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Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton
Imelda Staunton
Acting
Biography
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 Awards; three for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for her roles in the musicals Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, and Gypsy, and one for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Play for her wor…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
& Sons
as Isabel
Testimony
as Narrator (voice)
National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren's Profession
as Mrs Peggy Warren
Paddington in Peru
as Aunt Lucy (voice)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Bunty (voice)
The Canterville Ghost
as Mrs Umney (voice)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Maud Bagshaw
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
as Self
Victorian Britain on Film
as Narrator
Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion
as Self
TV Shows
Tommy & Tuppence
as Aunt Ada · 1 ep.
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self · 1 ep.
Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War
as Self - Narrator · 3 ep.
Trying
as Penny · 2 ep.
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
as Irene Ruddock · 1 ep.
Flesh and Blood
as Mary Bennett · 4 ep.
A Confession
as Karen Edwards · 6 ep.
The Crown
as Queen Elizabeth II · 20 ep.
Lily's Driftwood Bay
as Rowena Rabbit (voice) · 1 ep.
The Story of Musicals
as Self – Narrator (voice) · 3 ep.