IT'S FAIR to say Miriam Margolyes is a national treasure and household name.
She is a beloved actress who is best known for her roles in Harry Potter and Call The Midwife.
How old is Miriam Margolyes?
Miriam Margolyes was born in Oxford in May 1941, and is a TV, theatre and film actress.
She started her career as a voice actor in the 1970s.
Miriam then had her first major role in a film as Elephant Ethel in Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977).
In 2013, Miriam became an Australian citizen on national Australia Day.
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Miriam is undoubtedly best known for her role as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter franchise.
The actress appeared as the Head of Herbology at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and helped Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in The Philosopher's Stone and The Chamber of Secrets before returning to battle Voldemort in The Deathly Hallows.
Miriam's other screen credits include Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet and the 1996 adaptation of James And The Giant Peach.
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She's also no stranger to the small screen having had cameo appearances in Agatha Christie's Miss Marple series and iconic animation, Rugrats.
The award-winning actress scooped up a Bafta for her role in Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence in 1993.
She also voiced Fly in the hit movie Babe.
Her TV work includes Call The Midwife, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and Trollied.
She has starred in theatre productions on Broadway and London's West End and took on the role of Madame Morrible in the original cast of Wicked.
Who is Miriam Margolyes's partner Heather Sutherland?
Miriam is in a civil partnership with Heather Sutherland, who likes to keep out of the public eye.
Heather is an Australian historian and a former professor at a university in Amsterdam.
The pair met in 1967 and have been together ever since.
They don't live together but they spend time together in London, Tuscany and Australia.
Miriam has said the beauty of the pair's long last relationship is "not living together" according to the Express.
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