In 2001, she was bestowed with the honorary title of Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. She made her opera directorial debut with a 2008 production of Vaughan Williams’ “Riders to the Sea”. Her collaborations with Deborah Warner has produced some of the most critically acclaimed successes of her career, including “Richard II” and “Mother Courage and Her Children”. Her best known on-screen credits include the roles of Petunia Dursley in the “Harry Potter” film franchise and Marnie Stonebrook in HBO’s “True Blood”.