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Harriet Walter
Actor, ProducerBorn September 24, 1950 (75 years)
Dame Harriet Mary Walter DBE (born 24 September 1950) is a British actress. She has received a Laurence Olivier Award as well as numerous nominations including for a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2011, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to drama.
Walter began her career in 1974 and made her Broadway debut in 1983. For her work in various Royal Shakespeare Company productions, including Twelfth Night (1987–88) and Three Sisters (1988), she won the 1988 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival. Her other notable work for the RSC includes leading roles in Macbeth (1999) and Antony and Cleopatra (2006). She won the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth I in the 2005 London revival of Mary Stuart, and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play when she reprised the role on Broadway in 2009. She reprised her roles of Brutus in Julius Caesar (2012) and the title role in Henry IV (2014), as well as playing Prospero in The Tempest, as part of an all-female Shakespeare trilogy in 2016.
Her film appearances include Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Governess (1998), Villa des Roses (2002), Atonement (2007), The Young Victoria (2009), A Royal Affair (2012), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Denial (2016), The Sense of an Ending (2017), Rocketman (2019) and Ridley Scott's The Last Duel (2021). On television she starred as Natalie Chandler in the ITV drama series Law & Order: UK (2009–14), in four episodes of Downton Abbey (2013–15), in the miniseries London Spy (2015), as Clementine Churchill in The Crown (2016), in Patrick Melrose (2018), and in the third season of Killing Eve (2020). She is a three-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee; two for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Succession (2018–21) and one for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Ted Lasso (2021).
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Walter began her career in 1974 and made her Broadway debut in 1983. For her work in various Royal Shakespeare Company productions, including Twelfth Night (1987–88) and Three Sisters (1988), she won the 1988 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival. Her other notable work for the RSC includes leading roles in Macbeth (1999) and Antony and Cleopatra (2006). She won the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth I in the 2005 London revival of Mary Stuart, and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play when she reprised the role on Broadway in 2009. She reprised her roles of Brutus in Julius Caesar (2012) and the title role in Henry IV (2014), as well as playing Prospero in The Tempest, as part of an all-female Shakespeare trilogy in 2016.
Her film appearances include Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Governess (1998), Villa des Roses (2002), Atonement (2007), The Young Victoria (2009), A Royal Affair (2012), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Denial (2016), The Sense of an Ending (2017), Rocketman (2019) and Ridley Scott's The Last Duel (2021). On television she starred as Natalie Chandler in the ITV drama series Law & Order: UK (2009–14), in four episodes of Downton Abbey (2013–15), in the miniseries London Spy (2015), as Clementine Churchill in The Crown (2016), in Patrick Melrose (2018), and in the third season of Killing Eve (2020). She is a three-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee; two for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Succession (2018–21) and one for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Ted Lasso (2021).
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| 2026 | |
| 2025 | Playing Gracie Darling (TV Series) |
| 2025 | Brian and Maggie (TV Series) · as Margaret Thatcher |
| 2024 | And Mrs · as Lord Chief Justice Amanda Vaughn |
| 2023 | Archie (TV Series) · as Elsie Leach |
| 2023 | National Theatre Live: The House of Bernarda Alba · as Bernarda Alba |
| 2023 | On the Line · as Shirley |
| 2023 | Silo (TV Series) · as Martha Walker |
| 2022 | Your Christmas or Mine? · as Iris |
| 2022 | Burial · as Anna Marshall |
| 2022 | This Is Going To Hurt (TV Series) · as Veronique |
| 2022 | Unfinished Business (TV Series) |
| 2021 | The Last Duel · as Nicole De Carrouges |
| 2021 | Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius · as Sarah, Duchess Of Marlborough |
| 2021 | The Cleaner (2021) (TV Series) · as Lisa |
| 2020 | Herself · as Peggy |
| 2020 | Ted Lasso (TV Series) · as Deborah |
| 2020 | Alan Bennett's Talking Heads (TV Series) · as Muriel |
| 2020 | Belgravia (TV Series) · as Caroline, Countess Of Brockenhurst |
| 2020 | The End (AU) (TV Series) · as Edie Henley |
| 2019 | Rocketman · as Helen Piena |
| 2019 | The Spanish Princess (TV Series) · as Margaret Beaufort |
| 2019 | Curfew (TV Series) · as Helen Newman |
| 2018 | My Dinner with Hervé · as Baskin |
| 2018 | Black Earth Rising (TV Series) · as Eve Ashby |
| 2018 | Julius Caesar · as Brutus |
| 2018 | Henry IV · as Henry Iv |
| 2018 | The Tempest · as Prospero |
| 2018 | Patrick Melrose (TV Series) · as Princess Margaret |
| 2018 | Succession (TV Series) · as Lady Caroline Collingwood |
| 2018 | Killing Eve (TV Series) · as Dasha Duzran |
| 2017 | The Sense of an Ending · as Margaret Webster |
| 2017 | Call the Midwife: The Casebook · as Sister Ursula |
| 2016 | The Crown (TV Series) · as Clemmie Churchill |
| 2016 | Denial · as Vera Reich |
| 2016 | Mindhorn · as Richard's Agent |
| 2016 | Flowers (TV Series) · as Hylda |
| 2015 | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · as Dr. Kalonia |
| 2015 | London Spy (TV Series) · as Claire |
| 2015 | Documentary Now! (TV Series) · as Edwina |
| 2015 | Man Up · as Fran Patterson |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall (TV Series) · as Margaret Pole |
