Zoë Wanamaker
Biography
Zoë Wanamaker is an American-born British actress whose career began in the theater. She worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1976 and 1984, and her stage performances earned two Olivier Awards, for Once in a Lifetime and Electra, plus four Tony nominations, for Piaf, Loot, Electra, and Awake and Sing! In 1997 she became the first to speak on the stage at Shakespeare's Globe in London, and she served as its honorary president. On screen, she was nominated for BAFTA TV Awards for Prime Suspect and Love Hurts, played Susan Harper in My Family from 2000 to 2011, and appeared in Agatha Christie's Poirot, Mr Selfridge, and Shadow and Bone. She appeared in Wilde (1997) and My Week with Marilyn (2011), and had a role in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001). In 2001 she was appointed to the Commander grade of the Order of the British Empire for services to drama.
77years old
Turns 78 on May 13in 182 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 14 years1997 to 2011
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A role that slipped away
Wanamaker appeared as Madam Hooch in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 2001. She blamed the producers for paying their actors too little and never came back for the later sequels.
Beyond film
Wanamaker appeared in a never-before-seen double bill at the Garrick Theatre from October 2015 to January 2016, performing in Terence Rattigan's one-woman play All On Her Own and also in Harlequinade each night.
Zoë Wanamaker movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets2005as Countess of Pembroke
IMDb rating 6.6277 votes
Worked with
Zoë Wanamaker shares two films with Kenneth Branagh, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Kenneth Branagh's page
Whoopi Goldberg's page
Kathy Bates's page
Vanessa Redgrave's page
Toby Jones's page
Tom Wilkinson's page
Simon CurtisDirector, 1 film, 2011
All films by Simon Curtis
All films by Brian Gilbert
All films by John Stephenson
Awards
Two awards and honors.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Won | ||
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.