Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith was born on Dec 28, 1934 in UK. Maggie Smith's big-screen debut came with Child in the House directed by Cy Endfield in 1956. Maggie Smith is known for Downton Abbey: A New Era directed by Simon Curtis, Allen Leech stars as Tom Branson and Tuppence Middleton as Lucy Branson. Maggie Smith has got 49 awards and 104 nominations so far. The most recent award Maggie Smith achieved is Online Film & Television Association. The upcoming new movie Maggie Smith plays is Downton Abbey: A New Era which will be released on May 20, 2022.

One of the world's most famous and distinguished actresses, Dame Maggie Smith was born Margaret Natalie Smith in Essex. Her Scottish mother, Margaret (Hutton), worked as a secretary, and her English father, Nathaniel Smith, was a teacher at Oxford University. Smith has been married twice: to actor Robert Stephens and to playwright Beverley Cross. Her marriage to Stephens ended in divorce in 1974. She was married to Cross until his death in 1999. She had two sons with Stephens, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens who are also actors.Maggie Smith's career began at the Oxford Playhouse in the 1950s. She made her film debut in 1956 as one of the party guests in Child in the House (1956). She has since performed in over sixty films and television series with some of the most prominent actors and actresses in the world. These include: Othello (1965) with Laurence Olivier, Les belles années de Miss Brodie (1969), California Hôtel (1978) with Michael Caine and Jane Fonda, Chambre avec vue... (1985), Richard III (1995) with Ian McKellen and Jim Broadbent, Franco Zeffirelli's Un thé avec Mussolini (1999) with Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Cher and Gosford Park (2001) with Kristin Scott Thomas and Clive Owen, directed by Robert Altman. Maggie Smith has also been nominated for an Oscar six times and won twice, for Les belles années de Miss Brodie (1969) and California Hôtel (1978).Smith later appeared in the very successful 'Harry Potter' franchise as the formidable Professor McGonagall as well as in Julian Fellowes' ITV drama series, Downton Abbey (2010) (2010-2011) as the Dowager Countess of Grantham.