Cast & creator
Jenny Agutter
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Murder, She Wrote
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.
Also known as: Jennifer Agutter, Τζένι Αγκουτέρ, جنی اگاتر
75
film credits
51
television credits
126
1951–2026 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (126)
Showing 126 of 126 credits
Midsomer Murders
Isobel Chettham
1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Adela Marchmont
1989
Murder, She Wrote
Margo Claymore
1984
Magnum, P.I.
Krista Villeroch
1980
Call the Midwife
Sister Julienne
2012
The Avengers
World Security Council
2012
The Six Million Dollar Man
Dr. Leah Russell
1974
Heartbeat
Susannah Temple-Richards
1992
The Twilight Zone
Jacinda Carlyle (segment "Voices in the Earth")
1985The Twilight Zone
Morgan Le Fay (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
1985
Spooks
Tessa Phillips
2002
The Equalizer
Lauren Demeter
1985
BBC Play of the Month
Anya
1965BBC Play of the Month
Hedvig Ekdal
1965
New Tricks
Yvonne Barrie
2004
Playhouse
Miss P. Jackson
1974
Dinah!
Self
1974Film '72
Self
1971
Red Dwarf
Professor Mamet
1988
Dear John
Sarah
1988
Dream On
Ellen
1990
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Councilwoman Hawley
2014
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Jemma Sanderson
2002
Moving On
Jean
2009
Thriller
Dominie Lanceford
1973
An American Werewolf in London
Nurse Alex Price
1981
Child's Play 2
Joanne Simpson
1990
Bramwell
Mrs. Bruce
1995
Snoops
Veronica Hughes
1989
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Hermoine (voice)
1992
The Outsiders
Maria Rogers
1990
Boy Meets Girl
Joanna
1967
The Buccaneers
Idina Hatton
1995
Queen of the Desert
Florance Bell
2015
Logan's Run
Jessica
1976
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Frith
1951
British Film Forever
2007
True Love
Holly's Mum
2012
Shadows
Sue
1975
The Eagle Has Landed
Molly Prior
1976The Ten Commandments
Bess Clark
1971Noel's Telly Years
Self
1996
Darkman
Burn Doctor (uncredited)
1990
Harry Hill's Tea Time
Self
2016
The Hollywood Greats
1977
The Alan Clark Diaries
Jane Clark
2004
Beulah Land
Lizzie Corlay
1980
Monday Monday
Jenny
2009
Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms
Sister Julienne / Narrator (voice)
2026The Kumars
Self
2014
A Respectable Trade
Lady Scott
1998
Burke & Hare
Lucy
2010
Walkabout
Girl
1971TECX
Kate Milverton
1990
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
1994
The Railway Children Return
Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury
2022
The Man in the Iron Mask
Louise de La Vallière
1977
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Daffers (voice)
1992
Irina Palm
Jane
2007
And the Beat Goes On
Connie Fairbrother Spencer
1996
China 9, Liberty 37
Catherine Sebanek
1978
Blue Juice
Guinevere / Mary Fenton
1995
The Parole Officer
Victor's Wife
2001
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Self
1981
Glorious 39
Maud
2009
September
Isobel
1996
Sometimes Always Never
Margaret
2019
The Railway Children
Roberta Faraday
1968
Diamond Geezer
Vanessa
2005
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Self
1987
The Invisibles
Barbera Riley
2008
Equus
Jill Mason
1977At Dawning
Escaping Woman
2002
Amy
Amy Medford
1981
Star!
Pamela Roper (uncredited)
1968
King of the Wind
Hannah Coke
1990
The Perfect Scary Movie
Self
2005
Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'
Self
2009
The Riddle of the Sands
Clara Dollmann
1979
Tin
Marjorie Dawson
2015
The Railway Children
Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury
1970
A War of Children
Maureen Tomelty
1972
The Magic Door
The Black Witch
2007
Dark Tower
Carolyn Page
1987
Love's Labour's Lost
Rosaline
1985
The Snow Goose
Fritha
1971
The Winter's Tale
Hermoine (voice)
1994
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Young Maria Beadnall/Mary Hogarth/Ellen Ternan
1970
Golden Brown
Sarah
2011
The Survivor
Hobbs
1981
The Golden Age of Steam Railways
Narrator (Voice)
2012
The Cherry Orchard
Anya
1971
Silas Marner
Nancy Lammeter
1985
Working with a Master: John Landis
Self
2006The Mapmaker
Isabel
2012
Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...
Self
2015
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
Professor Mamet
1994
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
Priscilla Mullins
1979
Sweet William
Ann Walton
1980
Paris Calligrammes
Self - English Narrator
2020
Ballerina
Ingrid Jensen
1966Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
Jill Albery
1990
Othello
Desdemona
1981
Miss Right
Purse Snatching Victim (uncredited)
1982
The Wild Duck
Hedvig Ekdal
1971
Kiss Me and Die
Dominie Lanceford
1974
The Railway Children
Mother
2000
Dominique
Ann Ballard
1980
Mary Anning and the Dinosaur Hunters
Miss Philpott
2024
School Play
Miss Jackson
1979
Outside Bet
Shirley Baxter
2012
Heroes and Villains
June
2006
Secret Places
Miss Lowrie
1984
Act of God
Catherine Cisco
2009
A Look Into the 23rd Century
Self
1976
Number One, Longing. Number Two, Regret
Kenosha
2004
This Office Life
Pam
1984
Gates to Paradise
Maud de Cloyes
1968Romeo and Juliet
Lady Capulet
1994
I Start Counting
Wynne
1970
East of Sudan
Asua
1964Interview with Jenny Agutter
Interviewee
2008
Max's Christmas
1988Shelley
Mary Shelley
1972
Late Flowering Love
1981Pagan's Progress
Narrator
1997