Celia Imrie
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 15, 1952 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
- Active Years
- 1951–2026 (76 Years)
- Total Credits
- 185 credits in database
Acting Born Jul 15, 1952 Guildford, Surrey, England, UK 185 credits
Biography
Celia Imrie is an English actress born on July 15, 1952, in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. She began her acting career in the early 1970s. Imrie has played various roles in television shows such as Bergerac, Dinnerladies, Acorn Antiques, After You've Gone, and Kingdom. Her film credits include 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. Imrie has a long and extensive acting career with over 181 known credits.
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Career overview
Celia Imrie is an English actress born on July 15, 1952. Her acting career spans several decades, starting in the early 1970s. Imrie has appeared in a variety of television shows, including roles in "Bergerac," "Dinnerladies," "Acorn Antiques," "After You've Gone," and "Kingdom." She has also played characters in several film series, such as "Bridget Jones' Diary" and "Mamma Mia!"
In addition to her television and film work, Imrie has appeared in other notable productions. She played a role in the film "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace." Imrie's extensive acting credits demonstrate her versatility and range as a performer. Her ability to take on diverse roles has contributed to her success in the entertainment industry.
Throughout her career, Imrie has been recognized for her contributions to acting. She has been described as one of the most successful British actresses of recent decades. With a career spanning over four decades, Imrie continues to be a prominent figure in the entertainment industry. Her extensive body of work showcases her talent and dedication to her craft.
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Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
The Thursday Murder ClubBridget Jones: Mad About the BoyThe Celebrity Traitors
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
The DiplomatMummiesLove AgainGood Grief
Christmas on Mistletoe FarmMidsomer Murders: 25 Years of MayhemFifty-Four DaysRobbie Coltrane at the BBC
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasLouisa: An Amazing Adventure
Love SarahThe Savoy
Cinderella: After Ever AfterD-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes
Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainPatrick MelroseHang UpsMalevolentTo Provide All People
A Cure for WellnessMonster FamilyFinding Your Feet
DC's Legends of TomorrowBetter ThingsBridget Jones's BabyAbsolutely Fabulous: The MovieYear by the Sea
The Second Best Exotic Marigold HotelMolly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
What We Did on Our HolidayThe Love PunchA Life on ScreenNativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!
BlandingsViciousTalking PicturesRemembering Douglas Camfield
TitanicThe Best Exotic Marigold HotelActs of Godfrey
My Angel
You Will Meet a Tall Dark StrangerThe Road to Coronation StreetThe Man Who Married HimselfLost Connection
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's GoldVictoria Wood: Seen on TV
PlayerStanley Baxter: Now and Then
The Graham Norton ShowLewisKingdomCranfordAfter You've Gone
The One ShowImagine Me & YouAcorn Antiques: The MusicalThe Lavender List
Doctor WhoNanny McPheeMr Harvey Lights a CandleWah-Wah
Agatha Christie's MarpleThe Paul O'Grady ShowWho Do You Think You Are?Bridget Jones: The Edge of ReasonWimbledon
The Terry and Gaby ShowCalendar GirlsHeartlandsThora Hird TributeThe Planman
TimeshiftStill GameThunderpantsDoctor ZhivagoDaniel Deronda
Bridget Jones's DiaryLove in a Cold ClimateRevelationLucky BreakStation Jim
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)GormenghastVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceA Christmas Carol
MicrosoapdinnerladiesDuck PatrolHilary and Jackie
Midsomer MurdersJonathan CreekThe BorrowersThe History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingThe History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Full Filmography
185 titles- Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint (2026) as Gloria Lynn
- The Thursday Murder Club (2025) as Joyce
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025) as Una Alconbury
- The Celebrity Traitors (2025) as Self - Contestant
- A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone (2024) as E. Nesbit
- The Diplomat (2023) as Meg Roylin
- Mummies (2023) as Mother June Carnaby (voice)
- Love Again (2023) as Gina Valentine
- Good Grief (2023) as Imelda
- Christmas on Mistletoe Farm (2022) as Miss Womble
- Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem (2022) as Narrator (voice)
- Fifty-Four Days (2022) as Gloria
- Robbie Coltrane at the BBC (2022) as Self - Presenter
- Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas (2021) as Malabelle
- Louisa: An Amazing Adventure (2021) as May Crocombe (voice)
- Love Sarah (2020) as Mimi
- The Savoy (2020) as Narrator
- Cinderella: After Ever After (2019) as Madame Blackheart
- D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes (2019) as Self
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) as Vice Chancellor
- Patrick Melrose (2018) as Kettle
- Hang Ups (2018) as Maggie Pitt
- Malevolent (2018) as Mrs. Green
- To Provide All People (2018) as Patient
- Nativity Rocks! (2018) as Mrs. Keen
- One Evening In June (2018) as Beth
- A Cure for Wellness (2017) as Victoria Watkins
- Monster Family (2017) as Cheyenne (voice)
- Finding Your Feet (2017) as Bif
- DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016) as Mary Xavier
- Better Things (2016) as Phil
- Bridget Jones's Baby (2016) as Una
- Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016) as Claudia Bing
- Year by the Sea (2016) as Erikson
- Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood (2016) as Self
- The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015) as Madge Hardcastle
- Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2015) as Edna
- What We Did on Our Holiday (2014) as Agnes Chisolm
- The Love Punch (2014) as Pen
- A Life on Screen (2014) as Self
- Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! (2014) as Mrs. Keen
- Blandings (2013) as Charlotte
- Vicious (2013) as Lillian Haverfield-Wickham
- Talking Pictures (2013) as Narrator
- Remembering Douglas Camfield (2013)
- Titanic (2012) as Grace Rushton
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) as Madge Hardcastle
- Acts of Godfrey (2012) as Helen McGann
- My Angel (2011) as The Librarian
- You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) as Enid Wicklow
- The Road to Coronation Street (2010) as Doris Speed
- The Man Who Married Himself (2010) as Mother
- Lost Connection (2010) as Mum
- St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009) as Matron
- Victoria Wood: Seen on TV (2009)
- Player (2008) as Laetitia
- Stanley Baxter: Now and Then (2008) as Self
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Lewis (2007) as Michelle Marber
- Kingdom (2007) as Gloria Millington
- Cranford (2007) as Lady Glenmire
- After You've Gone (2007) as Diana
- St Trinian's (2007) as Hausmutter
- Dangerous Liaisons (2007) as Emily Coulter
- The One Show (2006) as Self
- Imagine Me & You (2006) as Tessa
- Acorn Antiques: The Musical (2006) as Miss Babs
- The Lavender List (2006) as Mary Wilson
- Doctor Who (2005) as Miss Kizlet
- Nanny McPhee (2005) as Mrs. Quickly
- Mr Harvey Lights a Candle (2005) as Miss Davies
- Wah-Wah (2005) as Lady Riva Hardwick
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) as Madame Joilet
- The Paul O'Grady Show (2004)
- Who Do You Think You Are? (2004) as Self
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) as Una Alconbury
- Wimbledon (2004) as Lydice Kenwood
- The Terry and Gaby Show (2003)
- Calendar Girls (2003) as Celia
- Heartlands (2003) as Sonja
- Thora Hird Tribute (2003) as Philippa, Claire (archive footage, uncredited)
- The Planman (2003) as Gail Forrester
- Out of Bounds (2003) as Doctor Imogen Reed
- Timeshift (2002) as self
- Still Game (2002)
- Thunderpants (2002) as Miss Rapier
- Doctor Zhivago (2002) as Anna Gromeko
- Daniel Deronda (2002) as Mrs Meyrick
- The Gathering Storm (2002) as Violet Pearman
- Plain Jane (2002) as Ellen Reynolds
- Sparkhouse (2002) as Kate Lawton
- A Is for Acid (2002) as Rose Henderson
- Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) as Una Alconbury
- Love in a Cold Climate (2001) as Aunt Sadie
- Revelation (2001) as Harriet Martel
- Lucky Break (2001) as Amy
- Station Jim (2001) as Miss Frazier
- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000)
- Gormenghast (2000) as Gertrude, Countess of Groan
- Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (2000) as Self/Various Characters
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) as Fighter Pilot Bravo 5
- A Christmas Carol (1999) as Mrs. Bennett
- Microsoap (1998) as Miss Cottingham
- dinnerladies (1998) as Philippa Moorcroft
- Duck Patrol (1998) as Mrs. Calloway
- Hilary and Jackie (1998) as Iris du Pré
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Louise August
- Jonathan Creek (1997) as Thelma Bailey
- The Borrowers (1997) as Homily Clock
- The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling (1997) as Mrs. Miller
- The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling (1997) as Mrs, Miller
