"Bridget Jones Bridget Jones is a franchise based on a fictional character of the same name created by British writer Helen Fielding. Jones first appeared in Fielding's ""Bridget Jones's Diary"" column in ""The Independent"" in 1995, which - crucially - did not carry any byline. Thus it seemed to be an actual personal diary chronicling the life of Jones as a thirtysomething single woman in London as she tries to make sense of life and love with the help of a surrogate ""urban family"" of friends in the 1990s. The column in fact lampooned the obsession of women with women's"
"Georgina Jones Miss Georgina Jones is a fictional character played by Juliet Harmer in the BBC television adventure series, ""Adam Adamant Lives!"" (1966-7). ""Adam Adamant"" was created by Richard Harris and Donald Cotton, with significant creative input by script editor Tony Williamson and the BBC's Head of Television Drama, Sydney Newman. The series was produced by Verity Lambert. The female lead was originally to have been called Sandy, but the name Georgina Jones (sometimes ""George"" or ""Georgie"" to her friends) had been adopted by the time of a 1966 pilot in which the part was played by Ann Holloway. Holloway"
"Helen Fielding Helen Fielding (born 1958) is an English novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the fictional character Bridget Jones, and a sequence of novels and films beginning with the life of a thirtysomething singleton in London trying to make sense of life and love. ""Bridget Jones's Diary"" (1996) and "" "" (1999) were published in 40 countries and sold more than 15 million copies. The two films of the same name achieved international success. In a survey conducted by ""The Guardian"" newspaper, ""Bridget Jones’s Diary"" was named as one of the ten novels that best defined"
"writer/executive producer on ""The Simpsons"", began a relationship about 1999 and Fielding had two children with him: Dashiell, born in February 2004, and Romy, born in July 2006. Kevin Curran died on 26 October 2016. In 2014, Fielding was one of twenty writers on ""The Sunday Times"" list of Britain's 500 Most Influential and was also featured on the ""London Evening Standard""s 1,000 Most Influential Londoners list. Helen Fielding Helen Fielding (born 1958) is an English novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the fictional character Bridget Jones, and a sequence of novels and films beginning with the"
"Bridget Jones (film series) Bridget Jones is a British-American romantic comedy film series based on the Helen Fielding novels of the same name. The series consists of ""Bridget Jones's Diary"" (2001), """" (2004), and ""Bridget Jones's Baby"" (2016). The film series has grossed over $756 million worldwide against a combined budget of $100 million. Bridget Jones is alcoholic binger, smoker, overweight thirty-something British woman who tries to keep things in order and while also dealing with her job as a publisher. When she attends a Christmas party with her parents, they try to set her up with their neighbours' son,"
"Bridget Jones Nelson Bridget Jones Nelson (born September 24, 1964), also credited as simply Bridget Jones or Bridget Nelson, is an American screenwriter and actress for ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"". She worked as a contributing writer for the show before becoming a full-time writer in season 4. On camera she first appeared in episode 316, ""Gamera vs. Zigra"", as Helen, a young Coke-loving Japanese girl, though she had previously been heard as one of the several personages of Magic Voice. She has played characters as diverse as Mr. B Natural and Lisa Loeb but is probably best known for two"
"Bridget Jones's Diary (film) Bridget Jones's Diary is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Sharon Maguire and written by Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, and Helen Fielding. It is based on Fielding's 1996 novel of the same name, which is a reinterpretation of Jane Austen's ""Pride and Prejudice"". The adaptation stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver, and Colin Firth as Bridget's ""true love"", Mark Darcy. Production began in August 2000 and ended in November 2000, and took place largely on location in London and the Home Counties. The film premiered on 4 April 2001"
"Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film) Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Beeban Kidron and written by Adam Brooks, Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, and Helen Fielding, based on Fielding's . It stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones, Colin Firth as Mark Darcy, and Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver. The sequel to ""Bridget Jones's Diary"" (2001), the film was released in the United Kingdom on 12 November 2004 and in the United States a week later on 19 November 2004 to generally negative reviews from critics. Despite this, the film was a"
