Imelda Staunton
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1956-01-09
Place of Birth
Archway, London, England, UK
Imelda Staunton
Biography
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton (born 9 January 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.
Also Known For
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Jul 08, 2007
Freedom Writers
Jan 05, 2007
Shakespeare in Love
Dec 11, 1998
Sense and Sensibility
Dec 13, 1995
Vera Drake
Oct 22, 2004
Nanny McPhee
Oct 21, 2005
Chicken Run
Jun 23, 2000
Peter's Friends
Sep 18, 1992
Much Ado About Nothing
May 07, 1993
Alice in Wonderland
Mar 03, 2010
Taking Woodstock
Aug 26, 2009
The Far Traveller
Mar 18, 2020
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Nov 17, 2010
Shadow Man
Sep 05, 2006
How About You...
Nov 16, 2007
The Wind in the Willows
Dec 18, 2006
Three and Out
Apr 25, 2008
Blackball
May 18, 2003
Another Year
Nov 05, 2010
Twelfth Night
Oct 25, 1996
My Family and Other Animals
Dec 27, 2005
Roots
Nov 28, 1992
Crush
Jun 07, 2002
I'll Be There
Jun 13, 2003
A Bunch of Amateurs
Nov 17, 2008
Yellowbacks
Aug 30, 1990
Guilty Hearts
Jul 30, 2007
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Dec 08, 2023
Arthur Christmas
Nov 10, 2011
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Mar 12, 2012
Another Life
Jun 15, 2001
Antonia and Jane
Jan 01, 1990
Paddington in Peru
Nov 08, 2024
The Awakening
Aug 17, 2011
Maleficent
May 28, 2014
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Apr 27, 2022
Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image
Jun 18, 2006
The Girl
Oct 22, 2012
Rat
Oct 06, 2000
Deadly Advice
Apr 29, 1994
Pride
Sep 12, 2014
They Never Slept
Jan 20, 1991
The Englishman's Wife
Jan 08, 1990
Remember Me?
Jan 02, 1997
Psychoville Halloween Special
Oct 31, 2010
The Canterville Ghost
Sep 22, 2023
Paddington
Nov 24, 2014
That Day We Sang
Dec 26, 2014
A Confession As Told By ITV News
Oct 07, 2019
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
May 17, 2016
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Aug 11, 2007
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
May 03, 2022
Bright Young Things
Oct 03, 2003
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
Dec 16, 2013
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Dec 25, 2000
Gypsy
Dec 27, 2015
The Virgin of Liverpool
Mar 15, 2003
Don't Leave Me This Way
May 30, 1993
Mole's Christmas
Dec 25, 1994
Citizen X
Feb 25, 1995
A Masculine Ending
Apr 12, 1992
London: The Modern Babylon
Aug 03, 2012
Finding Your Feet
Dec 26, 2017
The Ugly Duckling
Sep 04, 1997
Comrades
Aug 23, 1987
Paddington 2
Nov 09, 2017
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Dec 26, 2014
National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
May 18, 2017
Clay
Mar 30, 2008
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Oct 28, 2017
National Theatre Live: Follies
Nov 16, 2017
Downton Abbey
Sep 12, 2019
The Adventures of Mole
Dec 24, 1995
Easy Money
May 28, 1982
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Oct 16, 2019
Little Bird
Apr 22, 2017
White Other
Nov 13, 2010
The Heat of the Day
Jun 09, 1989
Amulet
Jul 24, 2020
The Snow Queen
Jan 01, 1995
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Mar 10, 2012
The Adventures of Toad
Jul 30, 1996
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
Dec 25, 2020
Ready
Jan 01, 2002
The Pen
Aug 25, 1995
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
Dec 23, 2020
& Sons
Victorian Britain on Film
Nov 20, 2021
The Snow Queen's Revenge
Jan 01, 1996
The Wind in the Willows
Dec 25, 1995
Jack and the Beanstalk
Oct 11, 1999
National Theatre Live : Mrs. Warren's Profession
Oct 24, 2025
Midsomer Murders
Mar 23, 1997
Is It Legal?
Sep 12, 1995
Tales from the Crypt
Jun 10, 1989
Performance
Oct 05, 1991
Strange
May 31, 2003
Live!Girls! present Dogtown
Oct 04, 2006
If You See God, Tell Him
Nov 11, 1993
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Aug 02, 1987
ShakespeaRe-Told
Nov 07, 2005
Fingersmith
Mar 27, 2005
Cranford
Nov 18, 2007
Natural World
Oct 30, 1983
Psychoville
Jun 18, 2009
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Thompson
Nov 10, 1988
Big & Small
Oct 06, 2008
The Michael Ball Show
Aug 16, 2010
Doctor Who
Mar 26, 2005
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
Jan 13, 1989
Up the Garden Path
May 02, 1990
Look at the State We're In!
May 20, 1995
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Jan 03, 2005
Lily's Driftwood Bay
May 05, 2014
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Jun 23, 2020
Ladies in Charge
May 06, 1986
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Jul 12, 1993
Ladies in Charge
May 06, 1986
Trying
May 01, 2020
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
Cambridge Spies
May 09, 2003
David Copperfield
Dec 25, 1999
Murder
May 29, 2002
A Confession
Sep 02, 2019
The Singing Detective
Nov 16, 1986
Flesh and Blood
Feb 24, 2020
Little Britain
Sep 16, 2003
The Crown
Nov 04, 2016
The Play on One
Jan 19, 1988
Screen Two
Jan 06, 1985
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Creating the World of Harry Potter
Nov 17, 2009
The One Show
Aug 14, 2006
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sep 04, 2022
