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BIO

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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STAGE CREDITS

Mrs. Warren's Profession
[West End]
2025
Mrs Kitty Warren [Replacement]
Mrs. Kitty Warren
Mrs Kitty Warren [Replacement]
Mrs. Kitty Warren
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]
[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

Movies

Comrades
[ 1986 ] Betsy Loveless
The Heat of the Day
[ 1990 ] Louie
A Masculine Ending
[ 1992 ] Bridget Bennet
Peter's Friends
[ 1992 ] Mary Anderson
Don't Leave Me This Way
[ 1993 ] Bridget Bennet
Much Ado About Nothing
[ 1993 ] Margaret
Deadly Advice
[ 1994 ] Beth Greenwood
Mole's Christmas
[ 1994 ] - Voice
Woodcock
[ 1994 ] Edna
Citizen X
[ 1995 ] Mrs. Burakov
Sense and Sensibility
[ 1995 ] Charlotte Palmer
The Adventures of Mole
[ 1995 ] - Voice
The Snow Queen
[ 1995 ] Ivy / Angorra - Voice
The Adventures of Toad
[ 1996 ] - Voice
The Snow Queen's Revenge
[ 1996 ] Elspeth / Rowena - Voice
Twelfth Night
[ 1996 ] Maria
Remember Me?
[ 1997 ] Lorna
The Ugly Duckling
[ 1997 ] Scruffy - Voice
Shakespeare in Love
[ 1998 ] Nurse
Chicken Run
[ 2000 ] Bunty - Voice
Rat
[ 2000 ] Conchita Flynn
Another Life
[ 2001 ] Ethel Graydon
Crush
[ 2001 ] Janine
Blackball
[ 2003 ] Bridget
Bright Young Things
[ 2003 ] Lady Brown
I'll Be There
[ 2003 ] Dr. Bridget
The Virgin of Liverpool
[ 2003 ] Sylvia Conlon
Vera Drake
[ 2004 ] Vera
My Family and Other Animals
[ 2005 ] Mother
Nanny McPhee
[ 2005 ] Mrs Blatherwick
Guilty Hearts
[ 2006 ] Naomi
The Wind in the Willows
[ 2006 ] Barge Lady
Freedom Writers
[ 2007 ] Margaret Campbell
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
[ 2007 ] Dolores Umbridge
How About You...
[ 2007 ] Hazel Nightingale
A Bunch of Amateurs
[ 2008 ] Mary
Clay
[ 2008 ] Mary Doonan
Three and Out
[ 2008 ] Rosemary Cassidy
Taking Woodstock
[ 2009 ] Sonia Teichberg
Alice in Wonderland
[ 2010 ] Tall Flower Faces - Voice
Another Year
[ 2010 ] Janet
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
[ 2010 ] Dolores Umbridge
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
Maleficent
[ 2014 ] Knotgrass
Paddington
[ 2014 ] Aunt Lucy - Voice
Pride
[ 2014 ] Hefina
That Day We Sang
[ 2014 ] Enid
Gypsy: Live from the Savoy Theatre
[ 2015 ] Rose
Finding Your Feet
[ 2017 ] Sandra Abbott
National Theatre Live: Follies
[ 2017 ] Sally Durant Plummer
National Theatre Live: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
[ 2017 ] Martha
Paddington 2
[ 2017 ] Aunt Lucy - Voice
Downton Abbey
[ 2019 ] Maud Bagshaw
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
[ 2019 ] Knotgrass
Amulet
[ 2020 ] Sister Claire
Downton Abbey: A New Era
[ 2022 ] Maud Bagshaw
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
[ 2023 ] Bunty - Voice
Paddington in Peru
[ 2024 ] Aunt Lucy
& Sons
[ 2025 ] Isabel Platt
National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren's Profession
[ 2025 ]

TV Shows

Tommy & Tuppence
[ 2025-0 ] Aunt Ada
BBC2 Playhouse
Mary Price
Ladies in Charge
Edith
The Singing Detective
Staff Nurse White
Thompson
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Polly Flinders
Screenplay
Stephanie, Jane Hartman
The Play on One
Cheryl Newman
Screen Two
The Producer
Performance
Jenny Beales
If You See God, Tell Him
Muriel Spry
Up the Garden Path
[ 1990-1993 ] Izzy
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
Cambridge Spies
The Queen
Strange
Reverend Mary Truegood
Fingersmith
Mrs. Sucksby
Little Britain
Mrs. Mead
ShakespeaRe-Told
Polly
Dogtown
Gwen Gregson
60/90
Nurse
Coming Up
Mother
Big and Small
[ 2008-2009 ] Ruby, Twiba
Cranford
[ 2007-2009 ] Miss Pole
Breakfast
Janet
Doctor Who
Interface
Psychoville
[ 2010-2011 ] Grace Andrews
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

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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The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham has confirmed the first casting for its 2025/26 pantomime spectacular, Robin Hood and His Merry Men, which will run from Friday 28 November 2025 to Sunday 11 January 2026.
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by Josh Sharpe - Aug 20, 2025

Antonia Thomas, Josh Dylan, and Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton will star in Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence a six-part contemporary adaptation of the Agatha Christie novels and short stories.
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In “Mrs. Warren’s Profession,” playwright George Bernard Shaw tells the provocative story of a former prostitute turned madam who struggles to find peace with her disapproving daughter and prove that working as a prostitute is not the result of questionable morals, but rather a profession chosen out of economic necessity.
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Imelda Staunton leads a blistering revival
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The Olivier Awards 2025 were held on Sunday, April 6 at the Royal Albert Hall, hosted by Beverley Knight and Billy Porter. Watch videos of acceptance speeches from Imelda Staunton, Layton Williams, Christopher Wheeldon, Lesley Manville, and more!
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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 12 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?

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

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