"to be of a high standard, including a perfect English accent, and garnered Zellweger an Academy Award nomination. A was released in 2004, directed by Beeban Kidron. There are many differences between the books and the films. A third movie, ""Bridget Jones's Baby"", was released on 16 September 2016. Patrick Dempsey was cast as Jack Qwant. A musical adaptation of the franchise is currently in Workshop productions in London, featuring Sheridan Smith in the title role of Bridget. The show is due to open in London's West End, although no date has been officially confirmed. Bridget Jones Bridget Jones is"
"broadcast live in theaters throughout the United States and Canada on June 28, 2016. She is married to fellow ""MST3K"" writer Michael J. Nelson. They have two sons. Bridget Jones Nelson Bridget Jones Nelson (born September 24, 1964), also credited as simply Bridget Jones or Bridget Nelson, is an American screenwriter and actress for ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"". She worked as a contributing writer for the show before becoming a full-time writer in season 4. On camera she first appeared in episode 316, ""Gamera vs. Zigra"", as Helen, a young Coke-loving Japanese girl, though she had previously been heard as"
"turn of the century, fighting evil in his own inimitable way. Miss Jones also had a slightly awkward relationship with Adamant's manservant, a former music hall artist named William E. Simms (Jack May), who was acquired during an adventure in Blackpool. There were 29 episodes of ""Adam Adamant"", of which 17 survive. <br> Georgina Jones Miss Georgina Jones is a fictional character played by Juliet Harmer in the BBC television adventure series, ""Adam Adamant Lives!"" (1966-7). ""Adam Adamant"" was created by Richard Harris and Donald Cotton, with significant creative input by script editor Tony Williamson and the BBC's Head of"
"Harriet Jones Harriet Jones is a fictional character played by Penelope Wilton in the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". Having worked previously with lead writer and executive producer Russell T Davies, Wilton was keen to involve herself with his 2005 revival of ""Doctor Who"" after he sought to cast her. Jones is introduced in the two-part story ""Aliens of London"" and ""World War Three"" as a Member of Parliament who aids the Ninth Doctor against an alien invasion of London. The episode introduces a running joke associated with the character which would see her frequently introduce herself"
"Sharon Maguire Sharon Maguire (born 17 August 1961) is a film director who came to prominence with ""Bridget Jones's Diary"". The film was based on the book by her close friend Helen Fielding, and one of the main characters – ""Shazza"" – is allegedly based on Maguire. Born in Coventry to Irish Catholic parents, Maguire studied English & Drama at the University of Wales Aberystwyth from 1979–1983. After leaving university, she worked as a Copywriter in publishing before doing a postgraduate degree in journalism at City University, London. In 1987, she began a career in television, working as a researcher"
"as choreographer. An official cast for the production has not yet been announced, but workshops for the show have already begun with television actress and current star of ""Legally Blonde"", Sheridan Smith, in the title role. Bridget Jones's Diary (film) Bridget Jones's Diary is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Sharon Maguire and written by Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, and Helen Fielding. It is based on Fielding's 1996 novel of the same name, which is a reinterpretation of Jane Austen's ""Pride and Prejudice"". The adaptation stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver, and Colin"
"Bridget Jones, the rival of Mark Darcy. In the modernised American web series of 2012–2013, ""The Lizzie Bennet Diaries"", Wickham is the coach of a university swim team and played by Wes Aderhold. In this version, Wickham is depicted as being abusive towards Lydia, manipulating her into recording a sex tape. George Wickham George Wickham is a fictional character created by Jane Austen who appears in her novel ""Pride and Prejudice"", published in 1813. George Wickham is introduced as a militia officer who has a shared history with Mr. Darcy. Wickham's charming demeanour and his story of being badly treated"
"daughter. Felicity Montagu Felicity Jane Montagu (born 12 September 1960) is an English actress. Montagu was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, to Lieutenant-Colonel John Drogo Montagu (1916-2013), whose great-great-grandfather Admiral George Montagu was great-great-grandson of Lord James Montagu (d. 1665), who, in his turn, was younger son of Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester. She attended Loughborough University and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Montagu's reputation in comedy character parts was enhanced by her performance in ""Bridget Jones's Diary"" as Perpetua, Bridget's unpleasant colleague. She also appeared in the 2006 film ""Confetti"" as highly strung magazine"
"Juliet Harmer Juliet Harmer (born 11 May 1943) is an English artist, children's author and actress who was best known in the role of Georgina Jones in the BBC TV series ""Adam Adamant Lives!"" (1966–67). Juliet Harmer trained as a Primary school teacher specialising in Art. After leaving college, she taught for two years before becoming a presenter in BBC schools television. She returned to painting and working with children when her first daughter was born, and she moved to the Cotswolds in 1970. Harmer had originally wanted to become a botanist; her great uncle, Sir Sidney Frederic Harmer, had"
