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Imelda Staunton
Dame Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton DBE (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. Over her career, she has received several awards including a British Academy Film Award, and four Laurence Olivier Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, three British Academy Television Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and three Emmy Awards. Known for her many roles on the West End stage, Staunton has received thirteen Laurence Olivier Award nominations. On film, Staunton took early roles in films such as Peter's Friends, Much Ado About Nothing, Sense and Sensibility, and Shakespeare in Love. She later gained a wider audience for her role as Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter films. On television, Staunton starred in the sitcoms Up the Garden Path and Is it Legal?. She has also appeared in dramas like Antonia and Jane, Citizen X, and The Crown. Staunton was born in Archway, London to Irish immigrants Bridie, a hairdresser, and Joseph Staunton, a labourer. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) at age 18 and then spent six years in British repertory theatre before moving on.
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Given Name: Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton
Born: Archway, London, England
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Birthday: January 9, 1956
Occupations: Actress, singer
Years Active: 1976-present
Children: 1
Spouses: Jim Carter
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Awards and Nominations Received by Imelda Staunton
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Movies Featuring Imelda Staunton
Maleficent
Paddington 2
Vera Drake
Much Ado About Nothing
Rat
The Awakening
Crush
Freedom Writers
Pride
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Downton Abbey
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Finding Your Feet
Amulet
The Canterville Ghost
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Paddington In Peru
Cranford: Return to Cranford
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
White Other
Psychoville Halloween Special
National Theatre Live: Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
National Theatre Live: Follies
That Day We Sang
A Confession
Another Life
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
I’ll Be There
Fingersmith
Shakespeare Retold: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Shadow Man
Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image
Guilty Hearts
Cranford
My Family and Other Animals
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Yellowbacks
Blackball
Comrades
The Singing Detective
Flesh and Blood
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends
A Very Brassic Christmas
The Snow Queen
Citizen X
The Adventures of Toad
Three and Out
A Bunch of Amateurs
David Copperfield
Don’t Leave Me This Way
The Ugly Duckling
Mole’s Christmas
Deadly Advice
Peter’s Friends
Twelfth Night
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2023
The Canterville Ghost
Mrs. Umney
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Bunty
A Very Brassic Christmas
Aunt Edie
2017
National Theatre Live: Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Martha
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Narrator
National Theatre Live: Follies
Sally Durant Plummer
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