1950-02-22 Smethwick, England, UK
Dame Julia Mary Walters DBE (born 22 February 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.
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The Queen: 70 Glorious Years | Self (voice) | 2022-02-06 |
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The Abominable Snow Baby | Granny | 2021-12-25 |
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The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out | Narrator | 2021-03-06 |
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Parkinson at 50 | Self (archival footage) | 2021-08-28 |
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The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years | Narrator | 2020-01-07 |
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Chefs' Burnt Bits | Narrator | 2020-12-23 |
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The Secret Garden | Mrs. Medlock | 2020-07-08 |
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Master Moley By Royal Invitation | Mrs. Elizabeth Moley / Queen (voice) | 2020-09-17 |
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Victoria Wood In Her Own Words | 2020-11-30 | |
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The Queen's Corgi | The Queen (voice) | 2019-02-13 |
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Weasels: Feisty and Fearless | Narrator | 2019-10-25 |
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Wild Rose | Marion | 2019-04-12 |
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Sherlock Gnomes | Mrs. Montague (voice) | 2018-03-15 |
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Mary Poppins Returns | Ellen | 2018-12-13 |
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Rosie Mulligan | 2018-07-09 |
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Paddington 2 | Mrs. Bird | 2017-11-09 |
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Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Bella Turner | 2017-11-17 |
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Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book | Self | 2016-09-04 |
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The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4) | Narrator (Voice Only) | 2016-10-15 |
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There's Something About Romcoms | Self / Narrator (voice) | 2016-08-20 |
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Brooklyn | Madge Kehoe | 2015-10-20 |
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A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2015-12-26 |
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Effie Gray | Margaret Cox Ruskin | 2014-03-08 |
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Paddington | Mrs. Bird | 2014-11-24 |
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Justin and the Knights of Valour | Gran (voice) | 2013-08-09 |
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The Harry Hill Movie | Nan | 2013-12-20 |
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One Chance | Yvonne | 2013-09-09 |
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The Legend of Mor'du | The Witch (voice) | 2012-11-13 |
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Brave | The Witch (voice) | 2012-06-21 |
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National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans | Judy Haussman | 2012-10-11 |
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Gnomeo & Juliet | Lady Montague (voice) | 2011-01-13 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Molly Weasley | 2011-07-12 |
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50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments | Molly Weasley | 2011-07-27 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Molly Weasley | 2010-11-17 |
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Mo | Mo Mowlam | 2010-01-31 |
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Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas | 2009-12-24 | |
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Molly Weasley | 2009-07-15 |
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A Short Stay in Switzerland | Dr. Anne Turner | 2009-01-25 |
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Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story | Mary Whitehouse | 2008-05-27 |
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Mamma Mia! | Rosie Mulligan | 2008-07-03 |
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Birthing Mamma Mia! | self | 2008-12-31 |
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Molly Weasley | 2007-07-08 |
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Becoming Jane | Mrs. Austen | 2007-03-02 |
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The Ruby in the Smoke | Mrs. Holland | 2006-12-27 |
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Acorn Antiques: The Musical | Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (Not Bingo Nights) | 2006-03-13 |
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Driving Lessons | Evie Walton | 2006-10-13 |
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Mickybo and Me | Mickybo's Ma | 2005-03-25 |
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Ahead of the Class | Marie Stubbs | 2005-08-05 |
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Wah-Wah | Gwen Traherne | 2005-08-17 |
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Molly Weasley | 2004-05-31 |
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Calendar Girls | Annie Clarke | 2003-09-02 |
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The Return | Izzie | 2003-12-30 |
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Murder | Angela Maurer | 2002-05-01 |
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Molly Weasley | 2002-11-13 |
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Before You Go | Teresa | 2002-06-20 |
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Molly Weasley | 2001-11-16 |
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My Beautiful Son | Sheila Fitzpatrick | 2001-01-01 |
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All Forgotten | Princess Zasyekin | 2001-09-18 |
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | 2000-12-25 | |
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Billy Elliot | Mrs Wilkinson | 2000-09-28 |
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Titanic Town | Bernie McPhelimy | 1998-08-08 |
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Girls' Night | Jackie Simpson | 1998-06-26 |
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Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime | Fairy Godmother | 1998-12-25 |
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Talking Heads 2 | 1998-10-06 | |
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Bathtime | Miss Gideon | 1997-01-01 |
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Intimate Relations | Marjorie | 1996-10-01 |
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Brazen Hussies | Maureen Hardcastle | 1996-11-30 |
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Requiem Apache | Mrs. Capstan | 1994-10-11 |
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Pat and Margaret | Pat | 1994-09-11 |
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Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold | Self | 1994-02-01 |
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Bambino Mio | Alice | 1994-02-06 |
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Sister My Sister | Madame Danzard | 1994-12-15 |
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The Summer House | Monica | 1993-12-21 |
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Wide-Eyed and Legless | Diana Longden | 1993-09-05 |
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Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast | 1992-12-25 | |
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Just Like a Woman | Monica | 1992-09-24 |
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Julie Walters and Friends | 1991-12-29 | |
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Stepping Out | Vera | 1991-10-11 |
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Mack the Knife | Mrs. Peachum | 1989-11-01 |
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Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) | Judith | 1989-09-01 |
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Buster | June Edwards | 1988-09-16 |
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An Audience With Victoria Wood | Herself, questioner | 1988-12-10 |
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Talking Heads | 1988-04-19 | |
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Prick Up Your Ears | Elsie Orton | 1987-04-17 |
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Acorn Antiques | Mrs. Overall | 1987-12-18 |
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Personal Services | Christine Painter | 1987-02-12 |
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The Birthday Party | Lulu | 1987-06-21 |
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Car Trouble | Jacqueline | 1986-02-28 |
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Dreamchild | Dormouse (voice) | 1985-10-04 |
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An Audience with Billy Connolly | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | 1985-10-26 |
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Unfair Exchanges | Mavis | 1985-01-20 |
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She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas | Fran | 1984-01-01 |
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An Audience with Mel Brooks | Self (uncredited) | 1984-02-04 |
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Educating Rita | Rita Susan White | 1983-06-16 |
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Intensive Care | Valery | 1982-11-09 |
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Days at the Beach | Mrs Morgan | 1981-02-13 |
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Happy Since I Met You | Frances | 1981-08-08 |
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Nearly a Happy Ending | Julie | 1980-05-31 |
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Talent | Julie | 1979-08-04 |
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Soldiers Talking, Cleanly | Debbie | 1978-12-05 |
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Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Woman in waiting room | 1978-12-02 |
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Occupy! | Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool | 1976-01-01 |
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Club Havana | Terry | 1975-10-25 |
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Paddington in Peru | Mrs. Bird |
