A statue of Bridget Jones stands in Leicester Square as part of Scenes in the Square, the free trail of film character statues around the square. It was unveiled on Monday 17 November 2025 and is the first statue in the trail to honour a romantic comedy.
Renée Zellweger, who plays Bridget in the films, attended the unveiling with her Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy co-stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and Leo Woodall, the film’s director Michael Morris and Helen Fielding, who created the character.
What was said
Fielding said in a statement released by the Heart of London Business Alliance: “For Bridget to be honoured as a British Icon with her own statue alongside Paddington Bear, Mary Poppins and Admiral Lord Nelson (alright, he’s down the road a bit!) is a huge thrill and reason for everyone to raise a glass of Chardonnay to being ‘just as you are.'”
Morris said: “Bridget has always belonged to London – her mess, her magic, her heart. To see her immortalised here, in the middle of the city she’s stumbled through and loved so fiercely, feels like the perfect love letter to her and to everyone who’s ever cheered her on.”
Kirsty Tullett-Jones, director of marketing and communications for Discover Leicester Square, said: “Bridget has been making Londoners laugh, cry and feel seen for 25 years.”
The Scenes in the Square trail
The trail was launched about five years before the Bridget Jones statue was added. It is run by Discover Leicester Square, the destination brand of the Heart of London Business Alliance, with support from Westminster City Council. Other characters on the trail include Harry Potter, Batman, Mary Poppins, Wonder Woman and Chris Washington, Daniel Kaluuya’s character from Get Out.
The essentials
- Where: Leicester Square, London WC2
- Cost: free, open to the public
- Unveiled: 17 November 2025
- Nearest stations: Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus