In addition to find a suitable candidate to replace her as the school's Transfiguration teacher,[32] as well as a new, permanent occupant for the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts instructor. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment . The owl returned within hours, offering her a job in the Transfiguration department, under Head of Department, Albus Dumbledore. [27], Minerva and Harry arguing over Albus and Scorpius's friendship. Teddy Lupin (Head Boy, Hufflepuff) disappointed. However, when Draco was proven to have led a group of Death Eaters into the castle, Minerva came to see him as much an enemy as any Death Eater, until after the war, where Draco was pardoned. Tabby cat[6] (registered)[7] She was thus present, along with Rubeus Hagrid, when Dumbledore placed Harry on the Dursleys' doorstep, despite her objections to leaving him with these Muggles, whom she considered to be the "worst kind" of them. The two were members of the Order of the Phoenix in the Second Wizarding War. [39], At some point in 2008, ten years after the Battle of Hogwarts took place, Minerva gave Hermione Granger, who had since joined the Ministry and risen to a high-placed office in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, permission for Dumbledore's old notes on The Tales of Beedle the Bard to be published as part of her new translation of the book. Minerva had no use for Sybill's subject, Divination, believing that Trelawney was a fraud. Harry Potter was selected as a Triwizard Champion, despite being under age and McGonagall worried for his safety after having looked after him for so many years. Voldemort's curse was rebounded, signalling his final defeat at Harry's hands. Furthermore, Minerva was appointed the position of Head of Gryffindor House, the house in which she used to reside whilst studying at Hogwarts. Maggie Smith 'Didn't Feel Like She Was Acting' During Her [11] Umbridge returned to the Ministry in a high-ranking position and interrogated Muggle-borns, capturing them and imprisoning them to Azkaban. Shortly after, she received another visit from Harry, Ginny and Draco. McGonagall was devastated at the murder in 1981 of Lily and James, both of whom she considered her all-time favourites. Minerva was on amicable terms with Horace Slughorn, her former Potions professor. McGonagall was delighted by Gryffindor's victory, openly sobbing even louder than the already sobbing Oliver Wood into a Gryffindor Flag, but was upset to see Oliver Wood leaving. Minerva attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was Sorted into Gryffindor House, but it took the Sorting Hat five and a half minutes to decide if she was Gryffindor or Ravenclaw, which made her a Hatstall. Madam Hooch Played A Huge Role In The Harry Potter Books I thought you said the four of us. [27], Minerva examining the Marauder's Map with Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley. Shakespeare is not my thing, she told The Guardian. She wasn't afraid to speak her mind and showed quite a sharp tongue, especially during arguments. [20], The summer of 1993 also saw the escape of Sirius Black from Azkaban. [26], When the time came for the annual Sorting Ceremony, however, which saw the sorting of among others Kevin Farrell, Robyn Thistlethwaite, Cassandra Vole, Fischer and Colby Frey, Daniel Page and Lottie Turner into their respective houses, when the time came for the last of the newcomers on the list to come up to try on the Sorting Hat, however, Ivy Warrington, the Headmistress was surprised to find that they were one student short. Upon reaching the site, Minerva was shocked to discover a wrecked bathroom, an unconscious troll and three bedraggled first years, one of whom was her best student Hermione Granger. When she couldn't find her, Minerva removed the spell from the girl but promptly restored it with an irritated "Whisht!" Her height is 1.65 m tall, and her weight is 65 kg. Despite her formidable rsumand her self-proclaimed love for the stageSmith maintains that the works of Shakespeare simply arent her cup of tea. McGonagall duelling Snape before his escape, Realising that a battle was upon them, Minerva engaged Severus Snape, the Headmaster at the time, in a fierce duel. The first Harry Potter movie, The Sorcerer's Stone, came out on November 14, 2001. [60], The Headmistress took no small amount of pride in the fact that more than seventy-four percent of the volunteers that had taken time off their busy schedules to assist the Ministry by quill and parchment with the job of tracking, sorting, cataloguing, collating, and archiving returned Foundables for the Ministry were current and former members of Hufflepuff House. When Snape became Headmaster of Hogwarts, she opposed him and his supposed minions the Carrows, without knowing Snape was secretly helping her protect the students from his fellow Death Eaters. Upon seeing Harry's alleged death, Minerva screamed in such despair that Harry never heard before. Then she sternly ordered him to call Peeves. [26], Upon assuming her new post full-time, she was advised not to confuse the Headmaster portraits for the actual people they depicted, as they were only paint and memory, and supposed to be nothing more than a support mechanism for the many difficult decisions that she would have to make while running the prestigious institution. In spite of the fact that the security of the castle had been breached more than once as a result of the Calamity, and, having taken into account the prevailing