Imelda Staunton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 9, 1956 (age 70)
- Birthplace
- Archway, London, England, UK
Biography
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.
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Filmography
West the Road
Movie
Untitled Roald Dahl Series
TV · 1 ep
& Sons
Movie · as Isabel
Tommy & Tuppence
TV · as Aunt Ada · 6 eps
National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren's Profession
Movie · as Mrs Peggy Warren
Testimony
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Paddington in Peru
Movie · as Aunt Lucy (voice)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Movie · as Bunty (voice)
The Canterville Ghost
Movie · as Mrs Umney (voice)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Movie · as Maud Bagshaw
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Movie · as Self
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Victorian Britain on Film
Movie · as Narrator
Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion
Movie · as Self
Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War
TV · as Self - Narrator · 3 eps
The Far Traveller
Movie · as Narrator
Amulet
Movie · as Sister Claire
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
Movie · as reader
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
Movie · as Self - Readings
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
TV · as Irene Ruddock · 1 ep
Trying
TV · as Penny · 2 eps
Flesh and Blood
TV · as Mary Bennett · 4 eps
A Confession As Told By ITV News
Movie · as Imelda Staunton - Self / Karen Edwards
Downton Abbey
Movie · as Maud Bagshaw
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Movie · as Knotgrass
A Confession
TV · as Karen Edwards · 6 eps
Finding Your Feet
Movie · as Sandra Abbott
Paddington 2
Movie · as Aunt Lucy (voice)
National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Movie · as Martha
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Movie · as Narrator
National Theatre Live: Follies
Movie · as Sally Durant Plummer
Little Bird
Movie · as First Officer Simpkins
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
Movie · as Self
The Crown
TV · as Queen Elizabeth II · 20 eps
Gypsy
Movie · as Rose
Pride: The True Story
Movie · as Herself
Maleficent
Movie · as Knotgrass
Pride
Movie · as Hefina
Paddington
Movie · as Aunt Lucy (voice)
That Day We Sang
Movie · as Enid
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Movie · as Self
Lily's Driftwood Bay
TV · as Rowena Rabbit (voice) · 1 ep
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
Movie · as Shrew (voice)
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Movie · as Queen Victoria (voice)
The Girl
Movie · as Alma Reville Hitchcock
London: The Modern Babylon
Movie · as Spoken Quotations (voice)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Movie · as Mrs. Lovett
The Story of Musicals
TV · as Self – Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Arthur Christmas
Movie · as Mrs Santa (voice)
The Awakening
Movie · as Maud Hill
Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as Talking Flowers (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie · as Dolores Umbridge
Another Year
Movie · as Janet
Psychoville Halloween Special
Movie · as Grace Andrews
White Other
Movie · as Lynne McDermott
The Michael Ball Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Taking Woodstock
Movie · as Sonia Teichberg
Adapting Austen
Movie · as Self
Psychoville
TV · as Grace Andrews · 6 eps
Return to Cranford
TV · as Octavia Pole · 2 eps
Three and Out
Movie · as Rosemary Cassidy
A Bunch of Amateurs
Movie · as Mary
Clay
Movie · as Mary Doonan
Big & Small
TV · as Twiba / Ruby (voice), Twiba (voice) · 52 eps
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Movie · as Dolores Umbridge
Freedom Writers
Movie · as Margaret Campbell
How About You...
Movie · as Hazel Nightingale
Guilty Hearts
Movie · as Naomi
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Movie · as Self
Where Have I Been All Your Life?
Movie · as Angela
Cranford
TV · as Miss Pole · 7 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Shadow Man
Movie · as Ambassador Cochran
The Wind in the Willows
Movie · as Barge Lady
Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image
Movie · as Herself
Live! Girls! Present Dogtown
TV · 1 ep
The One Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Nanny McPhee
Movie · as Mrs. Blatherwick
My Family and Other Animals
Movie · as Mother
ShakespeaRe-Told
TV · 1 ep
Fingersmith
TV · as Mrs. Sucksby · 3 eps
Doctor Who
TV · as Interface (voice) · 1 ep
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Vera Drake
Movie · as Vera Drake
Blackball
Movie · as Bridget
I'll Be There
Movie · as Dr. Bridget
Bright Young Things
Movie · as Lady Brown
The Virgin of Liverpool
Movie · as Sylvia Conlon
Strange
TV · as Reverend Mary Truegood · 1 ep
Cambridge Spies
TV · as The Queen · 2 eps
Little Britain
TV · as Mrs. Mead · 1 ep
Coming Up
TV · as Mother · 1 ep
Crush
Movie · as Janine
Ready
Movie · as Naomi
Murder
TV · as DCI Billie Dory · 4 eps
Another Life
Movie · as Ethel Graydon
Chicken Run
Movie · as Bunty (voice)
Rat
Movie · as Conchita Flynn
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Movie · as Mrs. Cottisloe
Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie · as Dilly (voice)
David Copperfield
TV · as Mrs. Micawber · 2 eps
Shakespeare in Love
Movie · as Nurse
Remember Me?
Movie · as Lorna
The Ugly Duckling
Movie · as Scruffy (voice)
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Christine Cooper · 1 ep
Twelfth Night
Movie · as Maria
The Adventures of Toad
Movie · as Voice
The Snow Queen's Revenge
Movie · as Elspeth / Rowena (voice)
Sense and Sensibility
Movie · as Charlotte Jennings Palmer
Citizen X
Movie · as Mrs. Burakov
The Adventures of Mole
Movie · as Voice
The Snow Queen
Movie · as Ivy / Angorra
The Pen
Movie
The Wind in the Willows
Movie · as Mother Squirrel
Is It Legal?
TV · 21 eps
Look at the State We're In!
TV · as Councillor Johnson · 1 ep
Deadly Advice
Movie · as Beth Greenwood
Mole's Christmas
Movie · as (voices)
Much Ado About Nothing
Movie · as Margaret
Don't Leave Me This Way
Movie · as Bridget Bennet
If You See God, Tell Him
TV · as Muriel Spry · 4 eps
Frank Stubbs Promotes
TV · as Susan · 1 ep
Peter's Friends
Movie · as Mary Charleston
Roots
Movie · as Jenny Beales
A Masculine Ending
Movie · as Bridget Bennet
They Never Slept
Movie · as The Producer
Performance
TV · as Jenny Beales · 1 ep
Yellowbacks
Movie · as Cheryl Newman
Antonia and Jane
Movie · as Jane Hartman
The Englishman's Wife
Movie · as Stephanie
Up the Garden Path
TV · 18 eps
The Heat of the Day
Movie · as Louie
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Sarah · 1 ep
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
TV · 1 ep
Thompson
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Play on One
TV · as Cheryl Newman · 1 ep
Comrades
Movie · as Betsy Loveless
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV · as Polly Flinders · 3 eps
The Singing Detective
TV · as Staff Nurse White · 5 eps
Ladies in Charge
TV · as Edith · 1 ep
ScreenPlay
TV · as Jane Hartman, Stephanie · 1 ep
Screen Two
TV · as The Producer · 1 ep
Natural World
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
Easy Money
Movie · as Mary Price
Playhouse
TV · as Mary Price · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep