Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy reunites the audience with Bridget Jones almost ten years after Bridget Jones’s Baby, and she brings some old friends along with new ones. Another franchise benefiting from the trend of long-awaited sequels is Bridget Jones. Based on the book series of the same name by Helen Fielding, the Bridget Jones movie series started in 2001, and it’s back with its fourth movie. Based on the novel of the same name, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy is directed by Michael Morris, and it catches up with Bridget after a tragedy.

Unfortunately, Bridget’s main love interest and husband, Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), has pᴀssed away, leaving her with two young children. As Bridget copes with grief, her friends, family, and a surprising new ally encourage her to get her life back on track, which includes throwing herself into the dating pool once again. As this is a Bridget Jones movie, Bridget ends up with two love interests, though one very different from her previous ones. Bridget is accompanied by old friends in Mad About the Boy and also introduces some new and interesting characters.

Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones

Date Of Birth: April 25, 1969

• Active Since: 1992

Actor: Renée Zellweger was born in Katy, Texas. Zellweger’s acting debut was in the TV movie A Taste for Killing, in 1992, and she got her first starring role in 1995’s The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Mᴀssacre. Zellweger’s big break arrived in 1996 when she played Dorothy Boyd in Jerry Maguire, and became even more popular after starring in Bridget Jones’s Diary, in 2001. Zellweger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2004 for Cold Mountain, and for Best Actress in 2020 for her performance in Judy.

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Character: after the death of her husband, Bridget Jones is doing her best to raise her two kids, carry on with her job, and rejoin the dating scene, which has a couple of surprises for her.

Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver

Date Of Birth: September 9, 1960

• Active Since: 1982

Actor: Hugh Grant was born in London, England. Grant made his debut in the 1982 movie Privileged and broke big in 1994 after starring in the rom-com Four Weddings and a Funeral. This was the beginning of Grant’s status as a rom-com star, as he went on to star in movies like Nine Months, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Love Actually, and Music and Lyrics. Outside rom-coms, Grant’s acting credits include Florence Foster Jenkins, Cloud Atlas, The Gentlemen, Wonka, Unfrosted, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and Heretic. On TV, his most notable projects are A Very English Scandal, Death to 2020, and Death to 2021.

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Character: Daniel Cleaver is Bridget’s former boss and colleague, as well as her former lover. However, Cleaver is now a close friend of Bridget and her family, providing support for her after Darcy’s death. Cleaver was said to be ᴅᴇᴀᴅ in Bridget Jones’s Baby, but his survival was revealed at the end of the movie.

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mr. Walliker

Date Of Birth: July 19, 1977

• Active Since: 1996

Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor was born in London, England. Ejiofor made his acting debut in the TV film ᴅᴇᴀᴅly Voyage, and his big-screen debut arrived a year later in Steven Spielberg’s Amistad. Ejiofor played Peter in Love Actually, Luke in Children of Men, and Huey Lucas in American Gangster. In 2013, he starred as Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave, for which he was nominated at the 2014 Academy Awards for Best Actor. In 2016, Ejiofor joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Karl Mordo in Doctor Strange. Ejiofor also plays Marty Anderson in Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck.

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Character: Mr. Walliker is a teacher at the school of Bridget’s children, and he and Bridget begin to get along quite well.

Leo Woodall as Roxster

Date Of Birth: September 14, 1996

• Active Since: 2019

Actor: Leo Woodall was born in London, England. Woodall made his acting debut on TV in one episode of the British medical drama Holby City, in 2019. After appearing in two episodes of Vampire Academy, Woodall became widely known when he joined the cast of The White Lotus’ season 2, where he played Jack. Woodall later played Duke in two episodes of Citadel, led Netlfix’s TV series One Day as Dexter Mayhew, and played Edward Brooks in the miniseries Prime Target. In film, he played Rodgers in the 2021 crime drama Cherry.

