<div id='' class='facts-item'><div id='' class='facts-heading'><h3 id='' class='facts-number'>1.</h3></div><div id='' class='facts-text-wrapper'><h3 class='facts-title'>She Won Two Oscars</h3><p class='facts-text'>Maggie Smith is the only person to have won two Oscars for playing the same role: Best Actress for her performance in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and Best Supporting Actress for California Suite (1978).</p></div></div><div id='' class='facts-item'><div id='' class='facts-heading'><h3 id='' class='facts-number'>2.</h3></div><div id='' class='facts-text-wrapper'><h3 class='facts-title'>Appeared in Many Harry Potter Movies</h3><p class='facts-text'>Maggie Smith has appeared in all 8 Harry Potter movies as Professor Minerva McGonagall, the headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.</p></div></div><div id='' class='facts-item'><div id='' class='facts-heading'><h3 id='' class='facts-number'>3.</h3></div><div id='' class='facts-text-wrapper'><h3 class='facts-title'>Received a Damehood from Queen Elizabeth II</h3><p class='facts-text'>In 1990, Maggie Smith was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her services to drama.</p></div></div><div id='' class='facts-item'><div id='' class='facts-heading'><h3 id='' class='facts-number'>4.</h3></div><div id='' class='facts-text-wrapper'><h3 class='facts-title'>First Female Artistic Director of the Royal National Theatre</h3><p class='facts-text'>Maggie Smith became the first female artistic director of the Royal National Theatre in London in 1988.</p></div></div><div id='' class='facts-item'><div id='' class='facts-heading'><h3 id='' class='facts-number'>5.</h3></div><div id='' class='facts-text-wrapper'><h3 class='facts-title'>Starred in 35 Films</h3><p class='facts-text'>Maggie Smith has starred in 35 films, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), Gosford Park (2001), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011) and Quartet (2012).</p></div></div>