Helen Fielding
English novelist and screenwriter · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1958 · age 68
Helen Fielding is a British journalist, novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the fictional character Bridget Jones. Fielding’s first novel was set in a refugee camp in East Africa and she started writing Bridget Jones in an anonymous column in London’s Independent newspaper.
Helen Fielding is read about 246 times a day, in 38 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.
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Tim Bevan Also in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Renée Zellweger Helen wrote Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Colin Firth Helen wrote Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Jim Broadbent Helen wrote Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Shirley Henderson Helen wrote Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Gemma Jones Helen wrote Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
James Callis Helen wrote Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Celia Imrie Helen wrote Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Sally Phillips Helen wrote Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Sharon Maguire Directed Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Hugh Grant Helen wrote Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Debra Hayward Produced Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
James Faulkner Helen wrote Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Emma Thompson Helen wrote Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)
Richard Curtis Also in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Andrew Davies Also in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Joanna Scanlan Helen wrote Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
Beeban Kidron Directed Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Sarah Solemani Helen wrote Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
Dan Mazer Also in Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
Oliver Chris Directed Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Michael Morris Directed Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)
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, I never imagined it would last more than a few weeks. I didn’t tell any of my colleagues it was me who was writing Bridget.
I really wanted to smash the idea with this movie that there's a sexual sell-by-date for women and not for men, and stick it to the awful cougar stereotype.
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This turned into an unexpected hit, leading to four Bridget Jones novels and four movies.
