Celia Imrie
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1952-07-15 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
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".
Known For
Acting
The Temptation Of Gracie
as Gracie Burton
(2025)
The Thursday Murder Club
as Joyce
(2025)
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
as Una Alconbury
(2024)
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Woman of Stone
as Edith Nesbit
(2023)
Love Again
as Gina Valentine
(2023)
Good Grief
as Imelda
(2023)
Fifty-Four Days
as Gloria
(2022)
Christmas on Mistletoe Farm
as Miss Womble
(2022)
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
as Narrator (voice)
(2022)
Robbie Coltrane at the BBC
as Self - Presenter
(2021)
(2021)
Louisa: An Amazing Adventure
as May Crocombe (voice)
(2020)
Love Sarah
as Mimi
(2019)
(2019)
Cinderella: After Ever After
as Madame Blackheart
(2018)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
as Vice Chancellor
(2018)
Malevolent
as Mrs. Green
(2018)
Nativity Rocks!
as Mrs. Keen
(2018)
To Provide All People
as Patient
(2018)
One Evening In June
as Beth
(2017)
A Cure for Wellness
as Victoria Watkins
(2017)
Finding Your Feet
as Bif
(2017)
Monster Family
as Cheyenne (voice)
(2016)
Bridget Jones's Baby
as Una
(2016)
Year by the Sea
as Erikson
(2016)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Claudia Bing
(2016)
(2015)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Madge Hardcastle
(2015)
(2014)
The Love Punch
as Pen
(2014)
What We Did on Our Holiday
as Agnes Chisolm
(2014)
Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!
as Mrs. Keen
(2013)
(2012)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Madge Hardcastle
(2012)
Acts of Godfrey
as Helen McGann
(2011)
My Angel
as The Librarian
(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
(2010)
Lost Connection
as Mum
(2009)
(2008)
Player
as Laetitia
(2007)
Dangerous Liaisons
as Emily Coulter
(2007)
St Trinian's
as Hausmutter
(2006)
Imagine Me & You
as Tessa
(2006)
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
as Miss Babs
(2006)
The Lavender List
as Mary Wilson
(2005)
Nanny McPhee
as Mrs. Quickly
(2005)
Wah-Wah
as Lady Riva Hardwick
(2005)
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
as Miss Davies
(2004)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
as Una Alconbury
(2004)
Wimbledon
as Lydice Kenwood
(2003)
The Planman
as Gail Forrester
(2003)
Heartlands
as Sonja
(2003)
Calendar Girls
as Celia
(2003)
Out of Bounds
as Doctor Imogen Reed
(2003)
Thora Hird Tribute
as Philippa, Claire (archive footage, uncredited)
(2002)
The Gathering Storm
as Violet Pearman
(2002)
Thunderpants
as Miss Rapier
(2002)
A Is for Acid
as Rose Henderson
(2002)
Plain Jane
as Ellen Reynolds
(2001)
Bridget Jones's Diary
as Una Alconbury
(2001)
Revelation
as Harriet Martel
(2001)
Lucky Break
as Amy
(2001)
Station Jim
as Miss Frazier
(2000)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Self/Various Characters
(1999)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Fighter Pilot Bravo 5
(1999)
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs Bennett
(1998)
Hilary and Jackie
as Iris Du Pré
(1997)
The Borrowers
as Homily Clock
(1997)
Into the Blue
as Nadine Cunningham
(1997)
Mr White Goes To Westminster
as Victoria Madison
(1997)
The Canterville Ghost
as Lucy Otis
(1997)
Hospital!
as Sister Muriel
(1996)
The Writing on the Wall
as Kirsty
(1995)
In the Bleak Midwinter
as Fadge
(1995)
A Very Open Prison
as Victoria Bridgewater
(1994)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Mrs. Moritz
(1994)
Pat and Margaret
as Claire
(1994)
The Return of the Native
as Susan Nunsuch
(1993)
Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles
as Lady MacDonald
(1992)
Blue Black Permanent
as Barbara Thorburn
(1992)
(1992)
Thacker
as Ann Hadon Smith
(1991)
(1990)
Old Flames
as Davina Wright / Hopjoy
(1990)
The World of Eddie Weary
as Birdie
(1990)
102 Boulevard Haussmann
as Madame Massis
(1989)
Murder on the Moon
as Patsy Diehl
(1988)
An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self - Questioner
(1987)
(1987)
Acorn Antiques
as Babs
(1986)
Highlander
as Kate MacLeod
(1983)
The Wicked Lady
as Servant at Inn
(1981)
The Nightmare Man
as Fiona Patterson
(1978)
Death on the Nile
as Maid (uncredited)
(1978)
Ice Age
as Housemaid
(1974)
House of Whipcord
as Barbara
(1973)
Assassin
as Stacy's Secretary