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[[Image:MadameHooch.jpeg|150px|thumb|right|Zoe Wanamaker as Madam Hooch in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'']] | [[Image:MadameHooch.jpeg|150px|thumb|right|Zoe Wanamaker as Madam Hooch in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'']] | ||
'''Zoë Wanamaker, Honorary CBE''' (born [[13th May | '''Zoë Wanamaker, Honorary CBE''' (born [[13th May]] [[1949]] in [[New York City]]) is an [[United States|American]]-born [[United Kingdom|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 (TV story)|New Earth]]." | ||
Holding both American and British citizenship, she is the daughter of the late [[Judaism|Jewish]] American film actor/director/producer | Holding both American and British citizenship, she is the daughter of the late [[Judaism|Jewish]] American film actor/director/producer [[Wikipedia:Sam Wanamaker|Sam Wanamaker]], who left the United States for Great Britain after being [[Wikipedia: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 [[Wikipedia:Minor Hogwarts teachers#Madam Hooch|Madam Hooch]] in the film ''[[Wikipedia:Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (movie)|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 [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] television adaptation of [[Wikipedia:Mervyn Peake|Mervyn Peake]]'s trilogy. She has also appeared in a variety of films, programmes, and plays. | She is probably best-known by a world-wide audience for her role as [[Wikipedia:Minor Hogwarts teachers#Madam Hooch|Madam Hooch]] in the film ''[[Wikipedia:Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (movie)|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 [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] television adaptation of [[Wikipedia:Mervyn Peake|Mervyn Peake]]'s trilogy. She has also appeared in a variety of films, programmes, and plays. | ||
Revision as of 03:32, 13 June 2008
Zoë Wanamaker, Honorary CBE (born 13th May 1949 in New York City) 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."
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, 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.
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.
Selected filmography
- Johnny and the Bomb (2006) Ms. Tachyon
- Cards on the Table (2005 TV Movie) (Agatha Christie's Poirot) appearing as Ariadne Oliver
- Marple: 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 movie)
- My Family (2000-2006) (TV series)
- Gormenghast (2000) (miniseries)
- David Copperfield (1999) (TV movie)
- Swept from the Sea (1997)
- Wilde (1997)
- Prime Suspect 4: Scent of Darkness (1995) (TV movie) (uncredited)
- The Countess Alice (1992) (TV movie)
- Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
- Edge of Darkness (1985) (miniseries)
- Inside the Third Reich (1982) (TV movie)
