Acting
Julie Walters
EN cinema · 114 credits
Born
22 February 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Smethwick, England, UK
Also known as Julia Mary Walters · Julia Walters · Dame Julia Mary Walters
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
What Would Julie Do?
as Julie
Becoming Victoria Wood
as Self (Archive Interview) (Voice)
Paddington in Peru
as Mrs. Bird
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
as Narrator (voice)
The Abominable Snow Baby
as Granny
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
as Narrator (voice)
The Secret Garden
as Mrs. Medlock
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
as Narrator (voice)
Chefs' Burnt Bits
as Narrator (voice)
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
2020
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
as Self - Narrator
Weasels: Feisty and Fearless
as Narrator (voice)
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
as Mrs. Elizabeth Moley / Queen (voice)
Wild Rose
as Marion
The Queen's Corgi
as The Queen (voice)
Mary Poppins Returns
as Ellen
Sherlock Gnomes
as Mrs. Montague (voice)
Paddington 2
as Mrs. Bird
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
as Bella Turner
There's Something About Romcoms
as Narrator (voice)
The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)
as Narrator (voice)
Brooklyn
as Madge Kehoe
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
as Narrator (voice)
Effie Gray
as Margaret Cox Ruskin
Paddington
as Mrs. Bird
Justin and the Knights of Valour
as Gran (voice)
One Chance
as Yvonne
Brave
as The Witch (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans
as Judy Haussman
The Legend of Mor'du
as The Witch (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Molly Weasley
Gnomeo & Juliet
as Miss Montague (voice)
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
as Molly Weasley (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Molly Weasley
Mo
as Mo Mowlam
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Molly Weasley
A Short Stay in Switzerland
as Dr. Anne Turner
Mamma Mia!
as Rosie Mulligan
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
as Mary Whitehouse
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Molly Weasley
Becoming Jane
as Mrs. Austen
Driving Lessons
as Evie Walton
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
as Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (Not Bingo Nights)
The Ruby in the Smoke
as Mrs. Holland
Wah-Wah
as Gwen Traherne
Mickybo and Me
as Mickybo's Ma
Ahead of the Class
as Marie Stubbs
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Molly Weasley
Calendar Girls
as Annie Clarke
The Return
as Izzie
Thora Hird Tribute
as Self, June Potter
More Great Comedy Moments
as Waitress (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Molly Weasley
Before You Go
as Teresa
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Mrs Weasley
All Forgotten
as Princess Zasyekin
Strange Relations
as Sheila Fitzpatrick
Billy Elliot
as Mrs Wilkinson
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Various Characters
Girls' Night
as Jackie Simpson
Titanic Town
as Bernie McPhelimy
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
as Fairy Godmother
Bathtime
as Miss Gideon
Intimate Relations
as Marjorie
Brazen Hussies
as Maureen Hardcastle
Little Red Riding Hood
as Little Red Riding Hood
Sister My Sister
as Madame Danzard
Bambino Mio
as Alice
Requiem Apache
as Mrs. Capstan
Wide-Eyed and Legless
as Diana Longden
Just Like a Woman
as Monica
Stepping Out
as Vera
Mack the Knife
as Mrs. Peachum
Killing Dad
as Judith
Buster
as June Edwards
An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self - Questioner
Prick Up Your Ears
as Elsie Orton
Personal Services
as Christine Painter
Acorn Antiques
as Mrs. Overall
Car Trouble
as Jacqueline
An Audience with Billy Connolly
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Dreamchild
as Dormouse (voice)
An Audience with Mel Brooks
as Self (uncredited)
Educating Rita
as Rita Susan White
Intensive Care
as Valery
Say Something Happened
as June Potter
Happy Since I Met You
as Frances
Days at the Beach
as Mrs Morgan
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
as Self - Good Fun Cast Member
Talent
as Julie
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
as Woman in waiting room
Occupy!
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Club Havana
as Terry