Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, DBE (born 28 December 1934), better known as Maggie Smith, is an English film, stage, and television actress who made her stage debut in 1952 and is still performing after 59 years. She has won numerous awards for acting, both for the stage and for film, including five BAFTA Awards, two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, two Emmy Awards, two Laurence Olivier Awards, two SAG Awards, and a Tony Award. Her critically acclaimed films include Othello (1965), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), California Suite (1978), Clash of the Titans (1981), A Room with a View (1985), and Gosford Park (2001). She has also appeared in a number of widely-popular films, including Sister Act (1992) and as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter series. Smith has also appeared in the recent hit TV series "Downton Abbey" (2010-2011) as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham.
Movie | Los Angeles Bondage Murders | Victim #2 | 2025 |
Movie | Tripping | Student | 2025 |
Movie | The Miracle Club | Lily Fox | 2023-07-14 |
Movie | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Violet Crawley | 2022-04-27 |
Movie | The Suicide Squad | Batman | 2021-07-28 |
Movie | A Boy Called Christmas | Aunt Ruth | 2021-11-24 |
Movie | Downton Abbey | Violet Crawley | 2019-09-12 |
Movie | Nothing Like a Dame | Herself | 2018-05-02 |
Movie | Sherlock Gnomes | Lady Bluebury (voice) | 2018-03-15 |
Movie | Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches | Herself | 2017-04-17 |
Movie | Woolf Works | Reading (voice) | 2017-02-08 |
Movie | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Muriel Donnelly | 2015-02-26 |
Movie | The Lady in the Van | Miss Shepherd | 2015-10-30 |
Movie | My Old Lady | Mathilde Girard | 2014-09-09 |
Movie | I Carry the Gift | Josette | 2014-02-22 |
Movie | National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Mrs. Sullen | 2013-11-02 |
Movie | Eternal Torture | Michelle | 2013-12-07 |
Series | Talking Pictures | Herself | 2013-01-05 |
Movie | Quartet | Jean Horton | 2012-12-26 |
Movie | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Muriel Donnelly | 2012-02-23 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Minerva McGonagall | 2011-07-12 |
Movie | Gnomeo & Juliet | Lady Bluebury (voice) | 2011-01-13 |
Movie | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Agatha Rose Doherty | 2010-03-26 |
Series | Downton Abbey | Violet Crawley | 2010-09-26 |
Movie | From Time to Time | Linnet | 2010-09-24 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Minerva McGonagall | 2009-07-15 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Minerva McGonagall | 2007-07-08 |
Movie | Capturing Mary | Mary Gilbert | 2007-11-12 |
Movie | Becoming Jane | Lady Gresham | 2007-03-02 |
Movie | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage") | 2006-05-02 |
Series | Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe | Unknown | 2006-06-11 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Minerva McGonagall | 2005-11-16 |
Movie | Keeping Mum | Grace Hawkins | 2005-12-02 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Minerva McGonagall | 2004-05-31 |
Movie | Ladies in Lavender | Janet | 2004-11-12 |
Movie | My House in Umbria | Mrs. Emily Delahunty | 2003-05-25 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Minerva McGonagall | 2002-11-13 |
Movie | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Caro Bennett | 2002-06-07 |
Movie | Gosford Park | Constance Trentham | 2001-11-07 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Minerva McGonagall | 2001-11-16 |
Movie | The Last September | Lady Myra Naylor | 2000-04-28 |
Movie | All the King's Men | Queen Alexandra | 1999-11-14 |
Series | David Copperfield | Betsey Trotwood | 1999-12-25 |
Movie | Tea with Mussolini | Lady Hester Random | 1999-03-25 |
Movie | Curtain Call | Lily Marlowe | 1998-12-05 |
Movie | Washington Square | Aunt Lavinia Penniman | 1997-10-10 |
Movie | The First Wives Club | Gunilla Garson Goldberg | 1996-09-20 |
Movie | Richard III | Duchess of York | 1995-12-29 |
Movie | Suddenly, Last Summer | Violet Venable | 1993-01-06 |
Movie | The Secret Garden | Mrs. Medlock | 1993-08-13 |
Movie | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Mother Superior | 1993-12-09 |
Movie | Sister Act | Mother Superior | 1992-05-28 |
Movie | Memento Mori | Mrs Mabel Pettigrew | 1992-04-19 |
Movie | Hook | Granny Wendy | 1991-04-10 |
Movie | Talking Heads | 1988-04-19 | |
Movie | The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | Judith Hearne | 1987-12-23 |
Movie | A Room with a View | Charlotte Bartlett | 1986-03-07 |
Movie | Lily in Love | Lily Wynn | 1984-10-17 |
Movie | A Private Function | Joyce Chilvers | 1984-11-09 |
Movie | Better Late Than Never | Miss Anderson | 1983-02-21 |
Movie | The Missionary | Lady Isabel Ames | 1982-11-02 |
Movie | The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' | Self / Daphne Castle | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | Evil Under the Sun | Daphne Castle | 1982-03-05 |
Movie | Clash of the Titans | Thetis | 1981-06-12 |
Movie | Quartet | Lois Heidler | 1981-10-25 |
Movie | California Suite | Diana Barrie | 1978-12-15 |
Movie | Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette | Miss Bowers (archive footage) | 1978-01-01 |
Movie | Death on the Nile | Miss Bowers | 1978-09-29 |
Movie | Murder by Death | Dora Charleston | 1976-06-23 |
Movie | Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing | Lila Fisher | 1973-04-19 |
Movie | The Millionairess | Epifania | 1972-09-12 |
Movie | The Merchant of Venice | Portia | 1972-04-16 |
Movie | Travels with My Aunt | Augusta Bertram | 1972-12-17 |
Movie | Oh! What a Lovely War | Music Hall Star | 1969-03-10 |
Movie | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Jean Brodie | 1969-02-24 |
Movie | Hot Millions | Patty Terwilliger Smith | 1968-09-19 |
Movie | The Honey Pot | Sarah Watkins | 1967-05-21 |
Movie | Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | 1967-01-01 |
Series | BBC Play of the Month | Unknown | 1965-10-19 |
Movie | Young Cassidy | Nora | 1965-02-25 |
Movie | Othello | Desdemona | 1965-12-15 |
Movie | The Pumpkin Eater | Philpot | 1964-07-16 |
Movie | The V.I.P.s | Miss Mead | 1963-09-01 |
Movie | Go to Blazes | Chantal | 1962-04-18 |
Movie | Nowhere to Go | Bridget Howard | 1958-12-02 |
Movie | Child in the House | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1956-08-14 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |