Julie Walters
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 22, 1950 (age 76)
- Birthplace
- Smethwick, England, UK
Biography
Dame Julia Mary Walters DBE (born February 22, 1950), known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress, author, and comedian. She is the recipient of four British Academy Television Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two International Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Fellowship, and a Golden Globe. Walters has been nominated twice for an Academy Award: once for Best Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress. Walters rose to prominence playing the title role in Educating Rita (1983), a role which she originated in West End theatre. She has appeared in a number of films, including Personal Services (1987), Stepping Out (1991), Sister My Sister (1994), Billy Elliot (2000), the Harry Potter series (2001–2011) as Molly Weasley, Calendar Girls (2003), Wah-Wah (2005), Driving Lessons (2006), Becoming Jane (2007), Mamma Mia! (2008) and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), Brave (2012), Paddington (2014) and its 2017 sequel, Brooklyn (2015), Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018). On stage, she won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for the 2001 production of All My Sons. On television, Walters collaborated with Victoria Wood; they appeared together on several television shows, including Wood and Walters (1981), Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985–1987), Pat and Margaret (1994), and Dinnerladies (1998–2000). She has won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress four times, more than any other actress, for My Beautiful Son (2001), Murder (2002), The Canterbury Tales (2003), and her portrayal of Mo Mowlam in Mo (2010). Walters and Helen Mirren are the only actresses to have won this award three consecutive times, and Walters is tied with Judi Dench for the most nominations in the category with seven. In 2006, the British public voted Walters fourth in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars as part of ITV's 50th anniversary celebrations. She starred in A Short Stay in Switzerland (2009), which won her an International Emmy for Best Actress. Walters was made a Dame (DBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to drama.
Known For
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Brave
Mamma Mia!
Paddington
Billy Elliot
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Photos
Filmography
What Would Julie Do?
Movie · as Julie
Becoming Victoria Wood
Movie · as Self (Archive Interview) (Voice)
Paddington in Peru
Movie · as Mrs. Bird
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Queen and Us
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 7 eps
New Zealand by Train
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
The Abominable Snow Baby
Movie · as Granny
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Moley
TV · as Mrs. Moley (voice) · 52 eps
The Secret Garden
Movie · as Mrs. Medlock
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Chefs' Burnt Bits
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Movie · as Self
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
Movie · as Self - Narrator
For The Love Of Britain
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
Weasels: Feisty and Fearless
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
Movie · as Mrs. Elizabeth Moley / Queen (voice)
Wild Rose
Movie · as Marion
The Queen's Corgi
Movie · as The Queen (voice)
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie · as Ellen
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Movie · as Rosie
Sherlock Gnomes
Movie · as Mrs. Montague (voice)
Dinnerladies Diaries
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Paddington 2
Movie · as Mrs. Bird
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Movie · as Bella Turner
Coastal Railways with Julie Walters
TV · as Self - Host · 4 eps
There's Something About Romcoms
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Movie · as Self
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Movie · as Self
The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
National Treasure
TV · as Marie Finchley · 4 eps
Brooklyn
Movie · as Madge Kehoe
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Indian Summers
TV · as Cynthia Coffin · 20 eps
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 24 eps
Artsnight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Very British Problems
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 7 eps
Effie Gray
Movie · as Margaret Cox Ruskin
Paddington
Movie · as Mrs. Bird
A Life on Screen
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Movie · as Gran (voice)
One Chance
Movie · as Yvonne
The Harry Hill Movie
Movie · as Nan
Brave
Movie · as The Witch (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans
Movie · as Judy Haussman
The Legend of Mor'du
Movie · as The Witch (voice)
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
TV · 1 ep
The Hollow Crown
TV · as Mistress Quickly · 3 eps
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie · as Molly Weasley
Gnomeo & Juliet
Movie · as Miss Montague (voice)
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Movie · as Self
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Movie · as Molly Weasley (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie · as Molly Weasley
Mo
Movie · as Mo Mowlam
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Movie · as Molly Weasley
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Movie
A Short Stay in Switzerland
Movie · as Dr. Anne Turner
Mamma Mia!
