Julie Walters
Acting • Born 1950-02-22
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.
Filmography
166 credits
Billy Elliot
Movie • 2000
Mrs Wilkinson
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Movie • 2004
Molly Weasley
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Movie • 2001
Molly Weasley
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Movie • 2002
Molly Weasley
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Movie • 2007
Molly Weasley
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Movie • 2009
Molly Weasley
Becoming Jane
Movie • 2007
Mrs. Austen
Girls' Night
Movie • 1998
Jackie Simpson
Driving Lessons
Movie • 2006
Evie Walton
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Movie • 1985
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Mamma Mia!
Movie • 2008
Rosie Mulligan
Buster
Movie • 1988
June Edwards
Calendar Girls
Movie • 2003
Annie Clarke
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie • 2010
Molly Weasley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie • 2011
Molly Weasley
Prick Up Your Ears
Movie • 1987
Elsie Orton
Stepping Out
Movie • 1991
Vera
Wah-Wah
Movie • 2005
Gwen Traherne
Brave
Movie • 2012
The Witch (voice)
Weasels: Feisty and Fearless
Movie • 2019
Narrator (voice)
The Abominable Snow Baby
Movie • 2021
Granny
Personal Services
Movie • 1987
Christine Painter
Sister My Sister
Movie • 1994
Madame Danzard
Educating Rita
Movie • 1983
Rita Susan White
Gnomeo & Juliet
Movie • 2011
Lady Montague (voice)
All Forgotten
Movie • 2001
Princess Zasyekin
Mo
Movie • 2010
Mo Mowlam
Intimate Relations
Movie • 1996
Marjorie
Mack the Knife
Movie • 1989
Mrs. Peachum
National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans
Movie • 2012
Judy Haussman
There's Something About Romcoms
Movie • 2016
Narrator (voice)
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Movie • 1993
Diana Longden
Mickybo and Me
Movie • 2005
Mickybo's Ma
Titanic Town
Movie • 1998
Bernie McPhelimy
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
Movie • 2022
Narrator (voice)
Paddington in Peru
Movie • 2024
Mrs. Bird
Ahead of the Class
Movie • 2005
Marie Stubbs
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Movie • 2006
Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (Not Bingo Nights)
The Legend of Mor'du
Movie • 2012
The Witch (voice)
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Movie • 2008
Mary Whitehouse
She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
Movie • 1984
Fran
Effie Gray
Movie • 2014
Margaret Cox Ruskin
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Movie • 2013
Gran (voice)
Paddington
Movie • 2014
Mrs. Bird
Just Like a Woman
Movie • 1992
Monica
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
Movie • 2019
Mrs. Elizabeth Moley / Queen (voice)
Parkinson at 50
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
One Chance
Movie • 2013
Yvonne
Pat and Margaret
Movie • 1994
Pat
Happy Since I Met You
Movie • 1981
Frances
Talent
Movie • 1979
Julie
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Movie • 2016
Self
The Harry Hill Movie
Movie • 2013
Nan
The Return
Movie • 2003
Izzie
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Movie • 2016
Self
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Movie • 1984
Self (uncredited)
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
Movie • 1989
Judith
Little Red Riding Hood
Movie • 1995
Little Red Riding Hood
Acorn Antiques
Movie • 1987
Mrs. Overall
Unfair Exchanges
Movie • 1985
Mavis
Days at the Beach
Movie • 1981
Mrs Morgan
Bathtime
Movie • 1997
Miss Gideon
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Movie • 2011
Self
Intensive Care
Movie • 1982
Valery
Car Trouble
Movie • 1986
Jacqueline
Paddington 2
Movie • 2017
Mrs. Bird
Bambino Mio
Movie • 1994
Alice
Brooklyn
Movie • 2015
Madge Kehoe
Talking Heads
Movie • 1988
Talking Heads 2
Movie • 1998
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Movie • 1978
Woman in waiting room
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Movie • 2000
Various Characters
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice)
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Movie • 2009
Dreamchild
Movie • 1985
Dormouse (voice)
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Movie • 2017
Bella Turner
Before You Go
Movie • 2002
Teresa
The Ruby in the Smoke
Movie • 2006
Mrs. Holland
What Would Julie Do?
