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Imelda Staunton

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69 Years Old

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.

Born

Archway, London, England, UK on 9th January 1956

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