Bridget Jones's Baby Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

The new film in the beloved comedy series based on creator Helen Fielding’s heroine finds Bridget unexpectedly expecting.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

After breaking up with Mark Darcy (Firth), Bridget Jones’s (Zellweger) “happily ever after” hasn’t quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single again, she decides to focus on her job as top news producer and surround herself with old friends and new. For once, Bridget has everything completely under control. What could possibly go wrong?

Then her love life takes a turn and Bridget meets a dashing American named Jack (Dempsey), the suitor who is everything Mr. Darcy is not. In an unlikely twist she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch…she can only be fifty percent sure of the identity of her baby’s father.

Comedy Drama Romance Sequel

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Bridget Jones's Baby.

• 
  Renée Zellweger

  ... Bridget Jones

  New in Town, Shark Tale

• 
  Patrick Dempsey

  Thanksgiving, Transformers: Dark of the Moon

• 
  Colin Firth

  ... Mark Darcy.

  Disney's A Christmas Carol, Supernova

• 
  Jim Broadbent

  ... Bridget's Dad

  Paddington, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

• C
  Celia Imrie

  ... Una Alconbury

  Christmas on Mistletoe Farm, Love Again

• J
  James Callis

  ... Tom

  Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Castlevania (Series)

• S
  Sally Phillips

  ... Shazza

  Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Love at First Sight

• E
  Enzo Cilenti

  ... Gianni

  Outside the Wire, The Fourth Kind

• G
  Gemma Jones

  ... Bridget's Mum

  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

• E
  Ed Sheeran

  Yesterday, Sumotherhood

Crew Behind the Film

The Bridget Jones's Baby behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Paul Feig last directed Jackpot! and The School For Good and Evil. The film's writer David Nicholls last wrote Far From The Madding Crowd and Great Expectations.

Director

Screenwriters

David Nicholls
Helen Fielding

Producers

Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner

Additional Information

All Trailers

Official Bridget Jones's Baby movie trailers and clips.

Production Details

What we know about the Bridget Jones's Baby movie production.

Key Facts

• The story is believed to be based on columns written by Bridget Jones creator Helen Fielding and not her latest novel, Mad About The Boy (per Deadline.com, 9/10/15).
• Director Sharon Maguire director Sharon Maguire -- who helmed the original Bridget Jones’s Diary in 2001 -- will be at the helm again.
• Hugh Grant’s dashing Daniel Cleaver will not be in the film.
• Based on the weekly columns by Helen Fielding.

Questions

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