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Celia Imrie

Celia Imrie

40 movies on Netflix

Biography

Celia Imrie is an English actress whose film work includes Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Calendar Girls (2003), Nanny McPhee (2005), St Trinian's (2007), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), A Cure for Wellness (2017), Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) and The Thursday Murder Club (2025). Born in Guildford, Surrey, she trained at the Guildford School of Acting and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1975 as an assistant stage manager and understudy. Her television credits include Upstairs, Downstairs, Absolutely Fabulous, Dinnerladies, Cranford, Doctor Who, Better Things and The Diplomat. She won an Olivier Award for Acorn Antiques: The Musical! and was appointed a CBE in 2023 for services to drama.

74years old

Turns 75 on July 15in 276 days

  • Born Guildford
  • Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
  • Celia Diana Savile Imrie (birth name)Also credited as Cecilia Diana Savile Imrie

Movie Career

Films
40
Career span
47 years1978 to 2025

Genres

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  1. First role

    In 1975 Imrie joined the Royal Shakespeare Company as an Assistant Stage Manager and understudy, on a world tour of Hedda Gabler with Glenda Jackson in the title role, directed by Trevor Nunn.

  2. A first

    Celia Imrie's first UK Top 40 single came from the 2018 film Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, where she and Lily James covered ABBA's "When I Kissed the Teacher" and it reached number 40 in August 2018.

  3. Behind the camera

    Imrie's debut novel Not Quite Nice came out from Bloomsbury in 2015 and spent six weeks in The Sunday Times Top Ten.

Celia Imrie movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. A Cure for Wellness2017 Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fias Victoria Watkins

    IMDb rating 6.4127K votes

  2. The Thursday Murder Club2025 Comedy, Crime, Mysteryas Joyce

    IMDb rating 6.593K votes

  3. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel2011as Madge Hardcastle

    IMDb rating 7.2105K votes

  4. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason2004as Una Alconbury

    IMDb rating 6.0134K votes

  5. Imagine Me & You2005as Tessa

    IMDb rating 6.840K votes

  6. Bridget Jones's Diary2001as Una Alconbury

    IMDb rating 6.8289K votes

  7. Malevolent2018as Mrs. Green

    IMDb rating 4.920K votes

  8. The Borrowers1997as Homily Clock

    IMDb rating 5.924K votes

Most often with

Richard Loncraine directed three of these films, Ol Parker two and John Madden two. Colin Firth appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Colin Firth, 5 films togetherSee the 5 films with Colin FirthJim Broadbent, 4 films togetherSee the 4 films with Jim BroadbentEmily Watson, 4 films togetherSee the 4 films with Emily WatsonDavid Tennant, 4 films togetherSee the 4 films with David TennantPierce Brosnan, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Pierce BrosnanTimothy Spall, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Timothy SpallRichard LoncraineDirector, 3 filmsSee the 3 films by Richard LoncraineOl ParkerDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Ol ParkerJohn MaddenDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by John Madden

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Box office

What Celia Imrie's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.8 billion

22 of the 40 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 40 films: 22 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 2 streaming, short cinema run; 6 figure not found.

  • 22Worldwide figure
  • 5US gross only
  • 5Never in cinemas
  • 2Streaming, short cinema run
  • 6Figure not found

Top grosser

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again2018as Vice Chancellor$396 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 84% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again2018as Vice Chancellor
    $396M22.0% of the total
  2. 2
    Bridget Jones's Diary2001as Una Alconbury
    $282M15.7% of the total
  3. 3
    Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason2004as Una Alconbury
    $265M14.7% of the total
  4. 4
    The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel2011as Madge Hardcastle
    $151M8.4% of the total
  5. 5
    Nanny McPhee2005as Mrs. Quickly
    $123M6.8% of the total
  6. 6
    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein1994as Mrs. Moritz
    $112M6.2% of the total
  7. 7
    Calendar Girls2003as Celia
    $97M5.4% of the total
  8. 8
    The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel2015as Madge Hardcastle
    $86M4.8% of the total
Mummies (2023), $53.4 millionWimbledon (2004), $41.5 millionAbsolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016), $37.9 millionMonster Family (2017), $29.2 millionA Cure for Wellness (2017), $26.6 millionThe Borrowers (1997), $22.6 millionFinding Your Feet (2017), $15.5 millionDeath on the Nile (1978), $14.6 millionHighlander (1986), $12.9 millionSt Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), $11.2 millionLove Again (2023), $10.0 millionRevelation (2001), $10.0 millionImagine Me & You (2005), $2.5 millionWhat We Did on Our Holiday (2014), $1.3 million

$289 millionfrom the other 14 films with a worldwide figure, 16% of the total

Awards

One award and honor.

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Celia Imrie's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
Laurence Olivier AwardsWon

Online

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