Movie
Julie
The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)
Movie • 2016
Narrator (voice)
Requiem Apache
Movie • 1994
Mrs. Capstan
A Short Stay in Switzerland
Movie • 2009
Dr. Anne Turner
Brazen Hussies
Movie • 1996
Maureen Hardcastle
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie • 2018
Ellen
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Movie • 1992
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Movie • 1988
Self - Questioner
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Movie • 2018
Rosie Mulligan
Wild Rose
Movie • 2019
Marion
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Movie • 2011
Molly Weasley (archive footage)
Nearly a Happy Ending
Movie • 1980
Julie
Sherlock Gnomes
Movie • 2018
Mrs. Montague (voice)
The Secret Garden
Movie • 2020
Mrs. Medlock
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Movie • 1993
Monica
The Queen's Corgi
Movie • 2019
The Queen (voice)
The Birthday Party
Movie • 1987
Lulu
Club Havana
Movie • 1975
Terry
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
Movie • 2020
Narrator (voice)
Julie Walters and Friends
Movie • 1991
Strange Relations
Movie • 2001
Sheila Fitzpatrick
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Movie • 1978
Debbie
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
Movie • 1998
Fairy Godmother
Chefs' Burnt Bits
Movie • 2020
Narrator (voice)
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Movie • 2021
Narrator (voice)
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Movie • 2020
Self
Occupy!
Movie • 1976
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Movie • 1994
Self
Say Something Happened
Movie • 1982
June Potter
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
Movie • 2020
Self - Narrator
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
Movie • 1980
Self - Good Fun Cast Member
Thora Hird Tribute
Movie • 2003
Self, June Potter
Becoming Victoria Wood
Movie • 2026
Self (Archive Interview) (Voice)
This Morning
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
G.B.H.
TV • 1991
Mrs. Murray
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
Boys from the Blackstuff
TV • 1982
Angie Todd
Comedy Connections
TV • 2003
dinnerladies
TV • 1998
Petula
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
TV • 1985
Pauline Mole
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
TV • 1985
Wood and Walters
TV • 1982
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Valery (Night Nurse)
Oliver Twist
TV • 1999
Mrs. Mann
Natural World
TV • 1983
Narrator
Empire Road
TV • 1978
Jean Watson
Jake's Progress
TV • 1995
Julie Diadoni
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
Victoria Wood
TV • 1989
Joy-Ann
Victoria Wood
TV • 1989
Nicola
Victoria Wood
TV • 1989
Pam
For The Love Of Britain
TV • 2020
Narrator (voice)
Indian Summers
TV • 2015
Cynthia Coffin
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV • 2004
Self
Canterbury Tales
TV • 2003
Beth
Talking Heads
TV • 1988
Lesley
Talking Heads
TV • 1988
Marjory
The Jury
TV • 2002
Emma Watts Q.C.
Julie Walters and Friends
TV • 1991
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
TV • 2015
Narrator (voice)
National Treasure
TV • 2016
Marie Finchley
Moley
TV • 2021
Mrs. Moley (voice)
Artsnight
TV • 2015
Self
An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self
The Glass Box
TV • 1985
Self (archival footage)
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
Melissa
TV • 1997
Paula Hepburn
Murder
TV • 2002
Angela Maurer
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
TV • 2012
A Life on Screen
TV • 2014
Self
Coastal Railways with Julie Walters
TV • 2017
Self - Host
Very British Problems
TV • 2015
Narrator (voice)
The Queen and Us
TV • 2022
Narrator (voice)
The Hollow Crown
TV • 2012
Mistress Quickly
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
TV • 2002
Objects of Affection
TV • 1982
June Potter
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
Theatre Night
TV • 1985
Lulu
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Monica
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Mrs. Morgan
Victoria Wood Screenplays
TV • 1979
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
TV • 2006
Self
Dinnerladies Diaries
TV • 2018
Self
Friday People
TV • 1985
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Host / Winner
New Zealand by Train
TV • 2022
Narrator (voice)