Helen Fielding

Helen Fielding is an English novelist, screenwriter, and journalist best known for creating Bridget Jones, the protagonist of a series of novels and films.

Bridget Jones: A fictional British woman whose romantic and professional life is chronicled in Helen Fielding’s novels and screen adaptations. Fielding’s defining creation, first introduced in a newspaper column.
Bridget Jones's Diary (film): A 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Sharon Maguire and adapted from Helen Fielding’s novel. Fielding co-wrote the screenplay that brought Bridget Jones to cinema.
Oxford University: A collegiate research university in Oxford, England, with origins dating to the late eleventh century. Fielding studied English at Oxford before beginning her media career.
Renée Zellweger: An American actor who played Bridget Jones in the film series based on Helen Fielding’s books. Zellweger’s performance made Fielding’s heroine a defining screen character.
Chick lit: A genre of popular fiction, especially from the 1990s and 2000s, centered on women’s personal and romantic lives. Bridget Jones’s Diary became a prominent reference point for this publishing category.
Bridget Jones's Diary: Helen Fielding’s 1996 comic novel, presented as the diary of a single woman navigating work, romance, and self-improvement. The novel that established Fielding’s best-known character and launched the series.
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason: A 2004 romantic comedy film based on Helen Fielding’s novel The Edge of Reason. The second film continued the adaptation of Fielding’s novels.
BBC: The United Kingdom’s public-service broadcaster, founded in 1922. Fielding worked as a researcher and producer at the BBC early in her career.
Colin Firth: An English actor who played Mark Darcy in the Bridget Jones films. Firth’s role draws on the Darcy character shared by Fielding’s story and Austen’s novel.
Romantic comedy: A comedy genre in which romantic relationships drive the plot toward a hopeful resolution. Fielding’s Bridget Jones novels and their films helped renew the genre’s popularity.

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Louise RennisonRelated: Fielding’s comic first-person voice offers a comparison for Rennison’s self-deprecating heroines.