Fiona Glascott

Fiona Glascott (born 22 November 1982) is an Irish actress. She is best known for playing the young Minerva McGonagall in the Fantastic Beasts franchise, which is a spin-off prequel of the Harry Potter film series.

Early life Glascott was born in Waterford, Ireland and grew up in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary.

Career

Theatre On stage in London she has appeared in Mahler's Conversion (Aldwych Theatre, West End), Hitchcock Blonde (Royal Court and Lyric Theatre, West End), in the original production of Whipping It Up at the Bush Theatre, and as Margery Pinchwife in The Country Wife (Haymarket, West End). Her theatre credits in Dublin include: A Life (Abbey Theatre/National Tour), The Spirit of Annie Ross at the Gate Theatre, and as Nina in The Seagull at the Corn Exchange. In 2010, she was a guest star in the final two-part episode of ITV's hit drama A Touch of Frost, playing the troubled daughter of Frost's one-time corrupt colleague. In 2011, Glascott appeared in the recurring role of Diane on the BBC/Showtime sitcom Episodes. That same year, she appeared as a novice nun with a secret in the episode "A Sacred Trust" of the detective drama series Midsomer Murders. She co-starred as famed editor Judith Jones on the TV series Julia.

Film On film, Glascott has appeared in This Is My Father, Crush Proof, Goldfish Memory, Omagh, The Duel and Brooklyn. She appeared in the 2009 CBS television movie Miss Irena's Children. She also starred in Torstein Blixfjord's 2012 short film Bird in a Box, alongside Brian d'Arcy James.

In 2018, Glascott joined the cast of the Harry Potter spin-off franchise Fantastic Beasts as a young Minerva McGonagall (a role originated by Maggie Smith) in the film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, a role she would reprise in the 2022 sequel Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. Her role in the film series was controversial for some fans of the series, as her character had not been believed to have been born yet and was shown in the film teaching at Hogwarts.

Personal life In 2014, Glascott married actor Tom Brooke, the son of actor Paul Brooke. They have one daughter.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1995 Finbar's Class 1998 This Is My Father Nuala Crush Proof Aisling Pete's Meteor Mary Ballykissangel Marie TV series 1998–1999 Fair City TV series 2000 Fatboy and Twintub Short film 2002 The Bill Lucy Corrigan TV series Any Time Now Angie TV series The Magnificent Ambersons Lucy's Friend #1 TV movie Resident Evil Ms. Gold 2003 Goldfish Memory Isolde Veronica Guerin Meehan's Girlfriend Bachelors Walk Rachel TV series special 2004 Judas Claudia Procles TV movie Fallen Clare Woodward TV movie Omagh Cathy Gallagher TV movie The Long Firm Janine TV mini-series 2005 Within Christina Murder in Suburbia Nuala Goodman TV series Jericho Mary TV mini-series Agatha Christie's Poirot Rosamund Episode: "After the Funeral" Casualty Tara Doyle TV series Casualty@Holby City Tara Doyle TV series 2007 Instinct D.C. Ali Peters TV movie 2008 Foyle's War Jane Hudson Episode: "Plan of Attack" The Deal Glascott Hicks Clone Rose Bourne TV series 2010 The Duel Nadia Spooks Danielle Ortiz TV series A Touch of Frost Jenny Mallinger TV series 2011–2017 Episodes Diane TV series 2011 Apartment 143 (Emergo) Ellen Keegan Midsomer Murders Sister Catherine Episode: "A Sacred Trust" Death in Paradise Georgie Westcott TV series 2012 Tad, The Lost Explorer Sara Lavrof Voice role Bird in a Box Alice Short film 2013 House of Shadows (Controra) Megan 2014 The Musketeers Flea Episode: "The Homecoming" The Legend of Longwood Caitlin Lemon 2015 Brooklyn Rose Lacey 2015–2016 Indian Summers Sarah Raworth / Sarah TV series 2016 Siege of Jadotville Carmel Quinlan 2017 Secret Child Cathleen 2018 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Minerva McGonagall Midday Demons Megan 2019 Supervized Alicia 2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Minerva McGonagall 2022–2023 Julia Judith Jones 2025 Sherlock & Daughter Lady Violet Somerset TV series, main cast 2023 The Martini Shot Mary World premiere at Galway Film Fleadh; Best Female Performance at Gasparilla International Film Festival

Awards In 2003, Glascott was nominated for the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film/TV for the film Goldfish Memory.