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Sally Mortemore is an English stage, film and television actress. She appeared in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , where she played Madame Pince, the librarian of Hogwarts.
Mortemore first worked in theatre as an acting assistant stage manager at the Queen's Theatre in Hornchurch [1] followed by seasons at the Haymarket Theatre in Basingstoke, Watford's Palace Theatre, Bolton's Octagon Theatre and the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, London. She also toured with the David Glass Ensemble, [1] Redshift, [2] Cleanbreak Theatre Company and Great Eastern Stage. [3]
Mortemore appeared as Gertrude in David Glass' production of Gormenghast in 2006/2007. [4] Her film and television appearances include White Heat BBC2/ITV (2012), Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World (2010), Salt Grain (2010), Dead Gorgeous , Too Many Cooks, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Madame Pince and Wire in the Blood [5] and Daphne & Apollo for the BBC as directed by Clare Kilner. [6]
In 2016 she portrayed a Braavosi woman in the HBO series Game of Thrones in Season 6.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Madam Irma Pince | |
| 2010 | Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World | Interviewer 2 | |
| 2018 | Aux | Mrs. Roberts |
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