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Celia Imrie

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Jul 15, 1952 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

Biography

Celia Imrie (born July 15, 1952) is an English actress. In a career starting in the early 1970s, Imrie has played Marianne Bellshade in “Bergerac,” Philippa Moorcroft in “Dinnerladies,” Miss Babs in “Acorn Antiques,” Diana Neal in “After You've Gone,” and Gloria Millington in “Kingdom.” Her other roles include in the films “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace,” the “Bridget Jones’ Diary” series, and “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.” She has been described as "one of the most successful British actresses of recent decades".

Known For

Acting
2025The Thursday Murder ClubJoyce
2025Bridget Jones: Mad About the BoyUna Alconbury
2025The Celebrity TraitorsSelf - Contestant
2024A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of StoneE. Nesbit
2023Fifty-Four DaysGloria
2023Love AgainGina Valentine
2023Good GriefImelda
2023The DiplomatMeg Roylin
2022Christmas on Mistletoe FarmMiss Womble
2022Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of MayhemNarrator (voice)
2022Robbie Coltrane at the BBCSelf - Presenter
2021Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasMalabelle
2021Louisa: An Amazing AdventureMay Crocombe (voice)
2020Love SarahMimi
2020The SavoyNarrator
2019D-Day 75: A Tribute to HeroesSelf
2019Cinderella: After Ever AfterMadame Blackheart
2018MalevolentMrs. Green
2018Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainVice Chancellor
2018To Provide All PeoplePatient
2018One Evening In JuneBeth
2018Nativity Rocks!Mrs. Keen
2018Patrick MelroseKettle
2018Hang UpsMaggie Pitt
2017A Cure for WellnessVictoria Watkins
2017Finding Your FeetBif
2017Monster FamilyCheyenne (voice)
2016Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria WoodSelf
2016Absolutely Fabulous: The MovieClaudia Bing
2016Bridget Jones's BabyUna
2016Year by the SeaErikson
2016Better ThingsPhil
2016DC's Legends of TomorrowMary Xavier
2015The Second Best Exotic Marigold HotelMadge Hardcastle
2015Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of HypnotismEdna
2014The Love PunchPen
2014What We Did on Our HolidayAgnes Chisolm
2014Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!Mrs. Keen
2014A Life on ScreenSelf
2013Remembering Douglas Camfield
2013BlandingsCharlotte
2013ViciousLillian Haverfield-Wickham
2013Talking PicturesNarrator
2012The Best Exotic Marigold HotelMadge Hardcastle
2012Acts of GodfreyHelen McGann
2012TitanicGrace Rushton
2011My AngelThe Librarian
2010Lost ConnectionMum
2010The Road to Coronation StreetDoris Speed
2010The Man Who Married HimselfMother
2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark StrangerEnid Wicklow
2009St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's GoldMatron
2009Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2008PlayerLaetitia
2008Stanley Baxter: Now and ThenSelf
2007St Trinian'sHausmutter
2007Dangerous LiaisonsEmily Coulter
2007After You've GoneDiana
2007KingdomGloria Millington
2007CranfordLady Glenmire
2007LewisMichelle Marber
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
2006Imagine Me & YouTessa
2006Acorn Antiques: The MusicalMiss Babs
2006The Lavender ListMary Wilson
2006Taken at the FloodKathy Cloade-Woodward
2006The One ShowSelf
2005Nanny McPheeMrs. Quickly
2005Wah-WahLady Riva Hardwick
2005Mr Harvey Lights a CandleMiss Davies
2005Doctor WhoMiss Kizlet
2004WimbledonLydice Kenwood
2004Bridget Jones: The Edge of ReasonUna Alconbury
2004The Paul O'Grady Show
