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Minerva McGonagall
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fictional character in the Harry Potter universe
Minerva McGonagall is a fictional character from the Harry Potter book and film series who serves as the Transfiguration professor and later headmistress at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She is a significant character in the story because she acts as a mentor and authority figure to the main characters while playing an important role in the battle against the series' primary antagonist.
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Key facts
- First appearance
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997)
- Created by
- J. K. Rowling
- Portrayed by
- Maggie Smith (main films), Fiona Glascott (Fantastic Beasts), Janet McTeer (television series)
- Occupation
- Professor of Transfiguration
- Family
- Robert McGonagall (father) Isobel Ross (mother)
- Spouse
- Elphinstone Urquart (husband; deceased)
- Nationality
- Scottish
- House
- Gryffindor
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- Image
- The Making of Harry Potter 29-05-2012 (7172838439).jpg
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- Minerva McGonagall
- name in native language
- Minerva McGonagall
- date of birth
- 1935-10-04
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Minerva McGonagall is a character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. McGonagall is after the end of the Second Wizarding War the Headmistress at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but before the end of the Second Wizarding War she is the head of Gryffindor House and also was the deputy headmistress under Albus Dumbledore. McGonagall was portrayed by Maggie Smith in the Harry Potter films and then by Fiona Glascott in the Fantastic Beasts prequel films The Crimes of Grindelwald and The Secrets of Dumbledore.
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