Julie 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.
Acted in
Paddington in Peru
2024
as Mrs. Bird
The Queen and Us
2022
as Narrator (voice)
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
2022
as Narrator (voice)
The Abominable Snow Baby
2021
as Granny
Moley
2021
as Mrs. Moley (voice)
Parkinson at 50
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Chefs' Burnt Bits
2020
as Narrator (voice)
For The Love Of Britain
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
2020
Master Moley By Royal Invitation
2020
as Mrs. Elizabeth Moley / Queen (voice)
The Secret Garden
2020
as Mrs. Medlock
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Weasels: Feisty and Fearless
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Wild Rose
2019
as Marion
The Queen's Corgi
2019
as The Queen (voice)
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
as Ellen
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018
as Rosie Mulligan
Sherlock Gnomes
2018
as Mrs. Montague (voice)
Coastal Railways with Julie Walters
2017
as Self - Host
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
as Bella Turner
Paddington 2
2017
as Mrs. Bird
The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)
2016
as Narrator (voice)
National Treasure
2016
as Marie Finchley
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016
as Self
There's Something About Romcoms
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016
as Self
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Brooklyn
2015
as Madge Kehoe
Very British Problems
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Artsnight
2015
as Self
Indian Summers
2015
as Cynthia Coffin
A Life on Screen
2014
as Self
Paddington
2014
as Mrs. Bird
Effie Gray
2014
as Margaret Cox Ruskin
The Harry Hill Movie
2013
as Nan
One Chance
2013
as Yvonne
Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013
as Gran (voice)
The Legend of Mor'du
2012
as The Witch (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans
2012
as Judy Haussman
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
2012
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Mistress Quickly
Brave
2012
as The Witch (voice)
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
as Self
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
2011
as Molly Weasley (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Molly Weasley
Gnomeo & Juliet
2011
as Lady Montague (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Molly Weasley
Mo
2010
as Mo Mowlam
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
as Molly Weasley
A Short Stay in Switzerland
2009
as Dr. Anne Turner
Birthing Mamma Mia!
2008
as Self
Mamma Mia!
2008
as Rosie Mulligan
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
2008
as Mary Whitehouse
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Molly Weasley
Becoming Jane
2007
as Mrs. Austen
The Ruby in the Smoke
2006
as Mrs. Holland
Driving Lessons
2006
as Evie Walton
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
2006
as Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (Not Bingo Nights)
Wah-Wah
2005
as Gwen Traherne
Ahead of the Class
2005
as Marie Stubbs
Mickybo and Me
2005
as Mickybo's Ma
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
as Molly Weasley
The Return
2003
as Izzie
Canterbury Tales
2003
as Beth
Calendar Girls
2003
as Annie Clarke
Comedy Connections
2003
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Molly Weasley
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
Before You Go
2002
as Teresa
Murder
2002
as Angela Maurer
Murder
2002
as Angela Maurer
The Jury
2002
as Emma Watts Q.C.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
as Molly Weasley
Lover's Prayer
2001
as Princess Zasyekin
My Beautiful Son
2001
as Sheila Fitzpatrick
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters
Billy Elliot
2000
as Mrs Wilkinson
Oliver Twist
1999
as Mrs. Mann
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
1998
as Fairy Godmother
Dinnerladies
1998
as Petula
Talking Heads 2
1998
Titanic Town
1998
as Bernie McPhelimy
Girls' Night
1998
as Jackie Simpson
Melissa
1997
as Paula Hepburn
Bathtime
1997
as Miss Gideon
Brazen Hussies
1996
as Maureen Hardcastle
Intimate Relations
1996
as Marjorie
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
as Agnes
Little Red Riding Hood
1995
as Little Red Riding Hood
Jake's Progress
1995
as Julie Diadoni
Sister My Sister
1994
as Madame Danzard
Requiem Apache
1994
as Mrs. Capstan
Pat and Margaret
1994
as Pat
Bambino Mio
1994
as Alice
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994
as Self
The Summer House
1993
as Monica
Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993
as Diana Longden
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
Just Like a Woman
1992
as Monica
Julie Walters and Friends
1991
Julie Walters and Friends
1991
Stepping Out
1991
as Vera
G.B.H.
1991
as Mrs. Murray
Victoria Wood
1989
as Nicola
Victoria Wood
1989
as Pam
Victoria Wood
1989
as Joy-Ann
Mack the Knife
1989
as Mrs. Peachum
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989
as Judith
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self - Questioner
Buster
1988
as June Edwards
Talking Heads
1988
Talking Heads
1988
as Lesley
Talking Heads
1988
as Marjory
Acorn Antiques
1987
as Mrs. Overall
The Birthday Party
1987
as Lulu
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
as Elsie Orton
Personal Services
1987
as Christine Painter
Car Trouble
1986
as Jacqueline
An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Dreamchild
1985
as Dormouse (voice)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
1985
as Pauline Mole
The Glass Box
1985
as Self (archival footage)
Unfair Exchanges
1985
as Mavis
Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
1985
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
as Self (uncredited)
She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
1984
as Fran
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
Educating Rita
1983
as Rita Susan White
Say Something Happened
1982
as June Potter
Objects of Affection
1982
as June Potter
Intensive Care
1982
as Valery
Boys from the Blackstuff
1982
as Angie Todd
Wood and Walters
1982
Happy Since I Met You
1981
as Frances
Days at the Beach
1981
as Mrs Morgan
Nearly a Happy Ending
1980
as Julie
Talent
1979
as Julie
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978
as Debbie
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
as Woman in waiting room
Empire Road
1978
as Jean Watson
Occupy!
1976
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Club Havana
1975
as Terry
Playhouse
1974
as Mrs. Morgan
Play for Today
1970
as Valery (Night Nurse)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
What Would Julie Do?
as Julie
Mamma Mia! 3
as Rosie Mulligan