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Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, is an English stage and screen actress. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Staunton began her career in repertory theatre in the 1970s before appearing in various theatres in the UK.
Birth Name
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton
Born
Monday, 09 January 1956
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Paddington in Peru | Aunt Lucy / Aunt Lucy (voice) | 2024 |
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Bunty / Bunty (voice) | 2023 |
The Canterville Ghost | Mrs. Umney / Mrs Umney (voice) | 2023 |
Downton Abbey: A New Era | Maud Bagshaw | 2022 |
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Self | 2022 |
Victoria Wood: The Secret List | Self | 2020 |
Amulet | Sister Claire | 2020 |
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads | Irene Ruddock | 2020 |
Trying | Penny Wootton | 2020 |
Flesh and Blood | Mary / Mary Bennett | 2020 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Paddington in Peru | Aunt Lucy / Aunt Lucy (voice) | 2024 |
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Bunty / Bunty (voice) | 2023 |
The Canterville Ghost | Mrs. Umney / Mrs Umney (voice) | 2023 |
Downton Abbey: A New Era | Maud Bagshaw | 2022 |
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Self | 2022 |
Victoria Wood: The Secret List | Self | 2020 |
Amulet | Sister Claire | 2020 |
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads | Irene Ruddock | 2020 |
Trying | Penny Wootton | 2020 |
Flesh and Blood | Mary / Mary Bennett | 2020 |
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Knotgrass | 2019 |
A Confession As Told by ITV News | Karen Edwards | 2019 |
Downton Abbey | Maud Bagshaw | 2019 |
A Confession | Karen Edwards | 2019 |
Brassic | Aunt Edie | 2019 |
Finding Your Feet | Sandra Abbott | 2018 |
National Theatre Live: Follies | Sally Durant Plummer | 2017 |
Paddington 2 | Aunt Lucy (voice) / Aunt Lucy | 2017 |
Harry Potter: A History of Magic | Self - Narrator / Narrator | 2017 |
National Theatre Live: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Martha | 2017 |
Our Friend Victoria | Enid / Self | 2017 |
The Crown | Queen Elizabeth II | 2016 |
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood | Enid | 2016 |
Gypsy: Live from the Savoy Theatre | Rose | 2015 |
That Day We Sang | Enid | 2014 |
Paddington | Aunt Lucy (voice) / Aunt Lucy | 2014 |
Pride | Hefina | 2014 |
Maleficent | Knotgrass | 2014 |
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time | Shrew (voice) / Shrew | 2013 |
Portrait Artist of the Year | Self - Sitter | 2013 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea | Mrs. Cottisloe | 2013 |
The Girl | Alma Reville Hitchcock / Alma Hitchcock | 2012 |
London: The Modern Babylon | Quotations reader / Spoken Quotations (voice) | 2012 |
The Pirates! Band of Misfits | Queen Victoria / Queen Victoria (voice) | 2012 |
Honest Trailers | Knotgrass | 2012 |
The Story of Musicals | Self - Narrator | 2012 |
Arthur Christmas | Mrs Santa (voice) / Mrs Santa | 2011 |
The Jonathan Ross Show | Self | 2011 |
The Awakening | Maud Hill | 2011 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Dolores Umbridge | 2010 |
Another Year | Janet | 2010 |
The Michael Ball Show | Self | 2010 |
Alice in Wonderland | Tall Flower Faces (voice) / Tall Flower Faces | 2010 |
The Many Faces of... | Miss Pole | 2009 |
Taking Woodstock | Sonia Teichberg | 2009 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Dolores Umbridge | 2009 |
Psychoville | Grace Andrews | 2009 |
Lanterna Magicka: Bill Douglas and the Secret History of Cinema | Self | 2009 |
A Bunch of Amateurs | Mary | 2008 |
Big and Small | (voice) / Ruby / Twiba | 2008 |
A Deal Is a Deal | Rosemary Cassidy | 2008 |
Clay | Mary Doonan | 2008 |
Cranford | Miss Pole | 2007 |
How About You | Hazel Nightingale | 2007 |
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out | Self | 2007 |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Dolores Umbridge | 2007 |
The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007 |
Freedom Writers | Margaret Campbell | 2007 |
The Wind in the Willows | Barge Lady | 2006 |
Dogtown | Gwen Gregson | 2006 |
Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image | Herself / Self | 2006 |
Shadow Man | Ambassador Cochran | 2006 |
The King's Head: A Maverick in London | Self | 2006 |
Guilty Hearts | Naomi | 2006 |
My Family and Other Animals | Mother | 2005 |
ShakespeaRe-Told | Polly | 2005 |
Nanny McPhee | Mrs Blatherwick / Mrs. Blatherwick | 2005 |
Drama Connections | Self | 2005 |
Fingersmith | Mrs. Sucksby | 2005 |
Doctor Who | Interface | 2005 |
The 77th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2005 |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005 |
Vera Drake | Vera / Vera Drake | 2004 |
The Paul O'Grady Show | Herself | 2004 |
Shootout | Self | 2003 |
Bright Young Things | Lady Brown | 2003 |
I'll Be There | Dr. Bridget | 2003 |
Blackball | Bridget | 2003 |
Cambridge Spies | The Queen | 2003 |
The Virgin of Liverpool | Sylvia Conlon | 2003 |
Little Britain | Mrs. Mead | 2003 |
Murder | DCI Billie Dory | 2002 |
Crush | Janine | 2002 |
Another Life | Ethel Graydon | 2001 |
Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings | Mrs. Cottisloe | 2000 |
Rat | Conchita Flynn | 2000 |
Chicken Run | Bunty (voice) / Bunty | 2000 |
David Copperfield | Mrs. Micawber | 1999 |
Jack and the Beanstalk | Dilly | 1999 |
The Canterbury Tales | The Prioress | 1998 |
Shakespeare in Love | Nurse | 1998 |
The Ugly Duckling | Scruffy (voice) / Scruffy | 1997 |
Remember Me? | Lorna | 1997 |
Midsomer Murders | Christine Cooper | 1997 |
Twelfth Night | Maria | 1996 |
The Snow Queen's Revenge | Elspeth / Rowena | 1996 |
Sense and Sensibility | Charlotte Palmer / Charlotte Jennings Palmer | 1995 |
Is It Legal? | Stella Phelps | 1995 |
Look at the State We're In! | Councillor Johnson | 1995 |
Citizen X | Mrs. Burakov | 1995 |
The Snow Queen | Ivy / Angorra | 1995 |
Mole's Christmas | Mother / (voices) | 1994 |
Deadly Advice | Beth Greenwood | 1994 |
If You See God, Tell Him | Muriel Spry | 1993 |
Don't Leave Me This Way | Bridget Bennet | 1993 |
Much Ado About Nothing | Margaret | 1993 |
Peter's Friends | Mary Charleston / Mary Anderson | 1992 |
HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
Performance | Jenny Beales | 1991 |
Up the Garden Path | Izzy | 1990 |
Tales from the Crypt | Sarah | 1989 |
The Heat of the Day | Louie | 1989 |
Thompson | 1988 | |
The Play on One | Cheryl Newman | 1988 |
A Bit of Fry and Laurie | Self | 1987 |
Comrades | Betsy Loveless | 1987 |
Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Polly Flinders | 1987 |
The Singing Detective | Staff Nurse White | 1986 |
Screen Two | The Producer | 1985 |
Natural World | Self - Presenter | 1983 |
The South Bank Show | Self | 1978 |
BBC2 Playhouse | Mary Price | 1974 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2023 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama | Nominated |
2013 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
2005 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
2005 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |