It may come as a shock to discover that Bridget Jones first debuted 25 years ago. The much-loved character, who still remains an inspiration to women everywhere, first debuted in a newspaper column way back in 1995.
This was swiftly followed by the novel Bridget Jones's Diary about the antics of the unlucky-in-love heroin, which sold a whopping 15 million books.
The chain-smoking, wine-swilling star then went to Hollywood - with three big budget movies raking in £525million at the box office.
Bridget Jones's Diary was the first to be released in 2001, swiftly followed by The Edge of Reason in 2004, before a long awaited return in Bridget Jones's Baby People are still talking about Bridget to this day, as author Helen Fielding was forced to
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