Miriam Margolyes

Born in Oxford, England in 1941 and educated at Newnham College, Cambridge, Miriam Margolyes is an award-winning veteran of the stage and screen, and an internationally acclaimed voice-artist and documentarian. She is currently starring in the comedy drama Holy Days, also starring Judy Davis and Jacki Weaver, which is out now in theaters through Blue Fox Entertainment. Winner of the BAFTA Best Supporting Actress award for The Age of Innocence, she received an OBE in 2002 for Services to Drama. This Much is True, her long-awaited award-winning autobiography, was in the top 10 for over a year.

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Three Great Things: Miriam Margolyes

By Miriam Margolyes | March 31, 2026

Three Great Things: Miriam Margolyes

The beloved English actress and memoirist, whose new movie Holy Days is in theaters now, on genealogy, Dickens and living life to the max.