Celia Imrie

Celia Imrie

Known for
Acting
Born
July 15, 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

Biography

Celia Imrie (born 15 July 1952) is an English actress. In a career starting in the early 1970s, Imrie has played in a variety of TV series, including Bergerac, Dinnerladies, Acorn Antiques, After You've Gone, and Kingdom. Her other roles include Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), the Bridget Jones series (2001–25), and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018). She has been described as "one of the most successful British actresses of recent decades".

Known For

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Filmography

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Down, Down, Down

Down, Down, Down

Movie · as Sylvia

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Tomb Raider poster

Tomb Raider

TV · as Francine · 1 ep

2026
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint poster

Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint

Movie · as Gloria Lynn

2026
WAR poster

WAR

TV · as Jo 'Budgie' Budge · 8 eps

2025
The Thursday Murder Club poster

The Thursday Murder Club

Movie · as Joyce

2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy poster

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Movie · as Una Alconbury

2025
The Celebrity Traitors poster

The Celebrity Traitors

TV · as Self - Contestant · 8 eps

2024
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone poster

A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone

Movie · as E. Nesbit

2023
Love Again poster

Love Again

Movie · as Gina Valentine

2023
Good Grief poster

Good Grief

Movie · as Imelda

2023
Mummies poster

Mummies

Movie · as Mother June Carnaby (voice)

2023
The Diplomat poster

The Diplomat

TV · as Meg Roylin · 12 eps

2022
Christmas on Mistletoe Farm poster

Christmas on Mistletoe Farm

Movie · as Miss Womble

2022
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem poster

Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2022
Robbie Coltrane at the BBC poster

Robbie Coltrane at the BBC

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2022
Fifty-Four Days poster

Fifty-Four Days

Movie · as Gloria

2021
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas poster

Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

Movie · as Malabelle

2021
Louisa: An Amazing Adventure poster

Louisa: An Amazing Adventure

Movie · as May Crocombe (voice)

2020
Love Sarah poster

Love Sarah

Movie · as Mimi

2020
The Savoy poster

The Savoy

TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

2020
Trying poster

Trying

TV · as Harriet · 1 ep

2019
D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes poster

D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes

Movie · as Self

2019
Cinderella: After Ever After poster

Cinderella: After Ever After

Movie · as Madame Blackheart

2018
Malevolent poster

Malevolent

Movie · as Mrs. Green

2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again poster

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Movie · as Vice Chancellor

2018
To Provide All People

To Provide All People

Movie · as Patient

2018
One Evening In June poster

One Evening In June

Movie · as Beth

2018
Nativity Rocks! poster

Nativity Rocks!

Movie · as Mrs. Keen

2018
Patrick Melrose poster

Patrick Melrose

TV · as Kettle · 2 eps

2018
Hang Ups poster

Hang Ups

TV · as Maggie Pitt · 1 ep

2017
A Cure for Wellness poster

A Cure for Wellness

Movie · as Victoria Watkins

2017
Finding Your Feet poster

Finding Your Feet

Movie · as Bif

2017
Monster Family poster

Monster Family

Movie · as Cheyenne (voice)

2016
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood poster

Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood

Movie · as Self

2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie poster

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Movie · as Claudia Bing

2016
Bridget Jones's Baby poster

Bridget Jones's Baby

Movie · as Una

2016
Year by the Sea poster

Year by the Sea

Movie · as Erikson

2016
Better Things poster

Better Things

TV · as Phil · 52 eps

2016
DC's Legends of Tomorrow poster

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

TV · as Mary Xavier · 1 ep

2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel poster

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Movie · as Madge Hardcastle

2015
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism poster

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism

Movie · as Edna

2014
The Love Punch poster

The Love Punch

Movie · as Pen

2014
What We Did on Our Holiday poster

What We Did on Our Holiday

Movie · as Agnes Chisolm

2014
Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! poster

Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!

Movie · as Mrs. Keen

2014
A Life on Screen poster

A Life on Screen

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Remembering Douglas Camfield poster

