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Jenny Agutter

Acting Born Dec 20, 1952 Taunton, Somerset, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

Jennifer Ann "Jenny" Agutter (born 20 December 1952) is an English film and television actress. She began her career as a child actress in the mid 1960s, starring in the BBC television series The Railway Children and the film adaptation of the same book, before moving on to adult roles and relocating to Hollywood.

She played 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 she is a patron of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. After a break from acting she has appeared in several television series since 2000, including the British series Spooks and Call the Midwife.

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Full filmography

  • Midsomer Murders (1997) as Isobel Chettham
  • Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as Adela Marchmont
  • Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Margo Claymore
  • The Avengers (2012) as World Security Council
  • Call the Midwife (2012) as Sister Julienne
  • Heartbeat (1992) as Susannah Temple-Richards
  • The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) as Dr. Leah Russell
  • Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Krista Villeroch
  • New Tricks (2004) as Yvonne Barrie
  • The Equalizer (1985) as Lauren Demeter
  • Spooks (2002) as Tessa Phillips
  • Red Dwarf (1988) as Professor Mamet
  • 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")
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Anya
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Hedvig Ekdal
  • Playhouse (1974) as Miss P. Jackson
  • Film '72 (1971) as Self
  • The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002) as Jemma Sanderson
  • Dinah! (1974) as Self
  • Dear John (1988) as Sarah
  • Dream On (1990) as Ellen
  • Thriller (1973) as Dominie Lanceford
  • Moving On (2009) as Jean