Margot Leicester

Margot lahir pada bulan September 1949. Tumbuh di Middleton di Lancashire dia bersekolah di sekolah Bury Grammar, yang perjalanan teaternya ke Stratford di Avon, Manchester Exchange dan Octagon Theatre, Bolton, menyebabkan minatnya pada akting. Setelah meninggalkan sekolah dia membaca bahasa Inggris, dengan cukup tepat di Universitas Leicester, dan setelah lulus bekerja di perbendaharaan teater di seluruh negeri. Pada tahun 1972, saat tampil di Teater Dukes, Lancaster, dia bertemu dengan sutradara David Thacker dan mereka menikah dua tahun kemudian, akhirnya membesarkan empat anak. Mereka kemudian bekerja sama dalam berbagai kesempatan - dengan Margot dinominasikan untuk penghargaan Olivier pada tahun 1994 untuk kolaborasi mereka dalam drama 'Breaking Glass' di Teater Nasional. Pada tahun 2008 David menjadi direktur artistik di Octagon, bekerja dengan Margot dalam produksi terkenal 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf', 'The Glass Menagerie' dan 'Long Day's Journey Into Night'. Margot juga direktur Haringey Shed Company, sebuah grup teater berbasis di London yang mendorong remaja untuk mengambil akting.

Margot was born in September 1949. Growing up in Middleton in Lancashire she attended Bury Grammar school, whose theatre trips to Stratford on Avon, the Manchester Exchange and Octagon Theatre, Bolton, led to her interest in acting. On leaving school she read English, aptly enough at the University of Leicester, and on graduation worked in repertory theatres around the country. In 1972, whilst appearing at the Dukes Theatre, Lancaster, she met the director David Thacker and they married two years later, eventually raising four children. They have subsequently worked together on numerous occasions - with Margot being nominated for an Olivier award in 1994 for their collaboration on the play 'Breaking Glass' at the National Theatre. In 2008 David became the artistic director at the Octagon, working with Margot on acclaimed productions of 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf', 'The Glass Menagerie' and 'Long Day's Journey Into Night'. Margot is also a director of the Haringey Shed Company, a London-based theatre group which encourages teenagers to take up acting.