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Imelda Staunton
ActorBorn January 9, 1956 (69 years)
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.
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.
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| 2024 | Paddington in Peru · as Aunt Lucy (voice) |
| 2023 | Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget · as Bunty (voice) |
| 2023 | The Canterville Ghost · as Mrs Umney (voice) |
| 2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era · as Maud Bagshaw |
| 2021 | Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2020 | Amulet · as Sister Claire |
| 2020 | Alan Bennett's Talking Heads (TV Series) · as Irene Ruddock |
| 2020 | Trying (TV Series) · as Penny |
| 2020 | Flesh and Blood (2020) (TV Series) · as Mary Bennett |
| 2020 | The Far Traveller · as Narrator |
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil · as Knotgrass |
| 2019 | Downton Abbey · as Maud Bagshaw |
| 2019 | A Confession (TV Series) · as Karen Edwards |
| 2019 | |
| 2017 | Finding Your Feet · as Sandra Abbott |
| 2017 | National Theatre Live: Follies · as Sally Durant Plummer |
| 2017 | Paddington 2 · as Aunt Lucy (voice) |
| 2017 | Harry Potter: A History of Magic · as Narrator |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Little Bird · as First Officer Simpkins |
| 2016 | The Crown (TV Series) · as Queen Elizabeth Ii |
| 2015 | Gypsy: Live from the Savoy Theatre · as Rose |
| 2014 | That Day We Sang · as Enid |
| 2014 | Paddington · as Aunt Lucy (voice) |
| 2014 | Pride · as Hefina |
| 2014 | Maleficent · as Knotgrass |
| 2014 | Lily's Driftwood Bay (TV Series) · as Rowena Rabbit (voice) |
| 2013 | Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time · as Shrew (voice) |
| 2012 | The Girl · as Alma Reville Hitchcock |
| 2012 | London: The Modern Babylon · as Spoken Quotations (voice) |
| 2012 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits · as Queen Victoria (voice) |
| 2012 | The Awakening: A Time for Ghosts · as Maud Hill |
| 2011 | Arthur Christmas · as Mrs Santa (voice) |
| 2011 | The Awakening · as Maud Hill |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 · as Dolores Umbridge |
| 2010 | White Other · as Lynne Mcdermott |
| 2010 | Another Year · as Janet |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland · as Tall Flower Faces (voice) |
| 2009 | Taking Woodstock · as Sonia Teichberg |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince · as Dolores Umbridge |
| 2009 | Psychoville (TV Series) |
| 2008 | A Bunch of Amateurs · as Mary |
| 2008 | Big and Small (TV Series) |
| 2008 | A Deal Is a Deal · as Rosemary Cassidy |
| 2008 | Clay · as Mary Doonan |
| 2007 | Cranford (TV Series) · as Miss Pole |
| 2007 | How About You · as Hazel Nightingale |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix · as Dolores Umbridge |
| 2007 | Freedom Writers · as Margaret Campbell |
| 2006 | The Wind in the Willows · as Barge Lady |
| 2006 | Live!Girls! present Dogtown (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Shadow Man · as Ambassador Cochran |
| 2006 | Guilty Hearts · as Naomi |
| 2005 | My Family and Other Animals · as Mother |
| 2005 | ShakespeaRe-Told (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Nanny McPhee · as Mrs. Blatherwick |
| 2005 | Fingersmith (TV Series) · as Mrs. Sucksby |
| 2005 | Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Interface (voice) |
| 2004 | Vera Drake · as Vera Drake |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things · as Lady Brown |
| 2003 | Blackball · as Bridget |
| 2003 | Coming Up (TV Series) · as Mother |
| 2003 | I'll Be There · as Dr. Bridget |
| 2003 | Cambridge Spies (TV Series) · as The Queen |
| 2003 | The Virgin of Liverpool · as Sylvia Conlon |
| 2003 | Little Britain (TV Series) · as Mrs. Mead |
| 2002 | Murder (TV Series) · as Dci Billie Dory |
| 2002 | Strange (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Ready · as Naomi |
| 2001 | Crush · as Janine |
| 2001 | Another Life · as Ethel Graydon |
| 2000 | Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings · as Mrs. Cottisloe |
| 2000 | Rat · as Conchita Flynn |
| 2000 | Chicken Run · as Bunty (voice) |
| 1999 | David Copperfield (1999) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Micawber |
| 1999 | Jack and the Beanstalk · as Dilly |
| 1998 | The Canterbury Tales (TV Series) · as The Prioress |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love · as Nurse |
| 1997 | The Ugly Duckling · as Scruffy (voice) |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Christine Cooper |
| 1996 | The Adventures of Toad · as Voice |
| 1996 | Twelfth Night · as Maria |
| 1996 | The Snow Queen's Revenge · as Elspeth |
| 1995 | The Adventures of Mole · as Voice |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility · as Charlotte Jennings Palmer |
| 1995 | Is It Legal? (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Citizen X · as Mrs. Burakov |
| 1995 | The Snow Queen · as Ivy / Angorra |
| 1994 | Mole's Christmas · as (voices) |
| 1994 | Deadly Advice · as Beth Greenwood |
| 1993 | Jo Brand Through the Cakehole (TV Series) · as Various Characters |
| 1993 | If You See God, Tell Him (TV Series) · as Muriel Spry |
| 1993 | Don't Leave Me This Way · as Bridget Bennet |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing · as Margaret |
| 1992 | Peter's Friends · as Mary Charleston |
| 1992 | A Masculine Ending · as Bridget Bennet |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Jenny Beales |
| 1991 | Antonia and Jane · as Jane Hartman |
| 1990 | Yellowbacks · as Cheryl Newman |
| 1989 | The Heat of the Day · as Louie |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Sarah |
| 1988 | The Play on One (TV Series) · as Cheryl Newman |
| 1987 | A Bit of Fry & Laurie (TV Series) |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) · as Polly Flinders |
| 1986 | Comrades · as Betsy Loveless |
| 1986 | The Singing Detective (TV Series) · as Staff Nurse White |
| 1986 | Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as Jane Hartman |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as The Producer |
| 1983 | Natural World (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mary Price |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |