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Gemma Jones is a British stage and film actor born in Marylebone, London, in 1942. She was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began her work period in 1962. Jones is a citizen of the United Kingdom and speaks English. She has received the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her family includes her father, Griffith Jones, and her sibling, Nicholas Jones.
Jones is also listed as an author with eight works, including *Dying Rose*, *Bite the Apple*, *Manwhich*, *Rock Her World*, and *Blood Awakened*. In music databases, she is categorized as a spoken word artist with a playcount of 795 and 317 listeners. Her name appears in 230 other encyclopedia articles.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Dying Rose
- Bite the Apple
- Manwhich
- Rock Her World
- Blood Awakened
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Marylebone, London, England, UK
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…
Known for
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy — Pamela Jones2025
- I, Jack Wright — Rose Wright2025
- Wicked Little Letters — Victoria Swan2024
- Blue — Anna2024
- Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery — Brenda2024
- Disclaimer — Helen2024
- The Reckoning — Agnes Savile2023
- Emily — Aunt Branwell2022
- Benediction — Hester Gatty (Older)2021
- Finding Alice — Minnie2021
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 317
- Total plays
- 795
Tags
Gemma Jones (born Jennifer Jones on 4 December 1942) is an English character actress on both stage and screen. Jones recorded Shakespeare's "Sonnet 50" ("How heavy do I journey on the way") in 2002 for EMI Classics album, When Love Speaks. She rose to fame 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. On stage, in 1986 she played the great soprano Giuseppina Strepponi in After
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,438x
- Geant4—a simulation toolkit
· 2003 · cited 21,263x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,770x
- Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas
· 2005 · cited 16,642x
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Key facts
- Born
- Jennifer Jones , ( 1942-12-04 ) 4 December 1942 (age 83) , London , England
- Alma mater
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1962–present
- Parent
- Griffith Jones
- Relatives
- Nicholas Jones (brother)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Jennifer "Gemma" Jones (born 4 December 1942) is an English actress. Appearing on both stage and screen, her film appearances include Sense and Sensibility (1995), the Bridget Jones series (2001–2025), the Harry Potter series (2002–2011), You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010), and Ammonite (2020).
For her role in the BBC television film Marvellous (2014), she won the 2015 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress. She had received three previous nominations in the Best Actress category in 1971, 1972, and 1977 for her television roles. Her other roles on television include Rainbow City (1967), The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977), Trial & Retribution (2003–2008), Spooks (2007–2008), Teacup Travels (2015–2017), Diana and I (2017), and Gentleman Jack (2019).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gemma Jones” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.