theory that if enough people focused on something, it could affect how said phenomenon behaved, the decision to permit the annual and always much anticipated Inter-House Quidditch League to go on as planned was not one Minerva made lightly. Robert McGonagall Snr (father)[1]Isobel McGonagall (ne Ross) (mother)[1]Malcolm McGonagall (younger brother)[1]Robert McGonagall Jnr (younger brother) [1]Elphinstone Urquart (husband) [1]Nieces and nephews[1]William McGonagall (possible paternal ancestor)[1]M. G. McGonagall (possible paternal relative)[1]Minerva (maternal great-grandmother)[1]Mr Ross (maternal grandfather)[1]Mrs Ross (maternal grandmother)[1]McGonagall familyRoss family At just 18, she was already beginning her career as a stage actress, performing at the famous Oxford Playhouse in 1952. Scottish[1] After the war, McGonagall sent the Carrows to Azkaban. What she saw horrified her; the Dursleys couldn't have been any less like Lily and James if they had tried. Honest to God, I have no idea where the urge came from, she told the Evening Standard in 2019. Instead, unbeknownst to her students, she spent many nights spying for them in the guise of a tabby cat, bringing the Aurors crucial information on the activities of Voldemort's followers. Even when Severus was appointed Headmaster and Alecto and Amycus Carrow were given free rein in the school, Minerva did as much as she could to protect the students. Having scoured the castle without finding any signs of him in the castle, nor any other intruder for that matter, Minerva, upon seeing that the Fat Friar remained adamant that the exchange had indeed taken place, nevertheless decided to increase patrols around the castle before she went to the Ministry of Magic to notify the rest of the Calamity Management Team. Minerva would later visit the Ministry to inform her colleagues on the new development. She supported him unequivocally even though she had never been fully in his confidence. The meeting, however, ultimately descend into chaos and name-calling when Draco Malfoy accused them of having invented the pain in Harry's scar as an attention-seeking publicity stunt, and stormed out in a huff on account of the Ministry's previous failure to issue a statement that denied the vicious rumours circulating about his family, which prompted people to leave without taking Harry sufficiently seriously either, and no strategy was agreed on to tackle said possible threat. She, along with the rest of the teaching staff, scoured the castle for the Chamber, but to no avail. WebWatch Maggie Smith on the set of Harry Potter.I edited this video myself, but got the footage from other videos. However, they were still close friends, were both members of the Order of the Phoenix, and admired Albus Dumbledore. [60], Around the same time, Minerva also received owls from no less than three students in Ravenclaw House asking if they could receive their lesson plans early as not to fall behind in their studies, an exchange she noted that it was not uncommon for her to have with students of that house at the beginning of each term.[60]. Originally from the 1980s, the play was written Edward Franklin Albee III and had only a short run at the Morosco During her Sorting, she proved to be a hatstall: the Sorting Hat spent five and a half minutes wavering between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw before deciding to place her in the former. Shortly prior to the Battle of Hogwarts, Amycus Carrow - who, along with his sister Alecto, had been posted at the school by Voldemort - demanded to know where Harry was in the Tower and McGonagall asked why he would be there as he belonged in her house, with clear pride in her voice. Later that term, Minerva visited the Hog's Head Inn during a Hogsmeade weekend trip and discovered that several second-year students, coincidentally the very same friend group she had summoned to her office near the end of the previous year, had snuck out of the school without permission and visited the village despite the fact that they were not old enough to partake in said trips. Professor McGonagall has the distinction of being the first magical character introduced in the series, when, In the film adaptations, there seems to be a recurring gag to have Minerva delivering alliterative lines; for instance, in. But so was to the shock of everyone in attendance Albus. However, she was quick to praise his performance and assure he was tended to in the First Task and helped him train for the Third Task by lending her room. She attended the Yule Ball with Albus Dumbledore and notably wore her hair down for the first time since Harry started his education at Hogwarts. Having continued to collect the new batch of first-years escorted by Professor Hagrid instead of delegating that task, Professor McGonagall brought the aforementioned Muggle-born and the rest of the new students to the Great Hall for the Start-of-Term Feast. I wanted to get back to the stage so much because theater is basically my favorite medium.. The Marauders were four great friends: Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black and James Potter. When the school year began in September, Minerva had to deal with the effects that the Dementors had on her students, such as Harry Potter. [16], McGonagall and Snape eventually found the missing Ben Copper encased in Cursed ice and Jacob's Sibling and Rowan realised she knew more about the Cursed Ice than she revealed. [57], Despite the best efforts of everyone involved, however, it eventually became glaringly obvious that the security measures that had been put in place to ensure the safety of the school's residents were wholly insufficient to stop the Calamity from claiming victims from within the castle itself. She transformed Malfoy back into his human form and reminded Moody that they never use transfiguration as a punishment. [12], McGonagall protecting students during Snape's regime. [9], Minerva and Sybill Trelawney weren't the best of friends, barely maintaining civility between them. [21] She voiced pride in Neville's courage in participating in the fight with the Death Eaters in the Department of Mysteries. Also she didn't take any house points as Harry pointed out that term had not started yet when they took the car, which she confirmed and almost smiled at this remark. WarnerMedia. Like the rest of the faculty, Professor McGonagall did everything she could to protect the students, although they were ultimately unable to prevent the injury of several students and the death of a Slytherin student named Duncan Ashe; this all led to Jacob's expulsion. Minerva did not teach the young Tom Riddle during his time at Hogwarts, but she was privy to Dumbledore's fears and suspicions about him. For TV, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in Miniseries or a Movie for My House in Umbria, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in Miniseries or a Movie for Downton Abbey. Her lessons consisted of but were not limited to match to needle, animal to water goblet, beetle to button, and mouse to snuffbox transformations, as well as Switching Spells, Vanishing, and Conjuring. [25], Having been duly awarded the Order of Merlin, First Class, by Minister for Magic Kingsley Shacklebolt for her unwavering allegiance to the Order of the Phoenix during the historic conflict, Minerva was eventually immortalised on a Chocolate Frog Card (an accolade she later admitted she had never imagined receiving),[13] and four months later, by which time the damages done to the castle during the battle had been repaired and the protective enchantments around the castle and grounds restored, she had been officially appointed to the position of Headmistress by the Hogwarts Board of Governors. During said event, the latter was to no one's surprise placed in Slytherin House, as his ancestors before him. Because Dumbledore was unable to find a new professor for Defence Against the Dark Arts, the Ministry of Magic appointed Dolores Umbridge, a senior Ministry official and stout supporter of Fudge, to the Hogwarts staff. She is best known to international audiences for her portrayal of Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film franchise. [1], Sometime in the 1910s, among her first students were Newt Scamander and Leta Lestrange, the latter of whom was frequently in trouble with Minerva for magically retaliating against vicious gossip about her half-brother's death by hexing her peers. It is possible that, after the war, McGonagall and Filch were still co-workers. Thus, when the Minister refused to believe Dumbledore and Harry Potter about the return of Voldemort, Minerva nonetheless stood in support of her superior and her student. This last news was a terrible blow to Minerva, who wondered if she would have been able to save him if she had married him.[13]. She wasn't inducted into the Order of the Phoenix during Voldemort's first climb to power because the Order was held as a renegade outfit by the Ministry, who feared Dumbledore's charisma and magical talent and were inclined to harbour fears that he wished to succeed them. Once the Second Wizarding War had begun, Minerva joined the Order of the Phoenix and spent much of the summer of 1995 doing work for the Order. She's quite something, yes. In 1981, baby Harry Potter "defeated" Lord Voldemort in his family home at Godric's Hollow after his parents James and Lily Potter (both members of the Order of the Phoenix) were murdered whilst protecting their son from harm. The actress has since reflected on her experience making the movies, stating that the films earned her a lot of attention from young children, who thought she was a real cat in the movies. She did, however, admit to being suspicious of Snape's true allegiance though she trusted him simply because Albus did. Department of Magical Law Enforcement employee[1]Professor of Transfiguration at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry[3]Head of the Transfiguration department[3] at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (?1998)Head of Gryffindor House[3] (pre 19751998)Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry[3] (?1998)Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (1998at least 2020)[10] In 1995, she opposed Dolores Umbridge, the High Inquisitor of Hogwarts. When the tea leaves revealed the Grim, a horrified Professor Trelawney informed Harry, that the Grim is the possible omen of death. The Grim Harry witnessed on multiple occasions was revealed to be Sirius Black in his Animagus form, who had recently escaped from Azkaban Prison. At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in: Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery& Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells& Harry Potter: Magic Awakened.As such, spoilers will be present within the article. [26], Minerva ultimately earned recognition as a very successful and inspirational headmistress of the school, and when she took up permanent residence in Dumbledore's old quarters, her new study became