Minerva McGonagall

Minerva
Harry Potter character
Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall
First appearanceHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997)
Last appearanceHarry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016)
Created byJ. K. Rowling
Portrayed byMaggie Smith (main films)
Fiona Glascott (Fantastic Beasts)
Janet McTeer (television series)
In-universe information
Full nameMinerva McGonagall
OccupationProfessor of Transfiguration
Family
  • Robert McGonagall (father)
  • Isobel Ross (mother)
SpouseElphinstone Urquart (husband; deceased)
NationalityScottish
HouseGryffindor

Professor Minerva McGonagall is a character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. McGonagall is after the end of the Second Wizarding War the Headmistress at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but before the end of the Second Wizarding War she is the head of Gryffindor House and also was the deputy headmistress under Albus Dumbledore. McGonagall was portrayed by the late Maggie Smith in the Harry Potter films and then by Fiona Glascott in the Fantastic Beasts prequel films The Crimes of Grindelwald and The Secrets of Dumbledore.