"characters"". ""SFX"" placed the character of Harriet Jones at number 12 in a 2009 article listing the 27 things they loved best about the revival of ""Doctor Who"", citing the running joke associated with the character. In March 2015 Dan Wilson of ""Metro"" listed Harriet as one of the ten best original characters introduced to ""Doctor Who"" since 2005, describing her as a ""complex woman"" who ""came good in the end"". Harriet Jones Harriet Jones is a fictional character played by Penelope Wilton in the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". Having worked previously with lead writer and"
"Felicity Montagu Felicity Jane Montagu (born 12 September 1960) is an English actress. Montagu was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, to Lieutenant-Colonel John Drogo Montagu (1916-2013), whose great-great-grandfather Admiral George Montagu was great-great-grandson of Lord James Montagu (d. 1665), who, in his turn, was younger son of Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester. She attended Loughborough University and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Montagu's reputation in comedy character parts was enhanced by her performance in ""Bridget Jones's Diary"" as Perpetua, Bridget's unpleasant colleague. She also appeared in the 2006 film ""Confetti"" as highly strung magazine editor"
"a novel in 1996, ""Bridget Jones's Diary"". The plot is very loosely based on ""Pride and Prejudice"" by Jane Austen. Critics assert that Fielding's book arguably began the popular fiction movement known as chick lit. The second book, """", was published on 1998, and was based on the plot of another of Austen's novels, ""Persuasion"". Fielding named the character of Mark Darcy after the ""Pride and Prejudice"" character Fitzwilliam Darcy and described him exactly like Colin Firth, who played Mr Darcy in the 1995 BBC adaptation. Mark Darcy was also partly modelled on a friend of Fielding's called Mark Muller,"
"portraying Owen falling in love with Bridget ""off-camera"" instead of giving them screen-time. Bridget Forrester Bridget Forrester is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera ""The Bold and the Beautiful"". She first appeared in 1992 as the infant daughter of Brooke Logan and Eric Forrester. The character was portrayed by actress Ashley Jones from December 2004 to January 2011 as a regular, but was dropped to recurring status and continued to make appearances up until February 29, 2012, when Bridget left for New York along with a few others. Since 2013, Jones has continued to make guest appearances on"
"a protagonist following ""Alias"" (2001-2004) and ""The Pulse"" (2004-2006), which both featured Bendis and Gaydos on the creative teams (Gaydos drew the last four issues of ""The Pulse""). The relaunched series was announced by Marvel in July 2016 with a release date that fall. The idea to bring back Jones in the comics was brought on through conversations Bendis had with Melissa Rosenberg, the creator of Netflix's ""Jessica Jones"" adaptation. Said Bendis, ""Any time two writers are sitting there, talking about the character, both writers are formulating a pitch. You can’t help it. It’s the way your brain is trained."
"Peggy Pettitt Peggy Pettitt (born February 8, 1950) is an African American actress, dancer, teacher, playwright and storyteller. Pettitt is best known for her role as Billie Jean in the 1972 family–drama film Black Girl starring alongside Brock Peters and Claudia McNeil . Pettitt is a native of St. Louis, Missouri. The centerpiece of Pettitt’s theater career is a unique style of solo performance rooted in African-American storytelling. She developed this form to portray a spectrum of characters. Related by blood and circumstance, these characters shed light on the multifaceted history of African American men and women. And they tell"
"Bridget Jones's Baby Bridget Jones's Baby is a 2016 romantic comedy film directed by Sharon Maguire and written by Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer and Emma Thompson, based on the fictional columns by Fielding. It is the third film in the franchise and a sequel to 2004 film """". The film stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones, who after becoming pregnant is unsure if Mark Darcy (Colin Firth, also reprising his role) or Jack Qwant (Patrick Dempsey) is the father. Filming began on 2 October 2015 in London. The film was released theatrically on 16 September 2016 in the United Kingdom"
"A+ to F scale. Bridget Jones's Baby Bridget Jones's Baby is a 2016 romantic comedy film directed by Sharon Maguire and written by Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer and Emma Thompson, based on the fictional columns by Fielding. It is the third film in the franchise and a sequel to 2004 film """". The film stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones, who after becoming pregnant is unsure if Mark Darcy (Colin Firth, also reprising his role) or Jack Qwant (Patrick Dempsey) is the father. Filming began on 2 October 2015 in London. The film was released theatrically on 16 September 2016"
