Acting
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.
Filmography
& Sons
Film · 2026
Tommy & Tuppence
Series · 2026
National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren's Profession
Film · 2025
Testimony
Film · 2025
Paddington in Peru
Film · 2024
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Film · 2023
The Canterville Ghost
Film · 2023
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Film · 2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Film · 2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Series · 2022
Victorian Britain on Film
Film · 2021
Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion
Film · 2021
Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War
Series · 2021
The Far Traveller
Film · 2020
Amulet
Film · 2020
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
Film · 2020
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
Film · 2020
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Series · 2020
Trying
Series · 2020
Flesh and Blood
Series · 2020
A Confession As Told By ITV News
Film · 2019
Downton Abbey
Film · 2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Film · 2019
A Confession
Series · 2019
Finding Your Feet
Film · 2017
Paddington 2
Film · 2017
National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Film · 2017
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Film · 2017
National Theatre Live: Follies
Film · 2017
Little Bird
Film · 2017
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
Film · 2016
The Crown
Series · 2016
Gypsy
Film · 2015
Pride: The True Story
Film · 2015
Maleficent
Film · 2014
Pride
Film · 2014
Paddington
Film · 2014
That Day We Sang
Film · 2014
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Film · 2014
Lily's Driftwood Bay
Series · 2014
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
Film · 2013
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Film · 2012
The Girl
Film · 2012
London: The Modern Babylon
Film · 2012
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Film · 2012
The Story of Musicals
Series · 2012
Arthur Christmas
Film · 2011
The Awakening
Film · 2011
Alice in Wonderland
Film · 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Film · 2010
Another Year
Film · 2010
Psychoville Halloween Special
Film · 2010
White Other
Film · 2010
The Michael Ball Show
Series · 2010
Taking Woodstock
Film · 2009
Adapting Austen
Film · 2009
Psychoville
Series · 2009
Three and Out
Film · 2008
A Bunch of Amateurs
Film · 2008
Clay
Film · 2008
Big & Small
Series · 2008
Big & Small
Series · 2008
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Film · 2007
Freedom Writers
Film · 2007
How About You...
Film · 2007
Guilty Hearts
Film · 2007
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Film · 2007
Where Have I Been All Your Life?
Film · 2007
Cranford
Series · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Shadow Man
Film · 2006
The Wind in the Willows
Film · 2006
Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image
Film · 2006
Live! Girls! Present Dogtown
Series · 2006
The One Show
Series · 2006
Nanny McPhee
Film · 2005
My Family and Other Animals
Film · 2005
ShakespeaRe-Told
Series · 2005
Fingersmith
Series · 2005
Doctor Who
Series · 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Series · 2005
Vera Drake
Film · 2004
Blackball
Film · 2003
I'll Be There
Film · 2003
Bright Young Things
Film · 2003
The Virgin of Liverpool
Film · 2003
Strange
Series · 2003
Cambridge Spies
Series · 2003
Little Britain
Series · 2003
Coming Up
Series · 2003
Crush
Film · 2002
Ready
Film · 2002
Murder
Series · 2002
Another Life
Film · 2001
Chicken Run
Film · 2000
Rat
Film · 2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Film · 2000
Jack and the Beanstalk
Film · 1999
David Copperfield
Series · 1999
Shakespeare in Love
Film · 1998
Remember Me?
Film · 1997
The Ugly Duckling
Film · 1997
Midsomer Murders
Series · 1997
Twelfth Night
Film · 1996
The Adventures of Toad
Film · 1996
The Snow Queen's Revenge
Film · 1996
Sense and Sensibility
Film · 1995
Citizen X
Film · 1995
The Adventures of Mole
Film · 1995
The Snow Queen
Film · 1995
The Pen
Film · 1995
The Wind in the Willows
Film · 1995
Is It Legal?
Series · 1995
Look at the State We're In!
Series · 1995
Deadly Advice
Film · 1994
Mole's Christmas
Film · 1994
Much Ado About Nothing
Film · 1993
Don't Leave Me This Way
Film · 1993
If You See God, Tell Him
Series · 1993
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Series · 1993
Peter's Friends
Film · 1992
Roots
Film · 1992
A Masculine Ending
Film · 1992
They Never Slept
Film · 1991
Performance
Series · 1991
Yellowbacks
Film · 1990
Antonia and Jane
Film · 1990
The Englishman's Wife
Film · 1990
Up the Garden Path
Series · 1990
The Heat of the Day
Film · 1989
Tales from the Crypt
Series · 1989
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
Series · 1989
Thompson
Series · 1988
The Play on One
Series · 1988
Comrades
Film · 1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Series · 1987
The Singing Detective
Series · 1986
Ladies in Charge
Series · 1986
ScreenPlay
Series · 1986
ScreenPlay
Series · 1986
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Natural World
Series · 1983
Easy Money
Film · 1982
Playhouse
Series · 1974
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
West the Road
Film
Untitled Roald Dahl Series
Series