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{{short description|English actress (born 1952)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Jenny Agutter
|honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|size=100%|country=GBR|OBE}}
| image        = Jenny Agutter (2).jpg
| caption      = Agutter in 2014
| birthname    = Jennifer Ann Agutter
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1952|12|20|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Taunton]], Somerset, England
| death_date   = 
| death_place  = 
| years_active = 1964–present
| spouse       = {{marriage|Johan Tham|1990}}
| children     = 1
| website      = {{URL|jennyagutter.net}}
}}

'''Jennifer Ann Agutter''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (born 20 December 1952) is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress in 1964, appearing in ''[[East of Sudan]]'', ''[[Star! (film)|Star!]]'',  and two<!-- DO NOT CHANGE THIS TO "THREE". THIS PARAGRAPH DOCUMENTS AGUTTER'S EARLY CAREER AND THE THIRD ADAPTATION IS MENTIONED IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH. --> adaptations of ''[[The Railway Children]]'': the [[The Railway Children#BBC television series|BBC's 1968 television serial]] and the [[The Railway Children (1970 film)|1970 film version]]. In 1971 she also starred in the critically acclaimed film ''[[Walkabout (film)|Walkabout]]'' and the TV film ''[[The Snow Goose (film)|The Snow Goose]]'', for which she won an [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama]].

She relocated to the United States in 1974 to pursue a Hollywood career and subsequently appeared in [[Logan's Run (film)|''Logan's Run'']] (1976), ''[[Amy (1981 film)|Amy]]'' (1981), ''[[An American Werewolf in London]]'' (1981), and ''[[Child's Play 2]]'' (1990). During the same period, Agutter continued appearing in high-profile British films, such as ''[[The Eagle Has Landed (film)|The Eagle Has Landed]]'' (1976), ''[[Equus (film)|Equus]]'' (1977)—for which she won a [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]—and ''[[The Riddle of the Sands (film)|The Riddle of the Sands]]'' (1979). In 1981, she co-starred in ''[[The Survivor (1981 film)|The Survivor]]'', an Australian adaptation of the [[James Herbert]] novel by that name, and was nominated for an [[AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]].

After returning to Britain in the early 1990s to pursue family life, Agutter shifted her focus to television, appearing in the 2000 version of [[The Railway Children (2000 film)|television adaptation of ''The Railway Children'']], this time as the mother, and since 2012 she has had an ongoing role in the BBC's ''[[Call the Midwife]]''. Her film work in recent years includes ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'' (2012) and ''[[Captain America: The Winter Soldier]]'' (2014), and in 2022, Agutter returned to the world of ''The Railway Children'' once more by reprising her role from the 1970 film 52 years later in a sequel, ''[[The Railway Children Return]]''.

Agutter is married, and has  one adult son. She supports several charitable causes, mostly ones related to [[cystic fibrosis]], a condition from which her niece suffers, and for her service to those causes was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2012 Birthday Honours]].