Daisy Haggard

Daisy Haggard (born March 22, 1978) is an English actress and writer. She gained prominence through her roles in the BBC sitcoms Uncle (2014–2017) and Episodes (2011–2017). With Laura Solon, she co-wrote and starred in the BBC Three comedy-drama Back to Life (2019–2021). For her performance in the FX series Breeders (2020–2023), Haggard received a British Academy Television Award nomination in 2021 for Best Comedy Actress. She also voiced Johanna in the award winning animated series, Hilda (2018–2023).

Daisy Haggard was born on March 22, 1978, the daughter of film director Piers Haggard and Australian painter Anna Sklovsky. A member of the Haggard family, her grandfather was the actor Stephen Haggard, and her great-great-great-uncle was the author Sir Henry Rider Haggard.

She was raised in Dulwich, South London, where she attended James Allen's Girls' School. She later attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.^{[citation needed]}

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 Corrigan's 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.