Personal Info
Birth date
1956-01-09 (69 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Archway, London, England, UK
Also known as
Ιμέλντα Στόντον
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton
艾美达·斯丹顿
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.
Filmography
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
6.75
Overview:
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise. It follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup, airing weekdays in the US at 12:37 a.m. It is taped in front of a live studio audience from Monday to Friday at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, directly above the Bob Barker Studio. It is produced by David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS Television Studios. Since becoming host on January 3, 2005, after Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder, Ferguson has achieved the highest ratings since the show's inception in 1995. While the majority of the episodes focus on comedy, Ferguson has also addressed difficult subject matter, such as the deaths of his parents, and undertaken serious interviews, such as one with Desmond Tutu, which earned the show a 2009 Peabody Award.Midsomer Murders
7.532
Overview:
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.The Graham Norton Show
7.194
Overview:
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Overview:
An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.Doctor Who
7.553
Overview:
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.Playhouse
7
Overview:
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.Lily's Driftwood Bay
7
Overview:
Follow the imagination of Lily, a five-year-old hunter, as she creates a world of adventure and friendship from treasures she finds washed up on the beach.Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2.7
Overview:
The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics.The Crown
8.207
Overview:
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.Tales from the Crypt
8
Overview:
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?Trying
7.692
Overview:
All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can't have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball families, and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they're ready to be parents?The Oscars
7.1
Overview:
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.The One Show
4.741
Overview:
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.The Michael Ball Show
NYR
Overview:
The Michael Ball Show was a British topical entertainment show broadcast on ITV in 2010. It featured entertainment, discussion and showbiz glamour with the occasional musical performance from Michael himself, often on the Friday edition of the show. It occupied the slot filled by The Alan Titchmarsh Show during its summer break in 2010.Natural World
7.1
Overview:
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.Little Britain
7.161
Overview:
A zany comedy show with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, featuring characters from all over Little Britain.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
7.742
Overview:
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
7.675
Overview:
Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students to defend themselves against the dark arts.The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
6.2
Overview:
The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.A Confession
6.92
Overview:
The story of how Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher deliberately breached police procedure and protocol to catch a killer, a decision that ultimately cost him his career and reputation.A Bit of Fry & Laurie
8
Overview:
A British comedy television series with turns of phrase and elaborate wordplay, written by and starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.Big & Small
7.7
Overview:
Big & Small is a British children's television series aimed at preschoolers. Big & Small is a co-production between Kindle Entertainment and 3J's Productions produced in association with the BBC, Treehouse TV, and Studio 100. The first series was deemed a success worldwide and a second series was commissioned by the BBC. The show is a live action comedy for preschoolers, and follows the lives of puppets. Big & Small Online, a section of CBeebies Online, won a Children's BAFTA in 2009 for the best interactive content.Maleficent
7.09
Overview:
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and to Maleficent's true happiness as well.Alice in Wonderland
6.635
Overview:
Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.Cranford
8.122
Overview:
A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change in the 1840s. Adapted from the novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.David Copperfield
7.111
Overview:
The tale of David Copperfield from his birth and idyllic upbringing through hardship and adventure leading to his eventual discovery of his vocation as a novelist. On his journey David encounters a gallery of Dickens' most memorable characters, including Mr. Micawber, Uriah Heep, Steerforth, and others.Paddington in Peru
6.879
Overview:
Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.Is It Legal?
5.5
Overview:
Is It Legal? is a British television sitcom set in a solicitors office in Hounslow, west London, which ran from 1995 to 1998. It was produced by Hartswood Films and was shown on ITV for Series 1-2 and Channel 4 for Series 3. It was written by Simon Nye, who also wrote other ITV sitcoms such as Men Behaving Badly and Hardware.Acting
TBA& Sons as Unknown
2025National Theatre Live : Mrs. Warren's Profession as Mrs Peggy Warren
2024Paddington in Peru as Aunt Lucy (voice)
2023Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget as Bunty (voice)
2023The Canterville Ghost as Mrs Umney (voice)
