The Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy cast features Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones, Hugh Grant as Daniel and Emma Thompson as Dr. Rawlings. This info article contains minor spoilers and character details for Michael Morris’ 2025 Peacock movie. Check out more cast guides in Vague Visages’ Know the Cast category.

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy centers on female TV producer. As Bridget thinks about her late husband, she looks after her two children. The narrative follows the main protagonist as she searches for true love again. Here’s every actor and character in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the fourth installment of the Bridget Jones film series and an adaptation of Helen Fielding’s 2013 novel.

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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Cast: Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones

Character Profile: A TV producer. She is a widower and the mother of two children. Bridget decides to challenge herself by pursuing new romantic relationships.

Zellweger’s Resume: Dorothy Boyd in Jerry Maguire (1996), Bridget Jones in Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), Roxie Hart in Chicago (2002), Ruby Thewes in Cold Mountain (2003), Judy Garland in Judy (2019)

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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Cast: Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver

Character Profile: Bridget’s former boyfriend. He feels sentimental while thinking about his estranged 16-year-old son. Daniel experiences a health scare and reaches out to Bridget.

Grant’s Resume: William Thacker in Notting Hill (1999), Daniel Cleaver in Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), The Prime Minister in Love Actually (2003), Fletcher in The Gentlemen (2019), Jonathan Fraser in The Undoing (2020)

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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Cast: Emma Thompson as Dr. Rawlings

Character Profile: An obstestrician and gynecologist. She delivered Bridget’s children in the past. Dr. Rawlings urges the protagonist to work more.

Thompson’s Resume: Miss Kenton in The Remains of the Day (1993), Elinor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility (1995), Karen in Love Actually (2003), P.L. Travers in Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Nancy Stokes in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)

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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mr. Wallaker

Character Profile: A science teacher. He believes in the process of natural selection. Mr. Wallaker slowly develops a bond with Bridget.

Ejiofor’s Resume: Okwe in Dirty Pretty Things (2002), Adrian Helmsley in 2012 (2009), Solomon Northup in 12 Year a Slave (2013), Trywell Kamkwamba in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019), Faraday in The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022)

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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Cast: Leo Woodall as Roxster

Character Profile: A park ranger. He is a 29-year-old biochemistry student. Roxster hooks up with Bridget and then ghosts her.

Woodall’s Resume: Jake Reader in Holby City (2019), Rodgers in Cherry (2021), Adrian Ivashkov in Vampire Academy (2022), Jack in The White Lotus (2022), Dexter in One Day (2024)

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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Cast: Colin Firth as Mark Darcy

Character Profile: Bridget’s late husband. He died four years prior during a humanitarian mission in Sudan. Mark sang to his children in the past.

Firth’s Resume: Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), George in A Single Man (2009), King George VI in The King’s Speech (2010), Harry Hart/Galahad in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Michael Peterson in The Staircase (2022)

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The Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy cast also includes:

• Jim Broadbent as Colin Jones
• Gemma Jones as Pamela Jones
• Isla Fisher as Rebecca
• Nico Parker as Chloe
• Leila Farzad as Nicolette
• Sarah Solemani as Miranda
• Sally Phillips as Shazzer
• Shirley Henderson as Jude
• James Callis as Tom
• Celia Imrie as Una Alconbury

Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages’ founding editor.