Celia Imrie Moma Mia Here We Go Again

British actress

Celia Imrie

Celia Imrie at the Cambridge Union Society Spring Wordfest.jpg

Imrie discussing The Happy Hoofer at the Cambridge Union Society in 2011

Born

Celia Diana Savile Imrie


(1952-07-15) 15 July 1952 (age 69)

Guildford, Surrey, England

Education Guildford High School; Guildford Schoolhouse of Acting
Occupation Actress
Years active 1973–present
Children Angus Imrie

Celia Diana Savile Imrie (born 15 July 1952[1] [2] [3]) is an English actress and author. She was described in 2003 as "i of the most successful British actresses of recent decades".[4] She is best known for her motion-picture show roles, including the Bridget Jones film serial, Calendar Girls (2003), Nanny McPhee (2005), The All-time Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), The Second All-time Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) and Malevolent (2018) and, since 2016, for the FX Television series Ameliorate Things. In Great U.k. she is known for her work with Victoria Wood, including Victoria Forest: As Seen on TV (1985–1987), the sitcom dinnerladies (1998–2000) and Acorn Antiques: The Musical, for which she won the 2006 Olivier Award for Best Operation in a Supporting Office in a Musical

Early on life [edit]

Imrie was born on 15 July 1952 in Guildford, Surrey, the fourth of five children of Diana Elizabeth Blois (née Cator) and David Andrew Imrie, a radiologist. Her begetter was from Glasgow, Scotland.[5] [vi] Imrie is the ten-times-smashing granddaughter of the infamous Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset.[vii] Imrie was educated at Guildford High School, an independent school for girls in her home town of Guildford, followed by the Guildford School of Interim.[8]

Career [edit]

Motion picture [edit]

Imrie'south film credits include Nanny McPhee, Hilary and Jackie (playing Iris du Pr̩), and the 1997 pic The Borrowers, in which she played Homily Clock. Other films include Bridget Jones's Diary, Calendar Girls, Highlander, and as Fighter Airplane pilot Bravo five in Star Wars: Episode I РThe Phantom Menace. In 2007 she appeared in St Trinian'due south.

Tv set [edit]

Imrie's television credits include The Nightmare Man, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Casualty, Absolutely Fabulous, The Darling Buds of May and Upstairs, Downstairs.

In the 2000 miniseries of Gormenghast, she played Lady Gertrude. She also appeared in the 2005 BBC boob tube drama Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle, where she played the role of a teacher taking an unruly political party of pupils on a 24-hour interval-trip to Salisbury Cathedral. She starred alongside Nicholas Lyndhurst in the BBC sitcom After Yous've Gone (2007–2008), and in the ITV1 drama Kingdom (2007–2009) with Stephen Fry. Her part in After You lot've Gone has, whilst beingness critically acclaimed, been described as "criminally squandered".[9] In 2013, she guest-starred in the BBC's Doctor Who, playing the villainous Miss Kizlet in "The Bells of Saint John". In May 2016, she made her US television debut in the DC action-run a risk series Legends of Tomorrow. Since September 2016 she has starred as Phyllis in the FX series Ameliorate Things. In Dec 2021, Imrie narrated the BBC's Talking Pictures: Flick'due south Family Favourites.

Theatre [edit]

In 2005, she received very positive reviews for her US phase debut in Unsuspecting Susan.[10] [11] In 2009, she appeared in Plague Over England in the West End, a play about John Gielgud, and received a positive reviews for her performance.[12] That aforementioned year, she appeared in the world premiere of Robin Soans' Mixed Up North, directed by Max Stafford-Clark.[13] In 2010, she appeared aslope Robin Soans in a product of Sheridan's The Rivals.

Radio [edit]

Imrie'south radio work includes parts in BBC Radio 4'south No Commitments and Bleak Expectations. " The Adventures of a Black Handbag and Doctor Finlay – Farther Adventures of a Black Bag" 2002 and 2003  ; In early 2007, she narrated the book Arabella, broadcast over two weeks as the Book at Bedtime.

Work with Victoria Wood [edit]

Imrie is perhaps best known in Great britain for her frequent collaborations with Victoria Wood,[fourteen] with whom she appeared in TV programmes such as the sitcom dinnerladies and sketch show Victoria Forest: As Seen on Television receiver. It was on the latter evidence in 1985 that she commencement played the part of Miss Babs, possessor of Acorn Antiques, a parody of the low-budget British lather opera Crossroads. These sketches became such a British institution that the show was turned into Acorn Antiques: The Musical!, a West End musical, in 2005 starring about of the original cast. Imrie won an Olivier Award in 2006 for her operation.[15] The graphic symbol has curly blonde hair, and is known for her frequent parodic flirtations with the customers, and her interactions with the housekeeper, Mrs Overall (portrayed by Julie Walters).

