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