Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Known For
Acting
Born
1968-03-09 in 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.
Most Known For
The One Show
as Self
QI
as Self
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
Pointless Celebrities
as Self
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
The Sky at Night
as Self - Presenter
The Sky at Night
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
as Self - Expert
Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Contestant
Doctor Who Confidential
as Self
Strangest Things
as Self - Space Scientist
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
as Self - Presenter
Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
I Literally Just Told You
as Self - Question Writer
Alien Files: Reopened
as Self - Physicist & Space Scientist
The Infinite Monkey Cage
as Panellist
Last Swim
as Self
Finding Father Christmas
as Self
The Science of Doctor Who
In Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World
as Herself - Presenter