Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Born: 1968-03-09 in Islington, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Artemis: To the Moon and Back as Self
2025
- Finding Father Christmas as Self
- Last Swim as Self
2024
- Alien Files: Reopened as Self - Physicist & Space Scientist
2021
- Strangest Things as Self - Space Scientist
- I Literally Just Told You as Self - Question Writer
2020
- Michael McIntyre's The Wheel as Self - Expert
- The Infinite Monkey Cage as Panellist
2017
- Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Contestant
2016
- Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit as Self
2012
- The Science of Doctor Who
- In Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World as Herself - Presenter
2011
- Pointless Celebrities as Self
- The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- Do We Really Need the Moon? as Host
2007
- Would I Lie to You? as Self
2006
- The One Show as Self
2005
- Doctor Who Confidential as Self
2003
- QI as Self
1966
- Royal Institution Christmas Lectures as Self - Presenter
1957
- The Sky at Night as Self - Presenter