Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy characters

Appears from the start

A fifty-one-year-old widowed mother raising two young children after Mark Darcy's death. Bridget still records her weight, alcohol, technology mishaps, and romantic anxieties, but grief and parental responsibility now sit beneath the familiar self-scrutiny. Friends urge her to re-enter social life even as she struggles with school schedules and unfinished work.

Appears from the start

Bridget's late husband and the father of Billy and Mabel. Mark's death while doing humanitarian work has left an absence that shapes the family's routines and Bridget's uncertainty about loving anyone again.

Appears from the start

Bridget and Mark's school-age son. Billy misses his father, needs steadiness, and notices more of his mother's emotional life than she expects, even while ordinary school and sibling problems demand her attention.

Appears from the start

Bridget and Mark's younger daughter, lively and direct. Mabel's needs, questions, and school routines are part of the domestic disorder Bridget must manage while rebuilding a life for the three of them.

Also known as Roxster

First appears in chapter 16

A twenty-nine-year-old man Bridget meets through Twitter. Playful, affectionate, and apparently untroubled by their age difference, he brings excitement and physical confidence back into her life, though neither initially knows what their connection can bear outside private dates.

First appears in chapter 10

A teacher at Billy's school whom Bridget first experiences as stern, competent, and critical of her chronic lateness and disorganization. His composure makes him seem like another authority judging her, but he also pays close attention to the children's welfare.

First appears in chapter 2

Bridget's former lover and a long-standing friend of the family, now serving as a highly unreliable godfather to her children. Daniel remains charming, vain, and instinctively flirtatious, and his offers of help tend to create as many complications as they solve.

First appears in chapter 2

One of Bridget's closest friends, still part of the group that analyzes relationships and rallies around her. Jude encourages Bridget's return to dating while also helping her keep ordinary crises in proportion.

First appears in chapter 2

Bridget's loyal friend and confidant. Tom offers emotional support, social advice, and a familiar perspective as Bridget tries to combine parenthood, grief, work, and a much younger boyfriend.

First appears in chapter 3

Bridget's energetic mother, whose concern is often expressed through unsolicited plans, social pressure, and confident advice. She wants Bridget and the children to be secure but rarely allows grief or privacy to slow her schemes.