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Imelda Staunton
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English actress (born 1956)
Imelda Staunton is an English actress born in 1956 who has built a long career in film, television, and theater. She is notable for her versatile roles across different media and is recognized as an accomplished performer in the entertainment industry.
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Film & TV
Archway, London, England, UK
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…
Known for
- & Sons — Isabel2026
- Tommy & Tuppence — Aunt Ada2026
- National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren's Profession — Mrs Peggy Warren2025
- Testimony — Narrator (voice)2025
- Paddington in Peru — Aunt Lucy (voice)2024
- Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget — Bunty (voice)2023
- The Canterville Ghost — Mrs Umney (voice)2023
- Downton Abbey: A New Era — Maud Bagshaw2022
- Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends — Self2022
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg — Self2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Imelda
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Archway district
- Spouse
- Jim Carter
- Child
- Bessie Carter
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Vera Drake
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Warner Classics
- Image
- Imelda Staunton, October 2019.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- West Hampstead
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- handedness
- right-handedness
- Commons category
- Imelda Staunton
- date of birth
- 1956-01-09
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- notable role
- Dolores Umbridge
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton (born 9 January 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 West End and across the UK. Over her career, she has received several awards including a British Academy Film Award, and five Laurence Olivier Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, three British Academy Television Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and three Emmy Awards.
On London stage, she has received fourteen Laurence Olivier Award nominations, winning the Best Supporting Role in a Play for her work in both A Chorus of Disapproval / The Corn Is Green (1985) followed by four wins for Best Actress in a Musical for her roles in the musicals Into the Woods (1991), Sweeney Todd (2013), Gypsy (2016), and Hello, Dolly! (2024). She was Olivier-nominated for The Beggar's Opera (1982), The Wizard of Oz (1988), Uncle Vanya (1988), Guys and Dolls (1997), Entertaining Mr Sloane (2010), Good People (2015), and Follies (2018).
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