Gemma Jones - Details

Biography

Gemma Jones has had a remarkable career on the stage and screen. She was trained at the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts where she won the Gold Medal in 1962 and has been a member of both the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Jones became known to television audiences worldwide starring in "The Duchess of Duke Street". Other television work includes Ingmar Bergman's "The Lie", Nina in "The Seagull" Portia in "The Merchant of Venice", Mrs. Fairfax in "Jane Eyre" with Samantha Morton and "Longitude" with Michael Gambon.

Her film work includes Ken Russell's "The Devils", "The Feast of July" with Ben Chaplin, "Sense and Sensibility" with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet, "Wilde" with Jude Law and Stephen Fry and David Mamet's "The Winslow Boy".

Events

  • 4th December 1942 - Birth