Geraldine Somerville
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| Geraldine Somerville | |
| Birth name | Geraldine Margaret Agnew-Somerville |
| Born | May 19, 1967 (age 39) County Meath, Ireland |
| Spouse(s) | William (Bill) Osbourne-Young |
| Notable roles | Jane Penhaligon in Cracker Lily Potter in the Harry Potter films |
Geraldine Margaret Agnew-Somerville (born 19 May 1967) is a British/ Irish actress.
Somerville trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1989) in London.
She did some 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.
She has recently played Lady Stockbridge in Julian Fellowes's Gosford Park and Harry Potter's mother Lily in all four Potter movies.
She will next work on Daphne a BBC TV drama in which she plays Daphne Du Maurier.
[edit] Background
Somerville is the daughter of the retired financial expert Sir Quentin Agnew-Somerville, 2nd Baronet and the antique dealer The Hon. Lady Agnew-Somerville. 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.
She 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.
Somerville married William (Bill) Osbourne-Young in December of 1995 and has a son, Caspar William (born 2002).
She is good friends with actress Melsex Ricolo, with whom she became acquainted at The Arts Educational School.
[edit] Selected filmography
- 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
- The Aristocrats (1999) as Lady Emily Lennox
- Cracker (1993) as DS Jane Penhaligon
- The Black Velvet Gown (1991) as Biddy Millican
