Acting · Taunton, Somerset, England, UK · Born December 20, 1952
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.
What has the BBC ever done for me?
2026
as Sister Julienne
MovieThe Railway Children Return
2022
as Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury
MovieSometimes Always Never
2019
as Margaret
TVHarry Hill's Tea Time
2016
as Self
MovieQueen of the Desert
2015
as Florance Bell
MovieNicolas Roeg: It's About Time...
2015
as Self
MovieTin
2015
as Marjorie Dawson
MovieCaptain America: The Winter Soldier
2014
as Councilwoman Hawley
The Kumars
2014
as Self
TVThe Golden Age of Steam Railways
2012
as Narrator (Voice)
The Mapmaker
2012
as Isabel
TVTrue Love
2012
as Holly's Mum
MovieOutside Bet
2012
as Shirley Baxter
MovieThe Avengers
2012
as World Security Council
TVCall the Midwife
2012
as Sister Julienne
MovieGolden Brown
2011
as Sarah
MovieBurke & Hare
2010
as Lucy
MovieGlorious 39
2009
as Maud
MovieBeware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'
2009
as Self
TVMonday Monday
2009
as Jenny
TVMoving On
2009
as Jean
MovieAct of God
2009
as Catherine Cisco
Interview with Jenny Agutter
2008
as Interviewee
TVThe Invisibles
2008
as Barbera Riley
TVBritish Film Forever
2007
MovieThe Magic Door
2007
as The Black Witch
MovieIrina Palm
2007
as Jane
MovieHeroes and Villains
2006
as June
MovieWorking with a Master: John Landis
2006
as Self
MovieThe Perfect Scary Movie
2005
as Self
TVDiamond Geezer
2005
as Vanessa
MovieNumber One, Longing. Number Two, Regret
2004
as Kenosha
TVThe Alan Clark Diaries
2004
as Jane Clark
TVNew Tricks
2004
as Yvonne Barrie
TVSpooks
2002
as Tessa Phillips
TVThe Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
as Jemma Sanderson
At Dawning
2002
as Escaping Woman
MovieThe Parole Officer
2001
as Victor's Wife
MovieThe Railway Children
2000
as Mother
TVA Respectable Trade
1998
as Lady Scott
Pagan's Progress
1997
as Narrator
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Isobel Chettham
MovieRosamunde Pilcher: September
1996
as Isobel
TVAnd the Beat Goes On
1996
as Connie Fairbrother Spencer
Noel's Telly Years
1996
TVSeptember
1996
as Isobel
MovieBlue Juice
1995
as Guinevere / Mary Fenton
TVBramwell
1995
as Mrs. Bruce
TVThe Buccaneers
1995
as Idina Hatton
TVThe All New Alexei Sayle Show
1994
MovieRed Dwarf: Smeg Ups
1994
as Professor Mamet
TVShakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Hermoine (voice)
MovieFreddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
as Daffers (voice)
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Susannah Temple-Richards
MovieChild's Play 2
1990
as Joanne Simpson
MovieDarkman
1990
as Burn Doctor (uncredited)
TVDream On
1990
as Ellen
MovieKing of the Wind
1990
as Hannah Coke
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
1990
as Jill Albery
TVThe Outsiders
1990
as Maria Rogers
TECX
1990
as Kate Milverton
TVSnoops
1989
as Veronica Hughes
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Adela Marchmont
MovieMax's Christmas
1988
TVDear John
1988
as Sarah
TVRed Dwarf
1988
as Professor Mamet
MovieDark Tower
1987
as Carolyn Page
MovieThe Grand Knockout Tournament
1987
as Self
MovieSilas Marner
1985
as Nancy Lammeter
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as Jacinda Carlyle (segment "Voices in the Earth")
TVThe Equalizer
1985
as Lauren Demeter
MovieLove's Labour's Lost
1985
as Rosaline
MovieThis Office Life
1984
as Pam
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Margo Claymore
MovieSecret Places
1984
as Miss Lowrie
MovieMiss Right
1982
as Purse Snatching Victim (uncredited)
MovieAn American Werewolf in London
1981
as Nurse Alex Price
MovieThe Survivor
1981
as Hobbs
MovieLate Flowering Love
1981
MovieAmy
1981
as Amy Medford
MovieBe Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
as Self
MovieOthello
1981
as Desdemona
TVMagnum, P.I.
1980
as Krista Villeroch
TVBeulah Land
1980
as Lizzie Corlay
MovieSweet William
1980
as Ann Walton
MovieDominique
1980
as Ann Ballard
MovieMayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
1979
as Priscilla Mullins
MovieThe Riddle of the Sands
1979
as Clara Dollmann
MovieSchool Play
1979
as Miss Jackson
MovieChina 9, Liberty 37
1978
as Catherine Sebanek
MovieEquus
1977
as Jill Mason
TVThe Hollywood Greats
1977
MovieThe Man in the Iron Mask
1977
as Louise de La Vallière
MovieThe Eagle Has Landed
1976
as Molly Prior
MovieLogan's Run
1976
as Jessica
MovieA Look Into the 23rd Century
1976
as Self
TVShadows
1975
as Sue
TVDinah!
1974
as Self
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Miss P. Jackson
MovieKiss Me and Die
1974
as Dominie Lanceford
TVThe Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Dr. Leah Russell
TVThriller
1973
as Dominie Lanceford
MovieA War of Children
1972
as Maureen Tomelty
Shelley
1972
as Mary Shelley
MovieThe Cherry Orchard
1971
as Anya
Film '72
1971
as Self
MovieThe Snow Goose
1971
as Fritha
MovieWalkabout
1971
as Girl
The Ten Commandments
1971
as Bess Clark
MovieThe Wild Duck
1971
as Hedvig Ekdal
MovieThe Railway Children
1970
as Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury
MovieI Start Counting
1970
as Wynne
MovieThe Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970
as Young Maria Beadnall/Mary Hogarth/Ellen Ternan
MovieStar!
1968
as Pamela Roper (uncredited)
MovieGates to Paradise
1968
as Maud de Cloyes
TVThe Railway Children
1968
as Roberta Faraday
MovieBallerina
1966
as Ingrid Jensen
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Anya
MovieEast of Sudan
1964
as Asua
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Frith