- Mr White Goes To Westminster (1997) as Victoria Madison
- The Canterville Ghost (1997) as Lucy Otis
- Into the Blue (1997) as Nadine Cunningham
- Hospital! (1997) as Sister Muriel
- Wokenwell (1997)
- Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
- The Writing on the Wall (1996) as Kirsty
- In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) as Fadge
- A Very Open Prison (1995) as Victoria Bridgewater
- Black Hearts in Battersea (1995) as Duchess Of Battersea
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) as Mrs. Moritz
- Class Act (1994) as Class Act
- The Riff Raff Element (1994) as Joanna Tundish
- Pat and Margaret (1994) as Claire
- The Return of the Native (1994) as Susan Nunsuch
- A Dark Adapted Eye (1994) as Vera
- Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles (1993) as Lady MacDonald
- Heartbeat (1992) as Sylvia Langley
- Absolutely Fabulous (1992) as Claudia Bing
- Thacker (1992) as Ann Hadon Smith
- Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast (1992)
- Blue Black Permanent (1992) as Barbara Thorburn
- The Darling Buds of May (1991) as Corinne Perigo
- All Good Things (1991) as Rachel Bromley
- The Harmfulness of Tobacco (1991)
- 102 Boulevard Haussmann (1990) as Madame Massis
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990) as Miss Jewsbury
- Old Flames (1990) as Davina Wright / Hopjoy
- The World of Eddie Weary (1990) as Birdie
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as 'Aunt' Kathy Cloade
- Screen One (1989) as Clare
- Victoria Wood (1989) as Jackie
- Victoria Wood (1989) as Carol
- Victoria Wood (1989) as Julia
- Stay Lucky (1989) as Julie Vernon
- 4 Play (1989) as Bunny Heckle
- Murder on the Moon (1989) as Patsy Diehl
- The Justice Game (1989) as Caroline Jarvis
- An Audience With Victoria Wood (1988) as Self - Questioner
- The New Statesman (1987) as Hilary
- Acorn Antiques (1987) as Babs
- Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment (1987) as Self
- Casualty (1986) as Elizabeth Clayton
- Lovejoy (1986) as Lady Felicity Carey-Holden
- ScreenPlay (1986) as Lady MacDonald
- Highlander (1986) as Kate MacLeod
- Screen Two (1985) as Victoria Bridgewater
- Screen Two (1985) as Davina Wright
- Screen Two (1985) as Madame Massis
- Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985)
- Acorn Antiques (1985) as Miss Babs
- Taggart (1983)
- Storyboard (1983) as Sylvia
- The Wicked Lady (1983) as Servant at Inn
- Cloud Howe (1982) as Else Queen
- Bergerac (1981) as Marianne
- The Nightmare Man (1981) as Fiona Patterson
- The Nightmare Man (1981) as Fiona Patterson
- Shoestring (1979) as Sheila Johnson
- To the Manor Born (1979) as Polly
- Death on the Nile (1978) as Maid (uncredited)
- Ice Age (1978) as Housemaid
- BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) as Housemaid
- House of Whipcord (1974) as Barbara
- Assassin (1973) as Stacy's Secretary
- Van der Valk (1972) as Marijke Dekker
- Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) as Jenny
- A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971) as Edith Nesbit
- Omnibus (1967)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Susan Nunsuch
- WAR as Budgie
- Tomb Raider as Francine
- The Temptation Of Gracie as Gracie Burton
- Down, Down, Down as Sylvia
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Celia Imrie best known for?
Celia Imrie is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint (2026), The Thursday Murder Club (2025), Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025), The Celebrity Traitors (2025).
When and where was Celia Imrie born?
Celia Imrie was born on July 15, 1952 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK.
How many credits does Celia Imrie have?
Celia Imrie has accumulated over 185 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1951 to 2026.
What is Celia Imrie's background in cinema and television?
Celia Imrie is an English actress born on July 15, 1952, in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. She began her acting career in the early 1970s. Imrie has played various roles in television shows such as Bergerac, Dinnerladies, Acorn Antiques, After You've Gone, and Kingdom. Her film credits include Star Wars: Episode I – T...
Celia Imrie by the numbers
185credits
104films
81TV series
1951–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Susan Nunsuch — aged about 1
- Still Game (2002) — aged about 49
- The Celebrity Traitors (2025) as Self - Contestant — aged about 72
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as 'Aunt' Kathy Cloade — aged about 36
- Cranford (2007) as Lady Glenmire — aged about 54
- Victoria Wood (1989) as Jackie — aged about 36
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