Zoe Wanamaker

Zoe Wanamaker (born May 13, 1949) is an American actress who lives and works in the United Kingdom.

She is the daughter of American film director Sam Wanamaker, who led the project to rebuild the Globe Theatre in London.

She is probably best-known by a world-wide audience for her role as Madam Hooch in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. She played Clarice, one of the dimwitted twin sisters of Lord Groan in Gormenghast, a BBC television adaptation of Mervyn Peake's trilogy. She has also appeared in a variety of films, programmes, and plays.

Successful TV series included Love Hurts with Adam Faith and My Family with Robert Lindsay.

Her stage performance in Sophocles' Electra was widely acclaimed.


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Her stage performance in Sophocles' Electra was widely acclaimed. The couple has two daughters. Successful TV series included Love Hurts with Adam Faith and My Family with Robert Lindsay. Wright is married to actor Rip Torn. She has also appeared in a variety of films, programmes, and plays. She has appeared in such films as The Deer Hunter, Breaking Away, The Amityville Horror, Heartland, Wise Blood, Stardust Memories, The Accidental Tourist, Crossing Delancey and Miss Firecracker. She played Clarice, one of the dimwitted twin sisters of Lord Groan in Gormenghast, a BBC television adaptation of Mervyn Peake's trilogy. Amy Wright (born April 15, 1950 in Beloit, Wisconsin) is an American actress.

She is probably best-known by a world-wide audience for her role as Madam Hooch in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. She is the daughter of American film director Sam Wanamaker, who led the project to rebuild the Globe Theatre in London. Zoe Wanamaker (born May 13, 1949) is an American actress who lives and works in the United Kingdom.