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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National Theatre Live: The House of Bernarda Alba | Bernarda Alba | 2024-03-22 |
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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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Two Hairdressers in Bagglyport | Edwina | 2022-10-19 |
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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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My Dinner with Hervé | Baskin | 2018-10-20 |
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Julius Caesar | Brutus | 2017-07-12 |
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The Sense of an Ending | Margaret Webster | 2017-03-10 |
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The Secret Life of Flowers | 2017-10-24 | |
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Denial | Vera Reich | 2016-09-30 |
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Mindhorn | Richard's Agent | 2016-10-09 |
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Henry IV | Henry IV | 2016-12-01 |
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The Tempest | Prospero | 2016-09-29 |
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Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Performer | 2016-04-23 |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Dr. Kalonia | 2015-12-15 |
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Man Up | Fran | 2015-05-29 |
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Suite Française | Viscountess Montmort | 2015-03-12 |
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The Mysterious Mr Webster | Self - Interviewee | 2014-05-24 |
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The Door | Woman with Sorrowful Eyes | 2012-10-12 |
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The Wedding Video | Alex | 2012-08-17 |
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En kongelig affære | Augusta - Princess of Wales | 2012-03-29 |
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The Domino Effect | Ann | 2012-10-18 |
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From Time to Time | Lady Gresham | 2010-09-24 |
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The Young Victoria | Queen Adelaide | 2009-03-04 |
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Morris: A Life with Bells On | Professor Compton Chamberlayne | 2009-01-09 |
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A Short Stay in Switzerland | Clare | 2009-01-25 |
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Chéri | La Loupiote | 2009-04-08 |
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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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Atonement | Emily Tallis | 2007-09-07 |
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Chromophobia | Penelope Aylesbury | 2006-05-10 |
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Babel | Lilly | 2006-10-26 |
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Bright Young Things | Lady Maitland | 2003-10-03 |
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Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster | Mary Wollstonecraft | 2003-12-07 |
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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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Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | Queen Morag | 1999-11-05 |
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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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The Maitlands | Mrs. Dorothy Maitland | 1993-11-13 |
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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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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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The Good Father | Emmy Hooper | 1985-11-01 |
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The Price | Frances Carr | 1985-01-10 |
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Turtle Diary | Harriet Sims | 1985-12-06 |
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Amy | Amy Johnson | 1984-01-02 |
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Reflections | Ottilie Garinger | 1984-04-01 |
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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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And Mrs | Lord Chief Justice Amanda Vaughn |
