10.0
10.0
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
2020
as reader
Imelda Staunton
Also known as: Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton
Acting
Born:January 9, 1956(age 70)
Birthplace:Archway, London, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, La Sainte Union Catholic School
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CommunityBiography
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton (born January 9, 1956) is an English actress and singer. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Staunton began her career in repertory theatre in 1976 and appeared in various theatre productions in the United Kingdom. Staunton has performed in a variety of plays and musicals in London throughout her career, winning four Laurence Olivier Awards; three for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for her roles in the musicals Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, and Gypsy, and one for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Play for her work in both A Chorus of Disapproval and The Corn is Green. Her other stage appearances include The Beggar's Opera, The Wizard of Oz, Uncle Vanya, Guys and Dolls, Entertaining Mr Sloane, and Good People. She has been nominated for 13 Olivier Awards. On film, Staunton starred in Antonia and Jane; in several supporting roles in Kenneth Branagh's comedy Peter's Friends, his adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing; Ang Lee's adaptation of Sense and Sensibility; and the costume romantic comedy Shakespeare in Love. She drew critical acclaim for her performance in the title role in Mike Leigh's Vera Drake, for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup for Best Actress, in addition to being nominated for Best Actress by the Academy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards. She later gained a wider audience for her portrayal as Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter films The Order of the Phoenix and The Deathly Hallows - Part 1. She continued supporting roles in Nanny McPhee, reunited with Leigh in Another Year, and the film continuation of Downton Abbey. She portrayed human rights activist Hefina Headon in the historical film Pride, and starred in the British comedy Finding Your Feet. She also provided voice acting roles for the films Chicken Run, Arthur Christmas, and Paddington. On television, Staunton starred in the sitcoms Up the Garden Path and Is it Legal?. Her performance in My Family and Other Animals earned her a nomination for the International Emmy Award for Best Actress, while her roles in Return to Cranford and The Girl earned her BAFTA TV Award nominations for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. For the latter, she was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. She portrayed Queen Elizabeth II in the final two seasons of The Crown.
Notable Works
Into the WoodsSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetVera Drake
Filmography (90 movies)
8.8
8.8
Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image
2006
as Herself
8.5
8.5
Little Bird
2017
as First Officer Simpkins
8.0
8.0
Victorian Britain on Film
2021
as Narrator
8.0
8.0
National Theatre Live: Follies
2017
as Sally Durant Plummer
7.9
7.9
Freedom Writers
2007
as Margaret Campbell
7.8
7.8
Gypsy
2015
as Rose
7.7
7.7
Pride
2014
as Hefina
7.7
7.7
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Dolores Umbridge
7.5
7.5
Paddington 2
2017
as Aunt Lucy (voice)
7.4
7.4
Sense and Sensibility
1995
as Charlotte Jennings Palmer
7.3
7.3
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
as Knotgrass
7.3
7.3
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017
as Narrator
7.2
7.2
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
as Maud Bagshaw
7.2
7.2
Vera Drake
2004
as Vera Drake
7.2
7.2
Citizen X
1995
as Mrs. Burakov
7.1
7.1
Downton Abbey
2019
as Maud Bagshaw
7.1
7.1
Paddington
2014
as Aunt Lucy (voice)
7.1
7.1
Maleficent
2014
as Knotgrass
7.1
7.1
Finding Your Feet
2017
as Sandra Abbott
7.0
7.0
The Far Traveller
2020
as Narrator
7.0
7.0
Yellowbacks
1990
as Cheryl Newman
7.0
7.0
Don't Leave Me This Way
1993
as Bridget Bennet
7.0
7.0
Another Year
2010
as Janet
6.9
6.9
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
as Bunty (voice)
6.9
6.9
Twelfth Night
1996
as Maria
6.9
6.9
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
as Margaret
6.8
6.8
Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Nurse
6.8
6.8
Paddington in Peru
2024
as Aunt Lucy (voice)
6.8
6.8
That Day We Sang
2014
as Enid
6.8
6.8
Chicken Run
2000
as Bunty (voice)
6.8
6.8
Comrades
1987
as Betsy Loveless
6.8
6.8
Arthur Christmas
2011
as Mrs Santa (voice)
6.7
6.7
The Canterville Ghost
2023
as Mrs Umney (voice)
6.7
6.7
Nanny McPhee
2005
as Mrs. Blatherwick
6.6
6.6
Alice in Wonderland
2010
as Talking Flowers (voice)
6.6
6.6
Jack and the Beanstalk
1999
as Dilly (voice)
6.6
6.6
Peter's Friends
1992
as Mary Charleston
6.5
6.5
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
as Queen Victoria (voice)
6.4
6.4
The Awakening
2011
as Maud Hill
6.3
6.3
London: The Modern Babylon
2012
as Spoken Quotations (voice)
6.3
6.3
The Snow Queen
1995
as Ivy / Angorra
6.3
6.3
My Family and Other Animals
2005
as Mother
6.2
6.2
Bright Young Things
2003
as Lady Brown
6.2
6.2
National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
2017
as Martha
6.2
6.2
Taking Woodstock
2009
as Sonia Teichberg
6.2
6.2
How About You...
2007
as Hazel Nightingale
6.1
6.1
The Girl
2012
as Alma Reville Hitchcock
6.0
6.0
The Adventures of Mole
1995
as Voice
6.0
6.0
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
2020
as Self - Readings
6.0
6.0
The Wind in the Willows
1995
as Mother Squirrel
6.0
6.0
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
2013
as Shrew (voice)
6.0
6.0
White Other
2010
as Lynne McDermott
5.9
5.9
Rat
2000
as Conchita Flynn
5.8
5.8
The Wind in the Willows
2006
as Barge Lady
5.8
5.8
& Sons
2025
as Isabel
5.7
5.7
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008
as Mary
5.6
5.6
Crush
2002
as Janine
5.5
5.5
The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996
as Elspeth / Rowena (voice)
5.5
5.5
Three and Out
2008
as Rosemary Cassidy
5.5
5.5
Guilty Hearts
2007
as Naomi
5.5
5.5
Another Life
2001
as Ethel Graydon
5.3
5.3
I'll Be There
2003
as Dr. Bridget
5.3
5.3
Amulet
2020
as Sister Claire
5.2
5.2
Blackball
2003
as Bridget
5.2
5.2
Clay
2008
as Mary Doonan
5.0
5.0
Antonia and Jane
1990
as Jane Hartman
4.8
4.8
Mole's Christmas
1994
as (voices)
4.3
4.3
Shadow Man
2006
as Ambassador Cochran
4.2
4.2
Deadly Advice
1994
as Beth Greenwood
4.0
4.0
Remember Me?
1997
as Lorna
2.3
2.3
The Virgin of Liverpool
2003
as Sylvia Conlon
They Never Slept
1991
as The Producer
The Englishman's Wife
1990
as Stephanie
A Masculine Ending
1992
as Bridget Bennet
Roots
1992
as Jenny Beales
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010
as Grace Andrews
A Confession As Told By ITV News
2019
as Imelda Staunton - Self / Karen Edwards
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
2016
as Self
The Pen
1995
Testimony
2025
as Narrator (voice)
The Heat of the Day
1989
as Louie
National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren's Profession
2025
as Mrs Peggy Warren
Adapting Austen
2009
as Self
Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion
2021
as Self
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007
as Self
Ready
2002
as Naomi
Easy Money
1982
as Mary Price
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2012
as Mrs. Lovett
The Adventures of Toad
1996
as Voice
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