Celia Imrie
Acting • Born 1952-07-15
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".
Filmography
174 credits
Imagine Me & You
Movie • 2006
Tessa
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Movie • 1994
Mrs. Moritz
St Trinian's
Movie • 2007
Hausmutter
Fifty-Four Days
Movie • 2023
Gloria
Nanny McPhee
Movie • 2005
Mrs. Quickly
Wimbledon
Movie • 2004
Lydice Kenwood
Highlander
Movie • 1986
Kate MacLeod
Assassin
Movie • 1973
Stacy's Secretary
Calendar Girls
Movie • 2003
Celia
The Borrowers
Movie • 1997
Homily Clock
Lucky Break
Movie • 2001
Amy
The Gathering Storm
Movie • 2002
Violet Pearman
Wah-Wah
Movie • 2005
Lady Riva Hardwick
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Movie • 2009
Matron
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Movie • 2021
Malabelle
Hilary and Jackie
Movie • 1998
Iris Du Pré
Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles
Movie • 1993
Lady MacDonald
Heartlands
Movie • 2003
Sonja
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie • 2012
Madge Hardcastle
The Planman
Movie • 2003
Gail Forrester
Out of Bounds
Movie • 2003
Doctor Imogen Reed
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Movie • 2006
Miss Babs
Blue Black Permanent
Movie • 1992
Barbara Thorburn
A Is for Acid
Movie • 2002
Rose Henderson
The Love Punch
Movie • 2014
Pen
Pat and Margaret
Movie • 1994
Claire
Lost Connection
Movie • 2010
Mum
Love Again
Movie • 2023
Gina Valentine
My Angel
Movie • 2011
The Librarian
Thunderpants
Movie • 2002
Miss Rapier
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Movie • 2016
Self
The Lavender List
Movie • 2006
Mary Wilson
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Movie • 2004
Una Alconbury
What We Did on Our Holiday
Movie • 2014
Agnes Chisolm
The Writing on the Wall
Movie • 1996
Kirsty
The Road to Coronation Street
Movie • 2010
Doris Speed
The Harmfulness of Tobacco
Movie • 1991
The Canterville Ghost
Movie • 1997
Lucy Otis
In the Bleak Midwinter
Movie • 1995
Fadge
Bridget Jones's Diary
Movie • 2001
Una Alconbury
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Movie • 1999
Fighter Pilot Bravo 5
Good Grief
Movie • 2023
Imelda
Christmas on Mistletoe Farm
Movie • 2022
Miss Womble
The Man Who Married Himself
Movie • 2010
Mother
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
Movie • 2022
Narrator (voice)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie • 2015
Madge Hardcastle
Acorn Antiques
Movie • 1987
Babs
Robbie Coltrane at the BBC
Movie • 2022
Self - Presenter
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Movie • 2015
Edna
Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!
Movie • 2014
Mrs. Keen
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Movie • 2000
Self/Various Characters
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Movie • 2016
Claudia Bing
The Temptation Of Gracie
Movie
Gracie Burton
The Thursday Murder Club
Movie • 2025
Joyce
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
Movie • 2005
Miss Davies
A Cure for Wellness
Movie • 2017
Victoria Watkins
The Wicked Lady
Movie • 1983
Servant at Inn
Murder on the Moon
Movie • 1989
Patsy Diehl
Bridget Jones's Baby
Movie • 2016
Una
Death on the Nile
Movie • 1978
Maid (uncredited)
Mr White Goes To Westminster
Movie • 1997
Victoria Madison
Station Jim
Movie • 2001
Miss Frazier
Finding Your Feet
Movie • 2017
Bif
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Movie • 2025
Una Alconbury
Year by the Sea
Movie • 2016
Erikson
Into the Blue
Movie • 1997
Nadine Cunningham
Hospital!
Movie • 1997
Sister Muriel
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Movie • 2010
Enid Wicklow
House of Whipcord
Movie • 1974
Barbara
The Return of the Native
Movie • 1994
Susan Nunsuch
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Movie • 1992
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Movie • 1988
Self - Questioner
A Christmas Carol
Movie • 1999
Mrs. Bennett
Monster Family
Movie • 2017
Cheyenne (voice)
Malevolent
Movie • 2018
Mrs. Green
Thacker
Movie • 1992
Ann Hadon Smith
Old Flames
Movie • 1990
Davina Wright / Hopjoy
Player
Movie • 2008
Laetitia
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Movie • 1990
Madame Massis
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Movie • 2018
Vice Chancellor
The Nightmare Man
Movie • 1981
Fiona Patterson
A Very Open Prison
Movie • 1995
Victoria Bridgewater
To Provide All People
Movie • 2018
Patient
One Evening In June
Movie • 2018
Beth
Nativity Rocks!
