Celia Imrie who has starred in St. Trinian’s, Mamma Mia! and The Bridget Jones film series has joined The Celebrity Traitors cast
The Celebrity Traitors – Official Trailer – BBC
Celia Imrie is one of the many star-studded cast members in the new celebrity version of The Traitors. The actor, known for her roles in Calendar Girls, Nanny McPhee, and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, has joined presenter Claudia Winkleman and a group of celebrities in the Scottish Highlands to play the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust.
Celia has joined the likes of Alan Carr, Ruth Codd, Stephen Fry, Mark Bonnar and Charlotte Church in the now-famous castle. As well as Cat Burns, Clare Balding, David Olusoga, Joe Marler, Joe Wilkinson, Jonathan Ross, Kate Garraway and Lucy Beaumont.
Other stars playing the game include Nick Mohammed, Niko Omilana, Tameka Empson and Tom Daley. Sadly, singer Paloma Faith was the first to be murdered and is out of the game.
Speaking about whether she’s got a good poker face, The Thurday Murder Club star said: “I suppose, being an actor, you do spend your life pretending to be somebody else, so that’s quite an advantage.
“But it is also a horror, because you haven’t got a character to hide behind, and so it is the same as being on a chat show, you just have to be yourself which is oddly quite a difficult thing to present without seeming to be affected or unreal. It is quite exposing to just be yourself.”
But what movies and shows has Celia Imrie starred in and what about her private life? Here’s everything you need to know.
How old is Celia Imrie?
Celia is an English actress and author. The 73-year-old has been a familiar face on our screens for years and has racked up a very impressive number of film credits.
What films has Celia Imrie starred in?
Celia first made a name for herself on the series Upstairs, Downstairs during the 1970s on ITV, while her most famous roles include Calendar Girls, Nanny McPhee, and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, as well as St. Trinian’s, which has alrady been mentioned on The Traitors, as well as Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Better Things, and The Diplomat.
Her most recent appearance was in The Thursday Murder Club, an adaptation of Richard Osman’s international bestseller, in the role of Joyce, alongside Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley.
Who is Celia Imrie’s famous son?
Celia’s son Angus Imrie is also an actor. The 31-year-old is known for his role as Josh Archer in BBC Radio 4 drama The Archers.
He has also appeared in the ITV drama series, Kingdom in 2007, alongside his mum, and BBC One’s Restless in 2012. Angus has also had roles in Fleabag and The Crown.
Why did Celia sign up to Traitors?
Celia said: “In my autobiography I say that actresses are likened to Victorian young girls sitting round a ballroom on their gilt chairs waiting to be asked to dance. And that’s how our life is. We all have to wait for the part to come along.
“Yes, I could play Hedda Gabler in my attic but there’s nobody to tell me how good I am. If I was Van Gogh, I could create a painting in the middle of the night, I wouldn’t need an audience.
“The only thing I have tried to do in terms of control in my career is to attempt to try and do something as different to the last thing so as not to be pigeonholed. And this, to be a player of The Traitors, is as different to anything else I have ever done.”
Source: Mirror
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