Biography
Miriam Margolyes (born May 18, 1941) is a British-Australian actress, writer, political activist and television personality, most prominent as a character actor on stage and screen. Her earliest roles were in theatre and, following a transition to film and television, she won a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Age of Innocence (1993).
Filmography (16)
Holy Days
as Sister Luke
A Friend of Dorothy
as Dorothy
Early Man
as Queen Oofeefa (voice)
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Mrs. Fisk
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Mrs. Kowalski
Happy Feet
as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
Flushed Away
as Rita's Grandma (voice)
Cats & Dogs
as Sophie the Castle Maid
End of Days
as Mabel
Sunshine
as Rose Sonnenschein
Mulan
as The Matchmaker (voice)
Romeo + Juliet
as Nurse
James and the Giant Peach
as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
Babe
as Fly (voice)
Immortal Beloved
as Nanette Streicherová