
Zoë Wanamaker
Known for Acting · 95 credits
- Born
- 1949-05-13 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Zoe Wanamaker · زوئی وانامیکر · Зої Ванамейкер
Biography
Zoë Wanamaker, CBE (born 13 May 1949) is an American-British actress. She has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company; in films, including the Harry Potter series; and in a number of television productions, including a long-time role as Susan Harper in the sitcom My Family. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
TV Shows (52)

Doctor Who
2005
as Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Ariadne Oliver

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Letitia Blacklock

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Self - Nominee / Performer

Natural World
1983
as Narrator

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Dorinda / Lucile Desmoulins

Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Margaret Smythe

Killing Eve
2018
as Helen Jacobson

Inspector Morse
1987
as Emma Pickford

Richard & Judy
2001
as Self

Inside No. 9
2014
as Paula

Screen Two
1985
as Olive Mannering
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self

Prime Suspect
1991
as Moyra Henson

Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self

Shadow and Bone
2021
as Baghra

Criminal Record
2024
as Maureen

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Lorna Green

Performance
1991
as Mrs Holroyd

Britannia
2018
as Queen Antedia

My Family
2000
as Susan Harper

Playhouse Presents
2012
as The Woman

Mr Selfridge
2013
as Princess Marie Wiasemsky de Bolotoff

ScreenPlay
1986
as Connie

Remembers…
2022
as Self

Professor T
2021
as Zelda Radclyffe

The Cleaner
2021
as Lucille

The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022
as Watt

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Lady Macbeth (voice)

Bergerac
2025
as Charlie Hungerford

David Copperfield
1999
as Miss Murdstone

A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
as Audrey Maclintick

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999
as Mary Muldoon

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
as Jean Kennerly

Edge of Darkness
1985
as Clemmy / Clementine

Gormenghast
2000
as Clarice Groan

Paradise Postponed
1986
as Charlotte 'Charlie' Titmuss, née Fanner

Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009
as Self

Love Hurts
1992
as Tessa Piggott

Inside the Third Reich
1982
as Annemarie Kempf

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
as Pearl Craigie

Worzel Gummidge
2019
as Lady Bloomsbury Barton

The Blackheath Poisonings
1993
as Charlotte Collard

Johnny and the Bomb
2006
as Mrs. Tachyon

Girlfriends
2018
as Gail

Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
2001
as Tania Braithwaite

All Mod Cons
1997
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Handmade: By Royal Appointment
2016
as Narrator

My Family and The Galapagos
2018
as Narrator (voice)

Creatures Fantastic
1997
as Narrator

Manson: The Lost Tapes
2018
as Narrator

Mary's Bottom Line
2012
as Narrator
Movies (43)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
as Madam Hooch

Wilde
1997
as Ada Leverson 'Sphinx'

My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Paula Strasberg

Five Children and It
2004
as Martha

Swept from the Sea
1998
as Mary Foster

Muse of Fire
2013
as Self

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Eva Braun's Handmaid (uncredited)

A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
2005
as Countess of Pembroke

It's a Wonderful Afterlife
2010
as Mrs. Goldman

The Old Curiosity Shop
2007
as Mrs. Jarley

National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard
2011
as Ranyevskaya

Babs
2017
as Joan Littlewood

Othello
1990
as Emilia

Memento Mori
1992
as Olive Mannering

Baal
1982
as Sophie

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
as Pearl Craigie

Piaf
1984
as Toine

The Dog It Was That Died
1989
as Bildebeck

The Tragedy of Richard III
1983
as Lady Anne

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
1981
as Alina Pienkowska

Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’
2004
as Self / Narrator (voice)

Danton's Death
1978
as Lucille
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
1989
as Sarah Marriot
All My Sons
2011
as Kate Keller

A Christmas Carol
1977
as Belle

National Theatre Live: Constellations
2021
as Marianne
Paradise Postponed
1986
as Charlotte Fanner

The Raggedy Rawney
1988
as Elle

Return to the Falklands
2012
as Narrator

Wodehouse In Exile
2013
as Ethel Wodehouse

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
as Self

1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz?
2019
as Narrator (voice)

The Blackheath Poisonings
1992
as Charlotte Collard

Captcha
2014

Eilish: Life Without Katie
1995
as Narrator

The Countess Alice
1993
as Connie

The Real Amityville Horror
2005
as Narrator

The Story of Pantomime
1976
as Self

The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
1995
as Mrs. Holroyd
The Eagle Has Landed
1973
as Alice

Shakespeare's Globe
2005
as Herself

Enemies of the State
1983
as Zdena Tomin
Ochberg's Orphans
2008
as Narrator
About Zoë Wanamaker
Zoë Wanamaker, CBE (born 13 May 1949) is an American-British actress. She has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company; in films, including the Harry Potter series; and in a number of television productions, including a long-time role as Susan Harper in the sitcom My Family. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia With 95 credits spanning from 1956 to 2025, Zoë Wanamaker has appeared in 43 films and 52 TV shows.
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Most Popular Zoë Wanamaker Movies
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) — as Madam Hooch
- Wilde (1997) — as Ada Leverson 'Sphinx'
- My Week with Marilyn (2011) — as Paula Strasberg
- Five Children and It (2004) — as Martha
- Swept from the Sea (1998) — as Mary Foster
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