"Bridget Forrester Bridget Forrester is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera ""The Bold and the Beautiful"". She first appeared in 1992 as the infant daughter of Brooke Logan and Eric Forrester. The character was portrayed by actress Ashley Jones from December 2004 to January 2011 as a regular, but was dropped to recurring status and continued to make appearances up until February 29, 2012, when Bridget left for New York along with a few others. Since 2013, Jones has continued to make guest appearances on the soap, last appearing in September 2018. The role was originated by various"
"The show's pilot episode had been made by Thames Television and broadcast in 1972. It was followed by a spin-off sequel in 1976 entitled ""Yus, My Dear"", starring Mullard and Watts. Romany Jones Romany Jones is a British sitcom made by London Weekend Television, It starred Arthur Mullard and Queenie Watts as Wally and Lily Briggs and was broadcast between 1973 and 1975, The show was originally designed as a vehicle for James Beck (Private Walker in ""Dad's Army""), involving the comic misadventures of two layabout families living on a caravan site. Following Beck's death in August 1973 when he"
"Miss Jones and Son Miss Jones and Son was a comedy series first broadcast on ITV in 1977. It starred Paula Wilcox, Christopher Beeny, Charlotte Mitchell and Norman Bird. It was written by Richard Waring and produced and directed by Peter Frazer-Jones. Roger Webb wrote the theme song, ""Bright Idea"" (from the DeWolfe production music album, ""Awakening"" (DWS/LP 3302). The series depicted the life of Elizabeth Jones (Paula Wilcox), a young woman coming to terms with the responsibility of looking after her baby, Rolland 'Rollie' Jones (full name: Rolland Desmond Geoffrey Alan Jones), alone. Emotional support came in the form"
"British romantic comedy ""Bridget Jones's Diary"", based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Helen Fielding. The choice came amid much controversy since she was neither British nor overweight and did not smoke. During casting, Zellweger was told she was too thin to play the chubby, chain-smoking Bridget, so she quickly embarked on gaining the required weight (20 pounds) and learning an English accent while she smoked herbal cigarettes. Besides receiving voice coaching to fine-tune her accent, part of Zellweger's preparations involved spending three weeks working undercover in a ""work experience placement"" for British publishing firm Picador in"
"her. Rose informs the Doctor of Jones's sacrifice in the following episode, ""Journey's End"". The 2017 poetry book ""Now We Are Six Hundred"", written by James Goss and illustrated by Davies, includes a poem revealing that Harriet Jones escaped from the Dalek attack. The role of Harriet Jones was written specially for Penelope Wilton by the series' lead writer and executive producer Russell T Davies. Wilton was drawn to the role after working with Davies on his show ""Bob and Rose"" and being impressed by his writing. Commenting on Jones's role in the two part ""Aliens of London""/""World War Three"""
"Bridget Jones (academic) Bridget Jones (20 November 1935 – 4 April 2000) was a British literary academic who pioneered the inclusion of Caribbean literature in European university studies programs. While teaching French literature at the University of the West Indies, Jones developed an interest in French Caribbean writing and developed one of the first PhD curricula focused on francophone Caribbean literature. Upon returning to England, she taught at the University of Reading and the Roehampton Institute. An annual award, distributed by the Society for Caribbean Studies, as well as a scholarship program, given by the University of the West Indies,"
"write the popular ""Bridget Jones"" novels and their screen adaptations subsequently featured Firth as Bridget's love interest Mark Darcy. Episode 1: Mr. Charles Bingley, a rich man from the north of England, settles down at Netherfield estate near Meryton village in Hertfordshire for the autumn. Mrs Bennet, unlike her husband, is excited at the prospect of marrying off one of her five daughters (Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia) to the newcomer. Bingley takes an immediate liking to Jane at a local country-dance, while his best friend Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, rumoured to be twice as rich, refuses to dance with"
"Ruth Jones Ruth Alexandra Elisabeth Jones, (born 22 September 1966) is a Welsh television actress, novelist and screenwriter. She co-starred in and co-wrote the award-winning British comedy ""Gavin & Stacey"" and has appeared in many television comedies and dramas, such as Jimmy McGovern ""The Street"" with Timothy Spall (2009), and starring as Hattie Jacques in ""Hattie"" for BBC Four. She takes the lead role in the comedy drama series ""Stella"" for Sky 1 produced by Tidy Productions, the company she co-founded in 2008 with her husband David Peet, who is managing director. Ruth Jones was born on 22 September 1966"