
Actor
Born January 9, 1956 in Archway, London, England, UK
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.

& Sons
Isabel

Testimony
Narrator (voice)

National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren's Profession
Mrs Peggy Warren

Paddington in Peru
Aunt Lucy (voice)

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Bunty (voice)

The Canterville Ghost
Mrs Umney (voice)

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Self

Downton Abbey: A New Era
Maud Bagshaw

Victorian Britain on Film
Narrator

Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War
Self - Narrator

Amulet
Sister Claire

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Irene Ruddock

Trying
Penny

The Far Traveller
Narrator

Flesh and Blood
Mary Bennett

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Knotgrass

Downton Abbey
Maud Bagshaw

A Confession
Karen Edwards

Finding Your Feet
Sandra Abbott

National Theatre Live: Follies
Sally Durant Plummer

Paddington 2
Aunt Lucy (voice)

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Narrator

National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Martha

Little Bird
First Officer Simpkins

The Crown
Queen Elizabeth II

Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
Self

Gypsy
Rose

That Day We Sang
Enid

Paddington
Aunt Lucy (voice)

Pride
Hefina

Maleficent
Knotgrass

Lily's Driftwood Bay
Rowena Rabbit (voice)

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
Shrew (voice)

The Girl
Alma Reville Hitchcock

London: The Modern Babylon
Spoken Quotations (voice)

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Queen Victoria (voice)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Mrs. Lovett

The Story of Musicals
Self – Narrator (voice)

Arthur Christmas
Mrs Santa (voice)

The Awakening
Maud Hill

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Dolores Umbridge

White Other
Lynne McDermott

Another Year
Janet

Psychoville Halloween Special
Grace Andrews

Alice in Wonderland
Talking Flowers (voice)

Taking Woodstock
Sonia Teichberg

Psychoville
Grace Andrews

A Bunch of Amateurs
Mary

Big & Small
Twiba / Ruby (voice)

Three and Out
Rosemary Cassidy

Clay
Mary Doonan

Cranford
Miss Pole

How About You...
Hazel Nightingale

Where Have I Been All Your Life?
Angela

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Self

Guilty Hearts
Naomi

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Dolores Umbridge

The Graham Norton Show
Self

Freedom Writers
Margaret Campbell

The Wind in the Willows
Barge Lady

Shadow Man
Ambassador Cochran

The One Show
Self

Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image
Herself

My Family and Other Animals
Mother

ShakespeaRe-Told

Nanny McPhee
Mrs. Blatherwick

Fingersmith
Mrs. Sucksby

Doctor Who
Interface (voice)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self

Vera Drake
Vera Drake

Bright Young Things
Lady Brown

Little Britain
Mrs. Mead

I'll Be There
Dr. Bridget

Strange
Reverend Mary Truegood

Blackball
Bridget

Cambridge Spies
The Queen

The Virgin of Liverpool
Sylvia Conlon

Crush
Janine

Murder
DCI Billie Dory

Another Life
Ethel Graydon

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Mrs. Cottisloe

Rat
Conchita Flynn

Chicken Run
Bunty (voice)

David Copperfield
Mrs. Micawber

Jack and the Beanstalk
Dilly (voice)

Shakespeare in Love
Nurse

The Ugly Duckling
Scruffy (voice)

Midsomer Murders
Christine Cooper

Remember Me?
Lorna

Twelfth Night
Maria

The Adventures of Toad
Voice

The Snow Queen's Revenge
Elspeth / Rowena (voice)

The Wind in the Willows
Mother Squirrel

The Adventures of Mole
Voice

Sense and Sensibility
Charlotte Jennings Palmer

Is It Legal?

Citizen X
Mrs. Burakov

The Snow Queen
Ivy / Angorra

Mole's Christmas
(voices)

Deadly Advice
Beth Greenwood

If You See God, Tell Him
Muriel Spry

Frank Stubbs Promotes
Susan

Don't Leave Me This Way
Bridget Bennet

Much Ado About Nothing
Margaret

Roots
Jenny Beales

Peter's Friends
Mary Charleston

A Masculine Ending
Bridget Bennet

Performance
Jenny Beales

They Never Slept
The Producer

Yellowbacks
Cheryl Newman

Antonia and Jane
Jane Hartman

The Englishman's Wife
Stephanie

Tales from the Crypt
Sarah

The Heat of the Day
Louie

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

The Play on One
Cheryl Newman

Comrades
Betsy Loveless

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Polly Flinders

The Singing Detective
Staff Nurse White

ScreenPlay
Jane Hartman

Ladies in Charge
Edith

Screen Two
The Producer

Natural World
Narrator

Easy Money
Mary Price

Playhouse
Mary Price

The Oscars
Self

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee