Daisy Haggard

Daisy Haggard is a British actress and comedian She is known for Doctor Who 2005 and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 She is the daughter of film director Piers Haggard and his wife Anna Sklovsky She was raised in Dulwich South London where she attended James Allens Girls School She later attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art In 1996 Haggard made her acting debut in an episode of ITV crime drama The Ruth Rendell Mysteries The episode was directed by her father and during the auditions the producer stated that he wanted to audition Daisy despite opposition from her father who did not want his daughter to become an actor Haggard later graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art She appeared in the BBC Three sketch show Man Stroke Woman and in the Channel 4 sitcom Green Wing as Emmy She also made an appearance in an episode of Peep Show playing a nurse who examines Mark Corrigans testicles and in the BBC Two comedy Psychoville by Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton In the 2008 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility Haggard portrayed the role of Miss Steele the sister of Lucy Steele In 2009 she played Donna Mitchell in an episode of the BBC crime drama Ashes to Ashes Haggard was also the voice of the Ministry Lift in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 In 2010 she appeared in the CBC television film Abroad playing Poppy Young Haggard played Sophie in the Doctor Who episode The Lodger a role she reprised in Closing Time In 2010 Haggard starred in the independent British film Honeymooner In 2012 she starred in the short film Tootys Wedding which was later screened at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival In 2011 she began appearing in the BBCShowtime comedy Episodes She portrayed the role of Myra Licht until the series ended in 2017 Haggard also appeared on the stage including at the National Theatre and as the title character in Gina Gionfriddos play Becky Shaw at the Almeida Theatre In July 2012 Sky One began airing the series Parents in which Haggard played the role of Chrissie In 2013 she costarred with Rose Byrne in the British romantic comedy I Give It a Year as Helen In 2014 she was cast as Sam in the BBC comedy Uncle In 2016 she appeared in Nosedive an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror In 2017 she appeared in the premiere production of Consent at the Royal National Theatre London In April 2019 Haggard began playing the lead role of Miri Matteson in BBC Three sitcom Back to Life The first series consisting of six episodes premiered on 15 April 2019 and was followed by a second series in 2021 She also cowrote and created the series In 2020 Haggard appeared in the comedydrama Breeders as Ally She plays one of the leads in the 2023 series Boat Story alongside Paterson Joseph