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Harriet Walter
Born · September 24, 1950 (74 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Bio
Dame Harriet Mary Walter DBE (born 24 September 1950) is a British actress. She has received a Laurence Olivier Award as well as numerous nominations including for a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2011, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to drama. Walter began her career in 1974 and made her Broadway debut in 1983. For her work in various Royal Shakespeare Company productions, including Twelfth Night (1987–88) and Three Sisters (1988), she won the 1988 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival. Her other notable work for the RSC includes leading roles in Macbeth (1999) and Antony and Cleopatra (2006). She won the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth I in the 2005 London revival of Mary Stuart, and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play when she reprised the role on Broadway in 2009. She reprised her roles of Brutus in Julius Caesar (2012) and the title role in Henry IV (2014), as well as playing Prospero in The Tempest, as part of an all-female Shakespeare trilogy in 2016. Her film appearances include Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Governess (1998), Villa des Roses (2002), Atonement (2007), The Young Victoria (2009), A Royal Affair (2012), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Denial (2016), The Sense of an Ending (2017), Rocketman (2019) and Ridley Scott's The Last Duel (2021). On television she starred as Natalie Chandler in the ITV drama series Law & Order: UK (2009–14), in four episodes of Downton Abbey (2013–15), in the miniseries London Spy (2015), as Clementine Churchill in The Crown (2016), in Patrick Melrose (2018), and in the third season of Killing Eve (2020). She is a three-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee; two for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Succession (2018–21) and one for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Ted Lasso (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Harriet Walter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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6.0
2024
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Self
7.7
2024
National Theatre Live: The House of Bernarda Alba
Bernarda Alba
8.0
2024
On The Line
Shirley
6.0
2023
Your Christmas or Mine?
Iris
6.4
2022
Burial
Anna Marshall
5.2
2022
The Last Duel
Nicole de Carrouges
7.4
2021
Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
Duchess of Marlborough
0.0
2021
Rocketman
Helen Piena
7.3
2019
My Dinner with Hervé
Baskin
6.3
2018
Julius Caesar
Brutus
8.5
2018
The Secret Life of Flowers
5.5
2017
The Sense of an Ending
Margaret Webster
6.4
2017
Mindhorn
Richard's Agent
6.1
2016
Denial
Vera Reich
6.9
2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Self - Performer
7.5
2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Dr. Kalonia
7.3
2015
Man Up
Fran
6.6
2015
Suite Française
Viscountess Montmort
7.3
2015
The Mysterious Mr Webster
Self - Interviewee
6.0
2014
The Domino Effect
Ann
5.0
2012
The Door
Woman with Sorrowful Eyes
0.0
2012
The Wedding Video
Alex
5.4
2012
A Royal Affair
Augusta - Princess of Wales
7.4
2012
From Time to Time
Lady Gresham
6.3
2009
Chéri
La Loupiote
6.1
2009
The Young Victoria
Queen Adelaide
7.2
2009
A Short Stay in Switzerland
Clare
6.9
2009
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Professor Compton Chamberlayne
6.5
2009
Ballet Shoes
Dr. Smith
6.4
2008
Abraham's Point
Pani Nemeth
4.0
2008
Atonement
Emily Tallis
7.6
2007
Babel
Lilly
7.2
2006
Chromophobia
Penelope Aylesbury
5.3
2006
Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster
Mary Wollstonecraft
8.7
2003
Bright Young Things
Lady Maitland
6.3
2003
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
Mary Ann Evans / George Eliot
3.0
2002
Villa Des Roses
Olive Burrell
5.3
2002
