Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

Birthplace: Essex, England
Birthday: December 29

Since her 1956 film debut, distinguished actress Maggie Smith has garnered more than sixty television and film credits – Sister Act with Whoopi Goldberg, Tea With Mussolini with Cher, Dame Judi Dench and Lily Tomlin, widely acclaimed Gosford Park and more. Smith has endeared a whole new generation of fans in her role as "Hogwarts Professor Minerva McGonagall" with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and their Harry Potter film family.

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Winner
Maggie Smith, as Dowager Countess of Grantham/ Violet
Downton Abbey
PBS
A Carnival / Masterpiece Co-Production

Winner
Maggie Smith, as Dowager Countess of Grantham/ Violet
Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)
PBS
A co-production of Carnival and Masterpiece

Nominee
Maggie Smith, as Mary Gilbert
Capturing Mary
HBO
A talkbackTHAMES Production in association with the BBC and HBO Films