Remembering Douglas Camfield

Movie

2013
Blandings poster

Blandings

TV · as Charlotte · 1 ep

2013
Vicious poster

Vicious

TV · as Lillian Haverfield-Wickham · 1 ep

2013
Talking Pictures poster

Talking Pictures

TV · as Narrator · 6 eps

2013
Love and Marriage poster

Love and Marriage

TV · as Rowan Holdaway · 6 eps

2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel poster

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Movie · as Madge Hardcastle

2012
Acts of Godfrey poster

Acts of Godfrey

Movie · as Helen McGann

2012
Titanic poster

Titanic

TV · as Grace Rushton · 4 eps

2011
My Angel poster

My Angel

Movie · as The Librarian

2010
Lost Connection poster

Lost Connection

Movie · as Mum

2010
The Road to Coronation Street poster

The Road to Coronation Street

Movie · as Doris Speed

2010
The Man Who Married Himself poster

The Man Who Married Himself

Movie · as Mother

2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger poster

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Movie · as Enid Wicklow

2009
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold poster

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

Movie · as Matron

2009
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV poster

Victoria Wood: Seen on TV

Movie · as Self

2009
Return to Cranford

Return to Cranford

TV · as Lady Glenmire · 2 eps

2008
Player

Player

Movie · as Laetitia

2008
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then poster

Stanley Baxter: Now and Then

Movie · as Self

2007
St Trinian's poster

St Trinian's

Movie · as Hausmutter

2007
Dangerous Liaisons poster

Dangerous Liaisons

Movie · as Emily Coulter

2007
After You've Gone poster

After You've Gone

TV · as Diana · 25 eps

2007
Kingdom poster

Kingdom

TV · as Gloria Millington · 18 eps

2007
Cranford poster

Cranford

TV · as Lady Glenmire · 1 ep

2007
Lewis poster

Lewis

TV · as Michelle Marber · 1 ep

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Imagine Me & You poster

Imagine Me & You

Movie · as Tessa

2006
Acorn Antiques: The Musical poster

Acorn Antiques: The Musical

Movie · as Miss Babs

2006
The Lavender List

The Lavender List

Movie · as Mary Wilson

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Nanny McPhee poster

Nanny McPhee

Movie · as Mrs. Quickly

2005
Wah-Wah poster

Wah-Wah

Movie · as Lady Riva Hardwick

2005
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle

Mr Harvey Lights a Candle

Movie · as Miss Davies

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Miss Kizlet · 1 ep

2004
Wimbledon poster

Wimbledon

Movie · as Lydice Kenwood

2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason poster

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Movie · as Una Alconbury

2004
The Paul O'Grady Show poster

The Paul O'Grady Show

TV · 1 ep

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Madame Joilet · 1 ep

2004
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Doc Martin poster

Doc Martin

TV · as Susan Brading · 1 ep

2003
Calendar Girls poster

Calendar Girls

Movie · as Celia

2003
Heartlands poster

Heartlands

Movie · as Sonja

2003
The Planman poster

The Planman

Movie · as Gail Forrester

2003
Out of Bounds

Out of Bounds

Movie · as Doctor Imogen Reed

2003
Thora Hird Tribute poster

Thora Hird Tribute

Movie · as Philippa, Claire (archive footage, uncredited)

2003
More Great Comedy Moments poster

More Great Comedy Moments

Movie · as Jane (archive footage)

2003
The Terry and Gaby Show

The Terry and Gaby Show

TV · 1 ep

2003
Coming Up poster

Coming Up

TV · as Helen · 1 ep

2002
The Gathering Storm poster

The Gathering Storm

Movie · as Violet Pearman

2002
A Is for Acid poster

A Is for Acid

Movie · as Rose Henderson

2002
Thunderpants poster

Thunderpants

Movie · as Miss Rapier

2002
Plain Jane poster

Plain Jane

Movie · as Ellen Reynolds

2002
Sparkhouse poster

Sparkhouse

TV · as Kate Lawton · 3 eps

2002
Daniel Deronda poster

Daniel Deronda

TV · as Mrs Meyrick · 4 eps

2002
Still Game poster

Still Game

TV · 1 ep

2002
Timeshift poster

Timeshift

TV · as self · 1 ep

2002
Doctor Zhivago poster

Doctor Zhivago

TV · as Anna Gromeko · 3 eps

2001
Lucky Break poster

Lucky Break

Movie · as Amy

2001
Bridget Jones's Diary poster

Bridget Jones's Diary

Movie · as Una Alconbury

2001
Station Jim poster

Station Jim

Movie · as Miss Frazier

2001
Revelation poster

Revelation

Movie · as Harriet Martel

2001
Love in a Cold Climate poster

Love in a Cold Climate

TV · as Aunt Sadie · 2 eps

2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings poster

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Movie · as Self/Various Characters

2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

TV · 1 ep

2000
Gormenghast poster

Gormenghast

TV · as Gertrude, Countess of Groan · 4 eps

1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace poster

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Movie · as Fighter Pilot Bravo 5

1999
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Mrs. Bennett

1998
Hilary and Jackie poster

Hilary and Jackie

Movie · as Iris du Pré

1998
dinnerladies poster

dinnerladies

TV · as Philippa Moorcroft · 16 eps

1998
Duck Patrol poster

Duck Patrol

TV · as Mrs. Calloway · 1 ep

1998
Microsoap poster

Microsoap

TV · as Miss Cottingham · 1 ep

1997
The Borrowers poster

The Borrowers

Movie · as Homily Clock

1997
The Canterville Ghost poster

The Canterville Ghost

Movie · as Lucy Otis

1997
Mr White Goes To Westminster poster

Mr White Goes To Westminster

Movie · as Victoria Madison

1997
Into the Blue poster

Into the Blue

Movie · as Nadine Cunningham

1997
Hospital! poster

Hospital!

