Acting · Guildford, Surrey, England, UK · Born July 15, 1952
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".
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
2026
as Gloria Lynn
TVThe Celebrity Traitors
2025
as Self - Contestant
MovieThe Thursday Murder Club
2025
as Joyce
MovieBridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
as Una Alconbury
MovieA Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
2024
as E. Nesbit
MovieGood Grief
2023
as Imelda
MovieLove Again
2023
as Gina Valentine
TVThe Diplomat
2023
as Meg Roylin
MovieMummies
2023
as Mother June Carnaby (voice)
MovieRobbie Coltrane at the BBC
2022
as Self - Presenter
MovieFifty-Four Days
2022
as Gloria
MovieChristmas on Mistletoe Farm
2022
as Miss Womble
MovieMidsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MovieBeauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2021
as Malabelle
MovieLouisa: An Amazing Adventure
2021
as May Crocombe (voice)
TVThe Savoy
2020
as Narrator
MovieLove Sarah
2020
as Mimi
MovieCinderella: After Ever After
2019
as Madame Blackheart
MovieD-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes
2019
as Self
MovieMalevolent
2018
as Mrs. Green
MovieNativity Rocks!
2018
as Mrs. Keen
MovieOne Evening In June
2018
as Beth
TVHang Ups
2018
as Maggie Pitt
MovieMamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018
as Vice Chancellor
To Provide All People
2018
as Patient
TVPatrick Melrose
2018
as Kettle
MovieFinding Your Feet
2017
as Bif
MovieMonster Family
2017
as Cheyenne (voice)
MovieA Cure for Wellness
2017
as Victoria Watkins
MovieBridget Jones's Baby
2016
as Una
TVBetter Things
2016
as Phil
MovieAbsolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Claudia Bing
MovieLet's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016
as Self
MovieYear by the Sea
2016
as Erikson
TVDC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016
as Mary Xavier
MovieMolly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
2015
as Edna
MovieThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
as Madge Hardcastle
TVA Life on Screen
2014
as Self
MovieNativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!
2014
as Mrs. Keen
MovieWhat We Did on Our Holiday
2014
as Agnes Chisolm
MovieThe Love Punch
2014
as Pen
MovieRemembering Douglas Camfield
2013
TVVicious
2013
as Lillian Haverfield-Wickham
TVBlandings
2013
as Charlotte
TVTalking Pictures
2013
as Narrator
TVTitanic
2012
as Grace Rushton
MovieThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
as Madge Hardcastle
MovieActs of Godfrey
2012
as Helen McGann
MovieMy Angel
2011
as The Librarian
MovieLost Connection
2010
as Mum
MovieYou Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
as Enid Wicklow
MovieThe Road to Coronation Street
2010
as Doris Speed
MovieThe Man Who Married Himself
2010
as Mother
MovieVictoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009
MovieSt Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2009
as Matron
MovieStanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008
as Self
Player
2008
as Laetitia
MovieSt Trinian's
2007
as Hausmutter
TVCranford
2007
as Lady Glenmire
MovieDangerous Liaisons
2007
as Emily Coulter
TVKingdom
2007
as Gloria Millington
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
TVLewis
2007
as Michelle Marber
TVAfter You've Gone
2007
as Diana
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self
MovieAcorn Antiques: The Musical
2006
as Miss Babs
The Lavender List
2006
as Mary Wilson
MovieImagine Me & You
2006
as Tessa
MovieNanny McPhee
2005
as Mrs. Quickly
MovieWah-Wah
2005
as Lady Riva Hardwick
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
2005
as Miss Davies
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Miss Kizlet
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Madame Joilet
MovieBridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
as Una Alconbury
TVWho Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
TVThe Paul O'Grady Show
2004
MovieWimbledon
2004
as Lydice Kenwood
Out of Bounds
2003
as Doctor Imogen Reed
MovieCalendar Girls
2003
as Celia
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
MovieHeartlands
2003
as Sonja
MovieThe Planman
2003
as Gail Forrester
MovieThora Hird Tribute
2003
as Philippa, Claire (archive footage, uncredited)
TVDoctor Zhivago
2002
as Anna Gromeko
TVDaniel Deronda
2002
as Mrs Meyrick
TVTimeshift
2002
as self
MovieA Is for Acid
2002
as Rose Henderson
TVStill Game
2002
TVSparkhouse
2002
as Kate Lawton
MoviePlain Jane
2002
as Ellen Reynolds
MovieThunderpants
2002
as Miss Rapier
MovieThe Gathering Storm
2002
as Violet Pearman
Station Jim
2001
as Miss Frazier
MovieLucky Break
2001
as Amy
MovieBridget Jones's Diary
2001
as Una Alconbury
MovieRevelation
2001
as Harriet Martel
TVLove in a Cold Climate
2001
as Aunt Sadie
MovieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Self/Various Characters
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
TVGormenghast
2000
as Gertrude, Countess of Groan
MovieA Christmas Carol
1999
as Mrs. Bennett
MovieStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
as Fighter Pilot Bravo 5
MovieHilary and Jackie
1998
as Iris du Pré
TVdinnerladies
1998
as Philippa Moorcroft
TVMicrosoap
1998
as Miss Cottingham
TVDuck Patrol
1998
as Mrs. Calloway
MovieMr White Goes To Westminster
1997
as Victoria Madison
MovieThe Borrowers
1997
as Homily Clock
TVThe History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Mrs. Miller
MovieThe Canterville Ghost
1997
as Lucy Otis
MovieInto the Blue
1997
as Nadine Cunningham
TVWokenwell
1997
TVJonathan Creek
1997
as Thelma Bailey
MovieHospital!
