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Celia Diana Savile Imrie (born 15 July 1952[1][2][3]) is an English actress and author. She was described in 2003 as one of the most successful British actresses of recent decades.[4]^{[failed verification]} She is best known for her film roles, including the Bridget Jones film series, Calendar Girls (2003), Nanny McPhee (2005), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) and Malevolent (2018) and, for the FX TV series Better Things (2016-2022).

Celia Imrie
Imrie discussing The Happy Hoofer at the Cambridge Union Society in 2011
Born	Celia Diana Savile Imrie (1952-07-15) 15 July 1952 (age 70) Guildford, Surrey, England
Education	Guildford High School; Guildford School of Acting
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1973–present
Children	Angus Imrie

In the United Kingdom she is known for her work with Victoria Wood, including Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985–1987), the sitcom dinnerladies (1998–2000) and Acorn Antiques: The Musical!, for which she won the 2006 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Early life

Imrie was born on 15 July 1952 in Guildford, Surrey,[5] the fourth of five children of Diana Elizabeth Blois (née Cator) and David Andrew Imrie, a radiologist. Her father was from Glasgow, Scotland.[6][7] Imrie is the ten-times-great granddaughter of the infamous Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset.[8] Imrie was educated at Guildford High School, an independent school for girls in her home town of Guildford, followed by the Guildford School of Acting.[9]

Career

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Film

Imrie's film credits include Nanny McPhee, Hilary and Jackie (playing Iris du Pré), and the 1997 film The Borrowers, in which she played Homily Clock. Other films include Bridget Jones's Diary, Calendar Girls, Highlander, and as Fighter Pilot Bravo 5 in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. In 2007 she appeared in St Trinian's.

Television

Imrie's television credits include Bergerac,The Nightmare Man, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Casualty, Absolutely Fabulous, The Darling Buds of May and Upstairs, Downstairs.

In the 2000 miniseries of Gormenghast, she played Lady Gertrude. She also appeared in the 2005 BBC television drama Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle, where she played the role of a teacher taking an unruly party of pupils on a day-trip to Salisbury Cathedral. She starred alongside Nicholas Lyndhurst in the BBC sitcom After You've Gone (2007–2008), and in the ITV1 drama Kingdom (2007–2009) with Stephen Fry. Her part in After You've Gone has, whilst being critically acclaimed, been described as "criminally squandered".[10] In 2013, she guest-starred in the BBC's Doctor Who, playing the villainous Miss Kizlet in "The Bells of Saint John". In May 2016, she made her US television debut in the DC action-adventure series Legends of Tomorrow. Since September 2016 she has starred as Phyllis in the FX series Better Things. In December 2021, Imrie narrated the BBC's Talking Pictures: Film's Family Favourites.

Theatre

In 2005, she received very positive reviews for her US stage debut in Unsuspecting Susan.[11][12] In 2009, she appeared in Plague Over England in the West End, a play about John Gielgud, and received a positive reviews for her performance.[13] That same year, she appeared in the world premiere of Robin Soans' Mixed Up North, directed by Max Stafford-Clark.[14] In 2010, she appeared alongside Robin Soans in a production of Sheridan's The Rivals.

Imrie narrated during the ceremonial event held to mark the 75th anniversary of D-day at Portsmouth in 2019.[15]

Radio

Imrie's radio work includes parts in BBC Radio 4's No Commitments and Bleak Expectations. " The Adventures of a Black Bag and Doctor Finlay – Further Adventures of a Black Bag" 2002 and 2003  ; In early 2007, she narrated the book Arabella, broadcast over two weeks as the Book at Bedtime.

Work with Victoria Wood

Imrie is perhaps best known in Great Britain for her frequent collaborations with Victoria Wood,[16] with whom she appeared in TV programmes such as the sitcom dinnerladies and sketch show Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV. It was on the latter show in 1985 that she first played the part of Miss Babs, owner of Acorn Antiques, a parody of the low-budget British soap opera Crossroads. These sketches became such a British institution that the show was turned into Acorn Antiques: The Musical!, a West End musical, in 2005 starring most of the original cast. Imrie won an Olivier Award in 2006 for her performance.[17] The character has curly blonde hair, and is known for her frequent parodic flirtations with the customers, and her interactions with the housekeeper, Mrs Overall (portrayed by Julie Walters).

