Daisy Goodwin shines a spotlight on the polarising figure of Angela Kelly, a once obscure dresser dubbed ‘AK47’ by palace ...

Netflix has released the first on-set photographs of British actor Imelda Staunton playing Queen Elizabeth II in the award-winning television series "The Crown." Skip to main content.

Famous family: Imelda Staunton pictured with husband Jim Carter and daughter Bessie at the 2005 Academy Awards (Getty) She turns back to Bessie. “We had Vera Drake before Harry,” she reminds her.

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 ...

Staunton was still filming season six when she heard that the Queen’s death was imminent; it came on the afternoon of 8 September 2022. “I’ve got no claim to her at all, but I felt absolutely ...

Prince William made actress Imelda Staunton — who portrayed his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, in the final seasons of Netflix’s The Crown — a Dame in a moment of art meeting life.

Prince William made actress Imelda Staunton — who portrayed his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, in the final seasons of Netflix’s The Crown — a Dame in a moment of art meeting life.

Editor’s Note: The Crown series finale touched on it with Queen Elizabeth, played by Imelda Staunton, joked about dying in a convenient place for her funeral organizers. 6.

Warm, wise, and wickedly funny, Imelda Staunton replaces one crown with another this summer as queen of the West End in “Hello, Dolly!.” She grants an audience to Olivia Marks.