Julie Walters
Born
February 22, 1950 (75 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Smethwick, England, UK
Dame Julia Mary Walters DBE, 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
Paddington in Peru
Mrs. Bird
2024
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
Narrator (voice)
2022
The Abominable Snow Baby
Granny
2021
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
2021
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
Mrs. Elizabeth Moley / Queen (voice)
2019
Weasels: Feisty and Fearless
Narrator (voice)
2019
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Bella Turner
2017
Paddington 2
Mrs. Bird
2017
The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)
Narrator (voice)
2016
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Self
2016
There's Something About Romcoms
Narrator (voice)
2016
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Self
2016
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Narrator (voice)
2015
Brooklyn
Madge Kehoe
2015
Paddington
Mrs. Bird
2014
Effie Gray
Margaret Cox Ruskin
2014
The Harry Hill Movie
Nan
2013
One Chance
Yvonne
2013
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Gran (voice)
2013
The Legend of Mor'du
The Witch (voice)
2012
National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans
Judy Haussman
2012
Brave
The Witch (voice)
2012
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Self
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Molly Weasley
2011
Gnomeo & Juliet
Lady Montague (voice)
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Molly Weasley
2010
Mo
Mo Mowlam
2010
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Molly Weasley
2009
Birthing Mamma Mia!
Self
2008
Mamma Mia!
Rosie Mulligan
2008
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Mary Whitehouse
2008
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Molly Weasley
2007
Becoming Jane
Mrs. Austen
2007
The Ruby in the Smoke
Mrs. Holland
2006
Driving Lessons
Evie Walton
2006
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (Not Bingo Nights)
2006
Wah-Wah
Gwen Traherne
2005
Ahead of the Class
Marie Stubbs
2005
Mickybo and Me
Mickybo's Ma
2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Molly Weasley
2004
The Return
Izzie
2003
Calendar Girls
Annie Clarke
2003
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Molly Weasley
2002
Before You Go
Teresa
2002
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Molly Weasley
2001
All Forgotten
Princess Zasyekin
2001
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Various Characters
2000
Billy Elliot
Mrs Wilkinson
2000
Talking Heads 2
1998
Titanic Town
Bernie McPhelimy
1998
Girls' Night
Jackie Simpson
1998
Bathtime
Miss Gideon
1997
Intimate Relations
Marjorie
1996
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
1995
Sister My Sister
Madame Danzard
1994
Requiem Apache
Mrs. Capstan
1994
Pat and Margaret
Pat
1994
Bambino Mio
Alice
1994
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Diana Longden
1993
Just Like a Woman
Monica
1992
Stepping Out
Vera
1991
Mack the Knife
Mrs. Peachum
1989
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
Judith
1989
Buster
June Edwards
1988
Talking Heads
1988
Acorn Antiques
Mrs. Overall
1987
Prick Up Your Ears
Elsie Orton
1987
Personal Services
Christine Painter
1987
Car Trouble
Jacqueline
1986
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1985
Dreamchild
Dormouse (voice)
1985
Unfair Exchanges
Mavis
1985
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Self (uncredited)
1984
She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
Fran
1984
Educating Rita
Rita Susan White
1983
Intensive Care
Valery
1982
Happy Since I Met You
Frances
1981
Days at the Beach
Mrs Morgan
1981
Talent
Julie
1979
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Woman in waiting room
1978
What Would Julie Do?
Julie
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Narrator (voice)
2021
Chefs' Burnt Bits
Narrator (voice)
2020
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
Self - Narrator
2020
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
2020
The Secret Garden
Mrs. Medlock
2020
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
Narrator (voice)
2020
Wild Rose
Marion
2019
The Queen's Corgi
The Queen (voice)
2019
Mary Poppins Returns
Ellen
2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Rosie Mulligan
2018
Sherlock Gnomes
Mrs. Montague (voice)
2018
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Molly Weasley (archive footage)
2011
A Short Stay in Switzerland
Dr. Anne Turner
2009
The One Show
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
2006
Comedy Connections
(1 episode)
2003
Strange Relations
Sheila Fitzpatrick
2001
Oliver Twist
Mrs. Mann · (4 episodes)
1999
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
Fairy Godmother
1998
dinnerladies
Petula · (9 episodes)
1998
Brazen Hussies
Maureen Hardcastle
1996
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Self
1994
The Summer House
Monica
1993
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
Julie Walters and Friends
1991
G.B.H.
Mrs. Murray · (7 episodes)
1991
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Self - Questioner
1988
This Morning
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
1988
The Birthday Party
Lulu
1987
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
Pauline Mole · (6 episodes)
1985
Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
(13 episodes)
1985
Natural World
Narrator · (1 episode)
1983
Say Something Happened
June Potter
1982
Boys from the Blackstuff
Angie Todd · (5 episodes)
1982
Wood and Walters
(7 episodes)
1982
Nearly a Happy Ending
Julie
1980
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
Self - Good Fun Cast Member
1980
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Debbie
1978
Occupy!
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
1976
Club Havana
Terry
1975
Mamma Mia! 3
Rosie Mulligan
The Queen and Us
Narrator (voice) · (7 episodes)
2022
Moley
Mrs. Moley (voice) · (52 episodes)
2021
For The Love Of Britain
Narrator (voice) · (10 episodes)
2020
Coastal Railways with Julie Walters
Self - Host · (4 episodes)
2017
National Treasure
Marie Finchley · (4 episodes)
2016
Very British Problems
Narrator (voice) · (7 episodes)
2015
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
Narrator (voice) · (24 episodes)
2015
Artsnight
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Indian Summers
Cynthia Coffin · (20 episodes)
2015
A Life on Screen
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
(1 episode)
2012
The Hollow Crown
Mistress Quickly · (3 episodes)
2012
Creating the World of Harry Potter
Self - 'Molly Weasley' · (8 episodes)
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (5 episodes)
2007
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · (1 episode)
2004
Canterbury Tales
Beth · (1 episode)
2003
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
(3 episodes)
2002
Murder
Angela Maurer · (4 episodes)
2002
The Jury
Emma Watts Q.C. · (5 episodes)
2002
Parkinson
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Melissa
Paula Hepburn · (5 episodes)
1997
Jake's Progress
Julie Diadoni · (6 episodes)
1995
GMTV
Self · (1 episode)
1993
Julie Walters and Friends
(1 episode)
1991
Victoria Wood
Nicola · (1 episode)
1989
Victoria Wood
Pam · (1 episode)
1989
Victoria Wood
Joy-Ann · (1 episode)
1989
Talking Heads
Lesley · (1 episode)
1988
Talking Heads
Marjory · (1 episode)
1988
Theatre Night
Lulu · (1 episode)
1985
The Glass Box
Self (archival footage) · (1 episode)
1985
Screen Two
Monica · (1 episode)
1985
Objects of Affection
June Potter · (1 episode)
1982
Wogan
Self · (4 episodes)
1982
Empire Road
Jean Watson · (15 episodes)
1978
An Audience with...
Self · (2 episodes)
1978
Playhouse
Mrs. Morgan · (1 episode)
1974
Play for Today
Valery (Night Nurse) · (1 episode)
1970
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953