Jennifer Honey

"Quite the contrary. All grown-ups get scared, just like children." ~ Miss Honey

Miss Honey is the deuteragonist in "Matilda". She is Matilda Wormwood's school teacher. Unlike the school principal, Agatha Trunchbull (whose niece Miss Honey is), she is a selfless, innocent, nice woman. She has a dark secret, but she doesn't intend to let it interfere with her teaching, although she accidentally does in the climax. Miss Honey's first name is Jennifer. In the film version, she is played by South African actress Embeth Davitz.

Prior to the events, according to a flashback, her mother died when she was two, and her father died when she was five. She was abused by her aunt, and the latter took away what she had and made sure she couldn't even sneak a chocolate.