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She was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2006 New Year's Honours List for her services to drama. See more trivia »

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Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton
in London, England, UK
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2014 The Curse of The Buxom Strumpet (pre-production)
Mrs. Halfpint
 
2014 Maleficent (post-production)
Knotgrass
 
2012 The Girl (TV movie)
Alma Reville Hitchcock
 
2012 The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Queen Victoria (voice)
 
2011 Arthur Christmas
Mrs. Santa (voice)
 
2011/I The Awakening
Maud Hill
 
2011 Doctor Who (TV series)
Interface
– The Girl Who Waited (2011) … Interface (voice)
 
2010-2011 Psychoville (TV series)
Grace Andrews
– Andrews Nanotech (2011) … Grace Andrews
– The Hunt (2011) … Grace Andrews
– Sunnyvale (2011) … Grace Andrews
– Hancock (2011) … Grace Andrews
– Dinner Party (2011) … Grace Andrews
See all 7 episodes »
 
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Dolores Umbridge
 
2010 Another Year
Janet
 
2010 Alice in Wonderland
Tall Flower Faces (voice)
 
2010 White Other (short)
Lynne McDermott
 
2007-2009 Cranford (TV mini-series)
Miss Octavia Pole
– Part Two: October 1844 (2009) … Miss Octavia Pole
– Return to Cranford: Part 1 (2009) … Miss Octavia Pole
– May 1843 (2007) … Miss Octavia Pole
– April 1843 (2007) … Miss Octavia Pole
– November 1842 (2007) … Miss Octavia Pole
See all 7 episodes »
 
2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Dolores Umbridge (voice) (uncredited)
 
2009 Taking Woodstock
Sonia Teichberg
 
2008 A Bunch of Amateurs
Mary
 
2008 Big and Small (TV series)
Ruby / Twiba
– The Big Sneeze (2008) … Ruby (voice) / Twiba (voice)
– A Door for Small (voice)
– A Piece of Cake (voice)
– A Sound Idea (voice)
– Bad Luck Machine (voice)
See all 14 episodes »
 
2008 Coming Up (TV series)
Mother
– Lickle Bill Um (2008) … Mother
 
2008 A Deal Is a Deal
Rosemary Cassidy
 
2008 Clay (TV movie)
Mary Doonan
 
2007 Where Have I Been All Your Life? (short)
Angela
 
2007 How About You...
Hazel Nightingale
 
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Dolores Umbridge
 
2007 Freedom Writers
Margaret Campbell
 
2006 The Wind in the Willows (TV movie)
Barge Lady
 
2006 Dogtown (TV series)
Gwen Gregson
– Episode #1.4 (2006) … Gwen Gregson
 
2006 Shadow Man (video)
Ambassador Cochran
 
2006 Guilty Hearts
Naomi
 
2005 My Family and Other Animals (TV movie)
Mother
 
2005 Little Britain (TV series)
Mrs. Mead
– Episode #3.6 (2005) … Mrs. Mead
– Episode #3.5 (2005) … Mrs. Mead (uncredited)
– Episode #3.4 (2005) … Mrs. Mead (uncredited)
– Episode #3.3 (2005) … Mrs. Mead (uncredited)
– Episode #3.2 (2005) … Mrs. Mead (uncredited)
See all 6 episodes »
 
2005 ShakespeaRe-Told (TV mini-series)
Polly
– A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005) … Polly
 
2005 Nanny McPhee
Mrs. Blatherwick
 
2005 Fingersmith (TV series)
Mrs. Sucksby
– Episode #1.3 (2005) … Mrs. Sucksby
– Episode #1.2 (2005) … Mrs. Sucksby
– Episode #1.1 (2005) … Mrs. Sucksby
 
2004 Vera Drake
Vera
 
2004 Let's Write a Story (TV series documentary)
Mrs. Twit
 
2003 Blackball
Bridget
 
2003 Strange (TV series)
Reverend Mary Truegood
– Incubus (2003) … Reverend Mary Truegood
 
2003 I'll Be There
Dr. Bridget
 
2003 Cambridge Spies (TV mini-series)
The Queen
– Episode #1.4 (2003) … The Queen
– Episode #1.2 (2003) … The Queen
 
2003 Bright Young Things
Lady Brown
 
2003 The Virgin of Liverpool
Sylvia, Conlon
 
2002 Murder (TV movie)
DCI Billie Dory
 
2002 Ready (short)
Naomi
 
2001/I Crush
Janine
 
2001 Another Life
Ethel Graydon
 
1998-2000 The Canterbury Tales (TV series)
The Prioress
– The Journey Back (2000) … The Prioress (voice)
– Leaving London (1998) … The Prioress (voice)
 
