1956-01-09 London, United Kingdom
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton is an English 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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Amulet | 2020-01-23 | |
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Downton Abbey | Lady Bagshaw | 2019-09-12 |
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Knotgrass | 2019-10-16 |
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Little Bird | First Officer Simpkins | 2017-04-22 |
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National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Martha | 2017-04-18 |
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Paddington 2 | Aunt Lucy (voice) | 2017-11-09 |
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National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Martha | 2017-04-18 |
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National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Martha | 2017-05-18 |
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National Theatre Live: Follies | Sally Durant Plummer | 2017-11-16 |
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Harry Potter - A History Of Magic | Narrator | 2017-10-28 |
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Finding Your Feet | Sandra Abbott | 2017-12-26 |
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Gypsy: Live from the Savoy Theatre | Rose | 2015-12-27 |
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Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made | 2014-12-26 | |
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Maleficent | Knotgrass | 2014-05-28 |
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That Day We Sang | Enid | 2014-12-26 |
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Pride | Hefina | 2014-09-12 |
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Paddington | Aunt Lucy (voice) | 2014-11-24 |
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Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time | Shrew (voice) | 2013-12-16 |
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London: The Modern Babylon | Quotations spoken by | 2012-08-03 |
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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Queen Victoria (voice) | 2012-03-12 |
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The Girl | Alma Hitchcock | 2012-10-22 |
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The Awakening | Maud Hill | 2011-08-17 |
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Arthur Christmas | Mrs. Santa (voice) | 2011-11-10 |
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Another Year | Janet | 2010-11-05 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Dolores Umbridge | 2010-10-17 |
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Alice in Wonderland | Tall Flower Faces (voice) | 2010-03-03 |
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White Other | Lynne McDermott | 2010-11-13 |
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Taking Woodstock | Sonia Teichberg | 2009-09-03 |
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Three and Out | Rosemary Cassidy | 2008-10-12 |
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Clay | Mary Doonan | 2008-03-30 |
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A Bunch of Amateurs | Mary | 2008-11-17 |
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How About You... | Hazel Nightingale | 2007-11-16 |
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Dolores Umbridge | 2007-06-28 |
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Freedom Writers | Margaret Campbell | 2007-01-05 |
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Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image | Herself | 2006-06-18 |
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Guilty Hearts | Naomi | 2006-01-01 |
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The Wind in the Willows | Barge Lady | 2006-12-18 |
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Shadow Man | Ambassador Cochran | 2006-09-06 |
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My Family and Other Animals | Mother | 2005-12-27 |
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Nanny McPhee | Mrs. Blatherwick | 2005-10-21 |
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Vera Drake | Vera Drake | 2004-10-22 |
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Blackball | Bridget | 2003-05-18 |
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The Virgin of Liverpool | Sylvia Conlon | 2003-03-15 |
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I'll Be There | Dr. Bridget | 2003-06-13 |
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Bright Young Things | 2003-05-16 | |
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Murder | DCI Billie Dory | 2002-05-01 |
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Another Life | Ethel Graydon | 2001-06-15 |
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Rat | Conchita Flynn | 2001-04-01 |
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Crush | Janine | 2001-08-19 |
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Chicken Run | Bunty (voice) | 2000-06-21 |
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | 2000-12-25 | |
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Jack and the Beanstalk | Dilly | 1999-10-11 |
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The Canterbury Tales | The Prioress (voice) | 1998-12-21 |
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Shakespeare in Love | Nurse | 1998-01-29 |
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The Ugly Duckling | Scruffy (voice) | 1997-09-04 |
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Remember Me? | 1997-01-02 | |
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Twelfth Night | Maria | 1996-10-31 |
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The Adventures of Mole | Voice | 1995-12-24 |
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Sense and Sensibility | Charlotte Jennings Palmer | 1995-12-13 |
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Citizen X | Mrs. Burakov | 1995-02-25 |
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Deadly Advice | Beth Greenwood | 1994-01-21 |
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Mole's Christmas | (voices) | 1994-12-25 |
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Don't Leave Me This Way | Bridget Bennet | 1993-05-30 |
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Much Ado About Nothing | Margaret | 1993-05-07 |
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Peter's Friends | Mary Charleston | 1992-09-18 |
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A Masculine Ending | Bridget Bennet | 1992-04-12 |
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Antonia and Jane | Jane Hartman | 1990-01-01 |
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The Heat of the Day | Louie | 1989-06-09 |
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Comrades | Betsy Loveless | 1987-08-23 |
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Easy Money | Mary Price | 1982-05-28 |
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Martha | |
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The Canterville Ghost |
