Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, CBE, is an English actress and singer. She won four Olivier Awards for her work in Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, and Gypsy. Her other appearances on stage includes The Beggar’s Opera, The Wizard of Oz, Uncle Vanya, Guys and Dolls, Entertaining Mr Sloane, and Good People.
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Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, CBE, is an English actress and singer. She won four Olivier Awards for her work in Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, and Gypsy. Her other appearances on stage includes The Beggar’s Opera, The Wizard of Oz, Uncle Vanya, Guys and Dolls, Entertaining Mr Sloane, and Good People. On film, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup for Best actress in Vera Drake. She has been nominated for thirteen Olivier Awards throughout her stage career. She was born in Archway, North London, the only child of Bridie, a hairdresser, and Joseph StaunTON, a road-worker and labourer. Her parents were first-generation Catholic immigrants from County Mayo, Ireland; her father from Ballyvary and her mother from Bohola. She graduated from RADA in 1976, then spent six years in English repertory theatre, including a period at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter, where she had the title role in Shaw’s Saint Joan. She then moved on to roles the National Theatre, including Lucy Lockit in The Be beggar’s opera, which earned her Olivier Award nominations for Best Actor in a Musical and Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre.
For the latter, she was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. In 2011, she appeared in two productions on Chichester Festival Theatre, taking on the role of Mrs Lovett in a revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. She also appeared in the first premiere of Frank McGuinness’s There Came a Came a Rose in 2007 and secondly in Edward Albee’s A Balance in 2011. In 2012, she starred opposite Michael Ball in the premiere of Gypsy Riding Riding in 2007. In 2013, she took on the lead role in the revival of A Chorus of Disapproval at The Old Vic, playing Miss Adelaide. In 2014, she played Miss Adelaide in The Corn Is Green at The National Theatre and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for best Actress in the Musical. In the same year, she also starred in the London premiere of Good People, for which she received Olivier nominations.
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