Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes ( ; born 18 May 1941) is an English-Australian actress. She has gained prominence as a character actor on stage and screen. She received a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role as Mrs Mingott in Martin Scorsese's ''The Age of Innocence'' (1993), and portrayed Professor Sprout in the ''Harry Potter'' film series (2002–2011). Margolyes was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2002 New Year Honours for Services to Drama.

After starting her career in theatre, she made her film acting debut in the British comedy ''A Nice Girl Like Me'' (1969). She has since appeared in ''Yentl'' (1983), ''Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986), ''Little Dorrit'' (1988), ''Romeo + Juliet'' (1996), and ''Being Julia'' (2004). She is also known for her voice roles in ''Babe'' (1995), ''James and the Giant Peach'' (1996), ''Mulan'' (1998), ''Happy Feet'' (2006), ''Flushed Away'' (2006), and ''Early Man'' (2018).

Margolyes is also known for her television appearances including ''Kizzy'', ''Blackadder'', ''Cold Comfort Farm'' (1995), ''Vanity Fair'' (1998), and ''The Life and Death of Peter Sellers'' (2004). She is also known for her recurring roles as Prudence Stanley in Australian series ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' (2012–2015) and Sister Mildred in the BBC series ''Call the Midwife'' (2018–2021). She has starred in productions in both the United Kingdom and Australia, including her 1989 one-woman show ''Dickens' Women'' and the Australian premiere of the 2013 play, ''I'll Eat You Last''.

Margolyes has spent many years dividing her time between the United Kingdom, Australia and Italy. She became an Australian citizen in 2013. She has also written three books, ''Dickens' Women'' (2012), her autobiography ''This Much is True'' (2021) and ''Oh Miriam'' (2023) Provided by Wikipedia