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Jenny Agutter

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Jenny Agutter

Born December 20, 1952 in Taunton, Somerset, England, UK64 films

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.

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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.

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Filmography

64 films as actor
  1. 2024Mary Anning and the Dinosaur HuntersMiss Philpott
  2. 2022The Railway Children ReturnRoberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury
  3. 2019Sometimes Always NeverMargaret
  4. 2015Queen of the DesertFlorance Bell
  5. 2015TinMarjorie Dawson
  6. 2014Captain America: The Winter SoldierCouncilwoman Hawley
  7. 2012The MapmakerIsabel
  8. 2012Outside BetShirley Baxter
  9. 2012The AvengersWorld Security Council
  10. 2011Golden BrownSarah
  11. 2010Burke & HareLucy
  12. 2009Glorious 39Maud
  13. 2009Act of GodCatherine Cisco
  14. 2007The Magic DoorThe Black Witch
  15. 2007Irina PalmJane
  16. 2006Heroes and VillainsJune
  17. 2004Number One, Longing. Number Two, RegretKenosha
  18. 2002At DawningEscaping Woman
  19. 2001The Parole OfficerVictor's Wife
  20. 2000The Railway ChildrenMother
  21. 1995Blue JuiceGuinevere / Mary Fenton
  22. 1994The Winter's TaleHermoine (voice)
  23. 1994Romeo and JulietLady Capulet
  24. 1992Freddie As F.R.O.7.Daffers (voice)
  25. 1990Child's Play 2Joanne Simpson
  26. 1990DarkmanBurn Doctor (uncredited)
  27. 1990King of the WindHannah Coke
  28. 1990Not a Penny More, Not a Penny LessJill Albery
  29. 1988Max's Christmas
  30. 1987Dark TowerCarolyn Page
  31. 1985Silas MarnerNancy Lammeter
  32. 1985Love's Labour's LostRosaline
  33. 1984This Office LifePam
  34. 1984Secret PlacesMiss Lowrie
  35. 1982Miss RightPurse Snatching Victim (uncredited)
  36. 1981An American Werewolf in LondonNurse Alex Price
  37. 1981The SurvivorHobbs
  38. 1981Late Flowering Love
  39. 1981AmyAmy Medford
  40. 1981OthelloDesdemona
  41. 1980Sweet WilliamAnn Walton
  42. 1980DominiqueAnn Ballard
  43. 1979Mayflower: The Pilgrims' AdventurePriscilla Mullins
  44. 1979The Riddle of the SandsClara Dollmann
  45. 1979School PlayMiss Jackson
  46. 1978China 9, Liberty 37Catherine Sebanek
  47. 1977EquusJill Mason
  48. 1977The Man in the Iron MaskLouise de La Vallière
  49. 1976The Eagle Has LandedMolly Prior
  50. 1976Logan's RunJessica
  51. 1974Kiss Me and DieDominie Lanceford
  52. 1972A War of ChildrenMaureen Tomelty
  53. 1972ShelleyMary Shelley
  54. 1971The Cherry OrchardAnya
  55. 1971The Snow GooseFritha
  56. 1971WalkaboutGirl
  57. 1971The Wild DuckHedvig Ekdal
  58. 1970The Railway ChildrenRoberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury
  59. 1970I Start CountingWynne
  60. 1970The Great Inimitable Mr. DickensYoung Maria Beadnall/Mary Hogarth/Ellen Ternan
  61. 1968Star!Pamela Roper (uncredited)
  62. 1968Gates to ParadiseMaud de Cloyes
  63. 1966BallerinaIngrid Jensen
  64. 1964East of SudanAsua