Celia Imrie

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Known For

Acting

Born

1952-07-15

Place of Birth

Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
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Celia Imrie

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".

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Acting History

2025
The Celebrity Traitors as Self - Contestant
2025
The Thursday Murder Club as Joyce
2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy as Una Alconbury
2023
Good Grief as Imelda
2023
Love Again as Gina Valentine
2023
The Diplomat as Meg Roylin
2023
Fifty-Four Days as Gloria
2022
Robbie Coltrane at the BBC as Self - Presenter
2022
Christmas on Mistletoe Farm as Miss Womble
2022
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem as Narrator (voice)
2021
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Malabelle
2021
Louisa: An Amazing Adventure as May Crocombe (voice)
2020
The Savoy as Narrator
2020
Love Sarah as Mimi
2019
Cinderella: After Ever After as Madame Blackheart
2019
D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes as Self
2018
Malevolent as Mrs. Green
2018
Nativity Rocks! as Mrs. Keen
2018
One Evening In June as Beth
2018
Hang Ups as Maggie Pitt
2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Vice Chancellor
2018
To Provide All People as Patient
2018
Patrick Melrose as Kettle
2017
Finding Your Feet as Bif
2017
Monster Family as Cheyenne (voice)
2017
A Cure for Wellness as Victoria Watkins
2016
Bridget Jones's Baby as Una
2016
Better Things as Phil
2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie as Claudia Bing
2016
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood as Self
2016
Year by the Sea as Erikson
2016
DC's Legends of Tomorrow as Mary Xavier
2015
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism as Edna
2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Madge Hardcastle
2014
A Life on Screen as Self
2014
Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! as Mrs. Keen
2014
What We Did on Our Holiday as Agnes Chisolm
2014
The Love Punch as Pen
2013
Remembering Douglas Camfield
2013
Vicious as Lillian Haverfield-Wickham
2013
Blandings as Charlotte
2013
Talking Pictures as Narrator
2012
Titanic as Grace Rushton
2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Madge Hardcastle
2012
Acts of Godfrey as Helen McGann
2011
My Angel as The Librarian
2010
Lost Connection as Mum
2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Enid Wicklow
2010
The Road to Coronation Street as Doris Speed
2010
The Man Who Married Himself as Mother
2009
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold as Matron
2008
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then as Self
2008
Player as Laetitia
2007
St Trinian's as Hausmutter
2007
Cranford as Lady Glenmire
2007
Dangerous Liaisons as Emily Coulter
2007
Kingdom as Gloria Millington
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007
Lewis as Michelle Marber
2007
After You've Gone as Diana
2006
The One Show as Self
2006
Acorn Antiques: The Musical as Miss Babs
2006
The Lavender List as Mary Wilson
2006
Imagine Me & You as Tessa
2005
Nanny McPhee as Mrs. Quickly
2005
Wah-Wah as Lady Riva Hardwick
2005
Doctor Who as Miss Kizlet
2005
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle as Miss Davies
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple as Madame Joilet
2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Una Alconbury
2004
Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2004
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Wimbledon as Lydice Kenwood
2003
Out of Bounds as Doctor Imogen Reed
2003
Calendar Girls as Celia
2003
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
Heartlands as Sonja
2003
The Planman as Gail Forrester
2003
Thora Hird Tribute as Philippa, Claire (archive footage, uncredited)
2002
Doctor Zhivago as Anna Gromyko
2002
Daniel Deronda as Mrs. Meyrick
2002
Timeshift as self
2002
A Is for Acid as Rose Henderson
2002
Still Game
2002
Sparkhouse as Kate Lawton
2002
Plain Jane as Ellen Reynolds
2002
Thunderpants as Miss Rapier
2002
The Gathering Storm as Violet Pearman
2001
Station Jim as Miss Frazier
2001
Lucky Break as Amy
2001
Bridget Jones's Diary as Una Alconbury
2001
Revelation as Harriet Martel
2001
Love in a Cold Climate as Aunt Sadie
2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Self/Various Characters
2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Gormenghast as Lady Gertrude
1999
A Christmas Carol as Mrs. Bennett
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Fighter Pilot Bravo 5
1998
Hilary and Jackie as Iris Du Pré
1998
dinnerladies as Philippa Moorcroft
1998
Microsoap as Miss Cottingham
1998
Duck Patrol as Mrs. Calloway
1997
Mr White Goes To Westminster as Victoria Madison
1997
The Borrowers as Homily Clock
1997
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Mrs. Miller
1997
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Mrs, Miller
1997
The Canterville Ghost as Lucy Otis
1997
Into the Blue as Nadine Cunningham
1997
Wokenwell
1997
Jonathan Creek as Thelma Bailey
1997
Hospital! as Sister Muriel
1997
Midsomer Murders as Louise August
1996
The Writing on the Wall as Kirsty
1996
Dalziel & Pascoe
1995
Black Hearts in Battersea as Duchess Of Battersea
1995
A Very Open Prison as Victoria Bridgewater
1995
In the Bleak Midwinter as Fadge
1994
The Return of the Native as Susan Nunsuch
1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Mrs. Moritz
1994
Pat and Margaret as Claire
1994
The Riff Raff Element as Joanna Tundish
1994
Class Act as Class Act
1994
A Dark Adapted Eye as Vera
1993
Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles as Lady MacDonald
1992
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
Absolutely Fabulous as Claudia Bing
1992
Thacker as Ann Hadon Smith
1992
Heartbeat as Sylvia Langley
1992
Blue Black Permanent as Barbara Thorburn
1991
All Good Things as Rachel Bromley
1991
The Darling Buds of May as Corinne Perigo
1991
The Harmfulness of Tobacco
1990
102 Boulevard Haussmann as Madame Massis
1990
Old Flames as Davina Wright / Hopjoy
1990
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit as Miss Jewsbury
1990
The World of Eddie Weary as Birdie
1989
Stay Lucky as Julie Vernon
1989
Victoria Wood as Carol
1989
Victoria Wood as Jackie
1989
Victoria Wood as Julia
1989
Murder on the Moon as Patsy Diehl
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot as 'Aunt' Kathy Cloade
1988
An Audience With Victoria Wood as Self - Questioner
1987
Acorn Antiques as Babs
1987
The New Statesman as Hilary
1987
Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment as Self
1986
Casualty as Elizabeth Clayton
1986
Highlander as Kate MacLeod
1986
Lovejoy as Lady Felicity Carey-Holden
1985
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
Screen Two as Victoria Bridgewater
1983
Taggart
1983
The Wicked Lady as Servant at Inn
1982
Cloud Howe as Else Queen
1981
Bergerac as Marianne
1981
The Nightmare Man as Fiona Patterson
1981
The Nightmare Man as Fiona Patterson
1979
Shoestring
1979
To the Manor Born as Polly
1978
Death on the Nile as Maid (uncredited)
1978
Ice Age as Housemaid
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week as Housemaid
1974
House of Whipcord as Barbara
1973
Assassin as Stacy's Secretary
1972
Van der Valk as Marijke Dekker
1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas as Edith Nesbit
1971
Upstairs, Downstairs as Jenny
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Susan Nunsuch
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The Temptation Of Gracie as Gracie Burton
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Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint as Gloria Lynn
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Down, Down, Down as Sylvia