Books [edit]

Her debut novel Not Quite Nice was published by Bloomsbury in 2015, had six weeks in the Sunday Times Pinnacle Ten, was cited by The Times as a 'delicious piece of entertainment', and also reached number 5 in the Apple ibook chart and viii in Amazon'south book chart.[16] Her 2d novel, Nice Piece of work (If Yous Can Get It), was published in 2016;[17] and her third, Canvass Away, was published in February 2018.[18] Her next work, A Nice Cup of Tea, was published in 2019.[19]

  • The Happy Hoofer (2011), Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 978-1444709278
  • Not Quite Nice (2015), Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN 978-1632860323
  • Nice Work (If You Can Get Information technology) (2016), Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN 978-1408876909
  • Sail Away (2018), Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN 978-1408883235
  • A Prissy Cup of Tea (2019), Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1408883266
  • Orphans of the Storm (2021), Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1526614896

Mamma Mia! Hither We Get Again [edit]

As part of the cast of the 2018 movie Mamma Mia! Here Nosotros Become Once again, Imrie achieved her start Britain Top 40 single alongside Lily James with a cover of the ABBA song "When I Kissed the Instructor", which reached number 40 in August 2018.[20]

Personal life [edit]

Imrie lives in London and in Nice, France.[21] She has a son, Angus Imrie, with the histrion Benjamin Whitrow, just has said that she "hated the idea of marriage", describing it as a "world of camouflage and compromise".[22] Angus appears equally her on-screen son in Kingdom and has acted in other productions, having studied drama and performance at the Academy of Warwick.[23]

When she was fourteen, she was admitted to the Imperial Waterloo Hospital suffering from anorexia nervosa. Under the care of controversial psychiatrist William Sargant, she was given electroshock and big doses of the anti-psychotic drug Largactil.[24] [ commendation needed ]

She was the invitee on Desert Isle Discs on BBC Radio 4 on 13 February 2011. In 2013, she was awarded an honorary doctorate past the University of Winchester.[25]

Imrie was featured in the BBC genealogy series Who Do Yous Recall Y'all Are? in October 2012 and discovered that an ancestor on her mother's side was William, Lord Russell, a Whig parliamentarian executed for treason in 1683, after being found guilty of conspiring confronting Charles II.[26] Imrie'south great-neat uncle, William Imrie, was a founder of the White Star Line and she is a descendant of Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon who survived the sinking of the Titanic.[27]

Awards [edit]

  • (1992) The Clarence Derwent Award for Best Supporting Actress in The Sea [28]
  • (2006) Olivier Honor for Best Performance in a Supporting Office in a Musical in Acorn Antiques:The Musical! [29]
  • (2017) UK WFTV (Women in Pic and Telly) Award for the EON Productions Lifetime Achievement[30]

Filmography [edit]

Film [edit]

Twelvemonth Title Office Notes
1973 Assassinator
1974 House of Whipcord Barbara
1978 Death on the Nile Maid uncredited
1983 The Wicked Lady Servant at Inn
1986 Highlander Kate
1992 Blue Black Permanent Barbara Thorburn
1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Mrs. Moritz
1995 A Midwinter'south Tale Fadge
1997 The Borrowers Homily Clock
1998 Hilary and Jackie Iris Du Pré
1998 Hiccup (Short) Judy
1999 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Fighter Pilot Bravo five
2001 Bridget Jones's Diary Una Alconbury
2001 Lucky Pause Amy Chamberlain
2001 Revelation Harriet Martel
2002 Thunderpants Miss Rapier
2002 Heartlands Sonja
2003 Calendar Girls Celia
2003 Out of Bounds Dr Imogen Reed
2004 Wimbledon Lydice Kenwood
2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Una Alconbury
2005 Wah-Wah Lady Riva Hardwick
2005 Imagine Me & You Tessa
2005 Nanny McPhee Mrs Rapidly
2007 St Trinian'south Matron
2009 St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton'south Gilt Matron
2010 You Volition Run across a Alpine Dark Stranger Enid Wicklow
2011 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Madge Hardcastle
2011 My Angel The Librarian
2012 Acts of Godfrey Helen McGann
2013 The Dearest Punch Pen
2014 What We Did on Our Vacation Agnes Chisolm
2014 Nativity iii: Dude, Where'south My Donkey? Clara Keen
2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Madge Hardcastle
2015 Molly Moon and the Incredible Volume of Hypnotism Edna the Cook
2016 Year past the Body of water Erikson
2016 Absolutely Fabulous: The Pic Claudia Bing
2016 Bridget Jones'south Baby Una Alconbury
2017 A Cure for Wellness Victoria Watkins
2017 Monster Family Cheyenne Voice function
2017 Finding Your Anxiety Bif
2018 Malevolent Mrs Green
2018 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Vice Chancellor
2018 Nativity Rocks! This Own't No Silent Dark Mrs. Slap-up
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Television [edit]

