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Imelda Staunton
Born · January 9, 1956 (68 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Archway, London, England, UK
Bio
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton (born 9 January 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.
Paddington in Peru
Aunt Lucy (voice)
7.5
2024
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Bunty (voice)
7.0
2023
The Canterville Ghost
Mrs Umney (voice)
6.2
2023
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Self
8.0
2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Maud Bagshaw
7.2
2022
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
reader
10.0
2020
Amulet
Sister Claire
5.3
2020
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Irene Ruddock · (1 episode)
8.1
2020
Trying
Penny · (2 episodes)
7.7
2020
The Far Traveller
Narrator
7.0
2020
Flesh and Blood
Mary Bennett · (4 episodes)
6.3
2020
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Knotgrass
7.3
2019
A Confession As Told By ITV News
Imelda Staunton - Self / Karen Edwards
0.0
2019
Downton Abbey
Maud Bagshaw
7.1
2019
A Confession
Karen Edwards · (6 episodes)
7.0
2019
Brassic
Edie · (1 episode)
8.5
2019
Finding Your Feet
Sandra Abbott
7.1
2017
National Theatre Live: Follies
Sally Durant Plummer
8.0
2017
Paddington 2
Aunt Lucy (voice)
7.5
2017
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Narrator
7.3
2017
National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Martha
6.5
2017
Little Bird
First Officer Simpkins
9.0
2017
The Crown
Queen Elizabeth II · (20 episodes)
8.2
2016
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
Self
0.0
2016
Gypsy
Rose
7.8
2015
That Day We Sang
Enid
6.8
2014
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
0.0
2014
Paddington
Aunt Lucy (voice)
7.1
2014
Pride
Hefina
7.7
2014
Maleficent
Knotgrass
7.1
2014
Lily's Driftwood Bay
Rowena Rabbit (voice) · (1 episode)
7.0
2014
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
Shrew (voice)
6.0
2013
The Girl
Alma Reville Hitchcock
6.1
2012
London: The Modern Babylon
Spoken Quotations (voice)
6.5
2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Queen Victoria (voice)
6.5
2012
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Mrs. Lovett
0.0
2012
Arthur Christmas
Mrs Santa (voice)
6.8
2011
The Awakening
Maud Hill
6.4
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Dolores Umbridge
7.7
2010
White Other
Lynne McDermott
6.0
2010
Another Year
Janet
7.0
2010
Psychoville Halloween Special
Grace Andrews
0.0
2010
The Michael Ball Show
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2010
Alice in Wonderland
Tall Flower Faces (voice)
6.6
2010
Taking Woodstock
Sonia Teichberg
6.2
2009
Psychoville
(6 episodes)
6.8
2009
A Bunch of Amateurs
Mary
5.4
2008
Three and Out
Rosemary Cassidy
5.7
2008
Big & Small
(78 episodes)
8.0
2008
Clay
Mary Doonan
5.2
2008
Cranford
Miss Pole · (7 episodes)
8.1
2007
Cranford
Self/Miss Octavia Pole · (1 episode)
8.1
2007
How About You...
Hazel Nightingale
6.3
2007
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Self
0.0
2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Dolores Umbridge
7.7
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (3 episodes)
7.2
2007
Freedom Writers
Margaret Campbell
7.9
2007
The Wind in the Willows
Barge Lady
6.2
2006
Live!Girls! present Dogtown
(1 episode)
0.0
2006
Shadow Man
Ambassador Cochran
4.4
2006
Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image
Herself
8.8
2006
Guilty Hearts
Naomi
5.4
2006
My Family and Other Animals
Mother
6.3
2005
ShakespeaRe-Told
(1 episode)
7.7
2005
Nanny McPhee
Mrs. Blatherwick
6.7
2005
Fingersmith
Mrs. Sucksby · (3 episodes)
7.3
2005
Doctor Who
Interface (voice) · (1 episode)
7.5
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · (1 episode)
6.8
2005
Vera Drake
Vera Drake
7.2
2004
Bright Young Things
Lady Brown
6.3
2003
Little Britain
(1 episode)
7.1
2003
Little Britain
Mrs. Mead · (1 episode)
7.1
2003
I'll Be There
Dr. Bridget
5.5
2003
Strange
(1 episode)
6.0
2003
Blackball
Bridget
5.3
2003
Cambridge Spies
The Queen · (2 episodes)
6.4
2003
The Virgin of Liverpool
Sylvia Conlon
2.3
2003
Crush
Janine
5.6
2002
Murder
DCI Billie Dory · (4 episodes)
4.0
2002
Murder
DCI Billie Dory
0.0
2002
Ready
Naomi
0.0
2002
Another Life
Ethel Graydon
6.2
2001
Rat
Conchita Flynn
6.1
2001
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Mrs. Cottisloe
6.6
2000
Chicken Run
Bunty (voice)
6.8
2000
David Copperfield
Mrs. Micawber · (2 episodes)
7.1
1999
Jack and the Beanstalk
Dilly
6.8
1999
Shakespeare in Love
Nurse
6.9
1998
The Ugly Duckling
Scruffy (voice)
6.1
1997
Midsomer Murders
Christine Cooper · (1 episode)
7.5
1997
Remember Me?
4.0
1997
Twelfth Night
Maria
6.9
1996
The Adventures of Toad
Voice
0.0
1996
The Adventures of Mole
Voice
6.0
1995
Sense and Sensibility
Charlotte Jennings Palmer
7.4
1995
Is It Legal?
(21 episodes)
5.5
1995
Look at the State We're In!
Councillor Johnson · (6 episodes)
0.0
1995
Citizen X
Mrs. Burakov
7.2
1995
The Snow Queen
Ivy / Angorra
6.4
1995
Mole's Christmas
(voices)
4.8
1994
Deadly Advice
Beth Greenwood
4.6
1994
If You See God, Tell Him
Muriel Spry · (4 episodes)
6.7
1993
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Susan · (1 episode)
6.0
1993
Don't Leave Me This Way
Bridget Bennet
7.0
1993
Much Ado About Nothing
Margaret
6.9
1993
Roots
Jenny Beales
0.0
1992
Peter's Friends
Mary Charleston
6.5
1992
A Masculine Ending
Bridget Bennet
0.0
1992
Performance
Jenny Beales · (1 episode)
6.0
1991
They Never Slept
The Producer
0.0
1991
Yellowbacks
Cheryl Newman
0.0
1990
Up the Garden Path
(18 episodes)
6.8
1990
The Englishman's Wife
Stephanie
0.0
1990
Antonia and Jane
Jane Hartman
5.5
1990
Tales from the Crypt
Sarah · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
The Heat of the Day
Louie
0.0
1989
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
(1 episode)
7.9
1989
Thompson
Self · (6 episodes)
1.0
1988
The Play on One
Cheryl Newman · (1 episode)
6.0
1988
Comrades
Betsy Loveless
7.0
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Polly Flinders · (3 episodes)
6.2
1987
The Singing Detective
Staff Nurse White · (6 episodes)
7.7
1986
Ladies in Charge
(1 episode)
5.0
1986
Ladies in Charge
Edith · (6 episodes)
5.0
1986
Screen Two
The Producer · (1 episode)
6.8
1985
Natural World
Narrator · (1 episode)
7.0
1983
Easy Money
Mary Price
0.0
1982
Easy Money
Mary Price
0.0
1982
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
1953
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
6.8
1944