Imelda Staunton

1956 (70) • Acting

Born: 1/9/1956 (70) in Archway, London, England, UK

Known for: Acting

Imelda Staunton

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.

Known For

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

77%

Dolores Umbridge

2007

Maleficent

71%

Knotgrass

2014

Chicken Run

69%

Bunty (voice)

2000

Doctor Who

76%

Interface (voice)

2005

Shakespeare in Love

68%

Nurse

1998

Freedom Writers

79%

Margaret Campbell

2007

The Crown

82%

Queen Elizabeth II

2016

Arthur Christmas

68%

Mrs Santa (voice)

2011

& Sons

80%

Isabel

2026

Testimony

Narrator (voice)

2025

National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren's Profession

Mrs Peggy Warren

2025

Paddington in Peru

68%

Aunt Lucy (voice)

2024

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

69%

Bunty (voice)

2023

The Canterville Ghost

66%

Mrs Umney (voice)

2023

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

28%

Self

2022

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

80%

Self

2022

Downton Abbey: A New Era

72%

Maud Bagshaw

2022

Victorian Britain on Film

80%

Narrator

2021

Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion

Self

2021

The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson

100%

reader

2020

The Magical World of Julia Donaldson

60%

Self - Readings

2020

Amulet

52%

Sister Claire

2020

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

76%

Irene Ruddock

2020

Trying

76%

Penny

2020

The Far Traveller

75%

Narrator

2020

Flesh and Blood

60%

Mary Bennett

2020

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

73%

Knotgrass

2019

A Confession As Told By ITV News

Imelda Staunton - Self / Karen Edwards

2019

Downton Abbey

72%

Maud Bagshaw

2019

A Confession

71%

Karen Edwards

2019

Finding Your Feet

70%

Sandra Abbott

2017

National Theatre Live: Follies

80%

Sally Durant Plummer

2017

Paddington 2

75%

Aunt Lucy (voice)

2017

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

73%

Narrator

2017

National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

62%

Martha

2017

Little Bird

90%

First Officer Simpkins

2017