She is a teacher at Hogwarts. The strict but passionate leader of Gryffindor, she is also the deputy head of Hogwarts and the Transfiguration teacher.
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Dame Maggie Smith has played Professor Minerva McGonagall in all the Harry Potter films.
Professor McGonagall thought that Harry Potter would be a good seeker after she watched him catch a remembrall in mid air during his first time on a broomstick. She also arranged for Harry to be allowed a broomstick, despite first years not usually being allowed to have one.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 isn't set at Hogwarts and Professor McGonagall was still teaching there. She appears in the second half of the movie when Harry, Ron and Hermione go back to Hogwarts.
Professor McGonagall is the transfiguration professor at Hogwarts and can turn into a cat. She doesn't follow Harry around though, the cat that does that is Filch the caretakers cat Mrs Norris, who is not a transfigured human.
A Scotish accent. It just sounds different because everyone else basically has an English accent.