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Miss Agatha Trunchbull is the fictional headmistress of Crunchem Hall Primary School (or Elementary School), and the main antagonist in Roald Dahl's 1988 novel Matilda and its adaptations: the 1996 film Matilda (played by Pam Ferris), the 2011 musical, and the 2022 musical film adaptation (played by Emma Thompson).
At the age of five and a half, Matilda enters school and befriends her polite and compassionate teacher Jennifer Honey, who is astonished by her intellectual abilities. Miss Honey tries to move Matilda into a higher class, but the tyrannical headmistress, Miss Agatha Trunchbull, refuses. Miss Honey also tries to talk to Mr and Mrs Wormwood ...
In 1996, Ferris portrayed the brutish, authoritarian school headmistress Miss Agatha Trunchbull in Matilda (a role played by male actors in the stage musical version). In 2004, she played the foul-mouthed Marge Dursley in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
All versions of Matilda—the 1988 novel, the 1996 film directed by Danny DeVito, ... Emma Thompson as Agatha Trunchbull and Alisha Weir as Matilda in Matilda the Musical (2022).
Netflix's first teaser trailer for the upcoming Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical features ominous narration from Thompson, who plays the infamous headmistress, Miss Trunchbull. ... "This school is ...
In this new iteration of the classic tale, actress Emma Thompson takes on the role of the sinister headmistress, Miss Trunchbull. (And her striking appearance made us do a double take.)
Harry sells a car to Miss Agatha Trunchbull, the tyrannical principal of Crunchem Hall Elementary School, in exchange for admitting Matilda as a student. The other students warn Matilda about Trunchbull's abusive disciplinary methods, which include throwing students out the window and locking them in an iron maiden known as the Chokey. Matilda ...
Lashana Lynch and Emma Thompson star in the upcoming movie, based on the Broadway adaptation of "Matilda," which premieres this Christmas. Emma Thompson redefines iconic villain Miss Trunchbull in ...