Zo Wanamaker Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics

Zo Wanamaker is an American-born actress, theatre artist, and voiceover artist who has been cast in shows and movies likeHarry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, My Week with Marilyn, Its a Wonderful Afterlife, The Raggedy Rawney, Five Children and It, Agatha Christies Poirot, Mr Selfridge, Shadow and Bone, Britannia, Girlfriends, My Family, Babs,Love Hurts, andA

Zoë Wanamaker Quick Info
Height5 ft 3½ in
Weight52 kg
Date of BirthMay 13, 1949
Zodiac SignTaurus
SpouseGawn Grainger

Zoë Wanamaker is an American-born actress, theatre artist, and voiceover artist who has been cast in shows and movies like Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, My Week with Marilyn, It’s a Wonderful Afterlife, The Raggedy Rawney, Five Children and It, Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Mr Selfridge, Shadow and Bone, Britannia, Girlfriends, My Family, Babs, Love Hurts, and A Dance to the Music of Time. Having worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, she is a multiple-time Olivier Award nominee and won the award for Once in a Lifetime and Electra. Moreover, Wanamaker was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2001 New Year Honours for services to drama.

Born Name

Zoë Wanamaker

Nick Name

Zoë

Zoë Wanamaker as seen in a still from a film about acting (Ed Enayat / Vimeo / CC BY 3.0)

Sun Sign

Taurus

Born Place

New York City, New York, United States

Nationality

Education

Zoë Wanamaker studied at the independent King Alfred School in Hampstead and at Sidcot School, a Quaker boarding school in Somerset. Afterward, she got enrolled at Hornsey College of Art for the Pre-Diploma Course.

Later, she trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Occupation

Actress, Theatre Artist, Voiceover Artist

Family

  • Father – Sam Wanamaker (American actor, film director, and radio producer)
  • Mother – Charlotte Holland (Canadian actress and radio performer)
  • Siblings – Amy Wanamaker (Sister) (Actress), Jessica Wanamaker (Sister) (Actress)
  • Others – Maurice Wanamaker (originally Manus Watmacher) (Paternal Grandfather) (Tailor), Molly (née Bobele) (Paternal Grandmother), William (Paternal Uncle) (Long-term cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), Marc Norman Wanamaker (Cousin) (Historical Author)

Manager

She has been signed with –

  • Conway Van Gelder Grant Ltd., Talent Agency, London, England, United Kingdom
  • Agency for the Performing Arts, Talent and Literary Agency, Beverly Hills, California, United States

Build

Slim

Height

5 ft 3½ in or 161 cm

Weight

52 kg or 114.5 lbs

Boyfriend / Spouse

Zoë Wanamaker has dated –

  • David Lyon – For several years, she lived with fellow Royal Shakespeare Company actor David Lyon.
  • Gawn Grainger (1994-Present) – In November 1994, she got married to British actor and theatre artist Gawn Grainger.

    • Race / Ethnicity

    White

    She is of Ukrainian-Jewish descent on her father’s side.

    Hair Color

    Light Brown

    Eye Color

    Blue

    Sexual Orientation

    Straight

    Distinctive Features

    Button-nose

    Brand Endorsements

    Zoë was cast in a UK television commercial for Marks & Spencer‘s Christmas range in 2003.

    Religion

    Although her parents were Jewish, she had a secular and non-observant upbringing.

    Zoë Wanamaker Facts

  • Her father found out he had been blacklisted from Hollywood while working in the United Kingdom in 1952. Therefore, her parents decided to stay in the United Kingdom.
  • Wanamaker became a British citizen in 2000 and holds both British and American citizenship.
  • In 2001, Zoë Wanamaker appeared as Madame Hooch, Hogwarts’ flying instructor, in the fantasy film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, based on J. K. Rowling‘s 1997 novel of the same name.
  • She has no children and once said, “And children? ‘I don’t have any regrets about not having had children. What’s the point? It’s just something else to beat yourself up over.”
  • Zoë Wanamaker co-starred as Mrs. Goldsmith in the 2010 British comedy film, It’s a Wonderful Afterlife, which revolves around an Indian mother whose obsession with marrying off her daughter leads her into the realm of serial murder.
  • She portrayed former American stage actress Paula Strasberg in the 2011 drama film named My Week with Marilyn.
  • In 2021, she started playing Baghra, Alina’s Grisha trainer, in the Netflix fantasy drama series, Shadow and Bone.

    • Featured Image by Ed Enayat / Vimeo / CC BY 3.0

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