Celia Imrie

Celia Diana Savile Imrie (født 15. juli 1952 i Surrey, England) er en britisk skuespiller og forfatter.

Privatliv 
Sammen med skuespilleren Benjamin Whitrow har hun sønnen Angus. Imrie bor vekselvis i London og på Isle of Wight.

Skuespiller 
Imrie ble utdannet ved Guildford School of Acting og begynte som skuespiller i første halvdel av 1970-tallet. Hun spilte Fighter Pilot Bravo 5 i filmen Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999). Hennes mest kjente filmer inkluderer Nanny McPhee og Hilary and Jackie (1998) der hun spiller rollen som Iris du Pré. Imrie er også kjent for sine opptredener i TV-serier som Absolutely Fabulous og Upstairs, Downstairs. I miniserien Gormenghast (2000) spilte Imrie rollen som Lady Gertrude. I 2005 mottok hun svært positive anmeldelser for sin amerikanske teater-debut i oppsetningen Intetanende Susan (engelsk: Unsuspecting Susan). Blant nyere filmroller kan nevnes hennes medvirkning i Bridget Jones' dagbok (2001), Calendar Girls (2003), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), og Imagine Me & You (2005). Hun medvirket også i de to filmene The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) og The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015). I 2013 spilte hun Miss Kizlet i sesongåpningen av tv-serien Doctor Who.

Filmografi 

 1973: Assassin
 1974: House of Whipcord
 1978: Death on the Nile
 1983: The Wicked Lady
 1986: Highlander
 1991: The Harmfulness of Tobacco
 1992: Blue Black Permanent
 1994: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
 1995: A Midwinter's Tale
 1997: The Borrowers
 1998: Hiccup
 1998: Hilary and Jackie
 1999: Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
 2001: Bridget Jones' dagbok
 2001: Lucky Break
 2001: Revelation
 2002: Thunderpants
 2002: Heartlands
 2003: Calendar Girls
 2004: Out of Bounds
 2004: Wimbledon
 2004: Bridget Jones – På randen
 2005: Wah-Wah
 2005: Nanny McPhee
 2005: Imagine Me & You
 2007: St Trinian's
 2009: St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
 2010: You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
 2012: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
 2014: The Love Punch
 2014: What We Did on Our Holiday
 2014: Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?
 2015: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
 2015: Molly Moon and The Incredible Book of Hypnotism
 2016: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
 2016: Bridget Jones’ Baby: Alle gode ting er tre

TV-programmer og -serier 

 1974: Upstairs, Downstairs: "If You Were the Only Girl in the World"
 1974: Upstairs, Downstairs: "Missing Believed Killed"
 1979: To the Manor Born: "A Touch of Class"
 1980: Shoestring: The "Dangerous Game"
 1980: To the Manor Born: "Vive Le Sport"
 1981: The Nightmare Man
 1981: 81 Take 2
 1982: Cloud Howe
 1983: Bergerac
 1985–1987: Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
 1988: Taggart: "Root of Evil"
 1988: The New Statesman: "Alan B'Stard Closes Down the BBC"
 1989: The New Statesman: "May the Best Man Win"
 1989: Murder by Moonlight
 1989: Victoria Wood: "We'd Quite Like to Apologise"
 1989: Victoria Wood: "Val De Ree (Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha)"
 1989: Victoria Wood: "Staying In"
 1990: The World of Eddie Weary
 1990: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
 1990: Old Flames
 1990: 102 Boulevard Haussman
 1991: Lovejoy: "The Italian Venus"
 1991: The Darling Buds of May: "When the Green Woods Laugh (Parts 1 & 2)"
 1991: Stay Lucky: "The Food of Love"
 1992: Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
 1992: Van der Valk: "Still Waters"
 1993: Bonjour la Classe: "Red Card"
 1993: The Riff Raff Element
 1993: A Question of Guilt
 1994: A Dark Adapted Eye
 1994: Pat and Margaret
 1994: The Return of the Native
 1995: Absolutely Fabulous: "Jealous"
 1995: Casualty: "Learning Curve"
 1996: Blackhearts In Battersea
 1996: The Writing on the Wall
 1997: The Canterville Ghost
 1997: Into the Blue
 1997: Hospital!
 1997: Wokenwell
 1997: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
 1997: Mr. White Goes to Westminster
 1998: Duck Patrol: "River Rage"
 1998–2000: dinnerladies
 1999: Wetty Hainthropp Investigates
 1999: Hilltop Hospital (voice)
 1999: A Christmas Carol
 2000: Gormenghast
 2000: Dalziel & Pascoe: "Above the Law"
 2000: Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings
 2001: Love in a Cold Climate
 2001: Baddiel's Syndrome: "Inventions Now"
 2001: Midsomer Murders: "Dark Autumn"
 2001: Absolutely Fabulous: "Menopause"
 2001: Randall and Hopkirk: "Revenge of the Bog People"
 2001: Station Jim
 2002: Heartbeat: "The Shoot"
 2002: The Gathering Storm
 2002: Sparkhouse 
 2002: A Is for Acid
 2002: Doctor Zhivago
 2002: Daniel Deronda
 2003: The Planman
 2003: Still Game: "Wummin'"
 2004: Jonathan Creek: "Gorgons Wood"
 2004: Doc Martin: "Going Bodmin"
 2004: Agatha Christie's Marple: "4.50 From Paddington"
 2005: Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle
 2006: Agatha Christie's Poirot: "Taken at the Flood"
 2006: The Lavender List
 2006: Where the Heart Is: "Walk of Faith"
 2007–2008: After You've Gone
 2007–2009: Kingdom
 2009: Cranford: "Christmas Special"
 2010: The Road to Coronation Street (as Doris Speed)
 2011: The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
 2012: Hacks
 2012: Titanic
 2012: Lewis: The Soul of Genius
 2013: Doctor Who: "The Bells of Saint John"
 2013: Love and Marriage
 2014: Blandings
 2014: Our Zoo
 2015: Vicious
 2016: Legends of Tomorrow
 2018: Patrick Melrose

Forfatter 
I 2011 utga Celia Imrie selvbiografien The Happy Hoofer. Fire år senere utga hun Not Quite Nice, som er en underholdningsroman.

Referanser

Eksterne lenker 
 
 

Engelske skuespillere
Engelske forfattere
personer fra Guildford