Portrait of Jenny Agutter

Jenny Agutter

Acting

Biography

Jennifer Ann "Jenny" Agutter (born 20 December 1952) is an English film and television actress. She began her career as a child actress in the mid 1960s, starring in the BBC television series The Railway Children and the film adaptation of the same book, before moving on to adult roles and relocating to Hollywood. She played Alex Price in An American Werewolf in London, Jessica 6 in Logan's Run, Joanne Simpson in Child's Play 2 and Jill Mason in Equus. Since the 1990s, she has worked in sound recording, and she is a patron of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. After a break from acting she has appeared in several television series since 2000, including the British series Spooks and Call the Midwife.

Born: December 20, 1952

Place of Birth: Taunton, Somerset, England, UK

Filmography

2022
The Railway Children Return

as Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury

2019
2015
Queen of the Desert

as Florence Bell

2015
Tin

as Marjorie Dawson

2014
2012
2012
True Love

as Holly's Mum

2012
Outside Bet

as Shirley Baxter

2012
The Avengers

as World Security Council

2012
Call the Midwife

as Sister Julienne

2011
Golden Brown

as Sarah

2010
2009
2009
2009
Moving On

as Jean

2009
Act of God

as Catherine Cisco

2008
The Invisibles

as Barbera Riley

2007
The Magic Door

as The Black Witch

2007
Irina Palm

as Jane

2005
Diamond Geezer

as Vanessa

2004
2004
New Tricks

as Yvonne Barrie

2002
Spooks

as Tessa Phillips

2002
2001
The Parole Officer

as Victor's Wife

1998
A Respectable Trade

as Lady Scott

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Isobel Chettham

1996
And the Beat Goes On

as Connie Fairbrother Spencer

1996
September

as Isobel

1995
Blue Juice

as Guinevere / Mary Fenton

1995
Bramwell

as Mrs. Bruce

1995
The Buccaneers

as Idina Hatton

1994
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups

as Professor Mamet

1992
1992
Freddie As F.R.O.7.

as Daffers (voice)

1992
Heartbeat

as Susannah Temple-Richards

1990
Child's Play 2

as Joanne Simpson

1990
Darkman

as Burn Doctor (uncredited)

1990
Dream On

as Ellen

1990
King of the Wind

as Hannah Coke

1990
The Outsiders

as Maria Rogers

1989
Snoops

as Veronica Hughes

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Adela Marchmont

1988
Dear John

as Sarah

1988
Red Dwarf

as Professor Mamet

1987
Dark Tower

as Carolyn Page

1985
Silas Marner

as Nancy Lammeter

1985
The Twilight Zone

as Jacinda Carlyle (segment "Voices in the Earth")

1985
The Twilight Zone

as Morgan Le Fay (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")

1985
The Equalizer

as Lauren Demeter

1985
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Margo Claymore

1984
Secret Places

as Miss Lowrie

1982
Miss Right

as Purse Snatching Victim (uncredited)

1981
1981
The Survivor

as Hobbs

1981
Amy

as Amy Medford

1981
Othello

as Desdemona

1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Krista Villeroch

1980
Beulah Land

as Lizzie Corlay

1980
Sweet William

as Ann Walton

1980
Dominique

as Ann Ballard

1979
1979
The Riddle of the Sands

as Clara Dollmann

1979
School Play

as Miss Jackson

1978
China 9, Liberty 37

as Catherine Sebanek

1977
Equus

as Jill Mason

1977
The Man in the Iron Mask

as Louise de La Vallière

1976
The Eagle Has Landed

as Molly Prior

1976
Logan's Run

as Jessica

1975
Shadows

as Sue

1974
Dinah!

as Self

1974
Playhouse

as Miss P. Jackson

1974
Kiss Me and Die

as Dominie Lanceford

1974
The Six Million Dollar Man

as Dr. Leah Russell

1973
Thriller

as Dominie Lanceford

1972
A War of Children

as Maureen Tomelty

1971
1971
Walkabout

as Girl

1971
The Wild Duck

as Hedvig Ekdal

1970
The Railway Children

as Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury

1970
1968
Star!

as Pamela Roper (uncredited)

1968
Gates to Paradise

as Maud de Cloyes

1968
The Railway Children

as Roberta Faraday

1966
Ballerina

as Ingrid Jensen

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Hedvig Ekdal

1964