Celia Imrie
July 15, 1952 (73 years old) in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
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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- 2025 · The Thursday Murder Club as Joyce
- 2025 · Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy as Una Alconbury
- 2023 · Love Again as Gina Valentine
- 2023 · The Diplomat as Meg Roylin
- 2022 · Christmas on Mistletoe Farm as Miss Womble
- 2022 · Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Nativity Rocks! as Mrs. Keen
- 2018 · Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Vice Chancellor
- 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 · 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 · What We Did on Our Holiday as Agnes Chisolm
- 2014 · The Love Punch as Pen
- 2012 · The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Madge Hardcastle
- 2010 · You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Enid Wicklow
- 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
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Imagine Me & You as Tessa
- 2005 · Nanny McPhee as Mrs. Quickly
- 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 as
- 2004 · Wimbledon as Lydice Kenwood
- 2003 · Calendar Girls as Celia
- 2003 · The Terry and Gaby Show as
- 2003 · Heartlands as Sonja
- 2003 · The Planman as Gail Forrester
- 2002 · Doctor Zhivago as Anna Gromyko
- 2002 · Timeshift as self
- 2002 · A Is for Acid as Rose Henderson
- 2002 · Still Game as
- 2002 · Thunderpants as Miss Rapier
- 2002 · The Gathering Storm as Violet Pearman
- 2001 · Bridget Jones's Diary as Una Alconbury
- 2001 · Revelation as Harriet Martel
- 2000 · Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Self/Various Characters
- 1999 · A Christmas Carol as Mrs. Bennett
- 1999 · Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Fighter Pilot Bravo 5
- 1997 · Into the Blue as Nadine Cunningham
- 1997 · Jonathan Creek as Thelma Bailey
- 1997 · Hospital! as Sister Muriel
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Louise August
- 1996 · Dalziel & Pascoe as
- 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
- 1993 · Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles as Lady MacDonald
- 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 · The Darling Buds of May as Corinne Perigo
- 1990 · Old Flames as Davina Wright / Hopjoy
- 1989 · Murder on the Moon as Patsy Diehl
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as 'Aunt' Kathy Cloade
- 1987 · Acorn Antiques as Babs
- 1986 · Casualty as Elizabeth Clayton
- 1986 · Highlander as Kate MacLeod
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Lady Felicity Carey-Holden
- 1985 · Screen Two as Victoria Bridgewater
- 1983 · Taggart as
- 1983 · The Wicked Lady as Servant at Inn
- 1981 · Bergerac as Marianne
- 1978 · Death on the Nile as Maid (uncredited)
- 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 · Upstairs, Downstairs as Jenny
- Future · Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint as Gloria Lynn
- 2025 · The Celebrity Traitors as Self - Contestant
- 2021 · Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Malabelle
- 2019 · Cinderella: After Ever After as Madame Blackheart
- 2018 · Hang Ups as Maggie Pitt
- 2018 · To Provide All People as Patient
- 2016 · Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood as Self
- 2016 · Year by the Sea as Erikson
- 2014 · Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! as Mrs. Keen
- 2013 · Vicious as Lillian Haverfield-Wickham
- 2013 · Blandings as Charlotte
- 2012 · Titanic as Grace Rushton
- 2012 · Acts of Godfrey as Helen McGann
- 2011 · My Angel as The Librarian
- 2010 · Lost Connection as Mum
- 2010 · The Road to Coronation Street as Doris Speed
- 2010 · The Man Who Married Himself as Mother
- 2009 · Victoria Wood: Seen on TV as
- 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
- 2006 · Acorn Antiques: The Musical as Miss Babs
- 2003 · Out of Bounds as Doctor Imogen Reed
- 2002 · Daniel Deronda as Mrs. Meyrick
- 2002 · Plain Jane as Ellen Reynolds
- 2001 · Station Jim as Miss Frazier
- 2000 · Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) as
- 1998 · Hilary and Jackie as Iris Du Pré
- 1998 · dinnerladies as Philippa Moorcroft
- 1998 · Microsoap as Miss Cottingham
- 1997 · Mr White Goes To Westminster as Victoria Madison
- 1997 · The Borrowers as Homily Clock
- 1997 · The Canterville Ghost as Lucy Otis
- 1995 · A Very Open Prison as Victoria Bridgewater
- 1992 · Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast as
- 1991 · The Harmfulness of Tobacco as
- 1990 · 102 Boulevard Haussmann as Madame Massis
- 1988 · An Audience With Victoria Wood as Self - Questioner
- 1987 · The New Statesman as Hilary
- 1979 · Shoestring as
- 1979 · To the Manor Born as Polly
- 1978 · Ice Age as Housemaid
- 1971 · A Ghost Story for Christmas as Edith Nesbit
- Future · Down, Down, Down as Sylvia
- 2023 · Good Grief as Imelda
- 2023 · Fifty-Four Days as Gloria
- 2022 · Robbie Coltrane at the BBC as Self - Presenter
- 2021 · Louisa: An Amazing Adventure as May Crocombe (voice)
- 2020 · The Savoy as Narrator
- 2020 · Love Sarah as Mimi
- 2019 · D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- 2018 · Malevolent as Mrs. Green
- 2018 · One Evening In June as Beth
- 2014 · A Life on Screen as Self
- 2013 · Remembering Douglas Camfield as
- 2007 · After You've Gone as Diana
- 2006 · The Lavender List as Mary Wilson
- 2005 · Wah-Wah as Lady Riva Hardwick
- 2003 · Thora Hird Tribute as Philippa, Claire (archive footage, uncredited)
- 2002 · Sparkhouse as Kate Lawton
- 2001 · Lucky Break as Amy
- 2001 · Love in a Cold Climate as Aunt Sadie
- 2000 · Gormenghast as Lady Gertrude
- 1998 · Duck Patrol as Mrs. Calloway
- 1997 · The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Mrs. Miller
- 1997 · The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Mrs, Miller
- 1997 · Wokenwell as
- 1996 · The Writing on the Wall as Kirsty
- 1995 · Black Hearts in Battersea as Duchess Of Battersea
- 1994 · The Riff Raff Element as Joanna Tundish
- 1994 · Class Act as Class Act
- 1994 · A Dark Adapted Eye as Vera
- 1991 · All Good Things as Rachel Bromley
- 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
- 1987 · Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment as Self
- 1985 · Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV as
- 1981 · The Nightmare Man as Fiona Patterson
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Susan Nunsuch
- Future · The Temptation Of Gracie as Gracie Burton
- 1982 · Cloud Howe as Else Queen
- 1981 · The Nightmare Man as Fiona Patterson