2000 Rat
Conchita Flynn
 
2000 Chicken Run
Bunty (voice)
 
1999 David Copperfield (TV movie)
Mrs. Micawber
 
1999 Jack and the Beanstalk (video)
Dilly (voice)
 
1999 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
Christine Cooper
– Dead Man's Eleven (1999) … Christine Cooper
 
1995-1998 Is It Legal? (TV series)
Stella Phelps
– 1979 (1998) … Stella Phelps
– Someone Is Lying (1998) … Stella Phelps
– New Bloke (1998) … Stella Phelps
– Glad to Be Colin (1998) … Stella Phelps
– Big Desk Bob (1998) … Stella Phelps
See all 21 episodes »
 
1998 Shakespeare in Love
Nurse
 
1997 Remember Me?
Lorna
 
1997 The Ugly Duckling
Scruffy (voice)
 
1996 The Adventures of Toad (TV movie) (voice)
 
1996 Twelfth Night or What You Will
Maria
 
1996 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Sarah
– About Face (1996) … Sarah
 
1996 The Snow Queen's Revenge
Elspeth/Rowena (voice)
 
1995 The Adventures of Mole (TV movie) (voice)
 
1995 Sense and Sensibility
Charlotte Jennings Palmer
 
1995 Look at the State We're In! (TV mini-series)
Councillor Johnson
 
1995 Citizen X (TV movie)
Mrs. Burakova
 
1995 The Wind in the Willows (video)
Mother Squirrel (voice)
 
1995 The Snow Queen
Ivy/Angorra (voice)
 
1994 Mole's Christmas (TV short) (voice)
 
1994 Frank Stubbs Promotes (TV series)
Susan
– Charity (1994) … Susan
 
1994 Deadly Advice
Beth Greenwood
 
1994 Woodcock (TV movie)
Edna
 
1993 If You See God, Tell Him (TV series)
Muriel Spry
– Episode #1.4 (1993) … Muriel Spry
– Episode #1.3 (1993) … Muriel Spry
– Episode #1.2 (1993) … Muriel Spry
– Episode #1.1 (1993) … Muriel Spry
 
1990-1993 Up the Garden Path (TV series)
Izzy
– Episode #3.6 (1993) … Izzy
– Episode #3.5 (1993) … Izzy
– Episode #3.4 (1993) … Izzy
– Episode #3.3 (1993) … Izzy
– Episode #3.2 (1993) … Izzy
See all 18 episodes »
 
1993 Don't Leave Me This Way (TV movie)
Bridget Bennet
 
1993 Much Ado About Nothing
Margaret
 
1992 Performance (TV series)
– Roots (1992)
 
1992 Peter's Friends
Mary Charleston
 
1992 A Masculine Ending (TV movie)
Bridget Bennet
 
1991 Screen Two (TV series)
The Producer
– They Never Slept (1991) … The Producer
 
1990 The Play on One (TV series)
Cheryl Newman
– Yellowbacks (1990) … Cheryl Newman
 
1990 Screenplay (TV series)
Jane Hartman / Stephanie
– The Englishman's Wife (1990) … Stephanie
– Antonia and Jane (1990) … Jane Hartman
 
1989 Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV series)
Polly Flinders
– A Sleeping Life: Part Three (1989) … Polly Flinders
– A Sleeping Life: Part Two (1989) … Polly Flinders
– A Sleeping Life: Part One (1989) … Polly Flinders
 
1989 The Heat of the Day (TV movie)
Louie
 
1988 Thompson (TV series)
Various roles
– Episode #1.6 (1988) … Various roles
– Episode #1.5 (1988) … Various roles
– Episode #1.4 (1988) … Various roles
– Episode #1.3 (1988) … Various roles
– Episode #1.2 (1988) … Various roles
See all 6 episodes »
 
