Actress Imelda Staunton

Imelda Staunton
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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.
Place of birth
Archway, London, England, UK Archway, London, England, UK
Date of birth
9th January 1956
Movies that starred Imelda Staunton (13 in total)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget poster

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget [2023]

Bunty (voice)
Downton Abbey: A New Era poster

Downton Abbey: A New Era [2022]

Maud Bagshaw
Maleficent poster

Maleficent [2014]

Knotgrass
Paddington poster

Paddington [2014]

Aunt Lucy (voice)
Arthur Christmas poster

Arthur Christmas [2011]

Mrs Santa (voice)
Taking Woodstock poster

Taking Woodstock [2009]

Sonia Teichberg
Three and Out poster

Three and Out [2008]

Rosemary Cassidy
Freedom Writers poster

Freedom Writers [2007]

Margaret Campbell
How About You... poster

How About You... [2007]

Hazel Nightingale
Shadow Man poster

Shadow Man [2006]

Ambassador Cochran
Chicken Run poster

Chicken Run [2000]

Bunty (voice)
Shakespeare in Love poster

Shakespeare in Love [1998]

Nurse
Citizen X poster

Citizen X [1995]

Mrs. Burakov
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