Maggie Aderin-Pocock
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 9, 1968 (age 58)
- Birthplace
- Islington, London, England, UK
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
Artemis: To the Moon and Back
Movie · as Self
The Space Race in Colour
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Last Swim
Movie · as Self
Finding Father Christmas
Movie · as Self
Alien Files: Reopened
TV · as Self - Physicist & Space Scientist · 7 eps
I Literally Just Told You
TV · as Self - Question Writer · 23 eps
Strangest Things
TV · as Self - Space Scientist · 10 eps
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
TV · as Self - Expert · 3 eps
The Infinite Monkey Cage
TV · as Panellist · 1 ep
House of Games
TV · as Self - Contestant · 10 eps
Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Science of Doctor Who
Movie
In Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World
Movie · as Herself - Presenter
Do We Really Need the Moon?
Movie · as Host
Pointless Celebrities
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Would I Lie to You?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The One Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Doctor Who Confidential
TV · as Self · 1 ep
QI
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
TV · as Self - Presenter · 3 eps
The Sky at Night
TV · as Self - Presenter · 8 eps