Age: 70
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Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton (born January 9, 1956) is an English actress and singer. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Staunton began her career in repertory theatre in 1976 and appeared in various theatre productions in the United Kingdom. Staunton has performed in a variety of plays and musicals in London throughout her career, winning four Laurence Olivier Awards; three for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for her roles in the musicals Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, and Gypsy, and one for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Play for her work in both A Chorus of Disapproval and The Corn is Green. Her other stage appearances include The Beggar's Opera, The Wizard of Oz, Uncle Vanya, Guys and Dolls, Entertaining Mr Sloane, and Good People. She has been nominated for 13 Olivier Awards. On film, Staunton starred in Antonia and Jane; in several supporting roles in Kenneth Branagh's comedy Peter's Friends, his adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing; Ang Lee's adaptation of Sense and Sensibility; and the costume romantic comedy Shakespeare in Love. She drew critical acclaim for her performance in the title role in Mike Leigh's Vera Drake, for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup for Best Actress, in addition to being nominated for Best Actress by the Academy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards. She later gained a wider audience for her portrayal as Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter films The Order of the Phoenix and The Deathly Hallows - Part 1. She continued supporting roles in Nanny McPhee, reunited with Leigh in Another Year, and the film continuation of Downton Abbey. She portrayed human rights activist Hefina Headon in the historical film Pride, and starred in the British comedy Finding Your Feet. She also provided voice acting roles for the films Chicken Run, Arthur Christmas, and Paddington. On television, Staunton starred in the sitcoms Up the Garden Path and Is it Legal?. Her performance in My Family and Other Animals earned her a nomination for the International Emmy Award for Best Actress, while her roles in Return to Cranford and The Girl earned her BAFTA TV Award nominations for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. For the latter, she was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. She portrayed Queen Elizabeth II in the final two seasons of The Crown.
Imelda Staunton
Madam Mim
for Madam Mim in The Hood and The Legend of The Sword in The Stone
Suggested by melaniecoyde
The movie opens in the late 11 as Arthur Pendragon fights Sir Kay for the honor of pulling the legendary sword from the stone and become king of Camelot. Kay manages to get Aurthur to the floor and grabs the sword but instantly turns to dust. Aurthur realizes that if you're not worthy of the Excaliber than you die. Aurthur walks up to the sword, he closes his eyes and grabs the handle. Aurthur begins to pull but then disappears. It turns out Aurthur wasn't worthy and paid the price for an impure sole. We cut to a shot of a man in a green cloak riding a horse through the kingdom of Nottinghamshire. We see he had just stolen from Prince John and is off to give the money to the people of Camelot. Once there the man named Robin of Loxley aka The Hood meets with his wife Marian and leaves to the forest, but Robin starts seeing things, he starts seeing visions. Robin opens his eyes and he's in the forest next to Excaliber. Just then the Sherrif of Nottingham arrives and has been looking for Robin. The two get into a sword fight but the Sherrif knocks Robin's sword away, so Robin takes Excaliber and doesn't die. The two fight some more but Robin dodges all of the Sherrif's attacks but then the Sherrif shoots Robin and just then Robin opens his eyes and is in a modern-day hospital bed. He runs outside with Excaliber to see he's in the future and that after he was shot to save his life Excaliber took him somewhere that could heal a bullet wound.
