Zoe Wanamaker
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Zoe Wanamaker as Madam Hooch |
Zoë Wanamaker CBE (born
May 13,
1949 in
New York City) is an
American-born
British actress who lives and works in the
United Kingdom.
Holding both American and British citizenship, she is the daughter of the late
Jewish American film actor/director/producer
Sam Wanamaker, who left the United States for
Great Britain after being
blacklisted during the
1950s; he led the project to rebuild the
Globe Theatre in
London.
She is probably best-known by a world-wide audience for her role as
Madam Hooch in the film
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and her role in
My Family. She played Clarice, one of the dimwitted twin sisters of Lord Groan in
Gormenghast, a
BBC television adaptation of
Mervyn Peake's trilogy. She has also appeared in a variety of films, programmes, and plays.
Successful television series have included
Love Hurts with
Adam Faith and
My Family with
Robert Lindsay.
Her stage performance in
Sophocles'
Electra, for which she won an
Olivier Award, was widely acclaimed.
Wanamaker voiced a
CGI character named
Lady Cassandra in the
Doctor Who episode
The End of the World (2005), and reprised the role (also appearing in the flesh this time) in
New Earth, the first episode of the
2006 series.
Johnny and the Bomb (2006) Mrs. Tachyon
*Cards on the Table (2005 TV Movie) (
Agatha Christie's Poirot) appearing as
Ariadne OliverMarple: A Murder is Announced (2005
TV series) (as Letitia Blacklock)
Britain's Best Sitcom (
2004) (
TV series) (
narrator)
Five Children and It (
2004)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (
2001) as Rolanda Hooch
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (
2001) (
TV)
My Family (2000â€"2006) (
TV series)
Gormenghast (
2000) (
miniseries)
David Copperfield (
1999) (
TV)
Swept from the Sea (
1997)
Wilde (
1997)
Prime Suspect 4: Scent of Darkness (
1995) (
TV) (
uncredited)
The Countess Alice (
1992) (
TV)
Prime Suspect (
1991) (
TV)
Edge of Darkness (
1985) (
miniseries)
Inside the Third Reich (
1982) (
TV)
*
Controversy over payment for Harry Potter film*
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