Imelda Staunton
Highest Rated: 100% Paddington 2 (2017)
Lowest Rated: 17% Three and Out (2008)
Birthday: Jan 09, 1956
Birthplace: Archway, London, England, UK
After years of toiling in supporting roles, often taking whatever came her way, actress Imelda Staunton finally received the chance to display her considerable talents when she starred as the titular character in director Mike Leigh's period drama, "Vera Drake" (2004), a role that earned the British thespian a nomination for Best Actress at the Academy Awards. Prior to her critical success on both sides of the pond, Staunton worked hard to gain prominence in her native England, spending almost three decades in small supporting roles on stage, television and in film. Though she considered herself a serious actress, Staunton relied on song and dance in the early days of her career, establishing a small degree of success for her leading role in "Guys and Dolls." Over the course of the theatre portion of her career, she managed to win several Olivier Awards, though she found her transition to the screen slow and arduous. But with "Vera Drake," Staunton blew the Hollywood doors wide open, leading to bigger and better roles in films like "Nanny McPhee" (2006), "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2007) and "Alice in Wonderland" (2010), proving that talent always wins out in the end no matter how long the struggle.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70% | 40% | Amulet | Sister Claire (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 39% | 95% | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Knotgrass (Character) | $113.9M | 2019 |
| 84% | 94% | Downton Abbey | Lady Bagshaw (Character) | $96.8M | 2019 |
| 100% | 88% | Paddington 2 | Aunt Lucy (Voice) | $38.4M | 2017 |
| 70% | 56% | Finding Your Feet | Sandra (Character) | $1.4M | 2017 |
| 97% | 80% | Paddington | Aunt Lucy (Voice) | - | 2014 |
| 54% | 70% | Maleficent | Knotgrass (Character) | $241.4M | 2014 |
| 91% | 89% | Pride | Hefina (Character) | $1.4M | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | The Pirates! An Adventure With Scientists | Unknown (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | Queen Victoria (Voice) | $375.9K | 2012 |
| 70% | 41% | The Girl | Alma Hitchcock (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 92% | 76% | Arthur Christmas | Mrs. Santa (Voice) | $46.4M | 2011 |
| 62% | 51% | The Awakening | Maud Hill (Character) | $90.3K | 2011 |
| 77% | 85% | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Dolores Umbridge (Character) | $295M | 2010 |
| 93% | 74% | Another Year | Janet (Character) | $3.2M | 2010 |
| 48% | 47% | Taking Woodstock | Sonia Teichberg (Character) | $7.4M | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Clay | Mary Doonan (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 17% | 40% | Three and Out | Rosemary Cassidy (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 64% | 53% | How About You | Hazel (Character) | $77.6K | 2007 |
| 70% | 87% | Freedom Writers | Margaret Campbell (Character) | $36.6M | 2007 |
| 77% | 81% | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Dolores Umbridge (Character) | $292M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 23% | 3 & 3 | Naomi (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 30% | Shadow Man | Ambassador Cochran (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Wind in the Willows | Barge Lady (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | Fingersmith | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 73% | 64% | Nanny McPhee | Mrs. Blatherwick (Character) | $47.1M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | My Family and Other Animals | Mother (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 92% | 84% | Vera Drake | Vera Drake (Character) | $3.8M | 2004 |
| 50% | 57% | I'll Be There | Dr. Bridget (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 41% | 42% | Blackball | Bridget (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 65% | 67% | Bright Young Things | Lady Brown (Character) | $931.8K | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ready | Naomi (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 36% | 58% | Crush | Janine (Character) | $1.1M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Another Life | Ethel Graydon (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Rat | Conchita (Character) | $3K | 2000 |
| 97% | 65% | Chicken Run | Bunty (Voice) | - | 2000 |
| 92% | 80% | Shakespeare in Love | Nurse (Character) | $100.2M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ugly Duckling | Scruffy (Voice) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Remember Me? | Lorna (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 76% | 80% | Twelfth Night | Maria (Character) | $551.5K | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | The Snow Queen |
Ivy / |
- | 1995 |
| 97% | 90% | Sense and Sensibility | Charlotte Palmer (Character) | $42M | 1995 |
| 88% | 86% | Citizen X | Mrs. Burakova (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Deadly Advice | Beth Greenwood (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Don't Leave Me This Way | Bridget Bennet (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 90% | 86% | Much Ado About Nothing | Margaret (Character) | $22.5M | 1993 |
| 69% | 78% | Peter's Friends | Mary Charleston (Character) | $4.1M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Masculine Ending | Bridget Bennet (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 100% | 88% | Antonia and Jane | Jane Hartman (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | They Never Slept | The Producer (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Heat of the Day | Louie (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Sleeping Life | Polly Flinders (Character) | - | 1988 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Talking Heads | Irene Ruddock (Character) | 2020 |
| 87% | 92% | Trying | Penny (Character) | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2020 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flesh and Blood on Masterpiece | Mary (Character) | 2020 |
| 93% | 70% | A Confession | Karen Edward (Character) | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Page | Guest | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big & Small | Ruby (Character) | 2009-2011 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | Doctor Who | Interface (Guest Voice) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Psychoville | Unknown (Character) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Classic | Unknown (Character) | 2010 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cranford | Octavia Pole (Character) | 2009 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Theatre | Barge Lady (Character) | 2006-2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fingersmith | Mrs. Sucksby (Character) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Is It Legal? | Unknown (Character) | 1998 1995-1996 |
| 82% | 98% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Bit of Fry & Laurie | Unknown (Character) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Up the Garden Path |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Voice) |
1993 1987-1988 |
QUOTES FROM Imelda Staunton CHARACTERS
Dolores Umbridge says: Professor Snape, you first applied for the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts, did you not?
