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Profile of Imelda Staunton on Famous Like Me

 
Name: Imelda Staunton  
   
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Date of Birth: 9th January 1956
   
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
   
Profession: Actress
 
 
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Imelda Staunton as Vera Drake

Imelda Staunton (born Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton on January 9, 1956 in London) is a British actress of Irish Catholic descent. Both of her parents hail from County Mayo, Ireland. She is a three-time recipient of Britain's highest theatre honour, the Olivier Award, for roles in A Chorus of Disapproval (1985), The Corn Is Green (1985), and Into the Woods (1991). She began to receive international attention in 1993 for her performance in the Kenneth Branagh's production of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. The same year she appeared on the small screen along side Richard Briers and Adrian Edmondson in If You See God, Tell Him. On radio, she has appeared as the title role in the detective drama series Julie Enfield Investigates.

Staunton shared a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Performance by a Cast in 1998 for Shakespeare in Love. In 2004, Staunton received the Best Actress honors at the European Film Awards, the BAFTAs, and the Venice Film Festival for her performance in Vera Drake, which also won Best Picture. For the same role, she received Best Actress nominations for the 2005 Golden Globes and Academy Awards.

She is married to the British actor, Jim Carter, and they have a daughter, Bessie.

Imelda has publicly stated, while in the U.S. for the Academy Awards telecast in 2004, that despite her religious background she is pro-choice on abortion.

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