1956-01-09 Archway, London, England, UK
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, CBE (born 9 January 1956) is an English stage and screen 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 | Sister Claire | 2020-07-24 |
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Knotgrass | 2019-10-16 |
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Downton Abbey | Maud Bagshaw | 2019-09-12 |
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National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Martha | 2017-05-18 |
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Paddington 2 | Aunt Lucy (voice) | 2017-11-09 |
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National Theatre Live: Follies | Sally Durant Plummer | 2017-11-16 |
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Little Bird | First Officer Simpkins | 2017-04-22 |
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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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Maleficent | Knotgrass | 2014-05-28 |
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Pride | Hefina | 2014-09-12 |
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Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made | 2014-12-26 | |
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That Day We Sang | Enid | 2014-12-26 |
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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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The Girl | Alma Hitchcock | 2012-10-22 |
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Mrs. Lovett | 2012-03-10 |
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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Queen Victoria (voice) | 2012-03-12 |
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London: The Modern Babylon | Spoken Quotations (voice) | 2012-08-03 |
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Arthur Christmas | Mrs Santa (voice) | 2011-11-10 |
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The Awakening | Maud Hill | 2011-08-17 |
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Alice in Wonderland | Tall Flower Faces (voice) | 2010-03-03 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Dolores Umbridge | 2010-10-17 |
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White Other | Lynne McDermott | 2010-11-13 |
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Another Year | Janet | 2010-11-05 |
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Taking Woodstock | Sonia Teichberg | 2009-08-26 |
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A Bunch of Amateurs | Mary | 2008-11-17 |
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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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Freedom Writers | Margaret Campbell | 2007-01-05 |
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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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Guilty Hearts | Naomi | 2006-01-01 |
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Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image | Herself | 2006-06-18 |
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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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The Virgin of Liverpool | Sylvia Conlon | 2003-03-15 |
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Blackball | Bridget | 2003-05-18 |
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Bright Young Things | 2003-05-16 | |
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I'll Be There | Dr. Bridget | 2003-06-13 |
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Murder | DCI Billie Dory | 2002-05-01 |
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Crush | Janine | 2001-08-19 |
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Rat | Conchita Flynn | 2001-04-01 |
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Another Life | Ethel Graydon | 2001-06-15 |
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | 2000-12-25 | |
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Chicken Run | Bunty (voice) | 2000-06-21 |
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Jack and the Beanstalk | Dilly | 1999-10-11 |
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Shakespeare in Love | Nurse | 1998-01-29 |
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The Canterbury Tales | The Prioress (voice) | 1998-12-21 |
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Remember Me? | 1997-01-02 | |
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The Ugly Duckling | Scruffy (voice) | 1997-09-04 |
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The Adventures of Toad | Voice | 1996-07-30 |
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Twelfth Night | Maria | 1996-10-31 |
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Sense and Sensibility | Charlotte Jennings Palmer | 1995-12-13 |
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The Snow Queen | Ivy / Angorra | 1995-01-01 |
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Citizen X | Mrs. Burakov | 1995-02-25 |
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The Adventures of Mole | Voice | 1995-12-24 |
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Mole's Christmas | (voices) | 1994-12-25 |
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Deadly Advice | Beth Greenwood | 1994-01-21 |
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Much Ado About Nothing | Margaret | 1993-05-07 |
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Don't Leave Me This Way | Bridget Bennet | 1993-05-30 |
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A Masculine Ending | Bridget Bennet | 1992-04-12 |
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Peter's Friends | Mary Charleston | 1992-09-18 |
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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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The Canterville Ghost |
