Mrs. Jennings
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Oct 18, 2026
David CampbellHOST
And of course, Fiona Shaw, who I think really did sit on the source material of Austin and lent on that and gave her characterization.
Lisa CampbellHOST
Look, this version of Sensibility is a story about a woman named Mrs. Jennings.
Lisa CampbellHOST
And everybody else is just in service of where Mrs. Jennings is going to be next on this.
David CampbellHOST
She was landing.
Lisa CampbellHOST
I loved her.
Josh ParhamPANELIST
She's still fantastic in this role, and I think that she is so perfectly cast as this character.
Matt NegliaHOST
Now, it must also be said, though, that Fiona Shaw as Mrs. Jennings is delivering all the comedy I could ever ask for in this movie.
Matt NegliaHOST
Every line reading, every gesture, everything that she does is just gold.
Matt NegliaHOST
Absolute perfection.
Nadia DalimontePANELIST
She's phenomenal.
Nadia DalimontePANELIST
Phenomenal.
Nadia DalimontePANELIST
And it, the one little detail that I love is that we hear Mrs. Jennings laugh before we actually meet this character.
Matt NegliaHOST
Yes.
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Elinor, use those words again, I shall leave the room.
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This is Mrs. Jennings.
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I am the mother of your mother's cousin's cousin's wife.
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I heard about your plight, and I said, "I have got to help those girls." I'll have you all three married before you know it.
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Nadia DalimonteCORRESPONDENT
Yeah, it was so lovely to watch these characters just be guided by their love for each other throughout, more than any other suitor or anybody else.
Nadia DalimonteCORRESPONDENT
Just that, that sisterly love was so, so powerful, and also their relationships with other women adding to the foundation.
Nadia DalimonteCORRESPONDENT
There's, of course, the great Fiona Shaw as Mrs. Jennings.
Nadia DalimonteCORRESPONDENT
I love that we hear her laugh before we actually meet her character.
DanaHOST
And then...
DanaHOST
Fiona Shaw as Mrs. Jennings, and that woman steals the show in this film.
DanaHOST
You know, she's a potentially grating character to many, myself included, but she does just such an incredible job in this film.
DanaHOST
Now, having seen this film, I've been very disturbed to learn that a lot of my critic peers have not seen the version of Sense and Sensibility with Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, and Hugh Grant, which Ong Lee directed and won Emma Thompson an Oscar for the screenplay, and I am deeply disappointed.
Tim BevanHOST
has excellent comedic timing.
Tim BevanHOST
And of course, we needed to find out Mrs. Jennings, who was always going to be a comedic cornerstone in this particular movie.
Tim BevanHOST
How did we go about finding Fiona Shaw?
Georgia OakleyGUEST
All I remember is Fiona Shaw ordering a martini when I met her at like five in the afternoon and being like,
Mr. CoatHOST
The younger sister, Margaret, does get pushed to the side at a certain point, but she also has her share of memorable moments.
Mr. CoatHOST
Meanwhile, Fiona Shaw provides an enjoyable comic relief as the excitable Mrs. Jennings.
Mr. CoatHOST
The movie is funnier than you might expect, although Austen was always known for witticisms which frequently make their way into adaptations.
Mr. CoatHOST
There's a theme of class running throughout Sense and Sensibility as we see the snobbery towards the Dashwoods because of their wealth and status.
Adam BarlowHOST
And Fiona Shaw is really great comedic relief in this.
Adam BarlowHOST
So she comes in as Mrs. Jennings, who basically tries to matchmake for these three girls and get them married, essentially.
Adam BarlowHOST
So, it's not very woke, but these women are really just trying to get with a guy, get with a man, and these blokes aren't particularly well off.
Adam BarlowHOST
So, they're like, oh, we can't marry.
Jack TameHOST
does
Francesca RudkinGUEST
Fiona Shaw stars as Mrs. Jennings.
Francesca RudkinGUEST
And at first you go, oh my gosh, you're just an impossible character.
Francesca RudkinGUEST
But by the end of the film, you'll madly in love with her and would like to be spending your days with her.
Mark AdderleyHOST
It was like a John Constable painting rather than a really kind of twee chocolate box painting, though some would say they're two of the same.
Mark AdderleyHOST
Also in there is Fiona Shaw playing Mrs. Jennings, who becomes this sort of, what's the opposite of a vuncular for a woman? She's like this incredibly, you know, she loves a drink.
Mark AdderleyHOST
She loves a good time.
Mark AdderleyHOST
She loves to matchmake.
Ambar LeeHOST
Breathnach.
Ambar LeeHOST
A.k.a. Mrs. Jennings and Margaret Dashwood.
Ambar LeeHOST
And Georgia Oakley and Diana Reid.
Ambar LeeHOST
The director and screenwriter.
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