Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary

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fictional character film character literary character

Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary is the reserved, principled barrister who serves as Bridget’s complicated love interest and a modern reimagining of Jane Austen’s Mr. Darcy.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mark Darcy (Bridget Jones)	0
Mark Darcy	6
Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ
adaptationType	modern reimagining of Jane Austen’s Mr. Darcy ⓘ
appearsIn	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film) ⓘ surface form: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004 film) Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film) ⓘ surface form: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (novel) Bridget Jones’s Baby ⓘ surface form: Bridget Jones’s Baby (film) Bridget Jones’s Diary ⓘ surface form: Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001 film) Bridget Jones’s Diary ⓘ surface form: Bridget Jones’s Diary (novel)
associatedWith	Bridget Jones ⓘ surface form: Bridget Jones franchise
associatedWork	Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series) ⓘ surface form: Pride and Prejudice (as source inspiration)
basedOn	Fitzwilliam Darcy ⓘ
creator	Helen Fielding ⓘ
familyBackground	upper-middle-class English family ⓘ
firstAppearance	Bridget Jones’s Diary ⓘ surface form: Bridget Jones’s Diary (1996 novel)
gender	male ⓘ
genre	romantic comedy ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	emotional reserve ⓘ moral integrity ⓘ professional success ⓘ
hasLoveRival	Daniel Cleaver ⓘ
inspiredBy	Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
loveInterestOf	Bridget Jones ⓘ
medium	film ⓘ novel ⓘ
narrativeRole	foil to Daniel Cleaver ⓘ primary love interest ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableQuote	I like you very much. Just as you are. ⓘ
occupation	barrister ⓘ human rights lawyer ⓘ
personalityTrait	honourable ⓘ loyal ⓘ principled ⓘ reserved ⓘ socially awkward ⓘ
portrayedBy	Colin Firth ⓘ
professionDetail	specializes in human rights law ⓘ
relationshipStatus	on-and-off partner of Bridget Jones ⓘ
relative	Bridget Jones’s mother’s friend’s son ⓘ
romanticArc	enemies to lovers with Bridget Jones ⓘ
setting	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
storyTheme	misunderstanding and reconciliation ⓘ modern romance ⓘ personal growth ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film) → character → Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary ⓘ

subject surface form: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

this entity surface form: Mark Darcy

Bridget Jones’s Baby → character → Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mark Darcy

Bridget Jones’s Diary → character → Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mark Darcy

Bridget Jones → hasRomanticInterest → Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mark Darcy

Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary → inspiredBy → Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Mark Darcy (Bridget Jones)

this entity surface form: Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice

Colin Firth → notableRole → Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary ⓘ

Firth → portrayed → Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary ⓘ

subject surface form: Colin Firth

this entity surface form: Mark Darcy

Daniel Cleaver → romanticRivalOf → Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mark Darcy