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Line 32: Smith won Academy Awards for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for ''[[The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film)|The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie]]'' (1969) and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for ''[[California Suite (film)|California Suite]]'' (1978). She was Oscar-nominated for ''[[Othello (1965 British film)|Othello]]'' (1965), ''[[Travels with My Aunt (film)|Travels with My Aunt]]'' (1972), ''[[A Room with a View (1985 film)|A Room with a View]]'' (1985) and ''[[Gosford Park]]'' (2001).<ref name="BAFTA322">{{cite web |title=Maggie Smith BAFTA Awards |url=http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=maggie+smith |access-date=10 July 2019 |work=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]}}</ref> She portrayed [[Professor Minerva McGonagall]] in the [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'' film series]] (2001–2011). She also acted in ''[[Death on the Nile (1978 film)|Death on the Nile]]'' (1978), ''[[Hook (film)|Hook]]'' (1991), ''[[Sister Act]]'' (1992), ''[[The Secret Garden (1993 film)|The Secret Garden]]'' (1993), ''[[The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel]]'' (2012), ''[[Quartet (2012 film)|Quartet]]'' (2012) and ''[[The Lady in the Van]]'' (2015). Smith received newfound attention and international fame for her role as [[Violet Crawley]] in the British [[period drama]] ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' (2010–2015). The role earned her three [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]; she had previously won one for the [[HBO]] film ''[[My House in Umbria]]'' (2003).<ref>{{cite web |date=9 July 2010 |title=What do Al Pacino and Maggie Smith have in common?|first=Tom |last=O'Neil |url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2010/07/what-do-al-pacino-and-maggie-smith-have-in-common.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927142138/http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2010/07/what-do-al-pacino-and-maggie-smith-have-in-common.html |archive-date=27 September 2013 |access-date=7 August 2013 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Croggon |first=Alison |date=10 June 2009 |title=Jewel in the triple crown |url=http://www.news.com.au/news/jewel-in-the-triple-crown/story-fna7dq6e-1225731812317 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814214712/http://www.news.com.au/news/jewel-in-the-triple-crown/story-fna7dq6e-1225731812317 |archive-date=14 August 2015 |access-date=1 January 2014 |work=[[News.com.au]]}}</ref> Over the course of her career she was the recipient of numerous honorary awards, including the [[British Film Institute Fellowship]] in 1993, the [[BAFTA Fellowship]] in 1996 and the [[Society of London Theatre Special Award]] in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BAFTA Awards Search {{!}} BAFTA Awards |url=http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=Maggie%20Smith&f%5B0%5D=string_winner:true |access-date=4 October 2023 |website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dame Maggie Smith's BAFTA Special Award Acceptance Speech in 1993 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X_IlbUNxzY |access-date=8 May 2023 |website=Youtube| date=28 December 2014 }}</ref><ref name="BAFTA322" /> Smith was made a == Early life and education == | |||