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Stanton, an accomplished stage and screen star, recently performed on stage in the West End in Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Follies. Prior to that, she delivered an Olivier Award-winning performance as Mama Rose in Gypsy. Amongst her many other theatre credits, notable performances include Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd, for which she won an Olivier Award, Circle, Mirror, Transformation for the Royal Court and the role of Claire in Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance at The Almeida Theatre. In total, Staunton has been nominated for eleven Olivier Awards, winning four. On film Staunton is perhaps best known for playing the title role in Vera Drake, for which she received the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and for the role of Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter films.

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Imelda Staunton STAGE CREDITS

Hello, Dolly! Hello, Dolly!
[West End]
2024
Hello, Dolly! Hello, Dolly!
[West End]
West End Revival, 2020
Dolly Gallagher Levi
Follies Follies
[West End]
National Theatre Premiere, 2017
Sally Durrant Plummer
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
[West End]
West End Revival, 2017
Martha [Replacement]
Gypsy Gypsy
[West End]
West End Revival Production, 2015
Mama Rose
Good People Good People
[West End]
West End Transfer, 2014
Margaret
Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd
[West End]
Chichester Festival Theatre Production, 2012
Mrs Lovett
Guys and Dolls
[West End]
Royal National Theatre Production, 1996
Miss Adelaide
Into the Woods
[West End]
London Production, 1990
Baker's Wife
Guys and Dolls
[West End]
Royal National Theatre Production, 1982
Mimi
The Beggar's Opera
[London Fringe]
Royal National Theatre Production, 1982
Performer

Imelda Staunton Movies

Comrades
[ 1986 ] Betsy Loveless
The Heat of the Day
[ 1990 ] Louie
A Masculine Ending
[ 1992 ] Bridget Bennet
Peter's Friends
[ 1992 ] Mary Anderson
Much Ado About Nothing
[ 1993 ] Margaret
Don't Leave Me This Way
[ 1993 ] Bridget Bennet
Woodcock
[ 1994 ] Edna
Mole's Christmas
[ 1994 ] - Voice
Deadly Advice
[ 1994 ] Beth Greenwood
The Snow Queen
[ 1995 ] Ivy / Angorra - Voice
Citizen X
[ 1995 ] Mrs. Burakov
The Adventures of Mole
[ 1995 ] - Voice
Sense and Sensibility
[ 1995 ] Charlotte Palmer
The Adventures of Toad
[ 1996 ] - Voice
Twelfth Night
[ 1996 ] Maria
The Snow Queen's Revenge
[ 1996 ] Elspeth / Rowena - Voice
Remember Me?
[ 1997 ] Lorna
The Ugly Duckling
[ 1997 ] Scruffy - Voice
Shakespeare in Love
[ 1998 ] Nurse
Rat
[ 2000 ] Conchita Flynn
Chicken Run
[ 2000 ] Bunty - Voice
Another Life
[ 2001 ] Ethel Graydon
Crush
[ 2001 ] Janine
I'll Be There
[ 2003 ] Dr. Bridget
Bright Young Things
[ 2003 ] Lady Brown
Blackball
[ 2003 ] Bridget
The Virgin of Liverpool
[ 2003 ] Sylvia Conlon
Vera Drake
[ 2004 ] Vera
My Family and Other Animals
[ 2005 ] Mother
Nanny McPhee
[ 2005 ] Mrs Blatherwick
The Wind in the Willows
[ 2006 ] Barge Lady
Guilty Hearts
[ 2006 ] Naomi
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
[ 2007 ] Dolores Umbridge
How About You...
[ 2007 ] Hazel Nightingale
Freedom Writers
[ 2007 ] Margaret Campbell
A Bunch of Amateurs
[ 2008 ] Mary
Clay
[ 2008 ] Mary Doonan
Three and Out
[ 2008 ] Rosemary Cassidy
Taking Woodstock
[ 2009 ] Sonia Teichberg
Another Year
[ 2010 ] Janet
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
[ 2010 ] Dolores Umbridge
Alice in Wonderland
[ 2010 ] Tall Flower Faces - Voice
Arthur Christmas
[ 2011 ] Mrs Santa - Voice
The Awakening
[ 2011 ] Maud Hill
The Girl
[ 2012 ] Alma Reville Hitchcock
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
[ 2012 ] Queen Victoria - Voice
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
[ 2013 ] Shrew - Voice
Paddington
[ 2014 ] Aunt Lucy - Voice
Pride
[ 2014 ] Hefina
That Day We Sang
[ 2014 ] Enid
Maleficent
[ 2014 ] Knotgrass
Gypsy: Live from the Savoy Theatre
[ 2015 ] Rose
National Theatre Live: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
[ 2017 ] Martha
Paddington 2
[ 2017 ] Aunt Lucy - Voice
National Theatre Live: Follies
[ 2017 ] Sally Durant Plummer
Finding Your Feet
[ 2017 ] Sandra Abbott
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
[ 2019 ] Knotgrass
Downton Abbey
[ 2019 ] Maud Bagshaw
Amulet
[ 2020 ] Sister Claire
Downton Abbey: A New Era
[ 2022 ] Maud Bagshaw
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
[ 2023 ] Bunty - Voice

