"If we turn our heads and look away and hope that it will all disappear then they will - all of them, an entire generation of people. And we will have only history left to judge us."

- George Clooney
April 30, 2006, Washington



Imelda Staunton/Dolores Umbridge



Full Name: Imelda Staunton

Birthday: January 9, 1956

City of Birth: London, England

Height: 5'

Partner: Jim Carter (c. 1985 - present)

Children: one child - daughter, Bessie, born in 1993

Interesting Facts:
- Attended La Sainte Union Convent, London.
- She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1986 (1985 season) for Best Performance in a Supporting a Role for "A Chorus of Disapproval" and "The Corn is Green".
- She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1991 (1990 season) for Best Actress in a Musical for "Into the Woods".
- She was nominated for a 1997 Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards for Best Actress in a Musical of the 1996 season for her performance in "Guys and Dolls".
- She was awarded the 1985 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in A Chorus of Disapproval and The Corn is Green.
- Became an Associate Member of RADA.
- Graduated from RADA.
- She has won the "Coppa Volpi" award for her performance in Vera Drake (2004) at the 2004 Venice Film Festvial. The movie "Vera Drake" has also won the "Gold Lion" award for the best movie at the same event.
- She said that her idols are Bette Davis, Vivien Leigh, and Maya Angelou.


Filmography:
- "Cranford" (2007) TV
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- Freedom Writers (2007)
- The Wind in the Willows (2006) (TV)
- Shadow Man (2006)
- My Family and Other Animals (2005) (TV)
- "Little Britain" (6 episodes, 2005)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005/I) (TV)
- 3 & 3 (2005)
- Nanny McPhee (2005)
- Fingersmith (2005) (TV)
- Vera Drake (2004)
- "Let's Write a Story" (2004)
- "Strange" (1 episode, 2003)
- I'll Be There (2003)
- Blackball (2003)
- Bright Young Things (2003)
- The Virgin of Liverpool (2003)
- Cambridge Spies (2003) (TV)
- Murder (2002) (TV)
- Ready (2002)
- Crush (2001/I)
- Another Life (2001)
- "The Canterbury Tales" (2 episodes, 1998-2000)
- Rat (2000)
- Chicken Run (2000)
- Jack and the Beanstalk (2000)
- David Copperfield (1999) (TV)
- "Midsomer Murders" (1 episode, 1999)
- Shakespeare in Love (1998)
- Remember Me? (1997)
- The Ugly Duckling (1997)
- "Is It Legal?" (14 episodes, 1995-1996)
- Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
- "Tales from the Crypt" (1 episode, 1996)
- The Snow Queen's Revenge (1996)
- Sense and Sensibility (1995)
- "Look at the State We're In!" (1995) TV
- Citizen X (1995) (TV)
- The Snow Queen (1995)
- The Adventures of Mole (1995) (TV)
- "Frank Stubbs Promotes" (1 episode, 1994)
- Woodcock (1994) (TV)
- Mole's Christmas (1994) (TV)
- "If You See God, Tell Him" (1993) TV
- "Up the Garden Path" (18 episodes, 1990-1993)
- Don't Leave Me This Way (1993) (TV)
- Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
- Deadly Advice (1993)
- Peter's Friends (1992)
- A Masculine Ending (1992) (TV)
- Antonia and Jane (1991)
- Yellowbacks (1990) (TV)
- The Englishman's Wife (1990) (TV)
- They Never Slept (1990)
- A Sleeping Life (1989) (TV)
- "Thompson" (1988) TV
- "The Singing Detective" (1986)
- "Ladies in Charge" (1 episode, 1986)
- Comrades (1986)
- "BBC2 Playhouse" (1 episode, 1982)


Personal Quotes:
- I am a character actress, well, let's say, I am a leading character actress who does interesting, odd parts.
- You know you can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.
- "We're all unique as actors. To yourself, you are unique, you have to think 'I'm me, I'm not going to bunch myself with other people.' Agents and producers have to get you into a box, to accommodate their limited imaginations."


Sources:
IMDb