What does Maggie Smith say about Harry Potter?

On December 28, 1934, Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, better known by her stage name Maggie Smith, was born in Ilford, Essex, England. Smith is the daughter of secretary Margaret Hutton and pathologist Nathaniel Smith. Smith’s family relocated to Oxford when she was four because of her father’s employment. Smith graduated from high school at the age of 16 while attending Oxford High School. She later enrolled in Oxford Playhouse’s acting program and earned her degree there in 1953.

1952 saw Smith land her first acting role in the production of “Twelfth Night.” In 1956, the actress made her film debut in “Child in the House.” Smith took part in several popular plays in her early playing career and won numerous awards. She received her first significant role in the film industry in 1958’s “Nowhere to Go.”

What does Maggie Smith say about Harry Potter?

Dame Maggie Smith claimed that since she wasn’t acting in the movie series, the position she performed in the J. K. Rowling fantasy novel adaption was extremely “unsatisfying” in an interview with the British journal Evening Standard Magazine in 2019.

“I am deeply grateful for the work in Potter and, indeed, Downton, but it wasn’t what you’d call satisfying. I didn’t really feel I was acting in those things.” Smith said in the Evening Standard.