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