1997
as Sister Muriel
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Louise August
MovieThe Writing on the Wall
1996
as Kirsty
TVDalziel and Pascoe
1996
TVBlack Hearts in Battersea
1995
as Duchess Of Battersea
MovieA Very Open Prison
1995
as Victoria Bridgewater
MovieIn the Bleak Midwinter
1995
as Fadge
MovieThe Return of the Native
1994
as Susan Nunsuch
MovieMary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
as Mrs. Moritz
MoviePat and Margaret
1994
as Claire
TVThe Riff Raff Element
1994
as Joanna Tundish
TVClass Act
1994
as Class Act
TVA Dark Adapted Eye
1994
as Vera
MovieBoswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles
1993
as Lady MacDonald
MovieVictoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
TVAbsolutely Fabulous
1992
as Claudia Bing
MovieBlue Black Permanent
1992
as Barbara Thorburn
MovieThacker
1992
as Ann Hadon Smith
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Sylvia Langley
TVAll Good Things
1991
as Rachel Bromley
TVThe Darling Buds of May
1991
as Corinne Perigo
The Harmfulness of Tobacco
1991
Movie102 Boulevard Haussmann
1990
as Madame Massis
MovieOld Flames
1990
as Davina Wright / Hopjoy
TVOranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990
as Miss Jewsbury
The World of Eddie Weary
1990
as Birdie
TVStay Lucky
1989
as Julie Vernon
TVVictoria Wood
1989
as Jackie
4 Play
1989
as Bunny Heckle
TVScreen One
1989
as Clare
MovieMurder on the Moon
1989
as Patsy Diehl
TVThe Justice Game
1989
as Caroline Jarvis
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as 'Aunt' Kathy Cloade
MovieAn Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self - Questioner
MovieAcorn Antiques
1987
as Babs
TVThe New Statesman
1987
as Hilary
MovieMichael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment
1987
as Self
TVCasualty
1986
as Elizabeth Clayton
TVScreenPlay
1986
as Lady MacDonald
MovieHighlander
1986
as Kate MacLeod
TVLovejoy
1986
as Lady Felicity Carey-Holden
TVVictoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
TVAcorn Antiques
1985
as Miss Babs
TVScreen Two
1985
as Victoria Bridgewater
TVTaggart
1983
TVStoryboard
1983
as Sylvia
MovieThe Wicked Lady
1983
as Servant at Inn
TVCloud Howe
1982
as Else Queen
TVBergerac
1981
as Marianne
MovieThe Nightmare Man
1981
as Fiona Patterson
TVThe Nightmare Man
1981
as Fiona Patterson
TVTo the Manor Born
1979
as Polly
TVShoestring
1979
as Sheila Johnson
MovieDeath on the Nile
1978
as Maid (uncredited)
MovieIce Age
1978
as Housemaid
TVBBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Housemaid
MovieHouse of Whipcord
1974
as Barbara
MovieAssassin
1973
as Stacy's Secretary
TVVan der Valk
1972
as Marijke Dekker
TVA Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Edith Nesbit
TVUpstairs, Downstairs
1971
as Jenny
TVOmnibus
1967
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Susan Nunsuch
The Temptation Of Gracie
as Gracie Burton
Down, Down, Down
as Sylvia
TVTomb Raider
as Francine
WAR
as Budgie
