Margaret Atwood
Writing
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Acting Credits
Biography
Born in Ottawa and raised in Toronto, Margaret Atwood graduated from the University of Toronto’s Victoria College in 1961 and pursued a master's at Harvard in 1963. Her teaching stint at the University of British Columbia marked her start, but it was her poetry collection, "The Circle Game," in 1964 that brought her initial literary acclaim. Her debut novel, "The Edible Woman" (1969), resonated with early feminist movements, followed by "Surfacing" in 1972, a Canadian literature mainstay. The '...
Known For
Filmography
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2026
as Self
The Testaments
2026
as Prison Matron
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
2020
as Self
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
2019
as Self - Writer
BookTube
2019
as Self
Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women
2018
as Herself - Contributor
Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin
2018
as Self - Writer
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018
Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned
2017
as Self
Wandering Wenda
2017
The Handmaid's Tale
2017
as Aunt
Al Purdy Was Here
2015
Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Trailblazer Honors
2014
as Self - Honoree (archive footage)
Awaiting Atwood
2013
as Margaret Atwood
Yesno
2010
as (voice)
In the Wake of the Flood
2010
as Margaret Atwood
Paris Stories: The Writing of Mavis Gallant
2006
as Herself
Reading Alistair MacLeod
2005
as Self
Tout le monde en parle
2004
as Self
imagine…
2003
as Self
Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet
1999
as Herself
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
Atwood and Family
1985
as Self
Margaret Atwood: Once in August
1984
as Herself