Helen Fielding is an English novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the fictional character Bridget Jones, and a sequence of novels and films beginning with the life of a thirtysomething singleton in London trying to make sense of life and love. "
Bridget Jones's Diary" (1996) and " " (1999) were published in 40 countries and sold more than 15 million copies.
 The two films of the same name achieved international success.
 In a survey conducted by "The Guardian" newspaper, "Bridget Jones’s Diary" was named as one of the ten novels that best defined the 20th century.
Karachi, You're Killing Me!
 is a 2014 comedy crime-thriller novel by the Pakistani journalist-writer Saba Imtiaz.
 The author's debut novel was released in paperback by India's Random House on 1 February 2014.
 It is written about a 20-year-old reporter, Ayesha Khan, living in one of the world's most beautiful cities, Karachi, about her misadventures and finding a nice lover.
 The novel received mostly positive feedback from the reviewers.
 Imtiaz describes the novel as ""Bridget Jones's Diary"" meets ""The Diary of a Social Butterfly.""
 In 2015, the novel was optioned by producer Vikram Malhotra for a Bollywood film adaptation.
Sally Elizabeth Phillips (born 10 May 1970) is an English actress, television presenter and comedian.
 She co-created and was one of the writers of sketch comedy show "Smack the Pony".
 She is also known for her main role in "Miranda" as Tilly, "Parents" as Jenny Pope and "Set the Thames on Fire" as Colette in 2015.
 Phillips also co-starred in "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies", as Mrs Bennet, and reprised her role as Sharon in the 2016 film "Bridget Jones's Baby", following "Bridget Jones's Diary" and "".
Bridget Jones's Diary is a 2001 British-American-French romantic comedy film directed by Sharon Maguire and written by Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, and Helen Fielding.
 It is based on Fielding's novel of the same name, which is a reinterpretation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice".
 The adaptation stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver, and Colin Firth as Bridget's "true love", Mark Darcy.
 Production began in May 2000 and ended in August 2000, and took place largely on location in London and the Home Counties.
 The film premiered on 4 April 2001 in the UK and was released to theatres on 13 April 2001 simultaneously in the UK and in the US.
Sarah Solemani is an award winning English actress, writer and activist, best known for starring in the BAFTA winning sitcom "Him & Her" , playing Renee Zellweger's best friend 'Miranda' in Working Title's "Bridget Jones's Baby", for which she was nominated for an Evening Standard Best Actress Award, and for her role as Rosie Gulliver in "Bad Education".
Sharon Maguire (born 17 August 1961) is a film director who came to prominence with "Bridget Jones's Diary".
 The film was based on the book by her close friend Helen Fielding, and one of the main characters – "Shazza" – is allegedly based on Maguire.
Jennifer Gemma Jones (born 4 December 1942) is an English character actress on both stage and screen.
 Her film appearances include "Sense and Sensibility" (1995), "Bridget Jones's Diary" (2001) and Woody Allen's "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger" (2010).
 For her role in the BBC TV film "Marvellous" (2014), she won the 2015 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress.
James Nicholas Callis (born 4 June 1971) is an English actor.
 He is best known for playing Dr. Gaius Baltar in the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica" miniseries and television series, and Bridget Jones' best friend in "Bridget Jones's Diary" and "".
 He later reprised the role in 2016, in "Bridget Jones's Baby."
 He joined the cast of the TV Series "Eureka", on Syfy, in 2010.
 In 2017 he voiced the character Alucard on the Netflix series "Castlevania", based on the video game of the same name.
Bridget Jones's Diary is a 1996 novel by Helen Fielding.
 Written in the form of a personal diary, the novel chronicles a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a thirty-something single working woman living in London.
 She writes about her career, self-image, vices, family, friends, and romantic relationships.
James Shearman is an English conductor, orchestrator and composer.
 He is recognised as a film score conductor and orchestrator who has contributed to over 70 film scores, from the critically acclaimed "Shakespeare in Love" (1998) "Gosford Park" (2001), "Mansfield Park" (1999) and "The Other Boleyn Girl" (2008) to blockbusters such as "Bridget Jones's Diary" (2001), "" (2001), "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (2005), "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "Thor" (both 2011), Pixar's "Brave" (2012), "" (2014), Disney's "Cinderella" (2015) and more recently Disney's forthcoming "Beauty and the Beast" (2017).
 "He has collaborated with many Academy Award for Best Original Score winning and/or nominated composers including Patrick Doyle, Elliot Goldenthal, Mark Isham, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Alan Menken, John Powell, Howard Shore and Hans Zimmer.

Question: James Nicholas Callis, is an English actor, he is known for playing Bridget Jones' best friend in "Bridget Jones's Diary", released in which year?
Answer: 2001