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
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Dolores Umbridge
Alice in Wonderland
Talking Flowers (voice)
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Knotgrass
Maleficent
Knotgrass
Chicken Run
Bunty (voice)
Sense and Sensibility
Charlotte Jennings Palmer
Paddington 2
Aunt Lucy (voice)
Paddington
Aunt Lucy (voice)
Paddington in Peru
Aunt Lucy (voice)
Nanny McPhee
Mrs. Blatherwick
Freedom Writers
Margaret Campbell
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Bunty (voice)
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Queen Victoria (voice)
Arthur Christmas
Mrs Santa (voice)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Maud Bagshaw
Downton Abbey
Maud Bagshaw
Shakespeare in Love
Nurse
Much Ado About Nothing
Margaret
Citizen X
Mrs. Burakov
The Canterville Ghost
Mrs Umney (voice)
Pride
Hefina
The Awakening
Maud Hill
Vera Drake
Vera Drake
Amulet
Sister Claire
Another Year
Janet
& Sons
Isabel
Shadow Man
Ambassador Cochran
Taking Woodstock
Sonia Teichberg
Finding Your Feet
Sandra Abbott
Twelfth Night
Maria
Peter's Friends
Mary Charleston
Remember Me?
Lorna
The Girl
Alma Reville Hitchcock
Bright Young Things
Lady Brown
Blackball
Bridget
Three and Out
Rosemary Cassidy
Testimony
Narrator (voice)
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Narrator
White Other
Lynne McDermott
Guilty Hearts
Naomi
Rat
Conchita Flynn
The Snow Queen
Ivy / Angorra
I'll Be There
Dr. Bridget
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Mrs. Cottisloe
My Family and Other Animals
Mother
How About You...
Hazel Nightingale
A Bunch of Amateurs
Mary
London: The Modern Babylon
Spoken Quotations (voice)
Crush
Janine
The Wind in the Willows
Barge Lady
Another Life
Ethel Graydon
Antonia and Jane
Jane Hartman
Deadly Advice
Beth Greenwood
The Ugly Duckling
Scruffy (voice)
Where Have I Been All Your Life?
Angela
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Mrs. Lovett
Roots
Jenny Beales
The Adventures of Toad
Voice
The Far Traveller
Narrator
Don't Leave Me This Way
Bridget Bennet
A Masculine Ending
Bridget Bennet
The Virgin of Liverpool
Sylvia Conlon
Comrades
Betsy Loveless
The Heat of the Day
Louie
National Theatre Live: Follies
Sally Durant Plummer
Jack and the Beanstalk
Dilly (voice)
The Englishman's Wife
Stephanie
Little Bird
First Officer Simpkins
The Adventures of Mole
Voice
The Snow Queen's Revenge
Elspeth / Rowena (voice)
They Never Slept
The Producer
National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren's Profession
Mrs Peggy Warren
That Day We Sang
Enid
Gypsy
Rose
Psychoville Halloween Special
Grace Andrews
Clay
Mary Doonan
The Wind in the Willows
Mother Squirrel
Easy Money
Mary Price
National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Martha
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
Shrew (voice)
Victorian Britain on Film
Narrator
Yellowbacks
Cheryl Newman
Mole's Christmas
(voices)
TV Shows (34)
Midsomer Murders
Christine Cooper · 1 eps
Doctor Who
Interface (voice) · 1 eps
The Crown
Queen Elizabeth II · 20 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Sarah · 1 eps
Natural World
Narrator · 1 eps
Trying
Penny · 2 eps
Screen Two
The Producer · 1 eps
Performance
Jenny Beales · 1 eps
Playhouse
Mary Price · 1 eps
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Polly Flinders · 3 eps
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1 eps
Little Britain
Mrs. Mead · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Jane Hartman · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Stephanie · 1 eps
Lily's Driftwood Bay
Rowena Rabbit (voice) · 1 eps
The Play on One
Cheryl Newman · 1 eps
Cranford
Miss Pole · 7 eps
Psychoville
Grace Andrews · 6 eps
Big & Small
Twiba / Ruby (voice) · 52 eps
Big & Small
Twiba (voice) · 26 eps
David Copperfield
Mrs. Micawber · 2 eps
A Confession
Karen Edwards · 6 eps
Fingersmith
Mrs. Sucksby · 3 eps
Cambridge Spies
The Queen · 2 eps
The Singing Detective
Staff Nurse White · 5 eps
ShakespeaRe-Told
1 eps
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Susan · 1 eps
Ladies in Charge
Edith · 1 eps
If You See God, Tell Him
Muriel Spry · 4 eps
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Irene Ruddock · 1 eps
Flesh and Blood
Mary Bennett · 4 eps
Strange
Reverend Mary Truegood · 1 eps
Is It Legal?
21 eps
Murder
DCI Billie Dory · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (12)
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 3 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 1 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self · 1 eps
The One Show
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
The Story of Musicals
Self – Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War
Self - Narrator · 3 eps
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Self
Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image
Herself
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
Self
