Imelda Staunton Movies & Biography

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& SONS (2026)

Starring Bill Nighy, Dominic West, George MacKay, Noah Jupe, Imelda Staunton, Johnny Flynn, Arthur Conti, Anna Geislerová, Pamela Shaw and Poppy Allen-Quarmby. Directed by Pablo Trapero.

It's been almost 20 years since an "incident" tore apart the Dyer home. An incident that has a name - Andy.

Andy's the reason his world-famous father, Andrew, no longer speaks to his adult age sons, nor to his ex-wife. Andrew is a novelist best known to the world as A.N. Dyer. His first book became a best-selling instant classic, creating a cult around its elusive author. Andrew wakes up one morning convinced that he is about to die. He needs to set right the major relationships of his life and so he summons his sons to be with him. However, when his sons arrive, laden with their own problems, Andrew does not seek their forgiveness, as they expected; instead, he tells them something so wild it couldn't possibly be true.

PADDINGTON IN PERU (2025)

Starring Ben Whishaw, Imelda Staunton, Joel Fry, Ben Miller, Emily Mortimer, Hugh Bonneville, Antonio Banderas, Hugh Grant, Olivia Colman and Julie Walters. Directed by Dougal Wilson.

REVIEWS Paddington in Peru - Get your passports! We are going to Peru!

FINDING YOUR FEET (2018)

Starring Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie, David Hayman, Joanna Lumley and Josie Lawrence. Directed by Richard Loncraine.

When ‘Lady’ Sandra Abbott discovers that her husband of forty years is having an affair with her best friend, she seeks refuge with her estranged, bohemian, older sister Bif. Sandra couldn’t be more different to her outspoken, serial dating, free spirited sibling.

But it turns out different is just what Sandra needs and she reluctantly lets Bif drag her along to her community dance class, where gradually she starts finding her feet... and romance.

REVIEWS Finding Your Feet - The comedy that's not a comedy

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: FOLLIES (2018)

Starring Imelda Staunton, Philip Quast, Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Peter Forbes.

REVIEWS Follies - Presented by National Theatre Live

PRIDE (2014)

Starring Bill Nighy, Paddy Considine, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Ben Schnetzer, George MacKay and Faye Marsay. Directed by Matthew Warchus.

t's the summer of 1984 – Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners. The problem is, the Union seems embarrassed to receive their support.

Undeterred, the activists decide to ignore the Union and go direct to the miners. They identify a mining village in deepest Wales and set off in a mini bus to make their donation in person. And so begins the extraordinary story of two seemingly alien communities who form a surprising and ultimately triumphant partnership.

REVIEWS Pride - In the name of love

MALEFICENT (2014)

Starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Juno Temple, Sharlto Copley, Brenton Thwaites, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton and Lesley Manville. Directed by Robert Stromberg.

A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal - an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading king’s successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom - and perhaps to Maleficent’s true happiness as well.

THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS 3D (2012)

Starring Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson, Jeremy Piven, Brian Blessed, Salma Hayek, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant, Lenny Henry, Martin Freeman and Russell Tovey. Directed by Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt.

REVIEWS The Pirates! Band of Misfits - For the kids only
The Pirates! Band of Misfits - Red carpet with Hugh Grant