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Julie Walters

ActorBorn February 22, 1950 (75 years)
Dame Julia Mary Walters DBE, 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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Secret Garden
  • The Queen's Corgi
  • Sister My Sister
  • Wah-Wah
  • Dreamchild
  • Lover's Prayer
  • Strange Relations

Known For

  • Brave
  • Billy Elliot
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  • Brooklyn
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
  • Paddington
  • Becoming Jane
  • Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
  • Paddington 2
  • Educating Rita
  • Calendar Girls
  • Gnomeo & Juliet
  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • Wild Rose
  • Indian Summers
  • One Chance
  • Driving Lessons
  • Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
  • The Legend of Mor'du
  • The Secret Garden
  • Buster
  • Personal Services
  • National Treasure
  • The Hollow Crown

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2024
    Paddington in Peru · as Mrs. Bird
    2022
    New Zealand by Train (TV Series) · as Cast
    2022
    The Queen: 70 Glorious Years · as Narrator (voice)
    2021
    2021
    Moley (TV Series) · as Mrs. Moley (voice)
    2021
    The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out · as Narrator (voice)
    2020
    For the Love of Britain (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
    2020
    The Secret Garden · as Mrs. Medlock
    2020
    2019
    Master Moley · as Mrs. Elizabeth Moley / Queen (voice)
    2019
    Weasels: Feisty and Fearless · as Narrator (voice)
    2019
    The Queen's Corgi · as The Queen (voice)
    2018
    Wild Rose · as Marion
    2018
    2018
    Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again · as Rosie Mulligan
    2018
    Sherlock Gnomes · as Mrs. Montague (voice)
    2017
    2017
    Paddington 2 · as Mrs. Bird
    2016
    National Treasure (TV Series) · as Marie Finchley
    2016
    Brooklyn: Deleted Scenes · as Mrs. Kehoe
    2015
    2015
    Brooklyn · as Madge Kehoe
    2015
    Very British Problems (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
    2015
    Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
    2015
    Victoria Derbyshire (TV Series) · as Marie Finchley
    2015
    Indian Summers (TV Series) · as Cynthia Coffin
    2014
    Paddington · as Mrs. Bird
    2014
    Effie Gray · as Margaret Cox Ruskin
    2014
    2014
    2014
    2013
    2013
    One Chance · as Yvonne
    2013
    2012
    The Legend of Mor'du · as The Witch (voice)
    2012
    The Last of the Haussmans · as Judy Haussman
    2012
    The Hollow Crown (TV Series) · as Mistress Quickly
    2012
    Brave · as The Witch (voice)
    2011
    50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments · as Molly Weasley (archive Footage)
    2011
    2011
    Gnomeo & Juliet · as Lady Montague (voice)
    2010
    2010
    Mo · as Mo Mowlam
    2010
    Comedy Superstars 2010 · as Bo Beaumont
    2009
    2009
    2009
    A Short Stay in Switzerland · as Dr. Anne Turner
    2008
    Mamma Mia! · as Rosie Mulligan
    2008
    Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story · as Mary Whitehouse
    2008
    2007
    2007
    Becoming Jane · as Mrs. Austen
    2006
    The Ruby in the Smoke · as Mrs. Holland
    2006
    2006
    Driving Lessons · as Evie Walton
    2006
    Acorn Antiques: The Musical · as Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (not Bingo Nights)
    2005
    Wah-Wah · as Gwen Traherne
    2005
    Ahead of the Class · as Marie Stubbs
    2004
    Mickybo and Me · as Mickybo's Ma
    2004
    2003
    The Return · as Izzie
    2003
    Calendar Girls · as Annie Clarke
    2003
    Canterbury Tales (TV Series) · as Beth
    2003
    Comedy Connections (TV Series)
    2003
    Build a Scene · as Molly Weasley
    2002
    2002
    Before You Go · as Teresa
    2002
    Murder (2002) (TV Series) · as Angela Maurer
    2002
    The Jury (TV Series) · as Emma Watts Q.c.
    2001
    2001
    Strange Relations · as Sheila Fitzpatrick
    2001
    Lover's Prayer · as Princess Zasyekin
    2000
    Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings · as Various Characters
    2000
    Billy Elliot · as Mrs Wilkinson
    1999
    Oliver Twist (1999) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Mann
    1998
    dinnerladies (TV Series) · as Petula
    1998
    Titanic Town · as Bernie Mcphelimy
    1998
    Girls' Night · as Jackie Simpson
    1998
    Jack and the Beanstalk · as Fairy Godmother
    1998
    1997
    Melissa (1997) (TV Series) · as Paula Hepburn
    1996
    Brazen Hussies · as Maureen Hardcastle
    1996
    Intimate Relations · as Marjorie
    1995
    Little Red Riding Hood · as Little Red Riding Hood
    1995
    Jake's Progress (TV Series) · as Julie Diadoni
    1994
    Sister My Sister · as Madame Danzard
    1994
    Requiem Apache · as Mrs. Capstan
    1994
    1994
    Bambino Mio · as Alice
    1993
    1993
    Wide-Eyed and Legless · as Diana Longden
    1992
    1992
    Just Like a Woman · as Monica
    1991
    1991
    1991
    Stepping Out · as Vera
    1991
    GBH (TV Series) · as Mrs. Murray
    1989
    Victoria Wood (TV Series) · as Nicola
    1989
    Mack the Knife · as Mrs. Peachum
    1989
    1988
    Buster · as June Edwards
    1988
    Talking Heads (TV Series) · as Marjory
    1988
    Comic Relief · as Margery
    1987
    Acorn Antiques · as Mrs. Overall
    1987
    Acorn Antiques · as Mrs. Overall
    1987
    Personal Services · as Christine Painter
    1987
    Prick Up Your Ears · as Elsie Orton
    1986
    Car Trouble · as Jacqueline
    1985
    Screen One (TV Series) · as Alice
    1985
    Dreamchild · as Dormouse (voice)
    1985
    1985
    The Complete Adrian Mole (TV Series) · as Pauline Mole
    1985
    Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Lulu
    1985
    1985
    Acorn Antiques (TV Series) · as Mrs Overall
    1984
    Screen Two (TV Series) · as Monica
    1983
    Natural World (TV Series) · as Narrator
    1983
    Educating Rita · as Rita Susan White
    1982
    Objects of Affection (TV Series) · as June Potter
    1982
    Boys from the Blackstuff (TV Series) · as Angie Todd
    1981
    Wood & Walters (TV Series)
    1980
    1979
    1978
    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf · as Woman In Waiting Room
    1976
    Occupy! · as Player In Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
    1973
    Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mrs. Morgan
    1973
    Second City Firsts (TV Series) · as Terry
    1970
    Play for Today (TV Series) · as Valery (night Nurse)
    1969
    The Liver Birds (TV Series) · as Girl In Surgery
    1955
    This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Filmed Tribute
    Sinful Delights (TV Series) · as Dorothy

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