When her daughter Bessie was small, Imelda Staunton would read her bedtime stories. “I’d say something like, ‘And then the witch came in,’” says Staunton, cackling away like a wrinkled ...

Imelda Staunton says acting on stage alongside her daughter Bessie Carter feels “completely normal. The pair are working together for the first time in George Bernard Shaw's Mrs Warren's ...

Dame Imelda Staunton believes young performers need to learn to "accept rejection". The 69-year-old actress has enjoyed a hugely successful career in the film and TV business, but Imelda believes ...

She is played by Bessie Carter – Staunton's own daughter – and the "result is an extraordinary tour de force that brings the play to vivid and compelling life".

Imelda Staunton felt "absolutely distraught" when Queen Elizabeth passed away. The 69-year-old actress played the late monarch - who died in September 2022, aged 96 - on 'The Crown', and Imelda ...