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