Yr Title Role Notes
1974 Upstairs, Downstairs Jenny "If You Were the Only Daughter in the World". "Missing Believed Killed"
1979 To the Manor Born Polly "A Bear upon of Class"
1980 Shoestring Sheila Johnson "The Dangerous Game"
1980 To the Estate Born Surgery Receptionist "Vive Le Sport"
1981 The Nightmare Man Fiona Patterson
1981 81 Take ii Tv Motion picture
1982 Else Queen Cloud Howe
1983 Bergerac Marianne Bellshade
1985– 1987 Victoria Wood: As Seen on Tv Various
1988 Taggart Helen Lomax "Root of Evil"
1988–1989 The New Statesman Hilary "Alan B'Stard Closes Downwardly the BBC", "May the Best Man Win"
1989 Murder by Moonlight Patsy Diehl Television Picture
1989 Victoria Wood Carol "We'd Quite Like to Apologise"
1989 Victoria Wood Jackie "Val De Ree (Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha)"
1989 Victoria Wood Julia / Spoof Goggle box Advertizing extra "Staying In"
1990 Oranges Are Not the Simply Fruit Miss Jewsbury
1990 The World of Eddie Weary Birdie TV Film
1990 Old Flames Davina Wright / Hopjoy
1990 102 Boulevard Haussmann Mme Massis
1991 Lovejoy Lady Felicity Carey-Holden "The Italian Venus"
1991 The Darling Buds of May Corinne Perigo "When the Green Woods Laugh (Parts 1 & 2)"
1991 All Good Things Rachel Bromley
1991 Stay Lucky Julie Vernon "The Food of Dearest"
1992 Victoria Forest's All Day Breakfast
1992 Van der Valk Marijke Dekker "However Waters"
1993 Bonjour la Classe Mrs. Botney "Red Bill of fare"
1993 The Riff Raff Element Joanna Tundish
1993 A Question of Guilt Sissy Malton Tv Movie
1994 A Dark Adapted Middle Vera TV Movie
1994 Pat and Margaret Claire
1994 The Return of the Native Susan Nunsuch TV Moving-picture show
1995–2001 Absolutely Fabulous Claudia Bing "Jealous"
1995 Prey Elizabeth Clayton "Learning Bend"
1995–1996 Blackhearts in Battersea Duchess of Battersea
1996 The Writing on the Wall Kirsty Idiot box Movie
1997 Hospital! Sis Muriel TV Movie
1997 Wokenwell June Bonney
1997 Into the Bluish Nadine Cunningham
1997 The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Mrs. Miller
1997 The Canterville Ghost Lucy Otis Television Picture
1997 Mr. White Goes to Westminster Victoria Madison Telly Movie
1998 Duck Patrol Mrs. Calloway "River Rage"
1998–2000 dinnerladies Philippa Moorcroft
1999 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Nightclub owner Tv Curt
1999 Hilltop Infirmary Surgeon Sally Voice role
1999 A Christmas Carol Mrs. Bennett Tv set Moving-picture show
2000 Gormenghast Lady Gertrude
2000 Dalziel and Pascoe Christina Chance "Above the Law"
2000 Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings Herself
2001 Love in a Cold Climate Aunt Sadie
2001 Baddiel's Syndrome Ruth Proudhon "Inventions At present"
2001 Station Jim Miss Frazier TV Movie
2001 Midsomer Murders Louise Baronial "Night Fall"
2001 Randall & Hopkirk "Revenge of the Bog People"
2002 Heartbeat Sylvia Langley "The Shoot"
2002 The Gathering Storm Violet Pearman Tv Motion-picture show
2002 Sparkhouse Kate Lawton
2002 A Is for Acid Rose Henderson Idiot box Film
2002 Daniel Deronda Mrs. Meyrick
2002 Doctor Zhivago Anna Gromyko
2003 The Planman Gail Forrester Telly Pic
2003 Notwithstanding Game Mrs Begg "Wummin'"
2004 Jonathan Creek Thelma Bailey "Gorgons Wood"
2004 Physician Martin Susan Brading "Going Bodmin"
2004 Agatha Christie's Marple Madame Joilet "four.50 From Paddington"
2005 Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle Miss Davies TV Flick
2006 Agatha Christie's Poirot 'Aunt' Kathy Cloade "Taken at the Inundation"
2006 The Lavender List Mary Wilson Television receiver Motion picture
2006 Where the Centre Is Gaynor Whiteside "Walk of Faith"
2007–2008 After Y'all've Gone Diana
2007–2009 Kingdom Gloria Millington
2009 Cranford Lady Glenmire "Christmas Special"
2010 The Road to Coronation Street Doris Speed TV Film
2011 The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff Miss Christmasham
2012 Hacks Tabby Idiot box Film
2012 Titanic Grace Rushton
2012 Lewis Michelle Marber "The Soul of Genius"[31]
2013 Doctor Who Miss Kizlet "The Bells of Saint John"
2013 Love and Matrimony Rowan Holdaway
2014 Blandings Charlotte
2014 Our Zoo Lady Daphne Goodwin
2015 Vicious Lillian Haverfield-Wickham
2016 Legends of Tomorrow Mary Xavier
2016–present Better Things Phyllis "Phil" Darby
2018 Patrick Melrose Kettle
2018 Hang Ups Maggie Pitt
2020 Keeping Faith Rose Fairchild Series 3; Principal role
2021 Talking Pictures: Flick's Family Favourites Herself 1 episode

