Imelda Staunton
Acting
Born: January 9, 1956 (age 70) · Archway, London, England, UK
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Alice in Wonderland
2010
Maleficent
2014
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
Chicken Run
2000
Paddington
2014
Doctor Who
2005
Nanny McPhee
2005
Shakespeare in Love
1998
Paddington 2
2017
Freedom Writers
2007
Photos (4)
Movies (84)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Dolores Umbridge
Alice in Wonderland
Talking Flowers (voice)
Sense and Sensibility
Charlotte Jennings Palmer
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Dolores Umbridge
Paddington in Peru
Aunt Lucy (voice)
Arthur Christmas
Mrs Santa (voice)
Chicken Run
Bunty (voice)
Maleficent
Knotgrass
Shakespeare in Love
Nurse
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Knotgrass
Nanny McPhee
Mrs. Blatherwick
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Bunty (voice)
Paddington 2
Aunt Lucy (voice)
Paddington
Aunt Lucy (voice)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Maud Bagshaw
Downton Abbey
Maud Bagshaw
Much Ado About Nothing
Margaret
The Canterville Ghost
Mrs Umney (voice)
Shadow Man
Ambassador Cochran
Freedom Writers
Margaret Campbell
The Awakening
Maud Hill
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Queen Victoria (voice)
Finding Your Feet
Sandra Abbott
Citizen X
Mrs. Burakov
Taking Woodstock
Sonia Teichberg
Vera Drake
Vera Drake
Another Year
Janet
Pride
Hefina
Amulet
Sister Claire
The Girl
Alma Reville Hitchcock
Twelfth Night
Maria
Peter's Friends
Mary Charleston
& Sons
Isabel
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Narrator
Bright Young Things
Lady Brown
I'll Be There
Dr. Bridget
National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren's Profession
Mrs Peggy Warren
My Family and Other Animals
Mother
Crush
Janine
White Other
Lynne McDermott
Jack and the Beanstalk
Dilly (voice)
Antonia and Jane
Jane Hartman
The Far Traveller
Narrator
The Snow Queen
Ivy / Angorra
Clay
Mary Doonan
A Bunch of Amateurs
Mary
Testimony
Narrator (voice)
Blackball
Bridget
London: The Modern Babylon
Spoken Quotations (voice)
A Masculine Ending
Bridget Bennet
Gypsy
Rose
That Day We Sang
Enid
Remember Me?
Lorna
National Theatre Live: Follies
Sally Durant Plummer
Three and Out
Rosemary Cassidy
Deadly Advice
Beth Greenwood
How About You...
Hazel Nightingale
The Ugly Duckling
Scruffy (voice)
The Virgin of Liverpool
Sylvia Conlon
The Wind in the Willows
Barge Lady
The Heat of the Day
Louie
The Snow Queen's Revenge
Elspeth / Rowena (voice)
Roots
Jenny Beales
Rat
Conchita Flynn
Yellowbacks
Cheryl Newman
Don't Leave Me This Way
Bridget Bennet
Guilty Hearts
Naomi
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Mrs. Lovett
The Adventures of Toad
Voice
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Mrs. Cottisloe
The Englishman's Wife
Stephanie
Where Have I Been All Your Life?
Angela
The Adventures of Mole
Voice
The Wind in the Willows
Mother Squirrel
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
Shrew (voice)
Psychoville Halloween Special
Grace Andrews
National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Martha
Another Life
Ethel Graydon
Victorian Britain on Film
Narrator
Mole's Christmas
(voices)
Comrades
Betsy Loveless
They Never Slept
The Producer
Easy Money
Mary Price
Little Bird
First Officer Simpkins
TV Shows (36)
Midsomer Murders
Christine Cooper · 1 eps
Doctor Who
Interface (voice) · 1 eps
The Crown
Queen Elizabeth II · 20 eps
Natural World
Narrator · 1 eps
Screen Two
The Producer · 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Sarah · 1 eps
Playhouse
Mary Price · 1 eps
Performance
Jenny Beales · 1 eps
Trying
Penny · 2 eps
ScreenPlay
Jane Hartman · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Stephanie · 1 eps
Cranford
Miss Pole · 7 eps
Little Britain
Mrs. Mead · 1 eps
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Polly Flinders · 3 eps
The Play on One
Cheryl Newman · 1 eps
Lily's Driftwood Bay
Rowena Rabbit (voice) · 1 eps
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1 eps
Psychoville
Grace Andrews · 6 eps
David Copperfield
Mrs. Micawber · 2 eps
Tommy & Tuppence
Aunt Ada · 6 eps
The Singing Detective
Staff Nurse White · 5 eps
A Confession
Karen Edwards · 6 eps
Coming Up
Mother · 1 eps
Strange
Reverend Mary Truegood · 1 eps
Big & Small
Twiba / Ruby (voice) · 52 eps
Big & Small
Twiba (voice) · 26 eps
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Susan · 1 eps
Fingersmith
Mrs. Sucksby · 3 eps
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Irene Ruddock · 1 eps
Ladies in Charge
Edith · 1 eps
Flesh and Blood
Mary Bennett · 4 eps
ShakespeaRe-Told
1 eps
Cambridge Spies
The Queen · 2 eps
Is It Legal?
21 eps
If You See God, Tell Him
Muriel Spry · 4 eps
Murder
DCI Billie Dory · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (12)
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 3 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 1 eps
The One Show
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War
Self - Narrator · 3 eps
The Story of Musicals
Self – Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Self
Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image
Herself
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
Self
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Self
