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My Take
Mageina Tovah is the kind of actor I always enjoy spotting because she's everywhere once you start looking. Most people know her as Ursula, Peter Parker's awkward neighbor in Spider-Man 2 and 3, but I think her steadier, more layered work came on television, from Joan of Arcadia to her librarian role in The Magicians. That's a career built on being reliable rather than flashy, which I genuinely admire. With a film background from USC and her own move into directing, she clearly thinks about storytelling from behind the camera too. She's a working actor in the truest, most underrated sense, and I'd happily watch her in anything.
Overview
Mageina Tovah is an American actress. She had roles as Glynis Figliola in the television series Joan of Arcadia (2003–2005), as Ursula Ditkovich in Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 and Zelda Schiff, the head librarian in The Magicians.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mageina Tovah
- Name (Japanese)
- マゲイナ・トーヴァ
- Reading
- まげいな・とーゔぁ
- Born
- July 26, 1979 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Goat
- Origin
- Honolulu, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Southern California
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | — |
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Television actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.