adaptation of the same novel. These early performances established her presence on both screen and television in the United Kingdom.
Transitioning to adult roles, Agutter relocated to Hollywood where she continued to work in film. Among her notable screen credits are Alex Price in An American Werewolf in London, Jessica 6 in Logan’s Run, Joanne Simpson in Child’s Play 2, and Jill Mason in the drama Equus. These parts demonstrated her versatility across horror, science‑fiction, thriller and stage‑adapted cinema.
Since the 1990s Agutter has also worked in sound recording and serves as a patron of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. After a period away from acting she returned to television in the 2000s, appearing in series such as the British spy drama Spooks and the period medical drama Call the Midwife. Her continued presence on screen reflects a career that spans more than five decades.
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- The Railway Children Return (2022) as Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury
- Sometimes Always Never (2019) as Margaret
- Harry Hill's Tea Time (2016) as Self
- Queen of the Desert (2015) as Florance Bell
- Tin (2015) as Marjorie Dawson
- Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time... (2015) as Self
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) as Councilwoman Hawley
- The Kumars (2014) as Self
- The Avengers (2012) as World Security Council
- Call the Midwife (2012) as Sister Julienne
- True Love (2012) as Holly's Mum
- The Mapmaker (2012) as Isabel
- Outside Bet (2012) as Shirley Baxter
- The Golden Age of Steam Railways (2012) as Narrator (Voice)
- Golden Brown (2011) as Sarah
- Burke & Hare (2010) as Lucy
- Moving On (2009) as Jean
- Monday Monday (2009) as Jenny
- Glorious 39 (2009) as Maud
- Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' (2009) as Self
- Act of God (2009) as Catherine Cisco
- The Invisibles (2008) as Barbera Riley
- Interview with Jenny Agutter (2008) as Interviewee
- British Film Forever (2007)
- Irina Palm (2007) as Jane
- The Magic Door (2007) as The Black Witch
- Heroes and Villains (2006) as June
- Working with a Master: John Landis (2006) as Self
- The Perfect Scary Movie (2005) as Self
- Diamond Geezer (2005) as Vanessa
- New Tricks (2004) as Yvonne Barrie
- The Alan Clark Diaries (2004) as Jane Clark
- Number One, Longing. Number Two, Regret (2004) as Kenosha
- Spooks (2002) as Tessa Phillips
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002) as Jemma Sanderson
- At Dawning (2002) as Escaping Woman
- The Parole Officer (2001) as Victor's Wife
- The Railway Children (2000) as Mother
- A Respectable Trade (1998) as Lady Scott
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Isobel Chettham
- Pagan's Progress (1997) as Narrator
- And the Beat Goes On (1996) as Connie Fairbrother Spencer
- September (1996) as Isobel
- Noel's Telly Years (1996)
- Rosamunde Pilcher: September (1996) as Isobel
- Bramwell (1995) as Mrs. Bruce
- The Buccaneers (1995) as Idina Hatton
- Blue Juice (1995) as Guinevere / Mary Fenton
- The All New Alexei Sayle Show (1994)
- Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups (1994) as Professor Mamet
- Heartbeat (1992) as Susannah Temple-Richards
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992) as Hermoine (voice)
- Freddie As F.R.O.7. (1992) as Daffers (voice)
- Dream On (1990) as Ellen
- Child's Play 2 (1990) as Joanne Simpson
- TECX (1990) as Kate Milverton
- The Outsiders (1990) as Maria Rogers
- Darkman (1990) as Burn Doctor (uncredited)
- King of the Wind (1990) as Hannah Coke
- Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less (1990) as Jill Albery
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as Adela Marchmont
- Snoops (1989) as Veronica Hughes
- Red Dwarf (1988) as Professor Mamet
- Dear John (1988) as Sarah
- Max's Christmas (1988)
- Dark Tower (1987) as Carolyn Page
- The Grand Knockout Tournament (1987) as Self
- The Equalizer (1985) as Lauren Demeter
- The Twilight Zone (1985) as Jacinda Carlyle (segment "Voices in the Earth")
- The Twilight Zone (1985) as Morgan Le Fay (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
- Silas Marner (1985) as Nancy Lammeter
- Love's Labour's Lost (1985) as Rosaline
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Margo Claymore
- Secret Places (1984) as Miss Lowrie
- This Office Life (1984) as Pam
- Miss Right (1982) as Purse Snatching Victim (uncredited)
- An American Werewolf in London (1981) as Nurse Alex Price
- Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981) as Self
- Othello (1981) as Desdemona
- The Survivor (1981) as Hobbs
- Amy (1981) as Amy Medford
- Late Flowering Love (1981)
- Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Krista Villeroch
- Beulah Land (1980) as Lizzie Corlay
- Sweet William (1980) as Ann Walton
- Dominique (1980) as Ann Ballard
- Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure (1979) as Priscilla Mullins
- School Play (1979) as Miss Jackson
- The Riddle of the Sands (1979) as Clara Dollmann
- China 9, Liberty 37 (1978) as Catherine Sebanek
- The Hollywood Greats (1977)
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) as Louise de La Vallière
- Equus (1977) as Jill Mason
- The Eagle Has Landed (1976) as Molly Prior
- Logan's Run (1976) as Jessica
- A Look Into the 23rd Century (1976) as Self
- Shadows (1975) as Sue
- The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) as Dr. Leah Russell
- Playhouse (1974) as Miss P. Jackson
- Dinah! (1974) as Self
- Kiss Me and Die (1974) as Dominie Lanceford
- Thriller (1973) as Dominie Lanceford
- A War of Children (1972) as Maureen Tomelty
- Shelley (1972) as Mary Shelley
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- The Ten Commandments (1971) as Bess Clark
- Walkabout (1971) as Girl
- The Wild Duck (1971) as Hedvig Ekdal
- The Cherry Orchard (1971) as Anya
- The Snow Goose (1971) as Fritha
- The Railway Children (1970) as Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury
- I Start Counting (1970) as Wynne
- The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970) as Young Maria Beadnall/Mary Hogarth/Ellen Ternan
- Star! (1968) as Pamela Roper (uncredited)
- The Railway Children (1968) as Roberta Faraday
- Gates to Paradise (1968) as Maud de Cloyes
- Ballerina (1966) as Ingrid Jensen
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Anya
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Hedvig Ekdal
- East of Sudan (1964) as Asua
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Frith