Celia Imrie
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| Celia Imrie | |
| Born | July 15, 1952 (age 54) Guildford, Surrey, England |
| Notable roles | Victoria Wood in sketch shows |
Celia Imrie (born 15 July 1952 in Guildford, Surrey) is an English actress. She trained at the Guildford School of Acting.
Her films have included Nanny McPhee, Hilary and Jackie (playing Iris du Pré) and the 1997 film of The Borrowers where she played Homily Clock. Other films include Bridget Jones's Diary, Calendar Girls, Highlander and, as Fighter Pilot Bravo 5, in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. In 2004, Imrie played Doctor Imogen Reed in the schoolgirl thriller, Out of Bounds.
She has frequently appeared with Victoria Wood in TV programmes like the sitcom dinnerladies and sketch show Victoria Wood As Seen On TV. And it was on this sketch show in 1985 that she first played the part of Miss Babs, owner of Acorn Antiques, a parody of the low budget British soap opera Crossroads. These sketches became such a British institution that they were turned into a West End musical in 2005 starring the original cast.
Other series to feature Imrie include The Nightmare Man, Bergerac, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Absolutely Fabulous, The Darling Buds of May and Upstairs, Downstairs. In the 2000 mini series of Gormenghast she played Lady Gertrude. She also had a guest appearance in an episode of the Scottish TV sitcom Still Game in 2003, where she played a home help called Mrs Begg.
Her radio work includes the part of Victoria in BBC Radio 4's No Commitments.
She is currently starring in the BBC sitcom, After You've Gone, alongside Nicholas Lyndhurst and appears with Stephen Fry in the upcoming ITV1 drama Kingdom.
[edit] External links
- Celia Imrie at the Internet Movie Database
- www.celiaimrie.com Official Site
- Announcement of After You've Gone
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