Movie · as Sister Muriel

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Louise August · 1 ep

1997
Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek

TV · as Thelma Bailey · 1 ep

1997
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling poster

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

TV · as Mrs. Miller, Mrs, Miller · 2 eps

1997
Wokenwell poster

Wokenwell

TV · 6 eps

1996
The Writing on the Wall poster

The Writing on the Wall

Movie · as Kirsty

1996
Dalziel and Pascoe poster

Dalziel and Pascoe

TV

1995
In the Bleak Midwinter poster

In the Bleak Midwinter

Movie · as Fadge

1995
A Very Open Prison poster

A Very Open Prison

Movie · as Victoria Bridgewater

1995
Black Hearts in Battersea poster

Black Hearts in Battersea

TV · as Duchess of Battersea · 6 eps

1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein poster

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Movie · as Mrs. Moritz

1994
Pat and Margaret poster

Pat and Margaret

Movie · as Claire

1994
The Return of the Native poster

The Return of the Native

Movie · as Susan Nunsuch

1994
The Riff Raff Element poster

The Riff Raff Element

TV · as Joanna Tundish · 12 eps

1994
Class Act poster

Class Act

TV · as Class Act · 1 ep

1994
A Dark Adapted Eye poster

A Dark Adapted Eye

TV · as Vera · 2 eps

1993
Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles poster

Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles

Movie · as Lady MacDonald

1992
Blue Black Permanent poster

Blue Black Permanent

Movie · as Barbara Thorburn

1992
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast poster

Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast

Movie

1992
Thacker poster

Thacker

Movie · as Ann Hadon Smith

1992
Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat

TV · as Sylvia Langley · 1 ep

1992
Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous

TV · as Claudia Bing · 2 eps

1991
The Harmfulness of Tobacco

The Harmfulness of Tobacco

Movie

1991
All Good Things poster

All Good Things

TV · as Rachel Bromley · 6 eps

1991
The Darling Buds of May poster

The Darling Buds of May

TV · as Corinne Perigo · 2 eps

1990
Old Flames poster

Old Flames

Movie · as Davina Wright / Hopjoy

1990
102 Boulevard Haussmann poster

102 Boulevard Haussmann

Movie · as Madame Massis

1990
The World of Eddie Weary

The World of Eddie Weary

Movie · as Birdie

1990
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit poster

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

TV · as Miss Jewsbury · 3 eps

1989
Murder on the Moon poster

Murder on the Moon

Movie · as Patsy Diehl

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as 'Aunt' Kathy Cloade · 1 ep

1989
Victoria Wood poster

Victoria Wood

TV · as Jackie, Carol, Julia · 1 ep

1989
Stay Lucky poster

Stay Lucky

TV · as Julie Vernon · 1 ep

1989
Screen One poster

Screen One

TV · as Clare · 1 ep

1989
The Justice Game poster

The Justice Game

TV · as Caroline Jarvis · 2 eps

1989
4 Play

4 Play

TV · as Bunny Heckle · 1 ep

1988
An Audience With Victoria Wood poster

An Audience With Victoria Wood

Movie · as Self - Questioner

1988
Comic Relief poster

Comic Relief

TV · 1 ep

1987
Acorn Antiques poster

Acorn Antiques

Movie · as Babs

1987
Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment poster

Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment

Movie · as Self

1987
The New Statesman poster

The New Statesman

TV · as Hilary · 1 ep

1986
Highlander poster

Highlander

Movie · as Kate MacLeod

1986
Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy

TV · as Lady Felicity Carey-Holden · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Elizabeth Clayton · 1 ep

1986
ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay

TV · as Lady MacDonald · 1 ep

1985
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV poster

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV

TV · 13 eps

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Victoria Bridgewater, Davina Wright, Madame Massis · 1 ep

1985
Acorn Antiques poster

Acorn Antiques

TV · as Miss Babs · 12 eps

1983
The Wicked Lady poster

The Wicked Lady

Movie · as Servant at Inn

1983
Taggart poster

Taggart

TV · 1 ep

1983
Storyboard poster

Storyboard

TV · as Sylvia · 1 ep

1982
Cloud Howe poster

Cloud Howe

TV · as Else Queen · 4 eps

1981
The Nightmare Man poster

The Nightmare Man

Movie · as Fiona Patterson

1981
Bergerac poster

Bergerac

TV · as Marianne · 8 eps

1981
The Nightmare Man poster

The Nightmare Man

TV · as Fiona Patterson · 4 eps

1979
Shoestring poster

Shoestring

TV · as Sheila Johnson · 1 ep

1978
Death on the Nile poster

Death on the Nile

Movie · as Maid (uncredited)

1978
Ice Age poster

Ice Age

Movie · as Housemaid

1977
BBC2 Play of the Week poster

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV · as Housemaid · 1 ep

1974
House of Whipcord poster

House of Whipcord

Movie · as Barbara

1973
Assassin poster

Assassin

Movie · as Stacy's Secretary

1972
Van der Valk poster

Van der Valk

TV · as Marijke Dekker · 1 ep

1971
Upstairs, Downstairs poster

Upstairs, Downstairs

TV · as Jenny · 2 eps

1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas poster

A Ghost Story for Christmas

TV · as Edith Nesbit · 1 ep

1967
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Susan Nunsuch · 1 ep