Imelda Staunton
Acting
Born: 1956-01-09 · Archway, London, England, UK
Biography
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 Woo
🎬 Movies (20)
Testimony
2025
Narrator (voice)
National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren's Profession
2025
Mrs Peggy Warren
& Sons
2025
Isabel
Paddington in Peru
2024
Aunt Lucy (voice)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
Bunty (voice)
The Canterville Ghost
2023
Mrs Umney (voice)
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022
Self
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
Maud Bagshaw
Victorian Britain on Film
2021
Narrator
Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion
2021
Self
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
2020
reader
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
2020
Self - Readings
Amulet
2020
Sister Claire
The Far Traveller
2020
Narrator
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
Knotgrass
A Confession As Told By ITV News
2019
Imelda Staunton - Self / Karen Edwards
Downton Abbey
2019
Maud Bagshaw
Finding Your Feet
2017
Sandra Abbott
National Theatre Live: Follies
2017
Sally Durant Plummer
Paddington 2
2017
Aunt Lucy (voice)
📺 TV Shows (20)
Tommy & Tuppence
2026
Aunt Ada
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Self
Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War
2021
Self - Narrator
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
2020
Irene Ruddock
Trying
2020
Penny
Flesh and Blood
2020
Mary Bennett
A Confession
2019
Karen Edwards
The Crown
2016
Queen Elizabeth II
Lily's Driftwood Bay
2014
Rowena Rabbit (voice)
The Story of Musicals
2012
Self – Narrator (voice)
The Michael Ball Show
2010
Self
Psychoville
2009
Grace Andrews
Big & Small
2008
Twiba / Ruby (voice)
Big & Small
2008
Twiba (voice)
Cranford
2007
Miss Pole
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Self
Live! Girls! Present Dogtown
2006
The One Show
2006
Self
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Fingersmith
2005
Mrs. Sucksby