Imelda Staunton TV Shows

BBC2 Playhouse
Mary Price
The Singing Detective
Staff Nurse White
Ladies in Charge
Edith
Thompson
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Polly Flinders
The Play on One
Cheryl Newman
Screenplay
Stephanie, Jane Hartman
Screen Two
The Producer
Performance
Jenny Beales
Up the Garden Path
[ 1990-1993 ] Izzy
If You See God, Tell Him
Muriel Spry
Frank Stubbs
Susan
Jackanory
Storyteller
Look at the State We're in!
Councillor Johnson
Tales from the Crypt
Sarah
Is It Legal?
[ 1995-1998 ] Stella Phelps
David Copperfield
Mrs. Micawber
Midsomer Murders
Christine Cooper
The Canterbury Tales
[ 1998-2000 ] The Prioress
Murder
DCI Billie Dory
Strange
Reverend Mary Truegood
Cambridge Spies
The Queen
Fingersmith
Mrs. Sucksby
Little Britain
Mrs. Mead
ShakespeaRe-Told
Polly
Dogtown
Gwen Gregson
60/90
Nurse
Coming Up
Mother
Cranford
[ 2007-2009 ] Miss Pole
Big and Small
[ 2008-2009 ] Ruby, Twiba
Breakfast
Janet
Psychoville
[ 2010-2011 ] Grace Andrews
Doctor Who
Interface
Honest Trailers
Knotgrass
A Confession
Karen Edwards
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads 3
Irene Ruddock
Flesh and Blood
Mary
Trying
[ 2020-2021 ] Penny Wootton
The Crown
Queen Elizabeth II

Imelda Staunton Awards and Nominations

Olivier Awards - 2018 - Best Actress

Imelda Staunton, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

Olivier Awards - 2018 - Best Actress In A Musical

Imelda Staunton , Follies


winner
Olivier Awards - 2016 - Best Actress in a Musical

Imelda StauntonGypsy


winner
Evening Standard Awards - 2015 - Best Musical Performance

Imelda StauntonGypsy

Olivier Awards - 2015 - Best Actress

Imelda StauntonGood People


winner
Olivier Awards - 2013 - Best Actress in a Musical

Imelda StauntonSweeney Todd

Olivier Awards - 2010 - Best Actress

Imelda StauntonEntertaining Mr Sloane

Olivier Awards - 1997 - Best Actress in a Musical

Imelda Staunton, Guys And Dolls


winner
Olivier Awards - 1991 - Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical

Imelda Staunton, Into The Woods

Olivier Awards - 1988 - Actress of the Year in a Revival

Imelda StauntonUncle Vanya

Olivier Awards - 1988 - Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical

Imelda StauntonThe Wizard Of Oz


winner
Olivier Awards - 1985 - Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role

Imelda StauntonA Chorus Of Disapproval at the National

Olivier Awards - 1982 - Actress of the Year in a Musical

Imelda StauntonThe Beggar's Opera

Olivier Awards - 1982 - Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre

Imelda StauntonThe Beggar's Opera

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Photos: Imelda Staunton is Dolly Gallagher Levi in HELLO, DOLLY! Photo
Photos: Imelda Staunton is Dolly Gallagher Levi in HELLO, DOLLY!

