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Imelda Staunton: ‘Umbridge’s giggle needed to be short and sharp. So I just did a boom, boom’

Imelda Staunton: ‘Umbridge’s giggle needed to be short and sharp. So I just did a boom, boom’

theguardian.com 13.08.2026 16:00 25 views
The actor answers your questions on working with her dog, becoming a dame, Harry Potter, and making televisual history in The Singing DetectiveYou and Bill Nighy were comrades in Pride, but play estranged spouses in & So

You and Bill Nighy were comrades in Pride, but play estranged spouses in & Sons. Was it more fun marching alongside him or giving him a piece of your mind? MrSOBaldrickIt’s fun doing anything with Bill Nighy!

I once saw you at RHS Garden Wisley. What’s your favourite plant? HeyJudithB Yes, I am a gardener.

We love doing the garden. My favourite plant – this week – is the rose Munstead Wood, which has an incredible scent, and a deep, dark raspberry colour. It’s a rose we might be in danger of losing because of climate change.

Roses need water, so I think we’re going to have to change our planting. How’s your garden coping in the heatwave? irenehandalIt looks like Africa. We’re obeying the hosepipe ban, getting our steps in, and our weight work with watering cans, hour upon hour.

Considering we live on a tiny island, you’d think they could just desalinate seawater for farmers, or for us to use on plants or gardens or whatever. Next question … You were in the year above me at La Sainte Union Catholic School in Highgate, north London. I remember a girl with an amazing voice singing Wouldn’t It Be Loverly as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, and I’ve always wondered: was it you?

Anne210 No, I don’t think it was me. But I did sing Blue Suede Shoes with my mate Angela Robinson – who I still know – with a guitar and a recorder. You can only imagine what that was like.

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