Geraldine Somerville

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Geraldine Margaret Agnew-Somerville (born 19 May 1967) is an Irish-born British actress.

Early life

Geraldine Agnew-Somerville was born in County Meath, Ireland, the daughter of the retired financial expert, Sir Quentin Agnew-Somerville, 2nd Baronet, and April, Lady Agnew-Somerville (née Drummond), an antiques dealer, but was raised on the Isle of Man.

Her mother is a daughter of John Drummond, 15th Baron Strange, and sister of the late Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange. She has an elder sister, Amelia (who owns and works in a restaurant with her husband in the Australian rainforest), and a younger brother, Lockett.

Somerville attended dance classes from the age of six, and at eight was sent to The Arts Educational School, a boarding school in Tring, Hertfordshire. There she was taught ballet. She left at 16, but continued her studies in London.

Career

Somerville trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1989) in London. She did stage work and appeared on TV in episodes of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Casualty (1993) before landing the role of Penhaligon (or 'Panhandle') in Cracker.

Somerville has recently played Lady Stockbridge in Julian Fellowes's Gosford Park and Harry Potter's mother Lily in all five Potter movies. In May 2007, she played author Daphne du Maurier in the BBC TV drama Daphne.

Personal life

Somerville married William Osbourne-Young in December 1995 and has a son, Caspar William (born 2002).

Filmography

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) Lily Potter
• Sixty Six (2006) as Mrs. Barrie
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) as Lily Potter
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) as Lily Potter
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) as Lily Potter
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) as Lily Potter
• Gosford Park (2001) as Louisa Stockbridge
• Aristocrats (TV mini-series) (1999) as Lady Emily Lennox
• Cracker (1993) as DS Jane Penhaligon
• The Black Velvet Gown (1991) as Biddy Millican

References

External links

• Geraldine Somerville at the Internet Movie Database

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