Matilda is a young girl of genius intelligence, having developed skills such as walking and speech at an early age. In the 2022 film, she is played by Alisha Weir. In the BBC Radio 4 two-part adaptation of the novel, she is played by Lauren Mote, and in the 1996 film, she is portrayed by American actress Mara Wilson. She discovers she has telekinetic powers which she uses to her advantage. She then gets adopted by Miss Honey, who has taught her at her school, who is very nice to her and does notice her intelligence. Her parents do not recognize her great intelligence and show little interest in her, particularly her father, a secondhand car dealer who verbally abuses her. She is a highly precocious five and a half (six and a half in the 1996 film) year old girl who has a passion for reading books. Matilda Wormwood, also known by her adoptive name Matilda Honey, is the title character of the bestselling 1988 children's novel Matilda by Roald Dahl. Magnus Honey (adoptive grandfather, deceased)
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