Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 22, 1950
Place of Birth
Smethwick, England, UK
Credits
173 titles
Julie Walters
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Eyes Behind the Lens
Voice (Uncredited, Archive)
Becoming Victoria Wood
Self (Archive Interview) (Voice)
Paddington in Peru
Mrs. Bird
The Queen and Us
Narrator (voice)
New Zealand by Train
Narrator (voice)
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
Narrator (voice)
The Abominable Snow Baby
Granny
Moley
Mrs. Moley (voice)
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Narrator (voice)
Chefs' Burnt Bits
Narrator (voice)
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
Self - Narrator
For The Love Of Britain
Narrator (voice)
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Self
The Secret Garden
Mrs. Medlock
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
Narrator (voice)
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
Mrs. Elizabeth Moley / Queen (voice)
Weasels: Feisty and Fearless
Narrator (voice)
Wild Rose
Marion
The Queen's Corgi
The Queen (voice)
Mary Poppins Returns
Ellen
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Rosie
Sherlock Gnomes
Mrs. Montague (voice)
Dinnerladies Diaries
Self
Coastal Railways with Julie Walters
Self - Host
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Bella Turner
Paddington 2
Mrs. Bird
The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)
Narrator (voice)
National Treasure
Marie Finchley
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Self
There's Something About Romcoms
Narrator (voice)
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Self
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Narrator (voice)
Brooklyn
Madge Kehoe
Very British Problems
Narrator (voice)
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
Narrator (voice)
Artsnight
Self
Indian Summers
Cynthia Coffin
A Life on Screen
Self
Paddington
Mrs. Bird
Effie Gray
Margaret Cox Ruskin
The Harry Hill Movie
Nan
One Chance
Yvonne
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Gran (voice)
The Legend of Mor'du
The Witch (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans
Judy Haussman
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
The Hollow Crown
Mistress Quickly
Brave
The Witch (voice)
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Self