Books

Her debut novel Not Quite Nice was published by Bloomsbury in 2015, had six weeks in the Sunday Times Top Ten, was cited by The Times as a 'delicious piece of entertainment', and also reached number 5 in the Apple ibook chart and 8 in Amazon's book chart.[18] Her second novel, Nice Work (If You Can Get It), was published in 2016;[19] and her third, Sail Away, was published in February 2018.[20] Her next work, A Nice Cup of Tea, was published in 2019.[21]

• The Happy Hoofer (2011), Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 978-1444709278
• Not Quite Nice (2015), Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN 978-1632860323
• Nice Work (If You Can Get It) (2016), Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN 978-1408876909
• Sail Away (2018), Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN 978-1408883235
• A Nice Cup of Tea (2019), Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1408883266
• Orphans of the Storm (2021), Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1526614896

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

As part of the cast of the 2018 film Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Imrie achieved her first UK Top 40 single alongside Lily James with a cover of the ABBA song "When I Kissed the Teacher", which reached number 40 in August 2018.[22]

Personal life

Imrie lives in London and in Nice, France.[23] She has a son, Angus Imrie, with the actor Benjamin Whitrow, but has said that she "hated the idea of marriage", describing it as a "world of cover-up and compromise".[24] Angus appears as her on-screen son in Kingdom and has acted in other productions, having studied drama and performance at the University of Warwick.[25]

When she was 14, she was admitted to the Royal Waterloo Hospital suffering from anorexia nervosa. Under the care of controversial psychiatrist William Sargant, she was given electroshock and large doses of the anti-psychotic drug Largactil.[26]^{[citation needed]}

She was the guest on Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4 on 13 February 2011. In 2013, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Winchester.[27]

Imrie was featured in the BBC genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? in October 2012 and discovered that an ancestor on her mother's side was William, Lord Russell, a Whig parliamentarian executed for treason in 1683, after being found guilty of conspiring against Charles II.[28] Imrie's great-great uncle, William Imrie, was a founder of the White Star Line and she is a descendant of Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon who survived the sinking of the Titanic.[29]

