Imelda Staunton

Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton is an English actress. She is best known for her performances in the British comedy television series Up the Garden Path and the films Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Vera Drake. For the latter, she drew widespread critical acclaim as Vera Drake, earning her a Best Actress Oscar nomination and a number of wins including the BAFTA and Venice Film Festival Awards for best actress in a leading role.

Staunton was born in Archway, North London, the only child of Bridie, a hairdresser, and Joseph Staunton, a road-worker and labourer. The family lived over Staunton's mother's hair dressing salon while Staunton’s father worked on the roads.

Staunton met her husband, English actor Jim Carter, in Richard Eyre's landmark early Eighties production of Guys And Dolls at the National Theatre. They have a daughter, Bessie, born 1993. Staunton lives with her family in West Hampstead, northwest London, and is long time friends with actor Stephen Fry, actor Hugh Laurie and actress Emma Thompson, her neighbor.

Movie		Character	Year
	Shakespeare in Love	Nurse	1998
	David Copperfield	Mrs. Micawber	1999
	Chicken Run	Bunty	2000
	Freedom Writers	Margaret Campbell	2007
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Dolores Umbridge	2007
	Alice in Wonderland	Tall Flower Faces (voice)	2010
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1	Dolores Umbridge	2010
	Another Year	Janet	2011
	The Awakening	Maud Hill	2011
	Arthur Christmas	Mrs. Santa	2011
	The Pirates! Band of Misfits	Queen Victoria (voice)	2012
	The Girl	Alma Hitchcock	2012
	Maleficent	Knotgrass	2014