Anna Wilson-Jones | |
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Born | Anna Louise Wilson Jones 8 October 1970 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1993–present |
Spouse | Steve John Shepherd |
Children | 3 |
Family | Nick Jones (brother) |
Anna Wilson-Jones (born 8 October 1970) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Juliet Miller in the television series Hotel Babylon and main character Tim Bisley's ex-girlfriend Sarah in the series Spaced .
In 1999, she appeared as Katie May in the six part mockumentary Boyz Unlimited .
In 2000, she appeared as Sandra Harrison in the last episode of Inspector Morse , [1] The Remorseful Day . [1]
From 2004 to 2005, she was in the Sky One television series Hex , [1] as Jo Watkins, and in 2006 the Channel 4 adaptation of the novel Sugar Rush , [1] as Anna. She has also appeared in As If , [1] Monarch of the Glen , [1] Wonderful You , [1] Waterloo Road , [1] Rosemary & Thyme in 2003 in the episode The language of flowers and Ashes to Ashes . [1]
Wilson-Jones has also featured in Midsomer Murders in 2013, the ITV parapsychology drama afterlife in which she plays Jude Bridge, the former wife of Robert Bridge (played by Andrew Lincoln) and from June 2007 she appeared as Sally in an ITV drama serial The Time of Your Life . [1]
In 2009 she joined the cast of Hotel Babylon as Juliet Miller, hotel general manager. [2]
In late 2011, she appeared in "The National Anthem", the first episode of the anthology series Black Mirror . [3] She also stars in "The Night Watch" based on the novel by Sarah Waters released in 2012 for the BBC. She plays the character of Julia Standing, a lesbian writer, who lives in London during the Second World War. Wilson-Jones has also featured in Misfits as Laura, [1] in season 2. Also in 2011, she played Rosalind Rydell in two episodes of the first season of DCI Banks , [1] "Cold is the Grave: Part 1" and "Cold is the Grave: Part 2". [4] [5]
In 2016, Wilson-Jones joined the cast of the ITV drama Victoria , playing the part of Emma Portman, Viscountess Portman, one of Queen Victoria's ladies-in-waiting. She has been a regular in all three series to date. [6] She also served as the narrator for the novel Victoria, written by the television series' creator, Daisy Goodwin. [7]
On 9 January 2017, Jones appeared as Ellie Timpson in Silent Witness in the episode "Discovery". On 10 February 2018, Jones appeared as Linda Ashworth in Casualty . [1]
She also played Davinia in Series 2 of the Channel 4 series PhoneShop . [1]
She is married to actor Steve John Shepherd. Together they have three children: two daughters, Agatha and Cosima (born c. 2005 and c. 2007, respectively), and a son (born c. 2012). [8]
Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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1998 | Vigo: A Passion for Life | Genya Lozinska | |
2001 | Tomorrow | Claire | |
2002 | Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War | Veronica | |
2003 | The Mother | Helen | |
The Silent Treatment | Sara | (Short) | |
Killing Time | Woman | (Short) | |
2004 | Gladiatress | Lofacta | |
2009 | Another Thing | Brunette woman | (Short) |
2016 | Noro | Meryl | (Short) |
Take Down | Frances Herrick | ||
Away from Me | Sarah | (Short) | |
2018 | Ghosted | Sherry | (Short) |
2019 | The Last Boy | Jenna | |
2020 | The Christmas Ball | Sarrah | TV Movie |
Year | Television series | Role | Other notes |
1994 | The Bill | Stephanie Kerry | TV series, 1 episode |
1998 | Berkeley Square | Lady Wakeley | TV mini-series, 1 episode |
1999 | Spaced | Sarah | TV series, 4 episodes |
Wonderful You | Gina, Henry's sister | TV mini-series, 7 episodes | |
Boyz Unlimited | Katie May | TV series, 6 episodes | |
2000 | Inspector Morse | Sandra Harrison | TV series, 1 episode |
2000-2001 | Monarch of the Glen | Justine Thatcher | TV series, 6 episodes |
2001 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | Freya | TV series, 1 episode |
Life as We Know It | Olivia | TV series, 1 episode | |
Big Bad World | Alice | TV series, 1 episode | |
2001-2002 | As If | Gabi | TV series, 1 episode |
2002 | Covert | Mother | (TV Short) |
2003 | Jonathan Creek | Sergeant Heather Davey | TV series, 1 episode |
Rosemary & Thyme | Kate Pritchard | TV series, 1 episode | |
The Vice | Elizabeth | TV series, 1 episode | |
2004 | Murder in Suburbia | Grace Bailey | TV series, 1 episode |
Red Cap | Lt. Col. Julia MacKesy | TV series, 1 episode | |
Roman Road | Jenny | (TV movie) | |
NY-LON | Tabitha | TV mini-series, 3 episodes | |
The Brief | Glen Farmer | TV series, 1 episode | |
2004-2005 | Hex | Jo Watkins / Jo | TV series, 10 episodes |
2005 | The Stepfather | Sasha Munro | (TV movie), billed as Anna Wilson Jones |
2005-2006 | Afterlife | Jude Bridge | TV series, 13 episodes |
2005-2013 | Midsomer Murders | Marianna Hartley (2005)/ Emma Harris (2013) | "Bantling Boy", "Death and the Divas" |
2006 | Sugar Rush | Anna | TV series, 3 episodes, billed as Anna Wilson Jones |
Waterloo Road | Heather Davenport | TV series, 3 episodes, billed as Anna Wilson Jones | |
2007 | The Time of Your Life | Sally | TV mini-series, 6 episodes |
2007-2010 | Brilliant! | Sylvia | TV mini-series, 2 episodes |
2008 | Ashes to Ashes | Joan Cale | TV series, 1 episode |
2009 | Hotel Babylon | Juliet Miller | TV series, 8 episodes |
2010 | Come Rain Come Shine | Christina Mitchell | (TV movie), billed as Anna Wilson Jones |
Misfits | Laura | TV series, 1 episode | |
2011 | Black Mirror | Jane Callow | TV series, 1 episode |
PhoneShop | Davinia | TV series, 1 episode | |
DCI Banks | Rosalind Rydell | TV series, 2 episodes | |
Law & Order: UK | Camilla Mallon | TV series, 1 episode | |
The Night Watch | Julia Standing | (TV movie) | |
2012 | The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby | Ms Knag | TV mini-series, 4 episodes |
Switch | Phoebe | TV series, 1 episode | |
Lewis | Stanza Massey | TV series, 1 episode | |
2016 | Marley's Ghosts | Katie Paine | TV series, 1 episode |
New Blood | Helen Matherson | TV series, 1 episode | |
2016-2019 | Victoria | Lady Emma Portman | TV series, 19 episodes |
2017 | Silent Witness | Ellie Timpson | TV series, 1 episode |
2018 | Succession | Charlotte | TV series, 2 episodes |
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators | Lady Tania Bede | TV series, 1 episode | |
Casualty | Linda Ashworth | TV series, 1 episode | |
2019 | Cleaning Up | Janet | TV series, 1 episode |
A Confession | Jackie | TV series, 5 episodes in post-production | |
2020 | Agatha Raisin | Tiggy Laggat-Brown | TV series, 2 episodes "The Deadly Dance" |
Vera | Orla Cossdale | TV series, Episode: "The Escape Turn" | |
Breeders | Mrs Hickson | TV series, Episode: "No Places" | |
2024 | Criminal Record | Hester Ash | TV series, 2 episodes |
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