Madeleine Potter

Madeleine Daly Potter is an American actress who has played roles in over 20 films and TV shows, including four productions directed by James Ivory. She has also appeared in numerous stage productions in the United States and United Kingdom. She made her New York stage debut in Loves Labor's Lost at The Shakespeare Center, produced by the Riverside Shakespeare Company in 1981.^[1]

Madeleine Potter
Madeleine Potter in Loves Labor's Lost, 1981.
Born	Madeleine Daly Potter Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–present
Spouse	Patrick Fitzgerald (divorced)

Family

Potter is the only daughter of Philip B.K. Potter (1927-1975), an American diplomat who served in the OSS,^[2] and his wife, the former Madeleine Mulqueen Daly (1921-1985).^[3] She is a niece of Medal of Honor recipient Michael J. Daly and a great-great-granddaughter of New York Mayor Thomas Francis Gilroy. She is also a great-great-granddaughter of Episcopal bishop Alonzo Potter and a great-grand-niece of Episcopal bishop Henry Codman Potter.

Personal life

She was married to Patrick Fitzgerald, an Irish-born American actor, whom she wed in 1990.^[4]

Potter's only child, Madeleine Daly (born June 4, 1995),^[5] appeared as her character's niece in the 2005 movie The White Countess.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Madeleine Potter film credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	The Bostonians	Verena Tarrant
1987	Hello Again	Felicity Glick
1988	The Suicide Club	Nancy
1989	Bloodhounds of Broadway	Widow Mary
1989	Slaves of New York	Daria
1990	Two Evil Eyes	Annabel	Segment "The Black Cat"
1995	Leapin' Leprechauns!	Morgan de la Fey / Nula	Uncredited
1996	Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns	Morgan de la Fey / Nula
2000	The Golden Bowl	Lady Castledean	Merchant Ivory
2002	Refuge	Sylvia Oakes
2005	The White Countess	Greshenka
2012	Red Lights	Sarah Sidgwick

Television

Madeleine Potter television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Svengali	Antonia	TV movie
1986	The Equalizer	Zena	Episode: "Nightscape"
1988	The Equalizer	Simone Peters / Susan Petersborough	Episode: "A Dance on the Dark Side"
2002	State of Play	Professor Tate	2 episodes
2006	Midsomer Murders	Celia Patchett	Episode: "Country Matters"
2013	Holby City	Sharon Kozinsky	1 episode
2015	Foyle's War	Edith Del Mar	Episode" "High Castle"
2023	Unforgotten	Niamh	1 episode

Audio

• Doctor Who - Assassin in the Limelight (2008) - Lizzie Williams
• Doctor Who - The Cradle of the Snake (2010) - Yoanna Rayluss

Stage

London

• An Ideal Husband, directed by Peter Hall (1996) at Haymarket Theatre
• All My Sons, directed by Howard Davies (1999) on the Lyttelton stage of the Royal National Theatre
• Southwark Fair, directed by Nicholas Hytner (2006) on the Cottsloe stage at the Royal National Theatre
• After Mrs. Rochester, written and directed by Polly Teale (2003) at the Lyric Theatre and then the Duke of York's
• Broken Glass, directed by Iqbal Khan (2010) at the Tricycle Theatre^[6]

Broadway

• Ibsen's Ghosts (1982) as Regina Engstrand, Mrs. Alving's maid
• Coastal Disturbances (1987) as Holly Dancer
• Metamorphosis (1989) as Greta, Gregor Samsa's sister
• The Crucible (1991) as Abigail Williams
• Getting Married (1991) as Leo
• The Master Builder (1992) as Hilde Wangel
• A Little Hotel on the Side (1992) as Victoire