Geraldine Somerville - wikipedia Geraldine Somerville This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( May 2010 ) Geraldine Somerville Geraldine Margaret Agnew - Somerville ( 1967 - 05 - 19 ) 19 May 1967 ( age 50 ) County Meath, Ireland Alma mater Guildhall School of Music and Drama Occupation Actress Years active 1989 -- present Spouse ( s ) William Osbourne - Young ( 1995 - present ) Children Geraldine Margaret Agnew - Somerville ( born 19 May 1967 ) is an Irish born actress known for her role as Detective Sergeant Jane Penhaligon in Cracker ( 1993 -- 95 ), for which she was nominated for the 1995 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, and for playing Lily Potter in the Harry Potter film series. Her other film appearances include Gosford Park ( 2001 ), My Week with Marilyn ( 2011 ) and Grace of Monaco ( 2014 ). Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links Early life Geraldine Agnew - Somerville was born in County Meath, Ireland, the daughter of Sir Quentin Charles Agnew - Somerville, 2nd Baronet, and Margaret April Irene, Lady Agnew - Somerville ( née Drummond ), an antiques dealer, but was brought up 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 Rachel ( who owns and works in a restaurant with her husband in the Australian rainforest ), and a younger brother, James Lockett Charles Agnew - Somerville, who worked in Hong Kong and writes poetry. 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, where she was taught ballet, music and drama. She left at sixteen, but continued her studies in London. Career Somerville trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and graduated in 1989. She did stage work and appeared on TV in episodes of Agatha Christie 's Poirot and Casualty ( 1993 ) before landing the role of Penhaligon in Cracker, which she held from the show 's inception in 1993 until its demise in 1995 and became one of the most memorable characters of the series. Somerville played Lady Stockbridge in Julian Fellowes 's Gosford Park and Harry Potter 's mother Lily in all the Potter movies. In May 2007, she played author Daphne du Maurier in the BBC TV drama Daphne. She plays a leading role as fictional Louisa, Countess of Manton in the 2012 ITV mini-series Titanic. In 2014 she played Princess Antoinette of Monaco in the film Grace of Monaco. In 2014, Somerville played Sarah Griffin in the BBC One mini-series Quirke. Filmography Year Film Role Notes Casualty Ruth TV series ( 1 episode : `` All 's Fair '' ) 1991 The Black Velvet Gown Biddy Millican TV movie Close My Eyes Natalie 's Boss Agatha Christie 's Poirot Pauline Wetherby TV series ( 1 episode : `` The Yellow Iris '' ) The Bill TV series ( 1 episode : `` Playing Away '' ) Cracker DS Jane Penhaligon TV series ( 23 episodes : 1993 -- 1995 ) Nominated -- BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress Romeo & Juliet Juliet TV movie A Business Affair Saleswoman Performance Ann Welch / Miss Julie TV series ( 2 episodes : 1994 -- 1995 ) True Blue Ruth McDonald 1998 Heaven on Earth Deborah Bennett TV movie Jilting Joe Olivia The Canterbury Tales Dorigen / Pertelote TV series ( 1 episode : `` Leaving London '' ) 1999 Aristocrats Lady Emily Lennox TV series ( 5 episodes ) Daylight Robbery Val McArdle TV mini-series 2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone Lily Potter Gosford Park Louisa, Lady Stockbridge Critics Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture 2002 Murder in Mind Angela Coates TV series ( 1 episode : `` Disposal '' ) Re-inventing Eddie Jeanie Harris The Safe House Dr. Sam Graham TV movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Lily Potter uncredited Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Lily Potter 2005 Jericho Fiona Hewitt TV series ( 1 episode : `` To Murder and Create '' ) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Lily Potter 2006 Sixty Six Alice Barrie 2007 Daphne Daphne du Maurier TV movie The Inspector Lynley Mysteries DS Michelle Tate TV series ( 1 episode : `` Limbo '' ) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Lily Potter 2008 The Children Sue TV series ( 2 episodes ) 2009 Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince Lily Potter Survivors Fiona Douglas TV series ( 3 episodes ) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 1 Lily Potter 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Lily Potter My Week with Marilyn Lady Jane Clark 2012 Titanic Louisa, Countess of Manton TV series ( 4 episodes ) Inspector George Gently Alethea Blackstone TV series ( 1 episode : `` Gently With Class '' ) 2014 Quirke Sarah TV series Kids in Love Linda Grace of Monaco Princess Antoinette of Monaco 2015 New Tricks Asst. Commissioner Cynthia Kline 2 episodes ( `` Life Expectancy '', `` The Crazy Gang '' ) 2016 Silent Witness Lydia Hamilton TV series ( 1 episode : `` After The Fall '' ) 2017 Prime Suspect 1973 Joyce Tennison TV series 2017 The Hippopotamus Rebecca Logan References Jump up ^ `` Hon. Margaret April Irene Drummond1 '' The Peerage.com Jump up ^ Crackertv.co.uk Jump up ^ `` BBC One - Qurike - Character Guide ''. bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 29 September 2015. External links Geraldine Somerville on IMDb Critics ' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble ( 2001 -- 2009 ) Gosford Park ( 2001 ) : Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Tom Hollander, Derek Jacobi, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillippe, Maggie Smith, Geraldine Somerville, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sophie Thompson, Emily Watson, James Wilby Chicago ( 2002 ) : Christine Baranski, Ekaterina Shchelkanova, Taye Diggs, Denise Faye, Colm Feore, Richard Gere, Deidre Goodwin, Queen Latifah, Lucy Liu, Susan Misner, Mýa, John C. Reilly, Dominic West, Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta - Jones The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King ( 2003 ) : Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Bernard Hill, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, John Noble, Miranda Otto, John Rhys - Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Karl Urban, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Elijah Wood Sideways ( 2004 ) : Thomas Haden Church, Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh Crash ( 2005 ) : Christopher `` Ludacris '' Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate Little Miss Sunshine ( 2006 ) : Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Greg Kinnear Hairspray ( 2007 ) : Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, Paul Dooley, Zac Efron, Allison Janney, Elijah Kelley, Queen Latifah, James Marsden, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brittany Snow, Jerry Stiller, John Travolta, Christopher Walken Milk ( 2008 ) : Josh Brolin, Joseph Cross, James Franco, Victor Garber, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna, Denis O'Hare, Sean Penn, Alison Pill Inglourious Basterds ( 2009 ) : Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Julie Dreyfus, Michael Fassbender, Sylvester Groth, Jacky Ido, Diane Kruger, Mélanie Laurent, Denis Ménochet, Mike Myers, Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Til Schweiger, Rod Taylor, Christoph Waltz, Martin Wuttke ( 2010 -- present ) The Fighter ( 2010 ) : Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee, Mark Wahlberg The Help ( 2011 ) : Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, Sissy Spacek, Octavia Spencer, Mary Steenburgen, Emma Stone, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogel Silver Linings Playbook ( 2012 ) : Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Anupam Kher, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver American Hustle ( 2013 ) : Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Louis C.K., Bradley Cooper, Jack Huston, Jennifer Lawrence, Alessandro Nivola, Michael Peña, Jeremy Renner, Elisabeth Röhm, Shea Whigham Birdman or ( The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance ) ( 2014 ) : Zach Galifianakis, Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts Spotlight ( 2015 ) : Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci Moonlight ( 2016 ) : Mahershala Ali, Patrick Decile, Alex R. Hibbert, Naomie Harris, André Holland, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, Jaden Piner, Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ( 2017 ) : Abbie Cornish, Peter Dinklage, Woody Harrelson, John Hawkes, Lucas Hedges, Željko Ivanek, Caleb Landry Jones, Frances McDormand, Clarke Peters, Sam Rockwell, Samara Weaving Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture ( 2001 -- 2010 ) 2001 Gosford Park Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Tom Hollander, Derek Jacobi, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillippe, Maggie Smith, Geraldine Somerville, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sophie Thompson, Emily Watson, James Wilby 2002 Chicago Christine Baranski, Ekaterina Shchelkanova, Taye Diggs, Denise Faye, Colm Feore, Richard Gere, Deidre Goodwin, Queen Latifah, Lucy Liu, Susan Misner, Mýa, John C. Reilly, Dominic West, Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta - Jones 2003 The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Bernard Hill, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, John Noble, Miranda Otto, John Rhys - Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Karl Urban, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Elijah Wood Sideways Thomas Haden Church, Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh 2005 Crash Christopher `` Ludacris '' Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate 2006 Little Miss Sunshine Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Greg Kinnear 2007 No Country for Old Men Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Kelly Macdonald 2008 Slumdog Millionaire Rubina Ali, Tanay Chheda, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Madhur Mittal, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto 2009 Inglourious Basterds Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Julie Dreyfus, Michael Fassbender, Sylvester Groth, Jacky Ido, Diane Kruger, Mélanie Laurent, Denis Ménochet, Mike Myers, Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Til Schweiger, Rod Taylor, Christoph Waltz, Martin Wuttke The King 's Speech Anthony Andrews, Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Guy Pearce, Geoffrey Rush, Timothy Spall Complete list ( 1995 -- 2000 ) ( 2001 -- 2010 ) ( 2011 -- 2020 ) VIAF : 305230169 GND : 1047092565 SUDOC : 183753887 BNF : cb17123293t ( data ) BNE : XX5320299 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geraldine_Somerville&oldid=820928780 '' Categories : 1967 births Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama British film actresses British stage actresses British television actresses British voice actresses British people of Irish descent Living people Manx people of Irish descent Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners People from County Meath Actresses from London British Shakespearean actresses British radio actresses People educated at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts 20th - century British actresses 21st - century British actresses Hidden categories : EngvarB from November 2013 Use dmy dates from November 2013 BLP articles lacking sources from May 2010 All BLP articles lacking sources Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia تۆرکجه Čeština Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Italiano עברית Nederlands Norsk Polski Português Русский Suomi Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 17 January 2018, at 12 : 40. 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Question: who plays harry's mom in harry potter
Answer: Geraldine Margaret Agnew-Somerville