Maggie Smith’s seven most iconic roles, from Jean Brodie to Professor McGonagall
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Here are a few of her most well-known and enduring roles.
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She won an Oscar for Best Actress for her hard-hitting portrayal of fanatical teacher Jean Brodie.
It was her breakout role as an international star, positioning her firmly on course for a distinguished career that secured her 57 other awards, including five BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Primetime Emmy Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award.
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Just over ten years later, another Academy Award was won.
She was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film, becoming the sole individual to have received an Oscar for portraying a fictional Academy Award nominee. This was also her first Golden Globe victory.
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In the year 1985, Dame Maggie earned her fifth Academy Award nomination for Best Supporter Actress, also collecting a second Golden Globe Award and her third British Film Award for Best Actress.
The film, also featuring Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Simon Callow and Denholm Elliott, received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including for Best Picture.
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– a play commissioned especially for her by the playwright Peter Shaffer – alongside Margaret Tyzack, receiving an Olivier Award nomination.
On a 1990 transference to Broadway, she again took on the role of Lettice Douffet and picked up the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
Dame Maggie is one of a select group of actresses to have achieved the esteemed "Triple Crown of Acting" – in other words, winning the highest honours in film, television, and theatre.
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Dame Maggie has been nominated for her sixth Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the same category as Helen Mirren.
Her appearance in the film as Constance, the Dowager Countess of Trentham, led to another similar entry a few years down the line.
She also received both BAFTA film and Golden Globe Award nominations for her performance, and won her first Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
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This trademark – which she once referred to as “my pension”,
She played Hagrid in the movies based on author J.K. Rowling's work, and between 2001 and 2011 appeared in seven out of the eight big-screen adaptations.
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During her six-season run on the show, she successfully garnered three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress between 2011 and 2016, accompanied by one further Golden Globe Award and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
In contrast, it was created as a freestanding property inspired by the film and located in a different time period within the 20th century.
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