Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 9, 1968
Place of Birth:
Islington, London, England, UK
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Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Biography
Dame Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin-Pocock is a British space scientist and science educator. She is an honorary research associate of University College London's Department of Physics and Astronomy, and has been the chancellor of the University of Leicester since 1 March 2023. Since February 2014, she has co-presented the long-running astronomy television program The Sky at Night with Chris Lintott. In 2020, Maggie was awarded the William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics for her public engagement in physics. She is the first black woman to win a gold medal in the Physics News Award and she served as the president of the British Science Association from 2021 to 2022.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Last Swim | Self |
| 2025 | Finding Father Christmas | Self |
| 2012 | The Science of Doctor Who | |
| 2012 | In Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World | Herself - Presenter |
| 2011 | Do We Really Need the Moon? | Host |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Alien Files: Reopened | Self - Physicist & Space Scientist |
| 2021 | I Literally Just Told You | Self - Question Writer |
| 2021 | Strangest Things | Self - Space Scientist |
| 2020 | Michael McIntyre's The Wheel | Self - Expert |
| 2020 | The Infinite Monkey Cage | Panellist |
| 2017 | Richard Osman's House of Games | Self - Contestant |
| 2016 | Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit | |
| 2011 | Pointless Celebrities | Self |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? | Self |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self |
| 2005 | Doctor Who Confidential | Self |
| 2003 | QI | Self |
| 1966 | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures | Self - Presenter |
| 1957 | The Sky at Night | Self - Presenter |
| 1957 | The Sky at Night |