the home to among other things a self-playing harp whose tones could often heard around midday between classes. The couple would later become Head Boy and Head Girl; neither appointment would have happened if their Head of House had not approved, which means she trusted them. Harry Potter made analogies to McGonagall looking like she was going to explode, breathe fire and shoot sparks from her nose based on how transparent her anger could appear. [27], Ultimately, the faculty was ready to accept a new batch of first-year students for the 19981999 school year on 1 September. Minerva, loyal to her mentor and friend, loudly declared that he wouldn't be single-handed and actually made to draw her wand, fully prepared to duel the Minister for Magic himself. Minerva had a good relationship with Sirius Black. WebDraco Malfoy : [smirk suddenly fades and steps up] Excuse me, professor, perhaps I heard you wrong. At one point, Minerva's owl had been delayed by bad weather. Throughout the year, two of Minerva's students, Hermione Granger and Colin Creevey were Petrified along with the House ghost Nearly Headless Nick. [26], The following evening, Professor McGonagall learned that Ivy Warrington had wandered off once more and, what was more, this time been missing for a long enough time that there was actually cause for alarm. At some point, students from all the four houses was snatched and dislocated in Muggle world, a number of items and special artefacts from Hogwarts such as portraits became Foundables as well, along with several staff members, including Minerva herself. [26], Shortly afterwards, however, the Headmistress received word from the Ministry of Magic that confirmed there actually was something to their accusations after all: Gorski, who had spent some time travelling the world hunting for treasure and riches before he was invited to teach at Hogwarts, had eventually partnered up with a dangerous Dark wizard. Minerva, believing his escape was motivated by fear, called him a coward as he fled the school. [27] Unbeknownst to the other involved parties, however, by the time the missing students was finally been found, they had meddled in time and made it so Ron and Hermione never married, Albus was sorted into Gryffindor, and Ron married Padma Patil, and Rose Granger-Weasley had become un-born. [1], After graduating from Hogwarts, Minerva was offered a position at the Department of Magical Law Enforcement of the British Ministry of Magic. Professor McGonagall : No, you heard me correctly, Mr. Malfoy. [26], While the staff and students alike were happy to see her returned safe and sound, this was by no means the end of Ivy's aberrant conduct: Shortly afterwards, Professor Longbottom had caught her duelling in the corridors with one of her classmates, Cassandra Vole, on which occasion she had surprised everyone present by successfully casting a highly advanced Vanishing Spell and ended up dematerialising a suit of armour instead. Many students were also outraged with this attack, to the point of ignoring their Astronomy exam and even the proctor Professor Tofty expressed aloud his fury. Ron thought she was very strict, however, he did see her good side on a number of occasions. This particularly strong concern for Harry, clearly above what Minerva felt for most other individual students, was later shown in his third year: She proved she cared far more for Harry than winning the Quidditch Cup for Gryffindor, ensuring he was kept in maximum security and limiting his time to practise and even not hesitating to confiscate the Firebolt he was given to out of concern it was sent by Sirius Black and instantly lost her temper when Oliver Wood suggested Harry be allowed to fall off his broom as long as he caught the Snitch, intimidating Wood into submission. Snape was able to stop the curse from spreading any further, but Katie was taken to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, where she spent much of that year recovering from the effects of the curse. I was holding on to railings, thinking I cant do this.. [40], Sometime before 1 September that same year,[41] Headmistress McGonagall charged Rubeus Hagrid with serving as a special messenger to the family of a young Muggle-born that had been admitted to the school in order explain to the child's parents about the existence of magic, to deliver their letter of acceptance and to take said student-to-be to Diagon Alley in London to purchase the necessary school supplies. Some of them included Nymphadora Tonks and Kingsley Shacklebolt, whom she appeared to be friendly with Kingsley. Her temperament was not improved by the arrival of the hated Gilderoy Lockhart, who was completely oblivious to the worry of his fellow staff members, and immediately joined Professors Snape, Flitwick and Sprout in forcing him into a corner by recalling all of his boasts that he could deal with the monster easily. Harry Potter Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. During her appearance on "This Morning," Margolyes stated that she could do a better Scottish accent than Smith and described her as a "great ornament" to the acting profession. Harry Potter Minerva showed her care for Harry Potter ever since she, Dumbledore and Hagrid left him in the care of the Dursleys, in part because she had been quite fond of Harry's late parents. She, along with everyone else in the Great Hall, hugged Harry in an uncharacteristic display of great emotion, being one of the first to reach Harry after Hermione, Ron, and Ginny. [1], On