Awards

• (1992) The Clarence Derwent Award for Best Supporting Actress in The Sea[30]
• (2006) Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical in Acorn Antiques:The Musical![31]
• (2017) UK WFTV (Women in Film and Television) Award for the EON Productions Lifetime Achievement[32]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	Assassin
1974	House of Whipcord	Barbara
1978	Death on the Nile	Maid	uncredited
1983	The Wicked Lady	Servant at Inn
1986	Highlander	Kate
1992	Blue Black Permanent	Barbara Thorburn
1994	Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	Mrs. Moritz
1995	A Midwinter's Tale	Fadge
1997	The Borrowers	Homily Clock
1998	Hilary and Jackie	Iris Du Pré
1998	Hiccup (Short)	Judy
1999	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	Fighter Pilot Bravo 5
2001	Bridget Jones's Diary	Una Alconbury
2001	Lucky Break	Amy Chamberlain
2001	Revelation	Harriet Martel
2002	Thunderpants	Miss Rapier
2002	Heartlands	Sonja
2003	Calendar Girls	Celia
2003	Out of Bounds	Dr Imogen Reed
2004	Wimbledon	Lydice Kenwood
2004	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason	Una Alconbury
2005	Wah-Wah	Lady Riva Hardwick
2005	Imagine Me & You	Tessa
2005	Nanny McPhee	Mrs Quickly
2007	St Trinian's	Matron
2009	St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold	Matron
2010	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger	Enid Wicklow
2010	The Man Who Married Himself	Mother	Short
2011	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Madge Hardcastle
2011	My Angel	The Librarian
2012	Acts of Godfrey	Helen McGann
2013	The Love Punch	Pen
2014	What We Did on Our Holiday	Agnes Chisolm
2014	Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?	Clara Keen
2015	The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Madge Hardcastle
2015	Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism	Edna the Cook
2016	Year by the Sea	Erikson
2016	Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie	Claudia Bing
2016	Bridget Jones's Baby	Una Alconbury
2017	A Cure for Wellness	Victoria Watkins
2017	Monster Family	Cheyenne	Voice role
2017	Finding Your Feet	Bif
2018	Malevolent	Mrs Green
2018	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again	Vice Chancellor
2018	Nativity Rocks! This Ain’t No Silent Night	Mrs. Keen
2023	It's All Coming Back to Me		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	Upstairs, Downstairs	Jenny	"If You Were the Only Girl in the World". "Missing Believed Killed"
1979	To the Manor Born	Polly	"A Touch of Class"
1980	Shoestring	Sheila Johnson	"The Dangerous Game"
1980	To the Manor Born	Surgery Receptionist	"Vive Le Sport"
1981	The Nightmare Man	Fiona Patterson
1981	81 Take 2		TV Movie
1982	Else Queen	Cloud Howe
1983	Bergerac	Marianne Bellshade
1985– 1987	Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV	Various
1988	Taggart	Helen Lomax	"Root of Evil"
1988–1989	The New Statesman	Hilary	"Alan B'Stard Closes Down the BBC", "May the Best Man Win"
1989	Murder by Moonlight	Patsy Diehl	TV Movie
1989	Victoria Wood	Carol	"We'd Quite Like to Apologise"
1989	Victoria Wood	Jackie	"Val De Ree (Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha)"
1989	Victoria Wood	Julia / Spoof TV Ad actress	"Staying In"
1990	Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit	Miss Jewsbury
1990	The World of Eddie Weary	Birdie	TV Movie
1990	Old Flames	Davina Wright / Hopjoy
1990	102 Boulevard Haussmann	Mme Massis
1991	Lovejoy	Lady Felicity Carey-Holden	"The Italian Venus"
1991	The Darling Buds of May	Corinne Perigo	"When the Green Woods Laugh (Parts 1 & 2)"
1991	All Good Things	Rachel Bromley
1991	Stay Lucky	Julie Vernon	"The Food of Love"
1992	Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992	Van der Valk	Marijke Dekker	"Still Waters"
1993	Bonjour la Classe	Mrs. Botney	"Red Card"
1993	The Riff Raff Element	Joanna Tundish
1993	A Question of Guilt	Sissy Malton	TV Movie
1994	A Dark Adapted Eye	Vera	TV Movie
1994	Pat and Margaret	Claire
1994	The Return of the Native	Susan Nunsuch	TV Movie
1995–2001	Absolutely Fabulous	Claudia Bing	"Jealous"
1995	Casualty	Elizabeth Clayton	"Learning Curve"
1995–1996	Blackhearts in Battersea	Duchess of Battersea
1996	The Writing on the Wall	Kirsty	TV Movie
1997	Hospital!	Sister Muriel	TV Movie
1997	Wokenwell	June Bonney
1997	Into the Blue	Nadine Cunningham
1997	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling	Mrs. Miller
1997	The Canterville Ghost	Lucy Otis	TV Movie
1997	Mr. White Goes to Westminster	Victoria Madison	TV Movie
1998	Duck Patrol	Mrs. Calloway	"River Rage"
1998–2000	dinnerladies	Philippa Moorcroft
1999	Hetty Wainthropp Investigates	Nightclub owner	TV Short
1999	Hilltop Hospital	Surgeon Sally	Voice role
1999	A Christmas Carol	Mrs. Bennett	TV Movie
2000	Gormenghast	Lady Gertrude
2000	Dalziel and Pascoe	Christina Chance	"Above the Law"
2000	Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings	Herself
2001	Love in a Cold Climate	Aunt Sadie
2001	Baddiel's Syndrome	Ruth Proudhon	"Inventions Now"
2001	Station Jim	Miss Frazier	TV Movie
2001	Midsomer Murders	Louise August	"Dark Autumn"
2001	Randall & Hopkirk		"Revenge of the Bog People"
2002	Heartbeat	Sylvia Langley	"The Shoot"
2002	The Gathering Storm	Violet Pearman	TV Movie
2002	Sparkhouse	Kate Lawton
2002	A Is for Acid	Rose Henderson	TV Movie
2002	Daniel Deronda	Mrs. Meyrick
2002	Doctor Zhivago	Anna Gromyko
2003	The Planman	Gail Forrester	TV Movie
2003	Still Game	Mrs Begg	"Wummin'"
2004	Jonathan Creek	Thelma Bailey	"Gorgons Wood"
2004	Doc Martin	Susan Brading	"Going Bodmin"
2004	Agatha Christie's Marple	Madame Joilet	"4.50 From Paddington"
2005	Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle	Miss Davies	TV Movie
2006	Agatha Christie's Poirot	'Aunt' Kathy Cloade	"Taken at the Flood"
2006	The Lavender List	Mary Wilson	TV Movie
2006	Where the Heart Is	Gaynor Whiteside	"Walk of Faith"
2007–2008	After You've Gone	Diana
2007–2009	Kingdom	Gloria Millington
2009	Cranford	Lady Glenmire	"Christmas Special"
2010	The Road to Coronation Street	Doris Speed	TV Movie
2011	The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff	Miss Christmasham
2012	Hacks	Tabby	TV Movie
2012	Titanic	Grace Rushton
2012	Lewis	Michelle Marber	"The Soul of Genius"[33]
2013	Doctor Who	Miss Kizlet	"The Bells of Saint John"
2013	Love and Marriage	Rowan Holdaway
2014	Blandings	Charlotte
2014	Our Zoo	Lady Daphne Goodwin
2015	Vicious	Lillian Haverfield-Wickham
2016	Legends of Tomorrow	Mary Xavier
2016-2022	Better Things	Phyllis "Phil" Darby
2018	Patrick Melrose	Kettle
2018	Hang Ups	Maggie Pitt
2020	Keeping Faith	Rose Fairchild	Series 3; Main role
2021	Talking Pictures: Film's Family Favourites	Herself	1 episode

Theatre

Source:[34]

References

External links

• Celia Imrie at IMDb
• Celia Imrie at British Comedy Guide
• Celia Imrie Wins Olivier Award
• Interview with Celia Imrie
• Celia Imrie talks about Star Wars
• Celia Imrie Article with The Daily Telegraph
• Photograph of Celia as Marianne Bellshade in 1982 in Bergerac

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Се́лия Дайа́на Сэ́вил И́мри (англ. Celia Diana Savile Imrie, род. 15 июля 1952 (1952-07-15)) — британская актриса.

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