2022Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (1 Episode) as Self
2022Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends as Self
2022Downton Abbey: A New Era as Maud Bagshaw
2021Victorian Britain on Film as Narrator
2020The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson as reader
2020The Magical World of Julia Donaldson as Self - Readings
2020Amulet as Sister Claire
2020Alan Bennett's Talking Heads (1 Episode) as Irene Ruddock
2020Trying (2 Episodes) as Penny
2020The Far Traveller as Narrator
2020Flesh and Blood (4 Episodes) as Mary Bennett
2019Maleficent: Mistress of Evil as Knotgrass
2019A Confession As Told By ITV News as Imelda Staunton - Self / Karen Edwards
2019Downton Abbey as Maud Bagshaw
2019A Confession (6 Episodes) as Karen Edwards
2017Finding Your Feet as Sandra Abbott
2017National Theatre Live: Follies as Sally Durant Plummer
2017Paddington 2 as Aunt Lucy (voice)
2017Harry Potter: A History Of Magic as Narrator
2017National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as Martha
2017Little Bird as First Officer Simpkins
2016The Crown (20 Episodes) as Queen Elizabeth II
2016Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me as Self
2015Gypsy as Rose
2014That Day We Sang as Enid
2014Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made as Unknown
2014Paddington as Aunt Lucy (voice)
2014Pride as Hefina
2014Maleficent as Knotgrass
2014Lily's Driftwood Bay (1 Episode) as Rowena Rabbit (voice)
2013Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time as Shrew (voice)
2012The Girl as Alma Reville Hitchcock
2012London: The Modern Babylon as Spoken Quotations (voice)
2012The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! as Queen Victoria (voice)
2012Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Mrs. Lovett
2011Arthur Christmas as Mrs Santa (voice)
2011The Awakening as Maud Hill
2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Dolores Umbridge
2010White Other as Lynne McDermott
2010Another Year as Janet
2010Psychoville Halloween Special as Grace Andrews
2010The Michael Ball Show (1 Episode) as Self
2010Alice in Wonderland as Talking Flowers (voice)
2009Creating the World of Harry Potter (8 Episodes) as Self - 'Dolores Umbridge'
2009Taking Woodstock as Sonia Teichberg
2009Psychoville (6 Episodes) as Unknown
2008A Bunch of Amateurs as Mary
2008Big & Small (78 Episodes) as Unknown
2008Three and Out as Rosemary Cassidy
2008Clay as Mary Doonan
2007Cranford (7 Episodes) as Miss Pole
2007How About You... as Hazel Nightingale
2007Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out as Self
2007Guilty Hearts as Naomi
2007Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Dolores Umbridge
2007The Graham Norton Show (3 Episodes) as Self
2007Freedom Writers as Margaret Campbell
2006The Wind in the Willows as Barge Lady
2006Live!Girls! present Dogtown (1 Episode) as Unknown
2006Shadow Man as Ambassador Cochran
2006The One Show (1 Episode) as Self
2006Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image as Herself
2005My Family and Other Animals as Mother
2005ShakespeaRe-Told (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005Nanny McPhee as Mrs. Blatherwick
2005Fingersmith (3 Episodes) as Mrs. Sucksby
2005Doctor Who (1 Episode) as Interface (voice)
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (1 Episode) as Self
2004Vera Drake as Vera Drake
2003Bright Young Things as Lady Brown
2003Little Britain (1 Episode) as Mrs. Mead
2003I'll Be There as Dr. Bridget
2003Strange (1 Episode) as Reverend Mary Truegood
2003Blackball as Bridget
2003Cambridge Spies (2 Episodes) as The Queen
2003The Virgin of Liverpool as Sylvia Conlon
2002Crush as Janine
2002Murder (4 Episodes) as DCI Billie Dory
2002Ready as Naomi
2001Another Life as Ethel Graydon
2000Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Mrs. Cottisloe
2000Rat as Conchita Flynn
2000Chicken Run as Bunty (voice)
1999David Copperfield (2 Episodes) as Mrs. Micawber
1999Jack and the Beanstalk as Dilly (voice)
1998Shakespeare in Love as Nurse
1997The Ugly Duckling as Scruffy (voice)
1997Midsomer Murders (1 Episode) as Christine Cooper
1997Remember Me? as Unknown
1996Twelfth Night as Maria
1996The Adventures of Toad as Voice
1996The Snow Queen's Revenge as Elspeth / Rowena (voice)
1995The Wind in the Willows as Mother Squirrel
1995The Adventures of Mole as Voice
1995Sense and Sensibility as Charlotte Jennings Palmer
1995Is It Legal? (21 Episodes) as Unknown
1995The Pen as Unknown
1995Look at the State We're In! (6 Episodes) as Councillor Johnson
1995Citizen X as Mrs. Burakov
1995The Snow Queen as Ivy / Angorra
1994Mole's Christmas as (voices)
1994Deadly Advice as Beth Greenwood
1993If You See God, Tell Him (4 Episodes) as Muriel Spry
1993Frank Stubbs Promotes (1 Episode) as Susan
1993Don't Leave Me This Way as Bridget Bennet
1993Much Ado About Nothing as Margaret
1992Roots as Jenny Beales
1992Peter's Friends as Mary Charleston
1992A Masculine Ending as Bridget Bennet
1991Performance (1 Episode) as Jenny Beales
1991They Never Slept as The Producer
1990Yellowbacks as Cheryl Newman
1990Up the Garden Path (18 Episodes) as Unknown
1990The Englishman's Wife as Stephanie
1990Antonia and Jane as Jane Hartman
1989Tales from the Crypt (1 Episode) as Sarah
1989The Heat of the Day as Louie
1989A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1988Thompson (6 Episodes) as Self
1988The Play on One (1 Episode) as Cheryl Newman
1987Comrades as Betsy Loveless
1987The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (3 Episodes) as Polly Flinders
1986The Singing Detective (6 Episodes) as Staff Nurse White
1986Ladies in Charge (1, 6 Episode) as Unknown, Edith
1985Screen Two (1 Episode) as The Producer
1983Natural World (1 Episode) as Narrator
1982Easy Money as Mary Price
1974Playhouse (1 Episode) as Mary Price
1953The Oscars (1 Episode) as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Nominee