The ability to inspire audiences across generations is one that few actors possess. For Laura Jeanne, a British artist, actress, and fashion designer, the opportunity to share the set with Dame Maggie Smith on Harry Potter and Downton Abbey was nothing short of a dream come true.
Jeanne shared exclusive anecdotes with us about her time as both a Gryffindor student, and as a member of 20th century high-class British society, going into detail about the admiration and profound impact that being in the presence of an accomplished figure such as Smith had on her life.
Maggie Smith played Hogwarts professor Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter and Dowager Countess of Grantham, Violet Crawley, in Downton Abbey.
