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Acting

Imelda Staunton

Career: Active from 1982 to 2026, busiest in 2017 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 48
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: A Confession
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 70 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Imelda Staunton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.4, average 5.4
Violence
2.9, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.8, average 4.8
Crime
2.9, average 3.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 8
Social Commentary 5
Psychological Thriller 4
Period Piece 3
British Cinema 3
Nostalgic 3
Emotional Catharsis 3
Witty Dialogue 3
Supernatural Mystery 2
Gothic Atmosphere 2
Intriguing Plot 2
Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

125

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Untitled Roald Dahl Series

TV show

2020s

15 titles · average score 66

Tommy & Tuppence

60

TV show · as Aunt Ada

& Sons

46

as Isabel

Testimony

as Narrator (voice)

National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren's Profession

as Mrs Peggy Warren

Paddington in Peru

75

as Aunt Lucy (voice)

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

69

as Bunty (voice)

The Canterville Ghost

52

as Mrs Umney (voice)

Downton Abbey: A New Era

75

as Maud Bagshaw

Victorian Britain on Film

as Narrator

Amulet

58

as Sister Claire

Flesh and Blood

63

TV show · as Mary Bennett

Trying

81

TV show · as Penny

2010s

29 titles · average score 73

A Confession

85

TV show · as Karen Edwards

Finding Your Feet

63

as Sandra Abbott

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

71

as Narrator

National Theatre Live: Follies

81

as Sally Durant Plummer

The Crown

82

TV show · as Queen Elizabeth II

Gypsy

79

as Rose

Maleficent

62

as Knotgrass

Pride

83

as Hefina

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

73

as Queen Victoria (voice)

The Girl

63

as Alma Reville Hitchcock

The Awakening

60

as Maud Hill

Arthur Christmas

76

as Mrs Santa (voice)

2000s

36 titles · average score 62

Psychoville

77

TV show · as Grace Andrews

Taking Woodstock

55

as Sonia Teichberg

Big & Small

TV show · as Twiba / Ruby (voice) / Twiba (voice)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

75

as Dolores Umbridge

Freedom Writers

72

as Margaret Campbell

Shadow Man

41

as Ambassador Cochran

My Family and Other Animals

69

as Mother

Vera Drake

81

as Vera Drake

Crush

37

as Janine

71

as Naomi

Chicken Run

81

as Bunty (voice)

Rat

39

as Conchita Flynn

1990s

31 titles · average score 69

Shakespeare in Love

80

as Nurse

Remember Me?

as Lorna

The Ugly Duckling

59

as Scruffy (voice)

Twelfth Night

74

as Maria

Deadly Advice

42

as Beth Greenwood

Mole's Christmas

as (voices)

If You See God, Tell Him

TV show · as Muriel Spry

Don't Leave Me This Way

as Bridget Bennet

Peter's Friends

68

as Mary Charleston

A Masculine Ending

as Bridget Bennet

Antonia and Jane

83

as Jane Hartman

Up the Garden Path

TV show

1980s

12 titles · average score 70

Tales from the Crypt

75

TV show · as Sarah

The Heat of the Day

as Louie

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

85

TV show

The Play on One

TV show · as Cheryl Newman

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

45

TV show · as Polly Flinders

Comrades

71

as Betsy Loveless

The Singing Detective

65

TV show · as Staff Nurse White

ScreenPlay

TV show · as Jane Hartman / Stephanie

Ladies in Charge

TV show · as Edith

Screen Two

68

TV show · as The Producer

Natural World

80

TV show · as Narrator

Easy Money

as Mary Price

1970s

1 title

Playhouse

TV show · as Mary Price