Movie · as Rosie Mulligan
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Movie · as Mary Whitehouse
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Movie · as Molly Weasley
Becoming Jane
Movie · as Mrs. Austen
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Driving Lessons
Movie · as Evie Walton
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Movie · as Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (Not Bingo Nights)
The Ruby in the Smoke
Movie · as Mrs. Holland
The One Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wah-Wah
Movie · as Gwen Traherne
Mickybo and Me
Movie · as Mickybo's Ma
Ahead of the Class
Movie · as Marie Stubbs
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Movie · as Molly Weasley
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Calendar Girls
Movie · as Annie Clarke
The Return
Movie · as Izzie
Thora Hird Tribute
Movie · as Self, June Potter
More Great Comedy Moments
Movie · as Waitress (archive footage)
Comedy Connections
TV · 1 ep
Canterbury Tales
TV · as Beth Craddock · 1 ep
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Movie · as Molly Weasley
Before You Go
Movie · as Teresa
The Jury
TV · as Emma Watts Q.C. · 5 eps
Murder
TV · as Angela Maurer · 4 eps
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Movie · as Mrs Weasley
All Forgotten
Movie · as Princess Zasyekin
Strange Relations
Movie · as Sheila Fitzpatrick
We Know Where You Live. Live!
Movie · as Self
Billy Elliot
Movie · as Mrs Wilkinson
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Movie · as Various Characters
Oliver Twist
TV · as Mrs. Mann · 4 eps
Girls' Night
Movie · as Jackie Simpson
Titanic Town
Movie · as Bernie McPhelimy
Talking Heads 2
Movie
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
Movie · as Fairy Godmother
dinnerladies
TV · as Petula · 9 eps
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bathtime
Movie · as Miss Gideon
Melissa
TV · as Paula Hepburn · 5 eps
Intimate Relations
Movie · as Marjorie
Brazen Hussies
Movie · as Maureen Hardcastle
Little Red Riding Hood
Movie · as Little Red Riding Hood
Jake's Progress
TV · as Julie Diadoni · 6 eps
Sister My Sister
Movie · as Madame Danzard
Pat and Margaret
Movie · as Pat
Bambino Mio
Movie · as Alice
Requiem Apache
Movie · as Mrs. Capstan
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Movie · as Self
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Movie · as Diana Longden
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Movie · as Monica
GMTV
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Just Like a Woman
Movie · as Monica
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Movie
Stepping Out
Movie · as Vera
Julie Walters and Friends
Movie
G.B.H.
TV · as Mrs. Murray · 7 eps
Julie Walters and Friends
TV · 1 ep
Mack the Knife
Movie · as Mrs. Peachum
Killing Dad
Movie · as Judith
Victoria Wood
TV · as Nicola, Joy-Ann, Pam · 1 ep
Screen One
TV · as Diana Longden, Alice, Pat · 1 ep
Buster
Movie · as June Edwards
Talking Heads
Movie
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Movie · as Self - Questioner
This Morning
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Talking Heads
TV · as Marjory, Lesley · 1 ep
Prick Up Your Ears
Movie · as Elsie Orton
Personal Services
Movie · as Christine Painter
Acorn Antiques
Movie · as Mrs. Overall
The Birthday Party
Movie · as Lulu
Car Trouble
Movie · as Jacqueline
Split Screen
TV · 1 ep
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Movie · as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Dreamchild
Movie · as Dormouse (voice)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾
TV · as Pauline Mole · 5 eps
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
TV · 13 eps
The Glass Box
TV · as Self (archival footage) · 1 ep
Theatre Night
TV · as Lulu · 1 ep
Screen Two
TV · as Monica, Mavis · 1 ep
Friday People
TV · 1 ep
Acorn Antiques
TV · as Mrs Overall · 12 eps
She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
Movie · as Fran
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Unfair Exchanges
Movie · as Mavis
Love and Marriage
TV · as Bonnie · 1 ep
Educating Rita
Movie · as Rita Susan White
Natural World
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
Open Space
TV · 1 ep
Intensive Care
Movie · as Valery
Say Something Happened
Movie · as June Potter
Boys from the Blackstuff
TV · as Angie Todd · 5 eps
Wood and Walters
TV · 7 eps
Wogan
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Objects of Affection
TV · as June Potter · 1 ep
Happy Since I Met You
Movie · as Frances
Days at the Beach
Movie · as Mrs Morgan
Nearly a Happy Ending
Movie · as Julie
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
Movie · as Self - Good Fun Cast Member
Talent
Movie · as Julie
Victoria Wood Screenplays
TV · 3 eps
Screenplay
TV · as Julie, Frances · 1 ep
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Movie · as Woman in waiting room
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Movie · as Debbie
Empire Road
TV · as Jean Watson · 15 eps
An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Occupy!
Movie · as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Club Havana
Movie · as Terry
Playhouse
TV · as Mrs. Morgan · 1 ep
Second City Firsts
TV · as Terry · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Play for Today
TV · as Valery (Night Nurse) · 1 ep
Omnibus
TV · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Host / Winner · 1 ep