Fiona Glascott

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Fiona Glascott
Born (1982-11-22) 22 November 1982 (age 41)
Waterford, Ireland [1]
OccupationActress
Years active1998–present
Spouse
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(m. 2014)​
[2]
Children1 [2]
Relatives Paul Brooke (father-in-law)

Fiona Glascott (born 22 November 1982) is an Irish actress. She is best known for portraying a young Minerva McGonagall in the Fantastic Beasts franchise, a spin-off of the Harry Potter film series. [3]

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Early life

Glascott was born in Waterford, Ireland [1] and grew up in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. [4]

Career

Theater

On stage in London she has appeared in Mahler's Conversion (Aldwych Theatre, West End), [5] Hitchcock Blonde (Royal Court and Lyric Theatre, West End), [6] in the original production of Whipping It Up at the Bush Theatre, [7] and as Margery Pinchwife in The Country Wife (Haymarket, West End). [8] Her theatre credits in Dublin include: A Life (Abbey Theatre/National Tour), The Spirit of Annie Ross at the Gate Theatre, and as Nina in The Seagull at the Corn Exchange. [4]

Television

Her television credits include Ballykissangel , Fair City , The Bill , Bachelors Walk , Foyle's War and Clone . [4] [9] In 2010, she was a guest star in the final two-part episode of ITV's hit drama A Touch of Frost , playing the troubled daughter of Frost's one-time corrupt colleague. In 2011, Glascott appeared in the recurring role of Diane on the BBC/Showtime sitcom Episodes . That same year, she appeared as a novice nun with a secret in the episode "A Sacred Trust" of the detective drama series Midsomer Murders . [10] She co-starred as famed editor Judith Jones on the TV series Julia .

Film

On film, Glascott has appeared in This Is My Father , Crush Proof, Goldfish Memory , Omagh and The Duel . She appeared in the 2009 CBS television movie Miss Irena's Children. She also starred in Torstein Blixfjord's 2012 short film Bird in a Box, alongside Brian d'Arcy James. [11]

In 2018, Glascott joined the cast of the Harry Potter spin-off franchise Fantastic Beasts as a young Minerva McGonagall (a role originated by Maggie Smith) in the film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald , a role she would reprise in the 2022 sequel Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore . [12] Her role in the film series was controversial for some fans of the series, as her character had not been believed to have been born yet and was shown in the film teaching at Hogwarts. [13] [14] [15]

Personal life

In 2014, Glascott married actor Tom Brooke. [2] They have one daughter. [2]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Finbar's Class [16]
1998 This Is My Father Nuala
Crush ProofAisling
Pete's Meteor Mary
Ballykissangel MarieTV series
1998–1999 Fair City TV series
2000Fatboy and TwintubShort film
2002 The Bill Lucy CorriganTV series
Any Time Now AngieTV series
The Magnificent Ambersons Lucy's Friend #1TV movie
Resident Evil Ms. Gold
2003 Goldfish Memory Isolde
Veronica Guerin Meehan's Girlfriend
Bachelors Walk RachelTV series special
2004 Judas Claudia ProclesTV movie
Fallen Clare WoodwardTV movie
Omagh Cathy GallagherTV movie
The Long FirmJanineTV mini-series
2005WithinChristina
Murder in Suburbia Nuala GoodmanTV series
Jericho MaryTV mini-series
Agatha Christie's Poirot RosamundEpisode: "After the Funeral"
Casualty Tara DoyleTV series
Casualty@Holby City Tara DoyleTV series
2007 Instinct D.C. Ali PetersTV movie
2008 Foyle's War Jane HudsonEpisode: "Plan of Attack"
The Deal Glascott Hicks
Clone Rose BourneTV series
2010 The Duel Nadia
Spooks Danielle OrtizTV series
A Touch of Frost Jenny MallingerTV series
2011–2017 Episodes DianeTV series
2011 Apartment 143 (Emergo) Ellen Keegan
Midsomer Murders Sister CatherineEpisode: "A Sacred Trust"
Death In Paradise Georgie WestcottTV series
2012 Tad, The Lost Explorer Sara LavrofVoice role
Bird in a BoxAliceShort film
2013 House of Shadows (Controra) Megan
2014 The Musketeers FleaEpisode: "The Homecoming"
The Legend of LongwoodCaitlin Lemon
2015 Brooklyn Rose Lacey
2015–2016 Indian Summers Sarah Raworth / SarahTV series
2016 Siege of Jadotville Carmel Quinlan
2017Secret ChildCathleen
2018 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Minerva McGonagall
Midday DemonsMegan
2019 Supervized Alicia
2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Minerva McGonagall
2022–2023 Julia Judith Jones

Awards

In 2003, Glascott was nominated for the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film/TV for the film Goldfish Memory . [17]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Goldstein, Joelle (16 January 2019). "Fantastic Beasts Star Fiona Glascott Reveals What It Is Like to Wave a Wand from Harry Potter". People . Meredith Corporation. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Daniel, Tiffani (19 August 2019). "Harry Potter: 10 Facts About Minerva McGonagall Left Out Of The Movies". Screen Rant . Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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  5. ↑ Spencer, Charles (5 October 2001). "Theatre Review Mahler's Conversion ALDWYCH". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  6. ↑ Billington, Michael (7 April 2003). "Hitchcock Blonde". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  7. ↑ Fisher, Philip. "Whipping It Up". British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  8. ↑ Billington, Michael (10 October 2007). "The Country Wife". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "Fiona Glascott in 'Fair City' (1999)". Stills Library. RTÉ Archives. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "Midsomer Murders – A Sacred Trust". Midsomer Murders Official Site. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
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  14. ↑ Moore, Rose (24 November 2018). "Fantastic Beasts 2's Professor McGonagall Plot Hole Can't Be Fixed". Screen Rant . Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  15. ↑ Baxter-Wright, Dusty (6 November 2018). "Harry Potter fans are mad because of this Professor McGonagall error in Fantastic Beasts". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  16. ↑ https://bg.listvote.com/lists/film/actors/fiona-glascott-5451051/movies
  17. ↑ "Guerin tops list in hopes for six 'Irish Oscars'" at independent.ie
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