| 2014 | Suite Française · as Viscountess Montmort |
| 2014 | Black Sails (TV Series) · as Marion Guthrie |
| 2014 | The Assets (TV Series) · as Jeanne Vertefeuille |
| 2013 | By Any Means (TV Series) · as Sally Walker |
| 2013 | Heading Out (TV Series) · as Angela |
| 2012 | The Domino Effect · as Ann |
| 2012 | The Wedding Video · as Alex |
| 2012 | Simon Schama's Shakespeare (TV Series) |
| 2012 | A Royal Affair · as Augusta - Prinsesse Af Wales |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife (TV Series) · as Sister Ursula |
| 2011 | Black Mirror (TV Series) · as Judith Keyworth |
| 2010 | Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love (TV Series) · as Isobel Balmerino |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey (TV Series) · as Lady Shackleton |
| 2009 | From Time to Time · as Lady Gresham |
| 2009 | Chéri · as La Loupiote |
| 2009 | The Young Victoria · as Queen Adelaide |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK (TV Series) · as Natalie Chandler |
| 2009 | A Short Stay in Switzerland · as Clare |
| 2009 | Hunter (2009) (TV Series) · as Acc Jenny Griffin |
| 2009 | Morris: A Life with Bells On · as Professor Compton Chamberlayne |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit (TV Series) · as Mrs. Gowan |
| 2008 | Broken Lines · as Leah |
| 2008 | 10 Days to War (TV Series) · as Anne Campbell |
| 2008 | The Palace (TV Series) · as Joanna Woodward |
| 2008 | Fairy Tales (TV Series) · as Charlotte Brooks |
| 2008 | Abraham's Point · as Pani Nemeth |
| 2007 | Ballet Shoes · as Dr. Smith |
| 2007 | Five Days: Revised Final Episode · as Acc Jenny Griffin |
| 2007 | Atonement · as Emily Tallis |
| 2007 | Five Days (TV Series) · as Acc Jenny Griffin |
| 2007 | Ballet Shoes: Interview with Emma Watson · as Dr. Smith |
| 2006 | Babel · as Lilly |
| 2005 | Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Jo Patterson |
| 2005 | Chromophobia · as Penelope Aylesbury |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Duchess |
| 2004 | Peter Ackroyd's London (TV Series) · as Virginia Woolf |
| 2003 | Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster · as Mary Wollstonecraft |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things · as Lady Maitland |
| 2003 | imagine... (TV Series) · as Mother |
| 2003 | New Tricks (TV Series) · as Madeline |
| 2002 | Spooks (TV Series) · as Deep Throat |
| 2002 | Villa des roses · as Olive Burrell |
| 2001 | My Uncle Silas (TV Series) · as Pamela Farrell |
| 2001 | Messiah (TV Series) · as Professor Robb |
| 2001 | Macbeth · as Lady Macbeth |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead (TV Series) · as Annie Keel |
| 2000 | Doctors (TV Series) · as Annie Fenton |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (TV Series) · as Queen Morag |
| 1998 | Bedrooms and Hallways · as Sybil |
| 1998 | The Governess · as Mrs. Cavendish |
| 1998 | Unfinished Business (TV Series) · as Amy |
| 1997 | A Merry War · as Julia Comstock |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution (TV Series) · as The Judge |
| 1997 | A Dance to the Music of Time (TV Series) · as Mildred |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Margaret Winstanley |
| 1996 | The Leading Man · as Liz Flett |
| 1996 | Dalziel and Pascoe (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility · as Fanny Ferrars Dashwood |
| 1994 | Hard Times · as Rachel |
| 1994 | Hard Times (1994) (TV Series) · as Rachel |
| 1993 | The Advocate · as Jeannine Martin |
| 1991 | Ashenden (TV Series) · as Giulia Lazzari |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Dorothy Maitland |
| 1991 | The Men's Room (TV Series) · as Charity Walton |
| 1990 | May Fools · as Lily |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Miss Bulstrode |
| 1987 | A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (TV Series) · as Harriet Vane |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as Dr. Esther Martin |
| 1985 | Turtle Diary · as Harriet Sims |
| 1985 | The Good Father · as Emmy Hooper |
| 1985 | Girls on Top (TV Series) · as R.s.c. Actress 3 |
| 1985 | Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Sheila |
| 1985 | The Price (1985) (TV Series) · as Frances Carr |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Amelia Cleverly |
| 1984 | Reflections · as Ottilie Garinger |
| 1984 | Amy · as Amy Johnson |
| 1982 | Timewatch (TV Series) · as Margaret Paston |
| 1981 | The Cherry Orchard · as Varya |
| 1980 | Mystery! (TV Series) · as Harriet Vane |
| 1979 | Rebecca (1979) (TV Series) · as Clarice |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Brutus |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Cathy Raine |
| 2024 | The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee · as Self |
| 2023 | Osborne House: A Royal Retreat · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | Morning Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama (TV Series) · as Self - Reader |
| 2017 | Tate Britain's Great Art Walks (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The Nightly Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Hollywood First Look Features (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC · as Self - Performer |
| 2014 | Good Morning Britain (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Portrait Artist of the Year (TV Series) · as Self - Sitter |
| 2012 | Shakespeare Uncovered (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | The 63rd Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Sunday Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Actress |
| 1999 | Loose Women (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1988 | This Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | Newsnight (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | University Challenge (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Nominee |
| 2025 | Brian and Maggie (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |