Celia Imrie
Date of birth: 1952-07-15
Place of birth: Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Celia Diana Savile Imrie
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".
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Imagine Me & You
2006-01-27
During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. T
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994-11-04
Victor Frankenstein is a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during ch
St Trinian's
2007-12-21
When their beloved school is threatened with closure should the powers that be fail to raise the pro
Fifty-Four Days
2023-02-19
When tragedy strikes, a spirited young woman turns to wild swimming in search of answers.
Nanny McPhee
2005-10-21
Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased
Wimbledon
2004-09-13
Britain’s Peter Colt has never quite lived up to his dreams of tennis stardom. Once ranked as high a
Highlander
1986-03-07
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on t
Assassin
1973-11-01
When the British government orders the assassination of an Air Ministry official suspected of leakin
Calendar Girls
2003-09-02
Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a c
The Borrowers
1997-12-05
The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowi
Lucky Break
2001-08-24
Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lu
The Gathering Storm
2002-04-22
A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill durin
Wah-Wah
2005-08-17
Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2009-12-18
After a wealthy philanthropist expresses an unusual interest in a ring found by her niece Annabelle,
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2021-12-19
The world’s funniest and most star-studded pantomime is back! Lily James heads the cast as famous na
Hilary and Jackie
1998-12-30
The tragic story of world-renowned cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her
Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles
1993-10-27
In the autumn of 1773, the English writer Samuel Johnson visits the Hebrides, or Western Isles, off
Heartlands
2003-04-27
Gentle Colin 'Col' Lawes happily lead a quiet life, running a news agency with his soiled-rotten wif
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012-02-23
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel
The Planman
2003-03-31
A lawyer finds himself increasingly frustrated by the professional criminals he is called upon to de
Out of Bounds
2003-10-31
Louise is an alienated boarding school student in the midst of a hot and heavy affair with the husba
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
2006-03-13
Acorn Antiques: The Musical! is the all-singing, all-dancing and fully overalled stage version of th
Blue Black Permanent
1992-01-01
In 1990s Edinburgh, Barbara Thorburn reflects on memories of her poet mother, Greta, and her tragic
A Is for Acid
2002-09-09
Dramatisation of the true story of the notorious 'acid bath murderer' John Haigh, who murdered women
The Love Punch
2014-01-13
Retirement at last! Middle-aged and divorced, company owner Richard Jones is looking forward to a wo
Pat and Margaret
1994-09-11
Unexpected events occur when Pat, a glamorous British-born star of American soaps, returns home to p
Lost Connection
2010-12-31
David's 29th birthday also happens to be the day of his father's funeral. When David discovers that
Love Again
2023-05-04
Mira Ray, dealing with the loss of her fiancé, John, sends a series of romantic texts to his old cel
My Angel
2011-12-09
Fifteen year old Eddie's mother falls very ill after a serious car accident. Eddie and his brother S
Thunderpants
2002-05-24
An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, be
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016-05-14
Friends and fans pay tribute to a great comic talent in this celebration of the life and work of the
The Lavender List
2006-03-01
A political drama about the last days of Harold Wilson's Labour government in the 1970s and his curi
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004-11-10
Bridget Jones is working as a TV host and still dating her new love, barrister Mark Darcy, for a per
What We Did on Our Holiday
2014-09-26
Doug and Abi and their three children travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug's father Gordie's b
The Writing on the Wall
1996-07-21
When a bomb explodes in a British RAF base in Germany, MI5 terrorist specialist Bull (Bill Paterson)
The Road to Coronation Street
2010-09-15
The story of how 22 year old writer Tony Warren conceived, wrote and fought for the record breaking
The Harmfulness of Tobacco
1991-01-01
An adaptation of a Chekhov monologue about a hen-pecked schoolmaster forced by his domineering wife
The Canterville Ghost
1997-10-31
'The Canterville Ghost' is one of the most popular choice for making a film in Oscar Wilde's works,
In the Bleak Midwinter
1995-09-29
Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001-04-13
Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999-05-19
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evi
Good Grief
2023-12-19
When his husband unexpectedly dies, Marc's world shatters, sending him and his two best friends on a
Christmas on Mistletoe Farm
2022-11-23
After inheriting a farm at Christmas time, a widowed father makes a bumpy adjustment to village life
The Man Who Married Himself
2010-04-03
Oliver has a mid-life crisis, and decides to get married - to himself. This is the story of his rela
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
2022-05-29
This documentary explores the enduring popularity of one of Britain's best loved crime dramas, Midso
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015-02-26
As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament
Acorn Antiques
1987-12-18
Starring Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston, with the snobby continuity annou
Robbie Coltrane at the BBC
2022-12-26
A look back at the life and career of Robbie Coltrane, one of Britain's best-loved stars and a giant
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
2015-04-11
An orphan who practices hypnosis faces off against a bank robber who wants her book on the art form.
Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!
2014-11-14
This Christmas the pupils of St Bernadette's and their much-loved, madcap teacher Mr. Poppy are back
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000-12-25
The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016-07-01
Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they're accustomed to; shop
The Temptation Of Gracie
Gracie Burton, an ordinary widow who lives quietly in Devon, splashes out on a week’s cookery course
The Thursday Murder Club
2025-08-22
A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder my
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
2005-03-26
A teacher comes to terms with his past during a school trip to Salisbury Cathedral.
A Cure for Wellness
2017-02-15
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "w
The Wicked Lady
1983-04-21
Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara sedu
Murder on the Moon
1989-05-09
After a nuclear war on Earth, the Soviet Union and the U.S. both establish outposts on the moon. Whe
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016-09-14
After breaking up with Mark Darcy five years earlier, Bridget Jones' happily-ever-after hasn't quite
Death on the Nile
1978-09-29
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on b
Mr White Goes To Westminster
1997-12-31
A journalist becomes an independent MP. Loosely based on the election of Martin Bell to the constit
Station Jim
2001-12-30
At a rural railway station in Victorian England, Jim is a spunky Jack Russell Terrier who escapes hi
Finding Your Feet
2017-12-26
A lady has her prim and proper life turned upside down after discovering her husband's affair.
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025-02-12
Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and for
Year by the Sea
2016-04-16
Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod whe
Into the Blue
1997-06-30
Contemporary thriller set partly on the island of Rhodes. A bankrupt former garage owner, now workin
Hospital!
1997-03-30
Comedy about a brilliant young brain surgeon set in an unorthodox hospital. A "Naked Gun" type come
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010-09-22
Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 year
House of Whipcord
1974-04-19
Somewhere in the middle of the English countryside a former judge and a group of former prison warde
The Return of the Native
1994-12-04
Eustacia Vye, an exquisite beauty despairing at her boring life on an English moor, sets up a fatefu
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992-12-25
A television comedy special broadcast on BBC One on Christmas Day 1992. Sketches, stand-up comedy an
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988-12-10
British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi
A Christmas Carol
1999-12-05
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable e
Monster Family
2017-08-24
The Wishbone family are far from happy. In an attempt to reconnect as a family, they plan a fun nigh
Malevolent
2018-12-13
A brother-sister team who fake paranormal encounters for cash get more than they bargained for when
Thacker
1992-04-20
A Gothic comedy, featuring a distinguished cast, and starring Leslie Phillips and Margaret Tyzack.
Old Flames
1990-01-14
Daniel is an obeying and high-flying barrister with the good life on his side. Nathaniel Quass is a
Player
2008-10-03
The story of a claustrophobic relationship between a single mother and her piano prodigy son. Arrivi
102 Boulevard Haussmann
1990-11-09
In 1916 author Marcel Proust is leading a reclusive life in Paris. He hires a quartet of musicians a
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018-07-18
Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In
The Nightmare Man
1981-05-01
A heavy fog cuts the small isolated Scottish island off from the mainland, and dentist Michael Gaffi
A Very Open Prison
1995-12-09
The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons
To Provide All People
2018-06-28
To mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the NHS, acclaimed poet Owen Sheers takes us on a journ
One Evening In June
2018-09-09
Mother and daughter's hidden insecurities and jealousy come to light one late Summer's evening. Amy
Nativity Rocks!
2018-11-23
The staff and students at St. Bernadette's Primary School audition for a coveted place in a spectacu
The World of Eddie Weary
1990-01-01
Alex Conway is an actor who plays the part of 'Eddie Weary', a sympathetic, down-at-heel, shabby, No
D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes
2019-06-05
Live from Southsea Common in Portsmouth, Huw Edwards introduces coverage of the National Commemorati
Plain Jane
2002-05-27
Drama set in 1911 about a love triangle concerning a father, his son and their maid, Jane.
Revelation
2001-04-12
Since A.D. 50, a mysterious sacred artifact known as the Loculus has been at the center of a bloody
Cinderella: After Ever After
2019-12-24
Cinderella weds her Prince Charming, only to find married life isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Love Sarah
2020-07-02
A young woman wishes to fulfill her mother's dream of opening her own bakery in Notting Hill, London
Louisa: An Amazing Adventure
2021-06-22
January 1899 saw the worst storm at sea in living memory and the most astonishing lifeboat rescue at
Acts of Godfrey
2012-01-27
At a two-day business conference, God (Simon Callow) decides to romantically pair Terry, a moral cru
Ice Age
1978-05-17
' You should have thrown the hand-grenade.' ' I've still got it!' An unexpected stranger arrives at
Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment
1987-08-28
Michael Caine teaches the art of movie acting to five young actors, who perform scenes from Alfie (1
Remembering Douglas Camfield
2013-09-30
The life and work of respected director Douglas Camfield is remembered in this documentary.
Dangerous Liaisons
2007-05-10
When detectives investigate a seemingly natural death of an old man, they discover a disturbing tape
Thora Hird Tribute
2003-03-30
Friends, colleagues and fans, including Julie Walters, Jonathan Ross, Norman Wisdom, Keith Barron an
Down, Down, Down
Three generations of women reckon with their relationship with alcohol - and each-other.
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008-12-25
Comedy legend Stanley Baxter returns from retirement and returns to the Christmas schedules with a t
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009-12-21
A look back at Victoria Wood's hugely successful television career. Featuring sketches, stand-up, ch