Julie Walters
Born February 22, 1950 (Age: 76)
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Smethwick, England, UK
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.
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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Filmography
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026
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as Self (Archive Interview) (Voice)
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Age: 75
Paddington in Peru
2024
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as Mrs. Bird
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Age: 74
Parkinson at 50
2021
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 71
No Image
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
2020
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as Self - Narrator
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Age: 70
The Secret Garden
2020
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as Mrs. Medlock
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Age: 70
Weasels: Feisty and Fearless
2019
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 69
The Queen's Corgi
2019
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as The Queen (voice)
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Age: 68
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
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as Ellen
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Age: 68
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018
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as Rosie Mulligan
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Age: 68
Sherlock Gnomes
2018
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as Mrs. Montague (voice)
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Age: 68
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
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as Bella Turner
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Age: 67
Paddington 2
2017
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as Mrs. Bird
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Age: 67
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016
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as Self
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Age: 66
There's Something About Romcoms
2016
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 66
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016
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as Self
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Age: 66
Brooklyn
2015
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as Madge Kehoe
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Age: 65
Paddington
2014
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as Mrs. Bird
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Age: 64
Effie Gray
2014
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as Margaret Cox Ruskin
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Age: 64
One Chance
2013
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as Yvonne
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Age: 63
Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013
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as Gran (voice)
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Age: 63
Brave
2012
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as The Witch (voice)
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Age: 62
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
2011
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as Molly Weasley (archive footage)
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Age: 61
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
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as Molly Weasley
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Age: 61
Gnomeo & Juliet
2011
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as Lady Montague (voice)
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Age: 60
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
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as Molly Weasley
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Age: 60
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
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as Molly Weasley
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Age: 59
Mamma Mia!
2008
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as Rosie Mulligan
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Age: 58
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
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as Molly Weasley
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Age: 57
Becoming Jane
2007
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as Mrs. Austen
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Age: 57
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
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as Molly Weasley
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Age: 54
Calendar Girls
2003
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as Annie Clarke
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Age: 53
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
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as Molly Weasley
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Age: 52
Before You Go
2002
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as Teresa
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Age: 52
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
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as Molly Weasley
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Age: 51
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
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as Various Characters
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Age: 50
Billy Elliot
2000
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as Mrs Wilkinson
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Age: 50
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
1998
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as Fairy Godmother
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Age: 48
Talking Heads 2
1998
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as
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Age: 48
Titanic Town
1998
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as Bernie McPhelimy
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Age: 48
Girls' Night
1998
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as Jackie Simpson
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Age: 48
Bathtime
1997
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as Miss Gideon
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Age: 46
Brazen Hussies
1996
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as Maureen Hardcastle
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Age: 46
Intimate Relations
1996
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as Marjorie
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Age: 46
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994
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as Self
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Age: 43
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
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as Monica
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Age: 43
Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993
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as Diana Longden
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Age: 43
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
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as
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Age: 42
Just Like a Woman
1992
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as Monica
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Age: 42
Julie Walters and Friends
1991
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as
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Age: 41
Stepping Out
1991
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as Vera
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Age: 41
Mack the Knife
1989
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as Mrs. Peachum
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Age: 39
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989
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as Judith
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Age: 39
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
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as Self - Questioner
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Age: 38
Buster
1988
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as June Edwards
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Age: 38
Talking Heads
1988
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as
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Age: 38
The Birthday Party
1987
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as Lulu
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Age: 37
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
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as Elsie Orton
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Age: 37
Personal Services
1987
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as Christine Painter
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Age: 36
An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985
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as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
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Age: 35
Dreamchild
1985
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as Dormouse (voice)
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Age: 35
Unfair Exchanges
1985
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as Mavis
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Age: 34
Say Something Happened
1982
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as June Potter
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Age: 32
No Image
Happy Since I Met You
1981
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as Frances
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Age: 31
Days at the Beach
1981
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as Mrs Morgan
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Age: 30
Nearly a Happy Ending
1980
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as Julie
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Age: 30
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
1980
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as Self - Good Fun Cast Member
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Age: 30
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978
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as Debbie
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Age: 28
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
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as Woman in waiting room
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Age: 28