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Character: Roxster is a young man who sets his eyes on Bridget, but despite the age-gap between them, Bridget opens up to a new love.

Colin Firth as Mark Darcy

Date Of Birth: September 20, 1960

• Active Since: 1984

Actor: Colin Firth was born in GraysH๏τt, Hampshire, England. Firth made his acting debut in 1984 in one episode of Crown Court and the romantic historical drama Another Country. Firth was part of the “Brit Pack” in the mid-1980s, after appearing in movies like A Month in the Country, Tumbledown, and Valmont. Firth became widely known after playing Mr. Darcy in the 1995 TV adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, which he followed with roles in bigger movies like The English Patient, Shakespeare in Love, and Love Actually.

Firth won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in The King’s Speech. Other notable projects of Firth are Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Bridget Jones’s Diary (and all its sequels), Mamma Mia! (and its sequel), and The Secret Garden. On TV, he appeared in Lost Empires, Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, and Young Sherlock.

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Character: Mark Darcy is Bridget’s husband and the father of her kids. Unfortunately, Darcy pᴀssed away, leaving Bridget alone with their two children.

Emma Thompson as Doctor Rawlings

Date Of Birth: April 15, 1959

• Active Since: 1982

Actor: Emma Thompson was born in London, England. Thompson broke big when she was cast in the 1985 revival of the musical Me and My Girl, and had another breakthrough in 1987 when she starred in the miniseries Fortunes of War and Tutti Frutti. On the big screen, some of Thompson’s most notable projects are Much Ado About Nothing, Sense and Sensibility, Love Actually, Harry Potter and the Prisoner Azkaban (along with Order of the Phoenix, and Deathly Hallows – Part 2), Nanny McPhee, An Education, Saving Mr. Banks, and Cruella.

Emma Thompson has an Oscar for Best Actress for Howards End and one for Best Adapted Screenplay for Sense and Sensibility.

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Character: Doctor Rawlings attended Bridget during her pregnancy in Bridget Jones’s Baby and is back now as a good friend of a grieving Bridget.

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy Supporting Cast & Characters

Meet the rest of the cast of Bridger Jones: Mad About The Boy

Jim Broadbent as Colin Jones: Bridget’s father. Jim Broadbent’s most notable projects are Time Bandits, Brazil, Moulin Rouge!, Iris, Gangs of New York, Nicholas Nickleby, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, H๏τ Fuzz, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, and, of course, all Bridget Jones movies.

Gemma Jones as Pamela Jones: Bridget’s mother. Gemma Jones’ biggest projects are Sense and Sensibility, all Bridget Jones movies, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (along with Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows – Part 2), and Rocketman.

Sally Phillips as Shazzer: one of Bridget’s best friends. Aside from playing Shazzer in all Bridget Jones movies, Sally Phillips played Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Angela Moon in the TV series Skins, Tilly in Miranda, Jenny in Parents, and Minna in Veep.

Shirley Henderson as Jude: one of Bridget’s best friends. Shirley Henderson played Gail in Trainspotting, Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (and Goblet of Fire), Bunty Blades in Filth, Jennifer in Okja, and voiced Babu Frik in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. She played Jude in all Bridget Jones movies.

Nico Parker as Chloe: Bridget’s children’s babysitter. Nico Parker played Milly in Tim Burton’s Dumbo, Astrid in the live-action adaptation of How To Train Your Dragon, and Sarah Miller in the TV series The Last of Us.

Sarah Solemani as Miranda: Bridget’s friend and anchorwoman at Hard News. Sarah Solemani played Magdalena in The Borgias, Celia in Skins, and Angie in How to Build a Girl.

Josette Simon as Talitha: Bridget’s friend and host at Hard News. Josette Simon’s most notable roles are The Diamair in Merlin, Chief Superintendent Clark in Broadchurch, Eithne in The Witcher, Angela Regan in Anatomy of a Scandal, and Desiderata in Halo.