Born January 9, 1956, in London, England, Imelda Staunton graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Her long list of accolades includes many awards for her theatre work (1985 London Critics Circle Award, 1986 and 1991 Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards).She made her major TV debut in the BBC's famed miniseries "The Singing Detective" in 1986, and made her movie debut the next year with Comrades. Long a familiar face to U.K. TV and film fans, she became known in the United States primarily for her work in the films of Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson (Much Ado About Nothing, Peter's Friends, Sense and Sensibility) and the Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love.
For her breakthrough performance in the title role of Mike Leigh's Vera Drake, Staunton won the Coppa Volpi award at the 2004 Venice Film Festival and earned Oscar, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations for Best Actress.
Freedom WritersWhile her at-risk students are reading classics like The Diary of Anne Frank, a young teacher (Hilary Swank) asks them to keep journals about their troubled lives and apply history's lessons to break the cycle of violence and despair that threatens their futures. Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton... Read More
Return to CranfordIn this follow-up to the beloved BBC miniseries, Cranford -- a mid-19th-century traditional English village populated by gossips and eccentrics -- faces impending modernization in the form of a railway line, which ignites a flurry of heated debate. Read More
Vera DrakeVera Drake spends her days doting on her working-class family in 1950s England. But Vera also has a secret side: She visits women and helps them induce miscarriages. When the authorities get wind of her activities, Vera's world quickly falls apart. Read More
CrushIn this lighthearted story, three close friends (Andie MacDowell, Imelda Staunton and Anna Chancellor) in a small English village meet every week to drink gin and swap stories about their love lives -- or lack thereof -- as illustrated through an amusing set of flashbacks. Things turn sour with the... Read More
My Family and Other AnimalsThe wild adventures of an unconventionally talented clan unfold in this Masterpiece Theatre drama, based on the acclaimed autobiography of naturalist Gerald Durrell (Eugene Simon). Moving to the Greek island of Corfu proves a boon for young Gerald, who begins collecting an assortment of exotic pets.... Read More
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) | NR | |
Arthur Christmas (2011) | PG | |
The Awakening (2011) | NR | |
Another Year (2010) | PG-13 | |
Return to Cranford (2009) | NR | |
Taking Woodstock (2009) | R | |
R | ||
How About You (2007) | NR | |
PG-13 | ||
Freedom Writers (2007) | PG-13 | |
NR | ||
Guilty Hearts (2006) | R | |
Shadow Man (2006) | R | |
NR | ||
Nanny McPhee (2005) | PG | |
Fingersmith (2005) | NR | |
NR | ||
Vera Drake (2004) | R | |
National Lampoon's Blackball (2003) | R | |
I'll Be There (2003) | PG-13 | |
Shorts!: Vol. 1 (2003) | UR | |
Crush (2002) | R | |
Another Life (2001) | NR | |
Rat (2000) | PG | |
NR | ||
TV-PG | ||
Shakespeare in Love (1998) | R | |
The Ugly Duckling (1997) | NR | |
Twelfth Night (1996) | PG | |
Sense and Sensibility (1995) | PG | |
Citizen X (1995) | R | |
The Snow Queen (1995) | NR | |
Much Ado About Nothing (1993) | PG-13 | |
Peter's Friends (1992) | R | |
The Singing Detective (1986) | NR | |