Severus Snape says: Yes.
Dolores Umbridge says: And you were unsuccesful?
Dolores Umbridge says: And you were unsuccessful?
Severus Snape says: Obviously.
Bunty says: The chances of us getting out of here are a million to one.
Ginger says: Then there's still a chance.
Queen Victoria says: What is your name Pirate Captain?
The Pirate Captain says: They call me "The Pirate Captain"!
The Pirate Captain says: They call me 'The Pirate Captain'!
Dolores Umbridge says: I will have order!
Queen Victoria says: I HATE PIRATES!
Bunty says: What brings you to England Mr. Rhodes?
Rocky says: Why.... All the beautiful English chicks of course. (Winks at a fainting chicken)
Rocky says: Why... All the beautiful English chicks of course. [inks at a fainting chicken]
Mrs. Santa says: "Sing 'silent night' backwards."
Mrs. Santa says: Sing 'silent night' backwards.
Santa says: "Who would know that?"
Santa says: Who would know that?
Arthur says: (Sings silent night backwards)
Arthur says: [sings silent night backwards]
Mrs. Santa says: "Malcolm. What's this about Arthur?"
Mrs. Santa says: Malcolm. What's this about Arthur?
Mrs. Santa says: "Arthur and Grandsanta are out there. Probably not wearing nearly enough layers and you two are fighting over a big red toy!"
Mrs. Santa says: Arthur and Grandsanta are out there. Probably not wearing nearly enough layers and you two are fighting over a big red toy!
Mrs. Santa says: "Maybe you should retire."
Mrs. Santa says: Maybe you should retire.
Santa says: "Sitting with Grandsanta all day. Watching Steve on tv. Who would I be?"
Santa says: Sitting with Grandsanta all day. Watching Steve on TV. Who would I be?
Mrs. Santa says: "You'd be my Malcom, dear."
Mrs. Santa says: You'd be my Malcom, dear.
Mrs. Santa says: "Men..."
Mrs. Santa says: Men...
Dolores Umbridge says: Study hard and you will be rewarded, Fail to do so and the consequences maybe severe.
Dolores Umbridge says: Study hard and you will be rewarded. Fail to do so and the consequences maybe severe.
Dolores Umbridge says: ordinary wizarding level also known as owl
Dolores Umbridge says: Ordinary wizarding level, also known as O.W.L.
Dolores Umbridge says: I Will Have Order!
Dolores Umbridge says: [to Harry, Hermione and the Centaurs] I WILL have order!
Dolores Umbridge says: you have been told that a certain dark wizard is at large. this is a lie
Dolores Umbridge says: You have been told that a certain dark wizard is at large once again. This is a lie.
Dolores Umbridge says: Your Lying, wands only choose whitches and you are not a whitch.
Dolores Umbridge says: Wands only choose witches or wizards. You are not a witch.
Dolores Umbridge says: Please, tell them I mean no harm.
Harry Potter says: Sorry, Professor, but I must not tell lies.
Dolores Umbridge says: [over P.A] Boys and girls are not to be within eight inches of each other.
Mary says: On a scale of one to ten, how happy would you say you are, Janet?
Gerri says: On a scale of one to ten, how happy would you say you are, Janet?
Janet says: One.
Mary says: One. I think there's room for improvement there, don't you?
Gerri says: One. I think there's room for improvement there, don't you?
Dolores Umbridge says: As I told you, Mr. Potter, naughty children deserve to be punished.