Cast
Imelda Staunton
Acting
Cast
Imelda Staunton
Known for
Acting
Born
1956-01-09
From
Archway, London, England, UK
Also known as Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton
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.
★7.7
MOVIE2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Dolores Umbridge
★7.7
MOVIE2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Dolores Umbridge
★7.1
MOVIE2014
Maleficent
as Knotgrass
★6.6
MOVIE2010
Alice in Wonderland
as Talking Flowers (voice)
★7.3
MOVIE2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Knotgrass
★7.1
MOVIE2014
Paddington
as Aunt Lucy (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE2017
Paddington 2
as Aunt Lucy (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE2000
Chicken Run
as Bunty (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE2024
Paddington in Peru
as Aunt Lucy (voice)
★7.4
MOVIE1995
Sense and Sensibility
as Charlotte Jennings Palmer
★6.7
MOVIE2005
Nanny McPhee
as Mrs. Blatherwick
★6.9
MOVIE2023
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Bunty (voice)
★7.7
MOVIE2014
Pride
as Hefina
★6.8
MOVIE2011
Arthur Christmas
as Mrs Santa (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE1998
Shakespeare in Love
as Nurse
★7.9
MOVIE2007
Freedom Writers
as Margaret Campbell
★6.5
MOVIE2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as Queen Victoria (voice)
★7.1
MOVIE2019
Downton Abbey
as Maud Bagshaw
★7.2
MOVIE2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Maud Bagshaw
★6.4
MOVIE2011
The Awakening
as Maud Hill
★7.0
MOVIE1993
Much Ado About Nothing
as Margaret
★7.2
MOVIE1995
Citizen X
as Mrs. Burakov
★6.7
MOVIE2023
The Canterville Ghost
as Mrs Umney (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE2009
Taking Woodstock
as Sonia Teichberg
★5.3
MOVIE2020
Amulet
as Sister Claire
★6.5
MOVIE1997
Remember Me?
as Lorna
★7.0
MOVIE2017
Finding Your Feet
as Sandra Abbott
★6.1
MOVIE2012
The Girl
as Alma Reville Hitchcock
MOVIE2015
Pride: The True Story
as Herself
MOVIE2009
Adapting Austen
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2003
Bright Young Things
as Lady Brown
MOVIE2026
& Sons
as Isabel
★6.4
MOVIE2005
My Family and Other Animals
as Mother
★7.0
MOVIE1996
Twelfth Night
as Maria
★7.2
MOVIE2004
Vera Drake
as Vera Drake
★8.0
MOVIE1992
A Masculine Ending
as Bridget Bennet
★4.3
MOVIE2006
Shadow Man
as Ambassador Cochran
★7.0
MOVIE2010
Another Year
as Janet
★5.2
MOVIE2003
Blackball
as Bridget
MOVIE2025
Testimony
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE1996
The Adventures of Toad
as Voice
★5.8
MOVIE2006
The Wind in the Willows
as Barge Lady
★6.0
MOVIE2000
Rat
as Conchita Flynn
★5.4
MOVIE1990
Antonia and Jane
as Jane Hartman
★6.6
MOVIE1992
Peter's Friends
as Mary Charleston
★6.8
MOVIE1999
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Dilly (voice)
★5.7
MOVIE2008
A Bunch of Amateurs
as Mary
★7.3
MOVIE1993
Don't Leave Me This Way
as Bridget Bennet
★5.8
MOVIE2007
Guilty Hearts
as Naomi
★4.7
MOVIE1994
Deadly Advice
as Beth Greenwood
MOVIE1992
Roots
as Jenny Beales
★7.3
MOVIE2017
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
as Narrator
★5.4
MOVIE2003
I'll Be There
as Dr. Bridget
★7.8
MOVIE2015
Gypsy
as Rose
★6.4
MOVIE2012
London: The Modern Babylon
as Spoken Quotations (voice)
★3.5
MOVIE2003
The Virgin of Liverpool
as Sylvia Conlon
★6.3
MOVIE2007
How About You...
as Hazel Nightingale
★5.5
MOVIE2008
Three and Out
as Rosemary Cassidy
MOVIE1990
The Englishman's Wife
as Stephanie
★6.5
MOVIE1995
The Snow Queen
as Ivy / Angorra
MOVIE2007
Where Have I Been All Your Life?
as Angela
★5.7
MOVIE1996
The Snow Queen's Revenge
as Elspeth / Rowena (voice)
★10.0
MOVIE2002
Ready
as Naomi
MOVIE1991
They Never Slept
as The Producer
MOVIETBA
West the Road
MOVIE2016
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
as Self
MOVIE2007
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Mrs. Cottisloe
★5.7
MOVIE1997
The Ugly Duckling
as Scruffy (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE1995
The Wind in the Willows
as Mother Squirrel
★5.7
MOVIE2001
Another Life
as Ethel Graydon
★6.0
MOVIE2010
White Other
as Lynne McDermott
★6.8
MOVIE2014
That Day We Sang
as Enid
★5.4
MOVIE1994
Mole's Christmas
as (voices)
★8.0
MOVIE2021
Victorian Britain on Film
as Narrator
★6.0
MOVIE2020
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
as Self - Readings
★10.0
MOVIE2020
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
as reader
★8.0
MOVIE1989
The Heat of the Day
as Louie
★6.9
MOVIE1987
Comrades
as Betsy Loveless
★8.0
MOVIE2017
National Theatre Live: Follies
as Sally Durant Plummer
★7.5
MOVIE1995
The Adventures of Mole
as Voice
★5.6
MOVIE2002
Crush
as Janine
★5.2
MOVIE2008
Clay
as Mary Doonan
★7.5
MOVIE2020
The Far Traveller
as Narrator
MOVIE2014
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
as Self
★8.8
MOVIE2006
Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image
as Herself
MOVIE2025
National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren's Profession
as Mrs Peggy Warren
★6.2
MOVIE2017
National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
as Martha
★8.0
MOVIE2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2013
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
as Shrew (voice)
MOVIE1995
The Pen
★9.0
MOVIE2017
Little Bird
as First Officer Simpkins
MOVIE2021
Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion
as Self
MOVIE1982
Easy Money
as Mary Price
★8.0
MOVIE1990
Yellowbacks
as Cheryl Newman
MOVIE2010
Psychoville Halloween Special
as Grace Andrews
MOVIE2012
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Mrs. Lovett
MOVIE2019
A Confession As Told By ITV News
as Imelda Staunton - Self / Karen Edwards