Miriam Margolyes (born May 18, 1941) is a British-Australian actress, writer, political activist and television personality, most prominent as a character actor on stage and screen. Her earliest roles were in theatre and, following a transition to film and television, she won a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Age of Innocence (1993).
Fantasy comedy set in a world travelling on the back of a giant turtle, filled with a full fantasy cast of witches, dwarves, wizards, troll, undead, gods, and fairies, but … not quite how they are usually portrayed in fantasy…