Heather Ripley

Heather Ripley is a Scottish former actress. She is best known for the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, in which she played Jemima Potts.

Early life Ripley was raised in Broughty Ferry, outside of Dundee, Scotland.

Ripley took lessons to change her accent for the film, Accompanied by her mother, Ripley was away from her Dundee home for 14 months for the filming of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. In 2004, she made a brief appearance in the independent film The Interview which was screened at that year's Edinburgh Film Festival. In 2004, she was interviewed with members of the original cast on ITV1 on Christmas Eve.

She was a guest at the Broadway premiere of the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Hilton Theatre in 2005. In 2016, Ripley was a volunteer worker at the Lagadikia refugee camp outside Thessaloniki in Greece which provided food, clothing and support to about 875 people. In 2020, she voiced the character Babs in the independent-made short animation Lavatory of Terror, telephoning her lines in via her smartphone.

Filmography Films Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) - Jemima Potts