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Celia Imrie
Celia Diana Savile Imrie CBE (born 15 July 1952) is a British actress and author. 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), and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018). Imrie was born on 15 July 1952 in Guildford, Surrey, the fourth of five children. Imrie's film credits include Nanny McPhee, Homily Clock in the 1997 film The Borrowers, House of Whipcord, Bridget Jones's Diary, Calendar Girls, Highlander, and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. She has also appeared in numerous Television shows like Upstairs, Downstairs, Bergerac, The Nightmare Man etc. Imrie's theatre career started when she got a job as an Assistant Stage Manager and understudy in the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has also ventured into writing. Her debut novel Not Quite Nice was published by Bloomsbury in 2015. She has since authored several other books.
Imrie lives in London and in Nice, France. She has a son, Angus Imrie, born in 1994, with the actor Benjamin Whitrow. Angus appears as her on-screen son in Kingdom (2007–2009) and has acted in other productions, having studied drama and performance at the University of Warwick. Imrie has received several awards and accolades for her contributions to acting. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to drama. She won The Clarence Derwent Award for Best Supporting Actress in The Sea and Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical in Acorn Antiques: The Musical.
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Given Name: Celia Diana Savile Imrie
Born: Guildford, Surrey, England
Citizenship: British
Birthday: July 15, 1952
Occupations: Actress, Author
Years Active: 1973-present
Children: 1
Spouses: Benjamin Whitrow
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Movies Featuring Celia Imrie
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Malevolent
Mummies
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Finding Your Feet
Love Again
Monster Family
Year by the Sea
Love Sarah
Good Grief
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Cranford: Return to Cranford
The Man Who Married Himself
The Road to Coronation Street
Titanic
Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey?!
To Provide All People
Cinderella: After Ever After
Gormenghast
Revelation
Station Jim
The Gathering Storm
Heartlands
Sparkhouse
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Love in a Cold Climate
Thunderpants
Doctor Zhivago
Out of Bounds
Nativity Rocks!
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
A Is for Acid
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Blue Black Permanent
The Wicked Lady
The Nightmare Man
Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Murder on the Moon
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Christmas on Mistletoe Farm
Fifty-Four Days
House of Whipcord
Victoria Wood’s All Day Breakfast
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
The Return of the Native
A Dark Adapted Eye
The Borrowers
Into the Blue
The Canterville Ghost
St Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
Assassin
In the Bleak Midwinter
The Thursday Murder Club
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2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Vice Chancellor
Malevolent
Mrs. Green
Finding Your Feet
Bif
Monster Family
Cheyenne
To Provide All People
Patient
Nativity Rocks!
Mrs. Keen
2002
The Gathering Storm
Violet Pearman
Heartlands
Sonja
Thunderpants
Miss Rapier
A Is for Acid
Rose Henderson
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