Theatre [edit]

Source:[32]

  • 1976: Now Here's a Funny Thing
  • 1976: Sherlock Holmes
  • 1976: The Adventures of Alice
  • 1977: Henry V
  • 1977: Love's Labour'due south Lost
  • 1977: The Boyfriend
  • 1978: As You Like It
  • 1978: Cabaret
  • 1978: Macbeth
  • 1978: 'Tis Pity She'south a Whore
  • 1979: The Good Humoured Ladies
  • 1979: Pygmalion
  • 1980: Seduced
  • 1981: Heaven and Hell
  • 1981: A Waste of Time
  • 1982: Puntila and Matti, Master and Servant
  • 1982: Puss in Boots
  • 1982: Philosophy of the Boudoir
  • 1982: The Screens
  • 1983: Artillery and the Man
  • 1983: Custom of the Country
  • 1983: The Merchant of Venice
  • 1983: Sirocco
  • 1983: Webster
  • 1984: Alfie
  • 1984: The Merchant of Venice
  • 1984: When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout
  • 1985: Particular Friendships
  • 1985: The Philanthropist
  • 1986: Last Waltz
  • 1987: Schoolhouse For Wives
  • 1987: Yerma
  • 1988: Dr. Angelus
  • 1988: The Madwoman of Chaillot
  • 1990: In Pursuit of the English
  • 1990: Hangover Square
  • 1990: No One Sees the Video
  • 1991: The Sea
  • 1995: The Hothouse
  • 1996: Habeas Corpus
  • 1997: Dona Rosita the Spinster
  • 1998: The School for Scandal
  • 2003: The Mode of the Globe
  • 2003: Unsuspecting Susan
  • 2005: Acorn Antiques: The Musical!
  • 2005: Unsuspecting Susan
  • 2009: Plague Over England
  • 2009: Mixed Up North
  • 2010: The Rivals
  • 2010: Polar Bears
  • 2010: Hay Fever
  • 2011: Drama at Inish
  • 2011–2012: Noises Off
  • 2016: Male monarch Lear
  • 2018–2019: Political party Fourth dimension and Celebration

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External links [edit]

  • Celia Imrie at IMDb
  • Celia Imrie at British Comedy Guide
  • Celia Imrie Wins Olivier Award
  • Interview with Celia Imrie
  • Celia Imrie talks most Star Wars
  • Celia Imrie Commodity with The Daily Telegraph
  • Photograph of Celia as Marianne Bellshade in 1982 in Bergerac

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