Minerva's eleventh birthday, Minerva received her admittance letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, at the time headed by Professor Armando Dippet. [3], McGonagall chastising Harry and Ron for being late to class. She survived both Wizarding Wars and a duel with Voldemort himself, as well as correctly brewing the extremely advanced Animagus potion at only seventeen years of age. Minerva was positively hateful towards Lockhart when he walked in late and oblivious when everyone else was greatly saddened at Ginny Weasley's impending doom. Minerva also reported that when the staff returned to the school from the summer holidays, they had discovered that someone had taken Boomslang skin and lacewing flies from the Potions stores during the summer break, the ingredients for Polyjuice Potion. The two continued to have a very positive relationship over the following years. She knew she must confess to her husband about their daughter's wizarding abilities and so she finally did, explaining everything to Robert and telling him that they were bound by the International Statute of Secrecy and that they must conceal the truth about their magical abilities for their safety. [49], Upon the arrival of a Calamity Investigator to Hogwarts Castle to take up a teaching position, Professor McGonagall welcomed the individual by giving them a copy of the letters that were once exchanged between Albus Dumbledore and Adalbert Waffling to help improve their skills in addressing the Calamity, specifically in fighting Impaired Foes. [58], In the summer leading up to the new school year, the Ministry of Magic hosted a panel of luminaries that had all had pieces of their lives turned into Foundables by the Calamity to share their experiences. [27], After two young Slytherins confessed what they had done, Minerva admonished not only the two young students for their serious lack of judgement, but their parents as well; reminding them that as noble as they had been in wanting to help Amos Diggory prevent the loss of his son, their meddling had returned them to the darkest times of the wizarding war, and to never forget that the current, peaceful world they lived in had been created in part exactly because of the sacrifices made by those that had laid down their lives to fight for it. When Professor Slughorn announced the emminent arrival of a delegation from the Ministry of Magic, led by the Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour, she gave Harry leave to vacate the office so that she could prepare to receive the new arrivals and inform them about what had happened. [12], Harry informed McGonagall of a quest that Dumbledore had left him. She was quite critical of the Ministry of Magic's involvement at Hogwarts and was furious when Torquil Travers and a team of Aurors interrupted Dumbledore's Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson, protesting that this was "a school". [71], On 2 April, however, the Calamity Management Team was horrified to learn that their threat of teaching Harry "a lesson they don't cover at Hogwarts" had been deliberately misleading; and that while the Ministry had been preoccupied securing the school, members of the cabal had gone to Diagon Alley and, with the help of Polyjuice Potion to assume the identiites of Barnabas Cuffe and Hermione, tried to get the jump on Ron and Ginny at work. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Smith has been married twice. During the Sorting Ceremony, he was to no one's surprise sorted into Gryffindor House. This year at Hogwarts would prove to be another difficult year with Dementors guarding the castle, though they were forbidden from entering the grounds properly by Dumbledore. She was born on December 28, 1934, in Ilford town, United Kingdom. And whilst the latter had been admitted to St Mungo's to recupurate from her injuries, she had noticed that something was off and successfully driven away her assailant, Ron, on the other hand, had been caught off guard and abducted. [Source] [26], Although Professor McGonagall would later discover that the students had disobeyed her, as the students had instead taken it upon themselves to find the artefact Bly had been searching for before he did, considering the violent confrontation that followed resulted in the capture of said intruder and no one was seriously harmed as a result, the Headmistress did not mete out any severe punishment for the transgression. Info. She would have resigned in protest because of this cowardly attack if the students' well-being was not placed as her priority. McGonagall knew that Snape was a Death Eater in his youth, but she followed Albus Dumbledore in believing that he truly regretted his former allegiance. Albus discovered Minerva in tears in her classroom late one evening after she found out about Dougal McGregor's marriage with another woman. Maggie Smith Feels That Her Work In Harry Potter Isn't Really Acting. [72], Much to the relief of everyone involved, however, he was finally returned to them after The Unforgivable proposed to give them Ron in exchange for the complete control of The Calamity, and even though the Ministry's effort to use the trade to infiltrate the organisation went awry, both the Ministry and denizens of Hogwarts alike was delighted to learn that he had been found, although Hugo and Rose was left having to cope with the fact that their own father had no recollection of who they were, having been completely Obliviated, and Minerva did her outmost to offer her support.[72].