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
6.6
2001
Bedrooms and Hallways
Sybil
6.2
1998
The Governess
Mrs. Cavendish
5.9
1998
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Julia Comstock
6.0
1997
The Leading Man
Liz Flett
5.2
1996
Sense and Sensibility
Fanny Ferrars Dashwood
7.4
1995
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
Charlotte
2.0
1994
Hard Times
Rachel
7.0
1994
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
Narrator (voice)
10.0
1993
The Maitlands
Mrs. Dorothy Maitland
0.0
1993
The Hour of the Pig
Jeannine Martin
6.2
1993
They Never Slept
Amelia Cleverly
0.0
1991
May Fools
Lily
6.9
1990
Benefactors
2.0
1989
Turtle Diary
Harriet Sims
6.6
1985
The Good Father
Emmy Hooper
5.7
1985
The Price
Frances Carr
0.0
1985
Reflections
Ottilie Garinger
4.5
1984
Amy
Amy Johnson
10.0
1984
The Cherry Orchard
Varya
0.0
1981
The Imitation Game
7.1
1980
Late in Summer
0.0
Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant
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6.7
2023
Osborne House: A Royal Retreat
Self - Narrator (voice)
0.0
2023
Silo
Martha Walker · (20 episodes)
8.2
2023
This Is Going to Hurt
Veronique · (7 episodes)
7.7
2022
The Cleaner
Lisa · (1 episode)
7.1
2021
Herself
Peggy
6.8
2020
Ted Lasso
Deborah · (4 episodes)
8.4
2020
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Muriel · (1 episode)
8.1
2020
Belgravia
Caroline, Countess of Brockenhurst · (6 episodes)
7.1
2020
The End
Edie Henley · (10 episodes)
6.1
2020
The Spanish Princess
Margaret Beaufort · (8 episodes)
7.6
2019
Curfew
Helen Newman · (8 episodes)
5.6
2019
Black Earth Rising
Eve Ashby · (2 episodes)
6.8
2018
Henry IV
Henry IV
0.0
2018
The Tempest
Prospero
0.0
2018
Succession
Lady Caroline Collingwood · (7 episodes)
8.3
2018
Patrick Melrose
Princess Margaret · (1 episode)
7.5
2018
Killing Eve
Dasha Duzran · (8 episodes)
7.9
2018
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2017
The Crown
Clemmie Churchill · (6 episodes)
8.2
2016
London Spy
Claire · (2 episodes)
7.0
2015
London Spy
(5 episodes)
7.0
2015
Documentary Now!
Edwina · (1 episode)
7.0
2015
Wolf Hall
Lady Margaret Pole · (6 episodes)
7.6
2015
The Assets
Jeanne Vertefeuille · (8 episodes)
6.9
2014
By Any Means
Sally Walker · (1 episode)
6.5
2013
Heading Out
Angela · (2 episodes)
5.7
2013
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
(2 episodes)
0.0
2012
Call the Midwife
Sister Ursula · (3 episodes)
7.5
2012
Downton Abbey
Lady Shackleton · (4 episodes)
8.1
2010
Law & Order: UK
Natalie Chandler · (39 episodes)
6.8
2009
Hunter
ACC Jenny Griffin · (2 episodes)
7.3
2009
Broken Lines
Leah
6.0
2008
10 Days to War
Anne Campbell · (1 episode)
6.0
2008
Fairy Tales
(1 episode)
0.0
2008
Doctor Who
Jo Patterson · (1 episode)
7.5
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
Duchess · (1 episode)
7.6
2004
London
Virginia Woolf · (3 episodes)
0.0
2004
Spooks
Deep Throat · (1 episode)
7.6
2002
My Uncle Silas
Pamela Farrell · (12 episodes)
7.0
2001
Waking the Dead
Annie Keel · (2 episodes)
7.2
2001
Messiah
Professor Robb · (3 episodes)
7.2
2001
Onegin
Madame Larina
6.2
1999
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Queen Morag · (2 episodes)
7.0
1999
Unfinished Business
(12 episodes)
0.0
1998
Arthouse
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1997
A Dance to the Music of Time
Mildred · (4 episodes)
5.3
1997
Midsomer Murders
Margaret Winstanley · (1 episode)
7.5
1997
Midsomer Murders
Diana Davenport · (1 episode)
7.5
1997
Dalziel & Pascoe
(1 episode)
6.3
1996
Hard Times
Rachel · (4 episodes)
0.0
1994
Ashenden
Giulia Lazzari · (1 episode)
6.0
1991
Performance
Dorothy Maitland · (1 episode)
6.0
1991
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
Harriet Vane · (10 episodes)
7.1
1987
Inspector Morse
Dr. Esther Martin · (1 episode)
7.8
1987
Girls On Top
R.S.C. Actress 3 · (1 episode)
4.8
1985
The Price
Frances Carr · (6 episodes)
5.0
1985
Brian and Margaret
Margaret Thatcher · (1 episode)
0.0
Screen Two
Amelia Cleverly · (1 episode)
6.8
1985