{{Short description|English actress (born 1970)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Anna Wilson-Jones | image = | caption = | birth_name = Anna Louise Wilson Jones | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|10|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = Woking, Surrey, England | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1993–present | spouse = Steve John Shepherd | children = 3 }}
'''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''.
==Acting career==
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'',<ref name="tv">{{cite web |url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/anna-wilson-jones/credits/3030435624/|title= Anna Wilson-Jones |work=tvguide.com |access-date= 9 November 2023}}</ref> "The Remorseful Day".<ref name="tv"/> From 2004 to 2005, she was in the Sky One television series ''Hex'',<ref name="tv"/> as Jo Watkins, and in 2006 the Channel 4 adaptation of the novel ''Sugar Rush'',<ref name="tv"/> as Anna. She has also appeared in ''As If'',<ref name="tv"/> ''Monarch of the Glen'',<ref name="tv"/> ''Wonderful You'',<ref name="tv"/> ''Waterloo Road'',<ref name="tv"/> ''Rosemary & Thyme'' in 2003 in the episode The language of flowers and ''Ashes to Ashes''.<ref name="tv"/> Wilson-Jones has also featured in ''Midsomer Murders'' in 2005 and 2013; the 2005–6 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''.<ref name="tv"/> In 2009 she joined the cast of ''Hotel Babylon'' as Juliet Miller, hotel general manager.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090608182153/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/06_june/01/babylon4.shtml Hotel Babylon – Anna Wilson-Jones plays Juliet Miller]. Bbc.co.uk. 6 June 2009. Retrieved on 30 April 2012.</ref>
In late 2011, she appeared in "The National Anthem", the first episode of the anthology series ''Black Mirror''.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/programmes/black-mirror/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1 Black Mirror Episode 1]. Channel4.com. Retrieved on 17 September 2016</ref> She also starred in "The Night Watch" based on the novel by Sarah Waters released in 2012 for the BBC. She played the character of Julia Standing, a lesbian writer, who lived in London during the Second World War. Wilson-Jones has also featured in ''Misfits'' as Laura,<ref name="tv"/> in season 2. Also in 2011, she played Rosalind Rydell in two episodes of the first season of ''DCI Banks'',<ref name="tv"/> "Cold is the Grave: Part 1" and "Cold is the Grave: Part 2".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2073866/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 |title=DCI Banks Episode "Cold in the Grave: Part 1"|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=17 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2073867/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1|title=DCI Banks Episode "Cold in the Grave: Part 2"|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=17 September 2016}}</ref> She also played Davinia in Series 2 of the Channel 4 series ''PhoneShop'', broadcast in 2011.<ref name="tv"/> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Victoria Cast Interview: Anna Wilson-Jones |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/specialfeatures/victoria-s3-anna-wilson-jones-interview/ |accessdate=16 June 2019 |work=Masterpiece}}</ref> She also served as the narrator for the novel ''Victoria'', written by the television series' creator, Daisy Goodwin.<ref>[http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/122070/ VICTORIA by Daisy Goodwin Read by Anna Wilson-Jones | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine]</ref> 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''.<ref name="tv"/>
==Personal life== She is married to actor Steve John Shepherd. They have three children.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/it-took-a-long-time-to-get-michael-moon-out-of-my-system-eastenders-star-to-hit-the-stage-9232366.html |title=It took a long time to get Michael Moon out of my system: ''EastEnders'' star to hit the stage |work=London Evening Standard |date=2 April 2014 |accessdate=17 September 2016 }}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" !Year!!Film!!Role!!Other notes |- |1998 ||''Vigo: A Passion for Life'' ||Genya Lozinska || |- |2001 ||''Tomorrow'' ||Claire || |- |2002 ||''Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War'' ||Veronica || |- |rowspan="3"|2003 ||''The Mother'' ||Helen || |- |''The Silent Treatment'' ||Sara ||(Short) |- |''Killing Time'' ||Woman ||(Short) |- |2004 ||''Gladiatress'' ||Lofacta || |- |2009 ||''Another Thing'' ||Brunette woman ||(Short) |- |rowspan="3"|2016 ||''Noro'' ||Meryl ||(Short) |- |''Take Down'' ||Frances Herrick || |- |''Away from Me'' ||Sarah ||(Short) |- |2018 ||''Ghosted'' ||Sherry ||(Short) |- |2019 ||''The Last Boy'' ||Jenna || |- |- !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 |- |rowspan="3"| 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 |- |rowspan="3"|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) |- |rowspan="3"|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 |- |rowspan="5"|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<br>2013 ||''Midsomer Murders'' ||Marianna Hartley (2005)<br>Emma Harris (2013) ||"Bantling Boy"<br>"Death and the Divas" |- |rowspan="2"|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<br>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 |- |rowspan="2"|2010 ||''Come Rain Come Shine'' ||Christina Mitchell ||TV movie, billed as Anna Wilson Jones |- ||''Misfits'' ||Laura ||TV series, 1 episode |- |rowspan="5"|2011 ||''Black Mirror'' ||Jane Callow ||TV series, 1 episode ("The National Anthem") |- ||''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 |- |rowspan="3"|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 |- |rowspan="2"|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 |- |rowspan="3"|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 |- |rowspan="2"|2019 ||''Cleaning Up'' ||Janet ||TV series, 1 episode |- ||''A Confession'' ||Jackie ||TV series, 5 episodes in post-production |- | rowspan="4"|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" |- |''The Christmas Ball'' |Sarrah |TV movie |- |2022 |''Industry'' |Holly |TV series, 1 episodes |-|- | rowspan="3"|2024 |''Criminal Record'' |Hester Ash |TV series, 2 episodes |- |''Bridgerton '' |Lady Livingston | Recurring role, 6 episodes |- | ''Showtrial'' |Tamara Baudin-Kenny |TV series, 5 episodes |}
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