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Imelda Staunton

Imelda Staunton

Birthday: 1956-01-09 | Place of Birth: Archway, London, England, UK

Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, CBE (born 9 January 1956) is an English stage and screen actress. She is best known for her performances in the British comedy television series Up the Garden Path and the films Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Vera Drake. For the latter, she drew widespread critical acclaim as Vera Drake, earning her a Best Actress Oscar nomination and a number of wins including the BAFTA and Venice Film Festival Awards for best actress in a leading role. Staunton was born in Archway, North London, the only child of Bridie, a hairdresser, and Joseph Staunton, a road-worker and labourer. The family lived over Staunton's mother's hair dressing salon while Staunton’s father worked on the roads. Staunton met her husband, English actor Jim Carter, in Richard Eyre's landmark early Eighties production of Guys And Dolls at the National Theatre. They have a daughter, Bessie, born 1993. Staunton lives with her family in West Hampstead, northwest London, and is long time friends with actor Stephen Fry, actor Hugh Laurie and actress Emma Thompson, her neighbor.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Paddington in Peru

as    Aunt Lucy (voice)

2023
A Very Brassic Christmas

as    Aunt Edie

2023
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

as    Bunty (voice)

2023
The Canterville Ghost

as    Mrs Umney (voice)

2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era

as    Maud Bagshaw

2021
Victorian Britain on Film

as    Narrator

2020
Flesh and Blood

as    Mary Bennett

2020
The Far Traveller

as    Narrator

2020
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson

as    Self - Readings

2020
Amulet

as    Sister Claire

2019
A Confession As Told By ITV News

as    Imelda Staunton - Self / Karen Edwards

2019
A Confession

as    Karen Edwards

2018
Paddington 2

as    Aunt Lucy (voice)

2018
Finding Your Feet

as    Sandra Abbott

2017
Little Bird

as    First Officer Simpkins

2017
National Theatre Live: Follies

as    Sally Durant Plummer

2016
The Crown

as    Queen Elizabeth II

2016
2015
Paddington

as    Aunt Lucy (voice)

2015
Gypsy

as    Rose

2014
That Day We Sang

as    Enid

2014
Pride

as    Hefina

2014
Maleficent

as    Knotgrass

2013
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

as    Shrew (voice)

2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

as    Queen Victoria (voice)