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Dame Maggie Smith has died at the age of 89, leaving behind a remarkable body of work emcompassing television, film and theatre.
She played her first part on the stage in 1952 at the age of 17, as Viola in Twelfth Night at the Oxford Playhouse, with her televison debut coming two years later in Oxford Accents produced by Ned Sherrin.
Smith’s first major film role was in 1959’s Nowhere to Go, for which she received the first of her 18 BAFTA Award acting nominations.
It was the start of a career that saw her become one of the most recognisable faces in cinema, and one of the most prolific.
Her accolades include two Academy Awards (for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and California Suite, five BAFTA Awards, four Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a Tony Award, and six Laurence Olivier Award nominations. Smith was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990.
Other Oscar-nominated performances included in Othello, Travels with My Aunt, A Room with a View, and Gosford Park.
Away from the awards ceremonies, she was best known for appearing as Violet Crawley in the period drama Downton Abbey and Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film series.
9. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Harry Potter series makes a second entry on this list with the third in the series - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Maggie Smith again plays deputy head teacher of Hogwarts, Minerva McGonagall, as Sirius Black escapes from jail and seems determined to murder Harry. It has a Tomatometer fresh rating of 90 per cent. | Contributed
10. The Lady in the Van
The top 10 best Maggie Smith films is completed by The Lady in the Van, Nicholas Hytner's 2015 comedy-drama based on a memoir by Alan Bennett. It tells the mostly true story of a woman called Mary Shepherd, who lived in a dilapidated van on the playwright's London driveway for 15 years. It has a rating of 89 per cent. | Contributed
11. The Secret Garden
Completing our list is the 1993 fantasy drama The Secret Garden - based on the much-loved novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Maggie Smith was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Mrs Medlock, the housekeeper of the sprawling house where orphan Mary discovers the walled garden that gives the film its name. It has a rating of 89 per cent. | Contributed