Bernadette — The Jane Austen Book Club Character Profile

About Bernadette

A fiftysomething six-time divorcée who creates the book club after meeting Prudie at a Jane Austen film festival. She serves as the group's matriarch, hoping to help every member find happiness, and introduces her seventh husband at the end.

Bernadette — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Kathy Baker

Appears in

The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Bernadette — Social Club Member — Grigg (Hugh Dancy)

  Bernadette and Grigg interact as members of the same club.

  Grigg joins the book club after being invited by Jocelyn, becoming part of the group Bernadette organizes.

• Bernadette — Professional Book Club Founder — Prudie (Emily Blunt)

  Bernadette's meeting with Prudie leads directly to the creation of the club.

  Bernadette develops the book club idea after meeting Prudie at a Jane Austen film festival.

• Bernadette — Alliance Club Organizer — Jocelyn (Maria Bello)

  Bernadette and Jocelyn cooperate within the book club.

  Bernadette organizes the group around six Austen novels, while Jocelyn becomes one of its members.

• Bernadette — Social Club Member — Sylvia (Amy Brenneman)

  They share membership in Bernadette's reading circle.

  Sylvia is inducted into the book club created by Bernadette.

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