Movie • 2018
Mrs. Keen
The World of Eddie Weary
Movie • 1990
Birdie
D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes
Movie • 2019
Self
Plain Jane
Movie • 2002
Ellen Reynolds
Revelation
Movie • 2001
Harriet Martel
Cinderella: After Ever After
Movie • 2019
Madame Blackheart
Love Sarah
Movie • 2020
Mimi
Louisa: An Amazing Adventure
Movie • 2021
May Crocombe (voice)
Acts of Godfrey
Movie • 2012
Helen McGann
Ice Age
Movie • 1978
Housemaid
Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment
Movie • 1987
Self
Remembering Douglas Camfield
Movie • 2013
Dangerous Liaisons
Movie • 2007
Emily Coulter
Thora Hird Tribute
Movie • 2003
Philippa, Claire (archive footage, uncredited)
Down, Down, Down
Movie
Sylvia
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Movie • 2008
Self
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
Movie • 2009
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
Movie
Gloria Lynn
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
Movie • 2024
E. Nesbit
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Louise August
dinnerladies
TV • 1998
Philippa Moorcroft
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Marianne
Jonathan Creek
TV • 1997
Thelma Bailey
The Nightmare Man
TV • 1981
Fiona Patterson
After You've Gone
TV • 2007
Diana
Taggart
TV • 1983
The Terry and Gaby Show
TV • 2003
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
TV • 1997
Mrs. Miller
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
TV • 1997
Mrs, Miller
The Paul O'Grady Show
TV • 2004
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Sylvia Langley
Dalziel & Pascoe
TV • 1996
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV • 2000
Absolutely Fabulous
TV • 1992
Claudia Bing
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Lady Felicity Carey-Holden
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Susan Nunsuch
Sparkhouse
TV • 2002
Kate Lawton
Kingdom
TV • 2007
Gloria Millington
Gormenghast
TV • 2000
Lady Gertrude
Doctor Zhivago
TV • 2002
Anna Gromyko
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
TV • 1985
Van der Valk
TV • 1972
Marijke Dekker
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Madame Joilet
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
'Aunt' Kathy Cloade
Patrick Melrose
TV • 2018
Kettle
Wokenwell
TV • 1997
The Riff Raff Element
TV • 1994
Joanna Tundish
Titanic
TV • 2012
Grace Rushton
Daniel Deronda
TV • 2002
Mrs. Meyrick
The Diplomat
TV • 2023
Meg Roylin
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Miss Kizlet
Victoria Wood
TV • 1989
Jackie
Victoria Wood
TV • 1989
Carol
Victoria Wood
TV • 1989
Julia
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV • 2004
Self
Better Things
TV • 2016
Phil
Class Act
TV • 1994
Class Act
Cranford
TV • 2007
Lady Glenmire
Duck Patrol
TV • 1998
Mrs. Calloway
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
TV • 2016
Mary Xavier
Still Game
TV • 2002
To the Manor Born
TV • 1979
Polly
Upstairs, Downstairs
TV • 1971
Jenny
The New Statesman
TV • 1987
Hilary
Casualty
TV • 1986
Elizabeth Clayton
All Good Things
TV • 1991
Rachel Bromley
Black Hearts in Battersea
TV • 1995
Duchess Of Battersea
Love in a Cold Climate
TV • 2001
Aunt Sadie
The Savoy
TV • 2020
Narrator
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
TV • 1990
Miss Jewsbury
A Life on Screen
TV • 2014
Self
Blandings
TV • 2013
Charlotte
Lewis
TV • 2007
Michelle Marber
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
A Dark Adapted Eye
TV • 1994
Vera
Timeshift
TV • 2002
self
Hang Ups
TV • 2018
Maggie Pitt
Stay Lucky
TV • 1989
Julie Vernon
The Darling Buds of May
TV • 1991
Corinne Perigo
A Ghost Story for Christmas
TV • 1971
Edith Nesbit
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Victoria Bridgewater
Cloud Howe
TV • 1982
Else Queen
Microsoap
TV • 1998
Miss Cottingham
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Housemaid
The Celebrity Traitors
TV • 2025
Self - Contestant
Vicious
TV • 2013
Lillian Haverfield-Wickham
Talking Pictures
TV • 2013
Narrator
Tomb Raider
TV
Francine
Shoestring
TV • 1979
Sheila Johnson