Geraldine Somerville

Geraldine Somerville
[[Image:image= Geraldine Somerville as Lily Potter, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone \|220px]]
Birth name	Geraldine Margaret Agnew-Somerville
Born	May 19 1967 (1967--) (age 40) County Meath, Ireland
Spouse(s)	William (Bill) Osbourne-Young

Geraldine Margaret Agnew-Somerville (born 19 May 1967) is a British/Irish actress.

Biography

Early life

Somerville was born in County Meath, Ireland, the daughter of the retired financial expert Sir Quentin Agnew-Somerville, 2nd Baronet, and the antique dealer The Hon. Lady Agnew-Somerville, but was brought up in 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.^[1] She has an elder sister, Amelia (who owns and works in a restaurant with her husband in the Australian rainforest), and a younger brother, Lockett.

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. There she was taught ballet. She left at 16, but continued her studies in London.

Career

Somerville trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1989) in London. She did stage work and appeared on TV in episodes of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Casualty (1993) before landing the role of Penhaligon (or 'Panhandle') in Cracker.

Somerville has recently played Lady Stockbridge in Julian Fellowes's Gosford Park and Harry Potter's mother Lily in all five Potter movies. In May 2007, she played author Daphne du Maurier in the BBC TV drama Daphne.