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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).
Matilda and Miss Honey sneak into Miss Trunchbull's house to retrieve some of Miss Honey's belongings, but Miss Trunchbull unexpectedly returns and they narrowly escape. Matilda practices her telekinetic powers and drives away the FBI agents. She returns to Trunchbull's house and wreaks havoc while posing as the vengeful spirit of Magnus, but ...
Lavender slips her pet newt into Trunchbull's drinking water, causing her distress. Then Matilda stands up to Trunchbull, and uses her newly discovered telekinesis fuelled by rage to hurl a cup at Trunchbull's head. Miss Honey invites Matilda to her cottage, where Matilda learns that the escapologist and the acrobat were Miss Honey's parents ...
In the 1996 film, actress Pam Ferris plays Trunchbull. In the stage production on the West End and Broadway, Bertie Cavel, a male actor, played Miss Trunchbull.
Some iconic moments from the original film (and book) are teased throughout the trailer, such as Miss Trunchbull swinging a little girl by the pigtails or her forcing a student to eat an entire ...
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 ...
Ferris is best known to younger audiences for her role as Miss Agatha Trunchbull in the film Matilda (1996). Ferris also portrayed Marge Dursley in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Miriam in Children of Men (2006), Mrs. Bevan in Nativity!
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 ...