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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

2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era

as    Maud Bagshaw

2020
Flesh and Blood

as    Mary Bennett

2020
Amulet

as    Sister Claire

2019
A Confession

as    Karen Edwards

2018
Paddington 2

as    Aunt Lucy (voice)

2018
Finding Your Feet

as    Sandra Abbott

2015
Paddington

as    Aunt Lucy (voice)

2014
Pride

as    Hefina

2014
Maleficent

as    Knotgrass

2012
The Girl

as    Alma Reville Hitchcock

2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

as    Queen Victoria (voice)

2011
The Awakening

as    Maud Hill

2011
Arthur Christmas

as    Mrs Santa (voice)

2009
Taking Woodstock

as    Sonia Teichberg

2008
A Bunch of Amateurs

as    Mary

2008
Three and Out

as    Rosemary Cassidy

2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

as    Dolores Umbridge

2007
How About You...

as    Hazel Nightingale

2007
Freedom Writers

as    Margaret Campbell

2007
Cranford

as    Miss Pole

2006
Shadow Man

as    Ambassador Cochran

2006
The Wind in the Willows

as    Barge Lady

2006
Guilty Hearts

as    Naomi