Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes added to the international superstars who descended on Perth at the weekend.
The 82-year-old stunned shoppers when she randomly turned up in Murray Street in the CBD.
Passers-by couldn’t believe it was the crude-witted, hilarious TV star who was unmistakable as she was seen doing some mystery filming.
Her presence in our city added to a packed city of famous names over the weekend, with US singer Lizzo also in town and English soccer captain Harry Kane.
English star Margolyes famously played Professor Pomona Sprout in 2002’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and 2011’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
She splits her time between the UK and New South Wales where she shares her life with her partner, Australian historian Heather Sutherland.
The screen star became an Australian citizen herself 10 years ago. She made a Netflix show called Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian.
Margolyes recently explained her potty mouth to The West Australian and why she doesn’t mind shocking on camera or on her social media with her swearing or rude admissions.
She said: “I think I was always a bit like that but I think it’s true that as you get older you do give yourself more leeway to behave as you feel. So I’m often a bit naughty and I don’t care.”