Gillian Maguire
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Gillian Maguire is an English
actress and musician
who is noted for her film roles alongside actors Rupert Grint
and Stephen Fry
. More recently, Maguire has begun touring with musician Kid Harpoon
.
, England
. She made her film debut at the age of 11, starring in Thunderpants
along with Rupert Grint and Anna Popplewell
. Maguire also appeared that year in the TV film Daniel Deronda
, starring Hugh Dancy. She has attended the King Alfred School
since 1999, studying in the same year as her friend and fellow actress Bonnie Wright
.
Maguire is fluent in both English
and French
and is currently learning Spanish
. She plays the piano, violin, guitar and viola, and performs the latter of which with the Arcade String Quartet. Her hobbies including singing, ski-ing, swimming, and playing football and tennis.
Gillian is currently working on a musical career and in 2007 began touring with Kid Harpoon
and is now a part of the band Disappearers.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actress and musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
who is noted for her film roles alongside actors Rupert Grint
Rupert Grint
Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint is an English actor, who rose to prominence playing Ron Weasley, one of the three main characters in the Harry Potter film series. Grint was cast as Ron at the age of 11, having previously acted only in school plays and at his local theatre group...
and Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry
Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also...
. More recently, Maguire has begun touring with musician Kid Harpoon
Kid Harpoon
Kid Harpoon is an English singer-songwriter and musician.- Career :Originally hailing from Chatham, Kid Harpoon began to play live locally at venues such as The Tap & Tin and Command House...
.
Biography
Gillian was born in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. She made her film debut at the age of 11, starring in Thunderpants
Thunderpants
Thunderpants is a 2002 family film about a boy whose incredible capacity for flatulence gets him a job as an astronaut. The film was directed by Pete Hewitt, whose previous work included Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and The Borrowers...
along with Rupert Grint and Anna Popplewell
Anna Popplewell
Anna Katherine Popplewell is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Susan Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia film series since 2005.-Early life:...
. Maguire also appeared that year in the TV film Daniel Deronda
Daniel Deronda
Daniel Deronda is a novel by George Eliot, first published in 1876. It was the last novel she completed and the only one set in the contemporary Victorian society of her day...
, starring Hugh Dancy. She has attended the King Alfred School
King Alfred School
The King Alfred School was founded in London, England, in 1898.The school was radical for its time in that it provided a secular education and that boys and girls were educated together.-Aim:...
since 1999, studying in the same year as her friend and fellow actress Bonnie Wright
Bonnie Wright
Bonnie Francesca Wright is a British actress and fashion model. She is best known for playing Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter film series.-Early life and education:...
.
Maguire is fluent in both English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and is currently learning Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
. She plays the piano, violin, guitar and viola, and performs the latter of which with the Arcade String Quartet. Her hobbies including singing, ski-ing, swimming, and playing football and tennis.
Gillian is currently working on a musical career and in 2007 began touring with Kid Harpoon
Kid Harpoon
Kid Harpoon is an English singer-songwriter and musician.- Career :Originally hailing from Chatham, Kid Harpoon began to play live locally at venues such as The Tap & Tin and Command House...
and is now a part of the band Disappearers.