Imelda Staunton
‘The Crown’: Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville Reflect on the Gravity of Playing Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in Season 6
[This story contains spoilers from episode eight, season six of The Crown, “Ritz.”] Throughout her lifetime, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, was known for being a glamorous socialite — a persona that actress Lesley Manville brings to life in the final two seasons of Netflix’s The Crown. Yet in episode eight of the sixth and […]
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‘The Crown’ Review: Final Season Kicks Off With a Wobbly Take on the Diana/Dodi Romance
Peter Morgan's Emmy-winning Netflix drama starts its sixth and last season with a four-episode arc, to be followed by the remaining six installments in December.
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‘The Crown’ Final Season: Everything to Know About the Netflix Drama’s Last Run
The Crown, which has won 21 Emmy Awards during its run on Netflix and is one of the streamer’s most enduringly popular original series, will soon step down from the throne. The show’s sixth season will be its last telling the story of Queen Elizabeth II and Britain’s royal family in the late 20th and […]
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Rob Delaney Brands AMPTP Members “Silly Little Toddlers” as Brian Cox Channels Logan Roy at London Rally in Support of SAG-AFTRA Strike
An impressive lineup of British and U.K.-based stars were on the call sheet for a London rally held in support of the SAG-AFTRA strike. Organized by the U.K. actors union Equity, which has declared its “total solidarity in this fight” by SAG-AFTRA and its members, the upbeat and noisy event was held in London’s cinema […]
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Hollywood Flashback: Before ‘The Crown,’ Imelda Staunton Played Commoner Vera Drake
Imelda Staunton, who on Nov. 9 will become the third actress to portray Queen Elizabeth II on the Netflix hit The Crown (and the first to play her since her death), came to Hollywood’s attention as the nurse to Gwyneth Paltrow’s Viola in 1998’s Shakespeare in Love. But it was her leading turn in 2004’s […]
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‘The Crown’ Season 5 Review: Netflix’s Royal Drama Returns in Reliably Fine Form
Imelda Staunton, Elizabeth Debicki and Dominic West lead the new cast ushering Peter Morgan's chronicle of the British royal family through the tumultuous 1990s, covering the War of the Waleses and more.
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‘The Crown’ Reveals First Look at Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II
All hail the new Queen! Netflix has released the first image of Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II from the fifth and penultimate season of The Crown, which recently began filming in the U.K. with the Sony-owned Brit banner Left Bank Pictures. Staunton replaces Emmy-nominated Olivia Colman for seasons five and six, with Lesley Manville […]
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‘Amulet’: Film Review
Romola Garai debuts as writer-director with 'Amulet,' a creepy chamber piece that spirals into a psychosexual feminist phantasmagoria with a debt to Dario Argento.
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‘Trying’: TV Review
Rafe Spall and Esther Smith star in 'Trying,' an Apple TV+ rom-com about the underseen face of the adoption process.
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Jodie Comer Among Stars in BBC ‘Talking Heads’ Remake Shooting Under Lockdown
Jodie Comer, Martin Freeman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Imelda Staunton are among the stars of a BBC remake of Alan Bennett's 'Talking Heads,' which is now shooting under COVID-19 restrictions.
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London’s National Theatre Exploring Streaming Options for NT Live Library
In what could be a small silver lining in the dark cloud of prolonged live theater shutdowns on both sides of the Atlantic due to the coronavirus pandemic, Britain's National Theatre for the first time is showing signs that it might consider making its superb library of NT Live productions available for streaming.
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‘The Crown’ to End With Season 5 on Netflix as Imelda Staunton Confirmed as Final Queen
Netflix's royal epic 'The Crown' is set to end with season five, with Imelda Staunton confirmed as taking over from Olivia Colman as the final incarnation of Queen Elizabeth.
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