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In 1983, Celia played a servant in Michael Winner's remake of the Margaret Lockwood classic The Wicked Lady. Her co-stars included Faye Dunaway and Sir John Gielgud, Alan Bates and Denholm Elliott.
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Celia played Kate MacLeod in the 1986 Christopher Lambert film Highlander.
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In 1994, Celia played Mrs. Moritz in Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of Mary Shelley's gothic novel Frankenstein.
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In 2005, Celia appeared in Emma Thompson's film Nanny McPhee as Selma Quickly.
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She makes an uncredited appearance as a maid in the 1978 Sir Peter Ustinov film Death On The Nile.
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Celia appeared in two episodes of the cult BBC drama about the class divide Upstairs, Downstairs in 1974.
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In 2003, Celia starred in the one woman play Unsuspecting Susan, playing gossiping housewife Susan Chester.
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She has been a member of the Citizen's Theatre Company in Glasgow.
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In 2001, Celia played Aunt Sadie in the BBC adaptation of Nancy Mitford's novel Love In A Cold Climate.
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Celia has toured with the Royal Shakespeare Company as an understudy.
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Her first stage performance was in the pantomime Dick Wittington. She played a rat.
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Celia attended the Guilford School of Acting. While she was there, she trained to teach dance to children.
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Initially Celia wanted to be a dancer however she went into acting after being rejected from dance school.
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When she was young Celia had a nanny, her name was Thelma Baker.
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Her Scottish father was a radiologist.
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Celia has one son with actor Benjamin Whitrow.
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She is the fourth of five children.
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Celia played gravy obsessed Una Alconbury in both Bridget Jones movies starring Renee Zelwegger.
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She is also a successful stage actress and has starred in Sam Mendes' Hebeas Corpus at the Donmar Warehouse.
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Celia played cat obsessed aristocrat Lady Gertrude Groan in the lavish BBC drama Gormanghast.
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Celia has appeared numerous times as competitive public relations officer Claudia Bing in the award winning sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.
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In 1990, Celia played Miss Jewsbury in the award winning BBC production Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, an adaptation of Jeannete Winterson's novel.
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She appeared in the second series of the cult Jersey detective series Bergerac as Marianne Bellshade.
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Celia auditioned for the role of Darth Vader's mother. She did not get the part but she can be seen playing Fighter Pilot Bravo Five in 'Stars wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.