1950-02-22 Smethwick, England, UK
Dame Julia Mary Walters DBE (born February 22, 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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Paddington in Peru | Mrs. Bird | 2024-11-07 |
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The Queen: 70 Glorious Years | Narrator (voice) | 2022-02-06 |
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Parkinson at 50 | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-28 |
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The Abominable Snow Baby | Granny | 2021-12-25 |
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The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out | Narrator (voice) | 2021-03-06 |
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Master Moley By Royal Invitation | Mrs. Elizabeth Moley / Queen (voice) | 2020-09-17 |
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The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years | Narrator (voice) | 2020-01-07 |
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Chefs' Burnt Bits | Narrator (voice) | 2020-12-23 |
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The Secret Garden | Mrs. Medlock | 2020-07-08 |
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Victoria Wood In Her Own Words | 2020-11-30 | |
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Wild Rose | Marion | 2019-04-12 |
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Weasels: Feisty and Fearless | Narrator (voice) | 2019-10-25 |
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The Queen's Corgi | The Queen (voice) | 2019-02-13 |
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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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Sherlock Gnomes | Mrs. Montague (voice) | 2018-03-15 |
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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) | 2016-10-15 |
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There's Something About Romcoms | Narrator (voice) | 2016-08-20 |
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Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood | Self | 2016-05-14 |
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A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Narrator (voice) | 2015-12-26 |
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Brooklyn | Madge Kehoe | 2015-10-20 |
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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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National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans | Judy Haussman | 2012-10-11 |
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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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When Harry Left Hogwarts | Self | 2011-11-11 |
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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 (archive footage) | 2011-07-27 |
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Mo | Mo Mowlam | 2010-01-31 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Molly Weasley | 2010-11-17 |
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A Short Stay in Switzerland | Dr. Anne Turner | 2009-01-25 |
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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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Mamma Mia! | Rosie Mulligan | 2008-07-03 |
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Birthing Mamma Mia! | Self | 2008-12-31 |
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Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story | Mary Whitehouse | 2008-05-27 |
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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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Driving Lessons | Evie Walton | 2006-09-06 |
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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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Wah-Wah | Gwen Traherne | 2005-08-17 |
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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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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Molly Weasley | 2004-05-31 |
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The Return | Izzie | 2003-12-30 |
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Calendar Girls | Annie Clarke | 2003-09-02 |
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Before You Go | Teresa | 2002-06-20 |
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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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All Forgotten | Princess Zasyekin | 2001-09-18 |
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My Beautiful Son | Sheila Fitzpatrick | 2001-01-01 |
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Molly Weasley | 2001-11-16 |
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Billy Elliot | Mrs Wilkinson | 2000-09-28 |
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | Various Characters | 2000-12-25 |
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Talking Heads 2 | 1998-10-06 | |
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Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime | Fairy Godmother | 1998-12-25 |
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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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Bathtime | Miss Gideon | 1997-01-01 |
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Brazen Hussies | Maureen Hardcastle | 1996-11-30 |
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Intimate Relations | Marjorie | 1996-10-01 |
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Little Red Riding Hood | Little Red Riding Hood | 1995-12-25 |
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Pat and Margaret | Pat | 1994-09-11 |
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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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Requiem Apache | Mrs. Capstan | 1994-10-11 |
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Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold | Self | 1994-02-01 |
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Wide-Eyed and Legless | Diana Longden | 1993-09-05 |
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The Summer House | Monica | 1993-12-21 |
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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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Stepping Out | Vera | 1991-10-11 |
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Julie Walters and Friends | 1991-12-29 | |
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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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An Audience With Victoria Wood | Herself, questioner | 1988-12-10 |
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Talking Heads | 1988-04-19 | |
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Buster | June Edwards | 1988-09-16 |
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Acorn Antiques | Mrs. Overall | 1987-12-18 |
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Prick Up Your Ears | Elsie Orton | 1987-04-17 |
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The Birthday Party | Lulu | 1987-06-21 |
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Personal Services | Christine Painter | 1987-02-12 |
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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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Happy Since I Met You | Frances | 1981-08-08 |
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Days at the Beach | Mrs Morgan | 1981-02-13 |
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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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Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Woman in waiting room | 1978-12-02 |
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Soldiers Talking, Cleanly | Debbie | 1978-12-05 |
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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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What Would Julie Do? | Julie |
