1956 - Today
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton (born 9 January 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Imelda Staunton has received more than 6,771,264 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Imelda Staunton is the 631st most popular actor (up from 944th in 2019), the 782nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,133rd in 2019) and the 97th most popular British Actor.
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Among actors, Imelda Staunton ranks 631 out of 9,996. Before her are Eleonora Duse, James Brolin, Adam West, Loie Fuller, Daniel Auteuil, and Robert Taylor. After her are John Gielgud, Hal Holbrook, Bill Pullman, Val Kilmer, Mylène Demongeot, and Nastassja Kinski.
1858 - 1924
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 625
1940 - Present
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 626
1928 - 2017
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 627
1862 - 1928
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 628
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 629
1911 - 1969
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 630
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 631
1904 - 2000
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 632
1925 - 2021
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 633
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 634
1959 - Present
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 635
1935 - 2022
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 636
1961 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 637
Among people born in 1956, Imelda Staunton ranks 27. Before her are Gina Haspel, Ingemar Stenmark, Judith Butler, Martina Navratilova, Chris Isaak, and Kim Cattrall. After her are Danny Boyle, Giuseppe Tornatore, Joe Satriani, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Geena Davis, and Dalia Grybauskaitė.
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 21
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 22
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 23
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 24
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 25
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 26
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 27
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 28
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 29
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 30
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 31
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 32
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 33
Among people born in United Kingdom, Imelda Staunton ranks 782 out of 7,765. Before her are John of Salisbury (1110), Frederick Fleet (1887), Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914), James Macpherson (1736), Thomas Tallis (1502), and John Langdon Down (1828). After her are John Gielgud (1904), Guy Ritchie (1968), John William Polidori (1795), Saint Malachy (1094), Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902), and Alan Hodgkin (1914).
1110 - 1180
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 776
1887 - 1965
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 777
1914 - 1994
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 778
1736 - 1796
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 779
1502 - 1585
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 780
1828 - 1896
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 781
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 782
1904 - 2000
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 783
1968 - Present
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 784
1795 - 1821
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 785
1094 - 1148
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 786
1902 - 1942
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 787
1914 - 1998
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 788
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Imelda Staunton ranks 97. Before her are Margaret Rutherford (1892), Derek Jacobi (1938), Boris Karloff (1887), Terence Stamp (1938), Tim Roth (1961), and Charles Laughton (1899). After her are John Gielgud (1904), Wentworth Miller (1972), David McCallum (1933), Rex Harrison (1908), Peter Finch (1916), and Bernard Hill (1944).
1892 - 1972
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 91
1938 - Present
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 92
1887 - 1969
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 93
1938 - Present
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 94
1961 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 95
1899 - 1962
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 96
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 97
1904 - 2000
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 98
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 99
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 100
1908 - 1990
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 101
1916 - 1977
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 102
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 103