12 Facts About Gemma Jones

Jennifer "Gemma" Jones was born on 4 December 1942 and is an English actress.

Gemma Jones had received three previous nominations in the Best Actress category in 1971,1972 and 1977 for her television roles.

Gemma Jones was born in Marylebone, the daughter of Irene and Harold "Griffith" Gemma Jones, an actor.

Gemma Jones attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she won the gold medal.

Gemma Jones made many further performances in classical and contemporary plays with the RSC in the 1980s and 1990s, including appearances in separate productions of The Winters Tale as both Hermione and a decade later as Paulina.

On television Gemma Jones became known to viewers after starring in the BBC serial Kenilworth as Queen Elizabeth I, and in BBC 2's 1970 dramatisation of The Spoils of Poynton.

Gemma Jones was first recognised outside the UK in the mid-1970s, 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.

Gemma Jones played Madeleine de Brou in the 1971 Ken Russell film The Devils.

Gemma Jones played Mrs Dashwood alongside Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson in the Academy Award-winning period drama Sense and Sensibility.

Gemma Jones appeared in the Woody Allen film You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger in 2010.

Gemma Jones received the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Neil Baldwin's mother, Mary, in the 2014 television film Marvellous.

In 2015, Gemma Jones played the part of Petunia Howe in the three-part BBC series Capital, based on John Lanchester's novel of the same name.