Hello, Dolly! is now in performances at The London Palladium for a strictly limited 10-week season led by multi-Olivier and BAFTA Award-winning Imelda Staunton as meddlesome socialite turned matchmaker Dolly Levi. Check out a first photos of the cast in action here!
Video: Imelda Staunton Takes the Stage in HELLO, DOLLY! Photo
Video: Imelda Staunton Takes the Stage in HELLO, DOLLY!

Watch Imelda Staunton and the cast of the West End's Hello, Dolly! take their bows during previews!
THE BEAR, ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING, & More Receive 2024 Astra TV Awards Nominatio Photo
THE BEAR, ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING, & More Receive 2024 Astra TV Awards Nominations; See the Full List

With 15 nominations, FX’s The Bear was the most nominated series this year, followed by Max’s Hacks and Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building with 13 each. ABC’s Abbott Elementary and CBS’s Ghosts are tied for third place, with 11 nominations each.
Imelda Staunton-Led HELLO, DOLLY! Begins at the London Palladium Tonight Photo
Imelda Staunton-Led HELLO, DOLLY! Begins at the London Palladium Tonight

Hello, Dolly! starring Imelda Staunton, begins performances Saturday, July 6th at the London Palladium for a strictly limited 10-week season.
Interview: 'It Feels Genuinely Uplifting': Director Dominic Cooke On Working With Ime Photo
Interview: 'It Feels Genuinely Uplifting': Director Dominic Cooke On Working With Imelda Staunton and The Long Wait For HELLO, DOLLY!

Hello, Dolly!, the iconic musical from the 1960s, has returned to the West End. Recently, we had the chance to speak with Dominic Cooke about directing the revival. We discussed what his career as a director has been like, what it has been like to take on this iconic musical and even how the pandemic has had an effect on the work as a whole.
Imelda Staunton And More Awarded 2024 King's Birthday Honours Photo
Imelda Staunton And More Awarded 2024 King's Birthday Honours

Each year, a number of UK citizens are selected for special distinctions in honour of the birthday of the reigning monarch. This year, a number of familiar faces from the arts world have made the list.
Video: Watch Trailer for PADDINGTON IN PERU Featuring Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas Photo
Video: Watch Trailer for PADDINGTON IN PERU Featuring Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, & More

StudioCanal has just debuted the first trailer for Paddington in Peru, the anticipated third entry in the beloved Paddington film franchise. The cast of the film includes Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Antonio Banderas, Olivia Colman, Julie Walters, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, and Jim Broadbent. Watch the trailer!
Equity Research Finds that UK Arts Councils Cut Funding 16% in Real Terms Since 2017 Photo
Equity Research Finds that UK Arts Councils Cut Funding 16% in Real Terms Since 2017

New research commissioned by Equity, the performing arts and entertainment trade union, and carried out by the Autonomy Institute shows that overall arts funding for the UK from national bodies (Arts Councils England, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council of Wales and Creative Scotland) has been cut 16% in real terms since 2017.
Review: GYPSY: A MUSICAL FABLE at Music Theatre Wichita At Century II Concert Hall Photo
Review: GYPSY: A MUSICAL FABLE at Music Theatre Wichita At Century II Concert Hall

What did our critic think of GYPSY: A MUSICAL FABLE at Music Theatre Wichita At Century II Concert Hall? There is a reason the musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable is a Golden Age classic. The text, suggested by the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee and written by Authur Laurents, is economical and succinct. Jule Styne’s music varies from catchy tunes to lush, foreboding orchestral maneuvers, and Sondheim’s nascent lyrics are simple and accessible, yet cut to the core of each scene’s objective.
Show of the Week: Save Up To 48% on HELLO, DOLLY! at the London Palladium Photo
Show of the Week: Save Up To 48% on HELLO, DOLLY! at the London Palladium

Save up to 48% on tickets for Hello, Dolly! at the London Palladium. Tickets are now available from £25.
Photos: Imelda Staunton and More in Rehearsal For HELLO, DOLLY! Photo
Photos: Imelda Staunton and More in Rehearsal For HELLO, DOLLY!

All new rehearsal photos have been released for this summer’s new production of Hello, Dolly!, as one of the most iconic musicals of all time comes to The London Palladium.
Andy Nyman to Play Governor Thropp in WICKED Movie Photo
Andy Nyman to Play Governor Thropp in WICKED Movie

Actor Andy Nyman took to social media on Monday to reveal that he will be playing the role of Governor Thropp in the upcoming Wicked movie. In the musical, Thropp is the 'father' of Elphaba and Nessarose and the governor of Munchkinland. He appears in the opening number 'No One Mourns the Wicked,' which serves as a flashback of Elphaba's birth.
DOWNTON ABBEY 3 Officially in the Works with Paul Giamatti, Dominic West, & More Photo
DOWNTON ABBEY 3 Officially in the Works with Paul Giamatti, Dominic West, & More

Following Imelda Staunton's recent statements about a third Downton Abbey film, it has been confirmed that another installment in the franchise is indeed happening. Simon Curtis is returning to direct after helming 2022’s Downton Abbey: A New Era, and much of the original cast is returning, along with some new additions.
London Palladium Will Offer Backstage Tours in July and August Photo
London Palladium Will Offer Backstage Tours in July and August

From the 15 July – 31 August, the London Palladium will be launching exclusive backstage tours allowing audiences to experience areas of the ‘home of variety’ normally not accessible to the public and learn about the theatre’s rich history.  
Imelda Staunton Confirms Final DOWNTON ABBEY Movie Photo
Imelda Staunton Confirms Final DOWNTON ABBEY Movie

Imelda Staunton has confirmed that a final Downton Abbey film is in the works. Written by Julian Fellowes – who wrote the book for musicals like Mary Poppins and School of Rock – Downton Abbey has starred Harry Hadden-Paton, Elizabeth McGovern, Brendan Coyle, Dan Stevens, Maggie Smith, Dominic West, and more.
Full Cast Set For Imelda Staunton-Led HELLO DOLLY! at the London Palladium Photo
Full Cast Set For Imelda Staunton-Led HELLO DOLLY! at the London Palladium

The complete cast has been revealed for this summer's new production of Hello, Dolly!, as one of the most iconic musicals of all time comes to The London Palladium.
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Tickets On Sale Now For PADDINGTON IN CONCERT UK Tour

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London Theatre Week - See over 50 Award-Winning Musicals and Plays with Tickets from £15, £25 or £35

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Alfie Boe, Killian Donnelly, Michael Ball & Bradley Jaden to Lead LES MISERABLES Arena Tour

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THE COLOR PURPLE, MAESTRO & More Nominated For SAG Awards - Full List of Nominations!

This morning, nominees for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® honoring outstanding individual, cast and ensemble performances for the past year were announced. Check out the full list of nominations, which include Danielle Brooks, Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Hannah Waddingham, the cast of The Gilded Age, and more.
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Imelda Staunton FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Imelda Staunton been in?

Imelda Staunton has not appeared on Broadway.

How many West End shows has Imelda Staunton been in?

Imelda Staunton has appeared on London's West End in 10 shows.

What was Imelda Staunton's first West End show?

Imelda Staunton's first West End show was Guys and Dolls which opened in 1982

What awards has Imelda Staunton been nominated for?

Imelda Staunton has been nominated for the following awards: Best Actress (Olivier Awards) for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Best Actress In A Musical (Olivier Awards) for Follies, Best Actress in a Musical (Olivier Awards) for Gypsy, Best Musical Performance (Evening Standard Awards) for Gypsy, Best Actress (Olivier Awards) for Good People, Best Actress in a Musical (Olivier Awards) for Sweeney Todd, Best Actress (Olivier Awards) for Entertaining Mr Sloane, Best Actress in a Musical (Olivier Awards) for Guys And Dolls, Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical (Olivier Awards) for Into The Woods, Actress of the Year in a Revival (Olivier Awards) for Uncle Vanya, Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical (Olivier Awards) for The Wizard Of Oz, Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role (Olivier Awards) for A Chorus Of Disapproval at the National, Actress of the Year in a Musical (Olivier Awards) for The Beggar's Opera, and Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre (Olivier Awards) for The Beggar's Opera.

What awards has Imelda Staunton won?

Imelda Staunton has won several awards, including Best Actress in a Musical at the Olivier Awards for "Gypsy," Best Musical Performance at the Evening Standard Awards for "Gypsy," Best Actress in a Musical at the Olivier Awards for "Sweeney Todd," Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical at the Olivier Awards for "Into The Woods," and Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role at the Olivier Awards for "A Chorus Of Disapproval" at the National Theatre.

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