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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: Antonia and Jane
83/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

BAFTA Awards · Best Leading Actress
2005 · Won
Vera Drake
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1999 · Won
Shakespeare in Love
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress – Television Series Drama
2023 · Nominated · 80th Golden Globe Awards
The Crown
Source: Wikidata
BAFTA Awards · Best Supporting Actress
2015 · Nominated · 68th British Academy Film Awards
Pride
Source: Wikidata
BAFTA Awards · Best Supporting Actress
2013 · Nominated
The Girl
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
2013 · Nominated
The Girl
Source: Wikidata
BAFTA Awards · Best Supporting Actress
2010 · Nominated
Cranford
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
2005 · Nominated
Vera Drake
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role
2005 · Nominated · 77th Academy Awards
Vera Drake
Source: Wikidata
Critics' Choice Awards · Best Actress
2004 · Nominated
Vera Drake
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
2004 · Nominated
Vera Drake
Source: Wikidata

Characters

14

The characters Imelda Staunton played, best-known titles first.

Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge

Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge

Imelda Staunton as Knotgrass

Imelda Staunton as Elizabeth II

Imelda Staunton as Bunty (voice)

Imelda Staunton as Aunt Lucy (voice)

Imelda Staunton as Knotgrass

Imelda Staunton as Aunt Lucy (voice)

Imelda Staunton as Aunt Lucy

Imelda Staunton as Bunty

Imelda Staunton as Penny

Imelda Staunton as Miss Octavia Pole

Imelda Staunton as Staff Nurse White

Imelda Staunton as Irene

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 71 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
2.8, average 3.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 8
Social Commentary 5
Psychological Thriller 4
Nostalgic 3
British Cinema 3
Period Piece 3
Witty Dialogue 3
Emotional Catharsis 3
Supernatural Mystery 2
Slow-Burn Suspense 2
Unsettling Atmosphere 2
Eccentric Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

126

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Untitled Roald Dahl Series

TV show

2020s

15 titles · average score 64

Tommy & Tuppence

60

TV show · as Aunt Ada

& Sons

39

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

Flesh and Blood

63

TV show · as Mary Bennett

Amulet

58

as Sister Claire

Trying

73

TV show · as Penny

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

80

TV show · as Irene Ruddock

2010s

29 titles · average score 72

A Confession

73

TV show · as Karen Edwards

Finding Your Feet

63

as Sandra Abbott

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

69

as Narrator

National Theatre Live: Follies

81

as Sally Durant Plummer

The Crown

80

TV show · as Queen Elizabeth II

Maleficent

62

as Knotgrass

Pride

83

as Hefina

That Day We Sang

71

as Enid

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

37 titles · average score 63

Psychoville

77

TV show · as Grace Andrews

Taking Woodstock

55

as Sonia Teichberg

Big & Small

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

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

75

as Dolores Umbridge

Freedom Writers

72

as Margaret Campbell

Shadow Man

42

as Ambassador Cochran

My Family and Other Animals

69

as Mother

Doctor Who

78

TV show · as Interface (voice)

Fingersmith

75

TV show · as Mrs. Sucksby

Vera Drake

81

as Vera Drake

Crush

37

as Janine

Chicken Run

81

as Bunty (voice)

1990s

31 titles · average score 69

Shakespeare in Love

80

as Nurse

Remember Me?

as Lorna

The Ugly Duckling

61

as Scruffy (voice)

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Christine Cooper

Twelfth Night

73

as Maria

Deadly Advice

42

as Beth Greenwood

If You See God, Tell Him

TV show · as Muriel Spry

Don't Leave Me This Way

as Bridget Bennet

Peter's Friends

67

as Mary Charleston

A Masculine Ending

as Bridget Bennet

Up the Garden Path

TV show

Antonia and Jane

83

as Jane Hartman

1980s

12 titles · average score 69

Tales from the Crypt

67

TV show · as Sarah

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

85

TV show

The Heat of the Day

as Louie

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