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.
Fotos
Filmes (98)
& Sons
2026 · Isabel
Testimony
2025 · Narrator (voice)
National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren's Profession
2025 · Mrs Peggy Warren
Paddington: Uma Aventura na Floresta
2024 · Aunt Lucy (voice)
A Fuga das Galinhas - A Ameaça dos Nuggets
2023 · Bunty (voice)
O Fantasma de Canterville
2023 · Mrs Umney (voice)
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022 · Self
Downton Abbey II: Uma Nova Era
2022 · Maud Bagshaw
Victorian Britain on Film
2021 · Narrator
Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion
2021 · Self
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
2020 · reader
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
2020 · Self - Readings
Amuleto
2020 · Sister Claire
The Far Traveller
2020 · Narrator
Malévola: Dona do Mal
2019 · Knotgrass
A Confession As Told By ITV News
2019 · Imelda Staunton - Self / Karen Edwards
Downton Abbey - O Filme
2019 · Maud Bagshaw
Finding Your Feet
2017 · Sandra Abbott
National Theatre Live: Follies
2017 · Sally Durant Plummer
As Aventuras de Paddington 2
2017 · Aunt Lucy (voice)
Harry Potter: Uma História da Magia
2017 · Narrator
National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
2017 · Martha
Little Bird
2017 · First Officer Simpkins
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
2016 · Self
Gypsy
2015 · Rose
Pride: The True Story
2015 · Herself
That Day We Sang
2014 · Enid
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
2014 · Self
As Aventuras de Paddington
2014 · Aunt Lucy (voice)
Orgulho e Esperança
2014 · Hefina
Malévola
2014 · Knotgrass
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
2013 · Shrew (voice)
A Garota
2012 · Alma Reville Hitchcock
London: The Modern Babylon
2012 · Spoken Quotations (voice)
Piratas Pirados!
2012 · Queen Victoria (voice)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2012 · Mrs. Lovett
Operação Presente
2011 · Mrs Santa (voice)
O Despertar
2011 · Maud Hill
Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte - Parte 1
2010 · Dolores Umbridge
White Other
2010 · Lynne McDermott
Um Ano Mais
2010 · Janet
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010 · Grace Andrews
Alice no País das Maravilhas
2010 · Talking Flowers (voice)
Aconteceu em Woodstock
2009 · Sonia Teichberg
Adapting Austen
2009 · Self
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008 · Mary
Three and Out
2008 · Rosemary Cassidy
Clay
2008 · Mary Doonan
De Bem Com a Vida
2007 · Hazel Nightingale
Where Have I Been All Your Life?
2007 · Angela
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007 · Self
Guilty Hearts
2007 · Naomi
Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix
2007 · Dolores Umbridge
Escritores da Liberdade
2007 · Margaret Campbell
The Wind in the Willows
2006 · Barge Lady
O Homem Sombra
2006 · Ambassador Cochran
Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image
2006 · Herself
My Family and Other Animals
2005 · Mother
Nanny McPhee: A Babá Encantada
2005 · Mrs. Blatherwick
O Segredo de Vera Drake
2004 · Vera Drake
Loucos e Decadentes
2003 · Lady Brown
I'll Be There
2003 · Dr. Bridget
A Estrela da Equipe
2003 · Bridget
The Virgin of Liverpool
2003 · Sylvia Conlon
Crush
2002 · Janine
Ready
2002 · Naomi
Another Life
2001 · Ethel Graydon
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Mrs. Cottisloe
Rat
2000 · Conchita Flynn
A Fuga das Galinhas
2000 · Bunty (voice)
João e o Pé de Feijão
1999 · Dilly (voice)
Shakespeare Apaixonado
1998 · Nurse
O Patinho Feio
1997 · Scruffy (voice)
Remember Me?
1997 · Lorna
Noite de Reis
1996 · Maria
The Adventures of Toad
1996 · Voice
A Vingança da Rainha da Neve
1996 · Elspeth / Rowena (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
1995 · Mother Squirrel
The Adventures of Mole
1995 · Voice
Razão e Sensibilidade
1995 · Charlotte Jennings Palmer
The Pen
1995
Cidadão X
1995 · Mrs. Burakov
A Rainha da Neve
1995 · Ivy / Angorra
Mole's Christmas
1994 · (voices)
Deadly Advice
1994 · Beth Greenwood
Don't Leave Me This Way
1993 · Bridget Bennet
Muito Barulho por Nada
1993 · Margaret
Roots
1992 · Jenny Beales
Para o Resto de Nossas Vidas
1992 · Mary Charleston
A Masculine Ending
1992 · Bridget Bennet
They Never Slept
1991 · The Producer
Yellowbacks
1990 · Cheryl Newman
Antonia and Jane
1990 · Jane Hartman
The Englishman's Wife
1990 · Stephanie
The Heat of the Day
1989 · Louie
Comrades
1987 · Betsy Loveless
Easy Money
1982 · Mary Price
West the Road
Séries (49)
Tommy & Tuppence
2026 · Aunt Ada
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022 · Self
Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War
2021 · Self - Narrator
Episódios da vida
2020 · Irene Ruddock
Trying
2020 · Penny
Flesh and Blood: Um Crime na Vizinhança
2020 · Mary Bennett
A Confissão
2019 · Karen Edwards
The Crown
2016 · Queen Elizabeth II
Lily's Driftwood Bay
2014 · Rowena Rabbit (voice)
The Story of Musicals
2012 · Self – Narrator (voice)
The Michael Ball Show
2010 · Self
Return to Cranford
2009 · Octavia Pole
Psychoville
2009 · Grace Andrews
Grande y Pequeño
2008 · Twiba / Ruby (voice), Twiba (voice)
Cranford
2007 · Miss Pole
Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
Live! Girls! Present Dogtown
2006
The One Show
2006 · Self
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Falsas Aparências
2005 · Mrs. Sucksby
Doctor Who
2005 · Interface (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Self
A Pequena Grã-Bretanha
2003 · Mrs. Mead
Coming Up
2003 · Mother
Strange
2003 · Reverend Mary Truegood
Cambridge Spies
2003 · The Queen
Murder
2002 · DCI Billie Dory
David Copperfield
1999 · Mrs. Micawber
Los asesinatos de Midsomer
1997 · Christine Cooper
Is It Legal?
1995
Look at the State We're In!
1995 · Councillor Johnson
If You See God, Tell Him
1993 · Muriel Spry
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993 · Susan
Performance
1991 · Jenny Beales
Up the Garden Path
1990
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Sarah
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989
Thompson
1988 · Self
The Play on One
1988 · Cheryl Newman
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Polly Flinders
The Singing Detective
1986 · Staff Nurse White
ScreenPlay
1986 · Jane Hartman, Stephanie
Ladies in Charge
1986 · Edith
Screen Two
1985 · The Producer
Natural World
1983 · Narrator
Playhouse
1974 · Mary Price
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
Untitled Roald Dahl Series