Imelda Staunton

Imelda Staunton is a multi-award-winning actress in film, television, theatre and radio. Her theatre work includes Mrs Warren's Profession, Hello, Dolly!, Gypsy, A Delicate Balance, Uncle Vanya, amongst others, and Olivier Awards for A Chorus of Disapproval, Gypsy, Sweeney Todd, and Into the Woods. For television her work includes The Crown as Elizabeth II, Talking Heads, Trying, Flesh and Blood, Cranford Chronicles, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cambridge Spies, Easy Money, The Singing Detective, amongst others. Film includes Paddington in Peru, Downton Abbey 1 and 2, Amulet, Finding Your Feet, Pride (British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress) the Harry Potter films, Taking Woodstock, Freedom Writers, and Vera Drake (BAFTA, British Independent Film Awards, Evening Standard Film Awards, London Critics’ Circle Award, Los Angeles Film Critics’ Association Award, New York Film Critics’ Circle Award for Best Actress; and SAG, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations), amongst many others.

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