1950-09-24 London, England, UK
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Harriet Walter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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And Mrs. | Lord Chief Justice Amanda Vaughn | 2024-09-20 |
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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee | Self | 2024-08-09 |
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National Theatre Live: The House of Bernarda Alba | Bernarda Alba | 2024-03-22 |
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Osborne House: A Royal Retreat | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2023-09-16 |
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On The Line | Shirley | 2023-05-15 |
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Your Christmas or Mine? | Iris | 2022-12-02 |
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Burial | Anna Marshall | 2022-09-02 |
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Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius | Duchess of Marlborough | 2021-10-10 |
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The Last Duel | Nicole de Carrouges | 2021-10-13 |
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Herself | Peggy | 2020-11-26 |
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Rocketman | Helen Piena | 2019-05-17 |
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Henry IV | Henry IV | 2018-06-17 |
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Julius Caesar | Brutus | 2018-06-17 |
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The Tempest | Prospero | 2018-06-17 |
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My Dinner with Hervé | Baskin | 2018-10-20 |
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The Sense of an Ending | Margaret Webster | 2017-03-10 |
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Mindhorn | Richard's Agent | 2016-10-09 |
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Denial | Vera Reich | 2016-09-30 |
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Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Performer | 2016-04-23 |
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Man Up | Fran Patterson | 2015-05-29 |
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Suite Française | Viscountess Montmort | 2015-03-12 |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Dr. Kalonia | 2015-12-15 |
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The Mysterious Mr Webster | Self - Interviewee | 2014-05-24 |
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En kongelig affære | Augusta - Princess of Wales | 2012-03-29 |
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The Door | Woman with Sorrowful Eyes | 2012-10-12 |
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The Domino Effect | Ann | 2012-10-18 |
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The Wedding Video | Alex | 2012-08-17 |
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Morris: A Life with Bells On | Professor Compton Chamberlayne | 2009-01-09 |
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Chéri | La Loupiote | 2009-04-08 |
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A Short Stay in Switzerland | Clare | 2009-01-25 |
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The Young Victoria | Queen Adelaide | 2009-03-04 |
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From Time to Time | Lady Gresham | 2009-10-15 |
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Abraham's Point | Pani Nemeth | 2008-01-01 |
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Ballet Shoes | Dr. Smith | 2008-08-26 |
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Broken Lines | Leah | 2008-09-02 |
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Atonement | Emily Tallis | 2007-02-27 |
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Chromophobia | Penelope Aylesbury | 2006-05-10 |
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Babel | Lilly | 2006-10-26 |
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Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster | Mary Wollstonecraft | 2003-12-07 |
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Bright Young Things | Lady Maitland | 2003-10-03 |
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Villa Des Roses | Olive Burrell | 2002-02-27 |
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George Eliot: A Scandalous Life | Mary Ann Evans / George Eliot | 2002-11-01 |
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Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | 2001-01-01 |
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Onegin | Madame Larina | 1999-12-22 |
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The Governess | Mrs. Cavendish | 1998-07-31 |
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Bedrooms and Hallways | Sybil | 1998-08-01 |
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying | Julia Comstock | 1997-11-20 |
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The Leading Man | Liz Flett | 1996-12-12 |
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Sense and Sensibility | Fanny Ferrars Dashwood | 1995-12-13 |
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Hard Times | Rachel | 1994-04-29 |
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A Man You Don't Meet Every Day | Charlotte | 1994-11-09 |
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Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II | Narrator (voice) | 1993-11-17 |
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The Hour of the Pig | Jeannine Martin | 1993-09-25 |
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The Maitlands | Mrs. Dorothy Maitland | 1993-11-13 |
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They Never Slept | Amelia Cleverly | 1991-01-20 |
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Milou en Mai | Lily | 1990-01-24 |
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Benefactors | 1989-01-02 | |
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Turtle Diary | Harriet Sims | 1985-12-06 |
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The Good Father | Emmy Hooper | 1985-11-01 |
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The Price | Frances Carr | 1985-01-10 |
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Reflections | Ottilie Garinger | 1984-04-01 |
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Amy | Amy Johnson | 1984-01-02 |
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The Cherry Orchard | Varya | 1981-10-13 |
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The Imitation Game | 1980-04-24 | |
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