Celia Imrie
Acting1952Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
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".
Known For
Acting History
Future
The Temptation Of Gracie
as Gracie Burton
Down, Down, Down
as Sylvia
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
as Gloria Lynn
2025
The Thursday Murder Club
as Joyce
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
as Una Alconbury
The Celebrity Traitors
TVas Self - Contestant
2024
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
as E. Nesbit
2023
Good Grief
as Imelda
Love Again
as Gina Valentine
Fifty-Four Days
as Gloria
The Diplomat
TVas Meg Roylin• 11 eps
2022
Christmas on Mistletoe Farm
as Miss Womble
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
as Narrator (voice)
Robbie Coltrane at the BBC
as Self - Presenter
2021
Louisa: An Amazing Adventure
as May Crocombe (voice)
2020
Love Sarah
as Mimi
The Savoy
TVas Narrator
2019
Cinderella: After Ever After
as Madame Blackheart
2018
Hush
as Mrs. Green
Nativity Rocks!
as Mrs. Keen
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
as Vice Chancellor
To Provide All People
as Patient
One Evening In June
as Beth
Hang Ups
TVas Maggie Pitt
Patrick Melrose
TVas Kettle• 2 eps
2017
2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Claudia Bing
Year by the Sea
as Erikson
Bridget Jones's Baby
as Una
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
TVas Mary Xavier• 1 eps
Better Things
TVas Phil• 52 eps
2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Madge Hardcastle
Vicious
TVas Lillian Haverfield-Wickham• 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
2014
The Love Punch
as Pen
What We Did on Our Holiday
as Agnes Chisolm
Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!
as Mrs. Keen
A Life on Screen
TVas Self
2013
2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Madge Hardcastle
Acts of Godfrey
as Helen McGann
Lewis
TVas Michelle Marber• 1 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
TVas Self• 1 eps
Titanic
TVas Grace Rushton
2011
My Angel
as The Librarian
2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
as Enid Wicklow
The Road to Coronation Street
as Doris Speed
Lost Connection
as Mum
The Man Who Married Himself
as Mother
The One Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
2009
Cranford
TVas Lady Glenmire• 1 eps
2008
Player
as Laetitia
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
as Self
2007
St Trinian's
as Hausmutter
Dangerous Liaisons
as Emily Coulter
Kingdom
TVas Gloria Millington• 18 eps
After You've Gone
TVas Diana
2006
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
as Miss Babs
Imagine Me & You
as Tessa
The Lavender List
as Mary Wilson
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TVas 'Aunt' Kathy Cloade• 1 eps
2005
Wah-Wah
as Lady Riva Hardwick
Nanny McPhee
as Mrs. Quickly
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
as Miss Davies
A Ghost Story for Christmas
TVas E. Nesbit
2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
as Una Alconbury
Wimbledon
as Lydice Kenwood
Jonathan Creek
TVas Thelma Bailey• 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
TVas Madame Joilet• 1 eps
2003
Out of Bounds
as Doctor Imogen Reed
Heartlands
as Sonja
Calendar Girls
as Celia
The Planman
as Gail Forrester
Thora Hird Tribute
as Philippa, Claire (archive footage, uncredited)
Timeshift
TVas self• 1 eps
2002
The Gathering Storm
as Violet Pearman
A Is for Acid
as Rose Henderson
Plain Jane
as Ellen Reynolds
Thunderpants
as Miss Rapier
Daniel Deronda
TVas Mrs. Meyrick
Heartbeat
TVas Sylvia Langley• 1 eps
Doctor Zhivago
TVas Anna Gromyko
Sparkhouse
TVas Kate Lawton
2001
Revelation
as Harriet Martel
Station Jim
as Miss Frazier
Lucky Break
as Amy
Bridget Jones's Diary
as Una Alconbury
Midsomer Murders
TVas Louise August• 1 eps
Love in a Cold Climate
TVas Aunt Sadie
2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Self/Various Characters
Gormenghast
TVas Lady Gertrude
1999
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Bennett
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Fighter Pilot Bravo 5
1998
Hilary and Jackie
as Iris Du Pré
dinnerladies
TVas Philippa Moorcroft
Microsoap
TVas Miss Cottingham
Duck Patrol
TVas Mrs. Calloway
1997
The Canterville Ghost
as Lucy Otis
Hospital!
as Sister Muriel
Into the Blue
as Nadine Cunningham
Mr White Goes To Westminster
as Victoria Madison
The Borrowers
as Homily Clock
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
TVas Mrs. Miller / Mrs, Miller
1996
1995
In the Bleak Midwinter
as Fadge
A Very Open Prison
as Victoria Bridgewater
Screen Two
TVas Victoria Bridgewater• 1 eps
Absolutely Fabulous
TVas Claudia Bing• 2 eps
Black Hearts in Battersea
TVas Duchess Of Battersea
1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Mrs. Moritz
The Return of the Native
as Susan Nunsuch
Pat and Margaret
as Claire
The Riff Raff Element
TVas Joanna Tundish
Class Act
TVas Class Act
A Dark Adapted Eye
TVas Vera
1993
Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles
as Lady MacDonald
1992
Blue Black Permanent
as Barbara Thorburn
Thacker
as Ann Hadon Smith
Van der Valk
TVas Marijke Dekker• 1 eps
1991
The Darling Buds of May
TVas Corinne Perigo
Lovejoy
TVas Lady Felicity Carey-Holden• 1 eps
All Good Things
TVas Rachel Bromley
1990
Old Flames
as Davina Wright / Hopjoy
102 Boulevard Haussmann
as Madame Massis
The World of Eddie Weary
as Birdie
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
TVas Miss Jewsbury
1989
Murder on the Moon
as Patsy Diehl
The New Statesman
TVas Hilary• 1 eps
Victoria Wood
TVas Jackie / Julia / Carol
Stay Lucky
TVas Julie Vernon
1988
An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self - Questioner
1987
1986
Highlander
as Kate MacLeod
Casualty
TVas Elizabeth Clayton
1983
The Wicked Lady
as Servant at Inn
Bergerac
TVas Marianne• 8 eps
1981
The Nightmare Man
as Fiona Patterson
The Nightmare Man
TVas Fiona Patterson
1980
Shoestring
TVas Sheila Johnson• 1 eps
1979
To the Manor Born
TVas Polly
1978
1974
House of Whipcord
as Barbara
Upstairs, Downstairs
TVas Jenny• 2 eps
1973
Assassin
as Stacy's Secretary
1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas
TVas Edith Nesbit
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Susan Nunsuch