page_title: Celia Imrie
hierarchical_section_title: Celia Imrie
caption_attribution_description: English: Date recorded: 17/04/2011 Celia Imrie, adored for her characters in Acorn Antiques, Dinnerladies, Calendar Girls and Nanny McPhee tells her extraordinary and highly entertaining life story, The Happy Hoofer. From finding herself with half the scenery stuck to her cardigan, or being kidnapped on the way to location, she somehow emerges from the chaos unscathed with a sense of mischief, fun and unruffled determination.
context_page_description: Celia Diana Savile Imrie is an English actress and author. She is known for her work with Victoria Wood, including Victoria Wood as Seen on TV, the sitcom Dinnerladies and Acorn Antiques: The Musical, for which she won the 2006 Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical.
  Described in 2003 as "one of the most successful British actresses of recent decades",
  she is also known for her film roles, including the Bridget Jones film series, Calendar Girls, Nanny McPhee, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and Malevolent.
context_section_description: Celia Diana Savile Imrie (born 15 July 1952) is an English actress and author. 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 Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical.
  Described in 2003 as "one of the most successful British actresses of recent decades",  
  she is also 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).
caption: Imrie discussing The Happy Hoofer at the Cambridge Union Society in 2011
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