That was the year she played the mother of two darlings of the stylish cinema, Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet, in their roles as the Dashwood sisters in director Ang Lee's Oscar-winning adaptation of Jane Austen's unusual Drift and Sensibility. In 1997, Jones performed in another acclaime... d film, Wilde, as Lady Queensbury, the woman who accused 19th century Irish author Oscar Wilde of corrupting her son, thereby mise en scene in motion a renowned trial that ruined Wilde. Then noble got advance during Jones. Between 1999 and 2001, she played in three other popular productions that won numerous awards: first as Good taste Winslow inconsistent Nigel Hawthorne in David Mamet's moulding of The Winslow Boy, then as Elizabeth Harrison in Charles Sturridge's end result of Longitude, and when all is said as Mrs. Pam Jones in Sharon Maguire's production of Bridget Jones' Record. By 2002, Gemma Jones was at deal with filming what promised to be one of the biggest battle-office draws of the year, Harry Around and the Chamber of Secrets, in which she portrays Madame Pomfrey, the maker of magical healing potions. The daughter of British actor Griffth Jones, Gemma Jones was born Jennifer Jones on December 4, 1942, in London. Because acting was in her blood, it was no surprise when she enrolled in the British Academy of Effective Art to be molded into an actress in the classic tradition.

Shortly after graduation, she performed in Baal on the same stage with Peter O'Toole. After other put on and TV productions, she debuted on film in director Ken Russell's The Devils in 1971, then performed in several TV series, including The Duchess of Duke Street, a popular 1976 series in Britain that starred her as "London's best cook." Between veil and TV roles, she also performed on the stage as a associate of the Popular Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Guests in such Shakespeare plays as A Winter's Story, The Rejoicing Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, Twelfth Evening, and Hamlet. She also acted in productions of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, Arthur Miller's The Ride Down Mount Morgan, and Henrik Ibsen's The Masterbuilder.

When stardom arrived in 1995 with Sense and Sensibility, she continued to perform in lesser known but tremendously praised productions, including The Fete of July, Jane Eyre, The Theory of Flight, and Captain Jack. Her 2002 duty in the Harry Potter film promises to contribute to her a household name among children as well as adults -- perhaps in the interest decades to come.