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'''Zoë Wanamaker, Honorary CBE''' (born [[13 May (people)|13 May]] [[1949 (people)|1949]]<ref>[http://www.zoewanamaker.com/biography.php Official Site]</ref>) is an [[United States|American]]-born British actress who lives and works in the [[United Kingdom]]. She played the Lady [[Cassandra O'Brien]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'' and ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]''. | '''Zoë Wanamaker, Honorary CBE''' (born [[13 May (people)|13 May]] [[1949 (people)|1949]]<ref>[http://www.zoewanamaker.com/biography.php Official Site]</ref>) is an [[United States|American]]-born British actress who lives and works in the [[United Kingdom]]. She played the Lady [[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17|Cassandra O'Brien]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'' and ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]''. | ||
== Personal life == | |||
Holding both American and British citizenship, she is the daughter of the late American film actor/director/producer {{w|Sam Wanamaker}}, who left the United States for Great Britain after being {{w|Hollywood blacklist|blacklisted}} during the 1950s; he led the project to rebuild the [[Globe Theatre]] in [[London]]. | Holding both American and British citizenship, she is the daughter of the late American film actor/director/producer {{w|Sam Wanamaker}}, who left the United States for Great Britain after being {{w|Hollywood blacklist|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 {{iw|harrypotter|Madam Hooch}} in the film ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' (released in the United States as ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone''). She played Clarice, one of the dimwitted twin sisters of Lord Groan in ''Gormenghast'', a [[ | == Career == | ||
She is probably best-known by a world-wide audience for her role as {{iw|harrypotter|Madam Hooch}} in the film ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' (released in the United States as ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone''). She played Clarice, one of the dimwitted twin sisters of Lord Groan in ''Gormenghast'', a [[BBC]] television adaptation of {{w|Mervyn Peake}}'s trilogy. She has also appeared in a variety of films, programmes, and plays. | |||
She has appeared in many of [[ITV]]'s dramatisations of ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' as detective novelist Ariadne Oliver, alongside [[David Suchet]] as [[Hercule Poirot]]. | She has appeared in many of [[ITV]]'s dramatisations of ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' as detective novelist Ariadne Oliver, alongside [[David Suchet]] as [[Hercule Poirot]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:20, 3 November 2024
Zoë Wanamaker, Honorary CBE (born 13 May 1949[1]) is an American-born British actress who lives and works in the United Kingdom. She played the Lady Cassandra O'Brien in the Doctor Who stories The End of the World and New Earth.
Personal life[[edit] | [edit source]]
Holding both American and British citizenship, she is the daughter of the late 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.
Career[[edit] | [edit source]]
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 (released in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone). 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.
She has appeared in many of ITV's dramatisations of Agatha Christie's Poirot as detective novelist Ariadne Oliver, alongside David Suchet as Hercule Poirot.
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.
Coincidentally, a copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone can be seen in a Platform One display case during The End of the World.
In the 2009 My Family Christmas Special, a future version of Wanamaker's character makes several references to "moisturising", winking towards the viewer as she does. This is apparently an allusion to her Doctor Who character.