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleMadame Joilet
2004Who Do You Think You Are?Self
2003Calendar GirlsCelia
2003HeartlandsSonja
2003The PlanmanGail Forrester
2003Out of BoundsDoctor Imogen Reed
2003Thora Hird TributePhilippa, Claire (archive footage, uncredited)
2003The Terry and Gaby Show
2002The Gathering StormViolet Pearman
2002A Is for AcidRose Henderson
2002ThunderpantsMiss Rapier
2002Plain JaneEllen Reynolds
2002SparkhouseKate Lawton
2002Daniel DerondaMrs. Meyrick
2002Still Game
2002Timeshiftself
2002Doctor ZhivagoAnna Gromeko
2001Lucky BreakAmy
2001Bridget Jones's DiaryUna Alconbury
2001Station JimMiss Frazier
2001RevelationHarriet Martel
2001Love in a Cold ClimateAunt Sadie
2000Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsSelf/Various Characters
2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000GormenghastGertrude, Countess of Groan
1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceFighter Pilot Bravo 5
1999A Christmas CarolMrs. Bennett
1998Hilary and JackieIris Du Pré
1998dinnerladiesPhilippa Moorcroft
1998Duck PatrolMrs. Calloway
1998MicrosoapMiss Cottingham
1997The BorrowersHomily Clock
1997The Canterville GhostLucy Otis
1997Mr White Goes To WestminsterVictoria Madison
1997Into the BlueNadine Cunningham
1997Hospital!Sister Muriel
1997Midsomer MurdersLouise August
1997Jonathan CreekThelma Bailey
1997The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingMrs. Miller
1997The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingMrs, Miller
1997Wokenwell
1996The Writing on the WallKirsty
1996Dalziel & Pascoe
1995In the Bleak MidwinterFadge
1995A Very Open PrisonVictoria Bridgewater
1995Black Hearts in BatterseaDuchess Of Battersea
1994Mary Shelley's FrankensteinMrs. Moritz
1994Pat and MargaretClaire
1994The Return of the NativeSusan Nunsuch
1994The Riff Raff ElementJoanna Tundish
1994Class ActClass Act
1994A Dark Adapted EyeVera
1993Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western IslesLady MacDonald
1992Blue Black PermanentBarbara Thorburn
1992Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992ThackerAnn Hadon Smith
1992HeartbeatSylvia Langley
1992Absolutely FabulousClaudia Bing
1991The Harmfulness of Tobacco
1991All Good ThingsRachel Bromley
1991The Darling Buds of MayCorinne Perigo
1990Old FlamesDavina Wright / Hopjoy
1990102 Boulevard HaussmannMadame Massis
1990The World of Eddie WearyBirdie
1990Oranges Are Not the Only FruitMiss Jewsbury
1989Murder on the MoonPatsy Diehl
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot'Aunt' Kathy Cloade
1989Victoria WoodCarol
1989Victoria WoodJackie
1989Victoria WoodJulia
1989Stay LuckyJulie Vernon
1988An Audience With Victoria WoodSelf - Questioner
1987Acorn AntiquesBabs
1987Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and EntertainmentSelf
1987The New StatesmanHilary
1986HighlanderKate MacLeod
1986LovejoyLady Felicity Carey-Holden
1986CasualtyElizabeth Clayton
1985Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985Screen TwoVictoria Bridgewater
1985Acorn AntiquesMiss Babs
1983The Wicked LadyServant at Inn
1983Taggart
1982Cloud HoweElse Queen
1981The Nightmare ManFiona Patterson
1981BergeracMarianne
1981The Nightmare ManFiona Patterson
1979To the Manor BornPolly
1979ShoestringSheila Johnson
1978Death on the NileMaid (uncredited)
1978Ice AgeHousemaid
1977BBC2 Play of the WeekHousemaid
1974House of WhipcordBarbara
1973AssassinStacy's Secretary
1972Van der ValkMarijke Dekker
1971Upstairs, DownstairsJenny
1971A Ghost Story for ChristmasEdith Nesbit
1951Hallmark Hall of FameSusan Nunsuch
-The Temptation Of GracieGracie Burton
-Down, Down, DownSylvia
-Merry Christmas Aubrey FlintGloria Lynn
-Tomb RaiderFrancine