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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Downton Abbey | Lady Bagshaw | 2019-09-12 |
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Knotgrass | 2019-10-16 |
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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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National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Martha | 2017-05-18 |
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Little Bird | First Officer Simpkins | 2017-04-22 |
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Finding Your Feet | Sandra Abbott | 2017-12-26 |
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Harry Potter - A History Of Magic | Narrator | 2017-10-28 |
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Gypsy: Live from the Savoy Theatre | Rose | 2015-12-27 |
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Paddington | Aunt Lucy (voice) | 2014-11-24 |
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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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Pride | Hefina | 2014-09-12 |
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Maleficent | Knotgrass | 2014-05-28 |
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Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time | Shrew (voice) | 2013-12-16 |
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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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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 Awakening | Maud Hill | 2011-08-17 |
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Arthur Christmas | Mrs. Santa (voice) | 2011-11-10 |
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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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Another Year | Janet | 2010-11-05 |
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White Other | Lynne McDermott | 2010-11-13 |
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Taking Woodstock | Sonia Teichberg | 2009-08-26 |
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Clay | Mary Doonan | 2008-03-30 |
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Three and Out | Rosemary Cassidy | 2008-10-12 |
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A Bunch of Amateurs | Mary | 2008-11-17 |
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Dolores Umbridge | 2007-06-28 |
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How About You... | Hazel Nightingale | 2007-11-16 |
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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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Nanny McPhee | Mrs. Blatherwick | 2005-10-21 |
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My Family and Other Animals | Mother | 2005-12-27 |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 |
