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.
AddFreedom 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
AddVera DrakeVera Drake (Imelda Staunton, who earned an Oscar nomination for her portrayal) spends her days doting on her working-class family. But Vera also has a secret side: Her family and friends don't know that she visits women and helps them induce miscarriages for their unwanted pregnancies. When the... Read More
AddMy 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
AddRatIt's an unlikely cross between Stuart Little and Franz Kafka. An ordinary, working-class Dublin family sees their lives turned upside down when their father (Pete Postlethwaite) comes home from a night of Guinness-swilling and transforms into a rat! The family's reactions vary from annoyance to... Read More
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