Cast
- Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones
- Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver
- Colin Firth as Mark Darcy
- Jim Broadbent as Mr. Jones
- Gemma Jones as Mrs. Jones
- Celia Imrie as Una Alconbury
- James Faulkner as Uncle Geoffrey
- Shirley Henderson as Jude
- James Callis as Tom
- Lisa Barbuscia as Lara
- Charmian May as Mrs. Darcy
- Paul Brooke as Mr. Fitzherbert
- Sally Phillips as Shazzer
- Embeth Davidtz as Natasha Glenville
- Patrick Barlow as Julian
- Felicity Montagu as Perpetua
Also, Salman Rushdie and Jeffrey Archer have cameos in the film. Honor Blackman also has a cameo as a party guest.
Pride and Prejudice writer Andrew Davies collaborated on the screenplays for the 2001 and 2004 Bridget Jones films, in which Crispin Bonham-Carter (Mr. Bingley) and Lucy Robinson (Mrs. Hurst) appeared in minor roles. The self-referential in-joke between the projects convinced Colin Firth to accept the role of Mark Darcy, as it gave him an opportunity to ridicule and liberate himself from his Pride and Prejudice character.
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