1986 The Singing Detective (TV mini-series)
Staff Nurse White
– Who Done It (1986) … Staff Nurse White
– Pitter Patter (1986) … Staff Nurse White
– Lovely Days (1986) … Staff Nurse White
– Heat (1986) … Staff Nurse White
– Skin (1986) … Staff Nurse White
 
1986 Ladies in Charge (TV series)
Edith
– Double Act (1986) … Edith
 
1986 Comrades
Betsy Loveless
 
1982 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
Mary Price
– Easy Money (1982) … Mary Price
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1992 Peter's Friends (performer: "The Way You Look Tonight", "Roger's Coffee Commercial Jingle", "Orpheus In the Underworld")
 
1990 Up the Garden Path (TV series)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2009 Peace, Love and Cinema (documentary short) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (37 titles)
2013 Arqiva British Academy Television Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
2012 London - The Modern Babylon (documentary) (voice)
 
2012 The Jonathan Ross Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.9 (2012) … Herself
 
2012 The Story of Musicals (TV series documentary)
Herself - Narrator
– Episode #1.3 (2012) … Herself - Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.2 (2012) … Herself - Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.1 (2012) … Herself - Narrator (voice)
 
2010 The Natural World (TV series documentary)
Herself - Presenter
– Butterflies: A Very British Obsession (2010) … Herself - Presenter
 
2010 Breakfast (TV series)
Herself - Actress
– Episode dated 12 November 2010 (2010) … Herself - Actress
– Episode dated 16 March 2010 (2010) … Herself - Actress
 
2010 The Michael Ball Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 16 September 2010 (2010) … Herself
 
2009 Peace, Love and Cinema (documentary short)
Herself
 
2009 Mark Lawson Talks to... (TV series)
Herself
– Imelda Staunton (2009) … Herself
 
2009 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 26 September 2009 (2009) … Herself
– Episode dated 23 May 2009 (2009) … Herself
 
2009 Lanterna Magicka: Bill Douglas and the Secret History of Cinema
Herself
 
2005-2009 This Morning (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 4 February 2009 (2009) … Herself
– Episode dated 19 October 2005 (2005) … Herself
– Episode dated 18 October 2005 (2005) … Herself
 
2008 Mike Leigh in Conversation (video)
Herself (also archive footage) / Vera (also archive footage)
 
2008 Film '72 (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 15 January 2008 (2008) … Herself
 
2007 The Paul O'Grady Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #7.59 (2007) … Herself
 
2007 Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2007 Achter de schermen bij 'Harry Potter en de orde van de feniks' (TV documentary short)
Herself
 
2007 The Hidden Secrets of Harry Potter (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2007 Cartelera (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 7 July 2007 (2007) … Herself
 
2007 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Herself
– 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix': Fulfilling a Prophecy (2007) … Herself
 
2006 Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image (documentary)
Herself
 
2005 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Little Britain (2005) … Herself
 
2005 Drama Connections (TV series documentary)
Herself
– The Singing Detective (2005) … Herself
 
2005 The 77th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
2005 Shootout (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.19 (2005) … Herself
 
2005 HARDtalk Extra (TV series)
Herself
– Imelda Staunton (2005) … Herself
 
2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.26 (2005) … Herself
 
2005 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
 
2005 The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Motion Picture [Drama]
 
2005 Richard & Judy (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 4 January 2005 (2005) … Herself
 
2004 The 2004 European Film Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Winner: Best Actress
 
2004 Today with Des and Mel (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 9 March 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2002 RI:SE (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 19 August 2002 (2002) … Herself
 
2000 Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (TV special)
Mrs. Cottisloe
 
1997 The Laurence Olivier Awards 1997 (TV movie)
Herself
 
1996 The Animal Family (TV documentary)
Narrator - part 2 (voice)
 
1995 A Bit of Fry and Laurie (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.3 (1995) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2008 60/90 (TV series)
 
2007 J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life (TV documentary)
Dolores Umbridge (uncredited)
 

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(????) Stage: Appeared in "Grease". Theatre Royal, York, England. See more »

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Height:

5' (1.52 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on her role of Alfred Hitchcock's wife Alma Reville in The Girl] Alma was very tolerant. She mothered Hitchcock, because he was like a bloody child. He was a bloody idiot with Tippi [Tippi Hedren. People should have told him, "Just make the bloody film and go home". See more »

Trivia:

She was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2006 New Year's Honours List for her services to drama. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn