Miriam Margolyes Biography

Fast Facts

• In 2002, she was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Won second place at the 1988 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Attended the University of Cambridge, where she studied English
• Started out acting with the drama troupe known as the Cambridge Footlights
• In 2013, she became a naturalized citizen of Australia
• Was the original actress offered the part of Professor Laird in "Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks․"
• In 2006, she hosted the first Sense Creative Writing Awards