Acting
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.
Filmography
Becoming Victoria Wood
Film · 2026
Paddington in Peru
Film · 2024
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
Film · 2022
The Queen and Us
Series · 2022
New Zealand by Train
Series · 2022
The Abominable Snow Baby
Film · 2021
Parkinson at 50
Film · 2021
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Film · 2021
Moley
Series · 2021
The Secret Garden
Film · 2020
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
Film · 2020
Chefs' Burnt Bits
Film · 2020
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Film · 2020
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
Film · 2020
For The Love Of Britain
Series · 2020
Weasels: Feisty and Fearless
Film · 2019
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
Film · 2019
Wild Rose
Film · 2019
The Queen's Corgi
Film · 2019
Mary Poppins Returns
Film · 2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Film · 2018
Sherlock Gnomes
Film · 2018
Dinnerladies Diaries
Series · 2018
Paddington 2
Film · 2017
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Film · 2017
Coastal Railways with Julie Walters
Series · 2017
There's Something About Romcoms
Film · 2016
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Film · 2016
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Film · 2016
The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)
Film · 2016
National Treasure
Series · 2016
Brooklyn
Film · 2015
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Film · 2015
Indian Summers
Series · 2015
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
Series · 2015
Artsnight
Series · 2015
Very British Problems
Series · 2015
Effie Gray
Film · 2014
Paddington
Film · 2014
A Life on Screen
Series · 2014
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Film · 2013
One Chance
Film · 2013
The Harry Hill Movie
Film · 2013
Brave
Film · 2012
National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans
Film · 2012
The Legend of Mor'du
Film · 2012
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
Series · 2012
The Hollow Crown
Series · 2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Film · 2011
Gnomeo & Juliet
Film · 2011
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Film · 2011
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Film · 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Film · 2010
Mo
Film · 2010
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Film · 2009
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Film · 2009
A Short Stay in Switzerland
Film · 2009
Mamma Mia!
Film · 2008
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Film · 2008
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Film · 2007
Becoming Jane
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Driving Lessons
Film · 2006
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Film · 2006
The Ruby in the Smoke
Film · 2006
The One Show
Series · 2006
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
Series · 2006
Wah-Wah
Film · 2005
Mickybo and Me
Film · 2005
Ahead of the Class
Film · 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Film · 2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
Series · 2004
Parkinson
Series · 2004
Calendar Girls
Film · 2003
The Return
Film · 2003
Thora Hird Tribute
Film · 2003
Comedy Connections
Series · 2003
Canterbury Tales
Series · 2003
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Film · 2002
Before You Go
Film · 2002
The Jury
Series · 2002
Murder
Series · 2002
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
Series · 2002
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Film · 2001
All Forgotten
Film · 2001
Strange Relations
Film · 2001
We Know Where You Live. Live!
Film · 2001
Billy Elliot
Film · 2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Film · 2000
Oliver Twist
Series · 1999
Girls' Night
Film · 1998
Titanic Town
Film · 1998
Talking Heads 2
Film · 1998
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
Film · 1998
dinnerladies
Series · 1998
Parkinson
Series · 1998
Bathtime
Film · 1997
Melissa
Series · 1997
Intimate Relations
Film · 1996
Brazen Hussies
Film · 1996
Little Red Riding Hood
Film · 1995
Jake's Progress
Series · 1995
Sister My Sister
Film · 1994
Pat and Margaret
Film · 1994
Bambino Mio
Film · 1994
Requiem Apache
Film · 1994
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Film · 1994
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Film · 1993
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Film · 1993
GMTV
Series · 1993
Just Like a Woman
Film · 1992
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Film · 1992
Stepping Out
Film · 1991
Julie Walters and Friends
Film · 1991
G.B.H.
Series · 1991
Julie Walters and Friends
Series · 1991
Mack the Knife
Film · 1989
Killing Dad
Film · 1989
Victoria Wood
Series · 1989
Victoria Wood
Series · 1989
Victoria Wood
Series · 1989
Screen One
Series · 1989
Screen One
Series · 1989
Screen One
Series · 1989
Buster
Film · 1988
Talking Heads
Film · 1988
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Film · 1988
This Morning
Series · 1988
Talking Heads
Series · 1988
Talking Heads
Series · 1988
Prick Up Your Ears
Film · 1987
Personal Services
Film · 1987
Acorn Antiques
Film · 1987
The Birthday Party
Film · 1987
Car Trouble
Film · 1986
Split Screen
Series · 1986
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Film · 1985
Dreamchild
Film · 1985
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
Series · 1985
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Series · 1985
The Glass Box
Series · 1985
Theatre Night
Series · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Friday People
Series · 1985
Acorn Antiques
Series · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
Film · 1984
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Film · 1984
Unfair Exchanges
Film · 1984
Love and Marriage
Series · 1984
Educating Rita
Film · 1983
Natural World
Series · 1983
Open Space
Series · 1983
Intensive Care
Film · 1982
Say Something Happened
Film · 1982
Boys from the Blackstuff
Series · 1982
Wood and Walters
Series · 1982
Wogan
Series · 1982
Objects of Affection
Series · 1982
Happy Since I Met You
Film · 1981
Days at the Beach
Film · 1981
Nearly a Happy Ending
Film · 1980
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
Film · 1980
Talent
Film · 1979
Victoria Wood Screenplays
Series · 1979
Screenplay
Series · 1979
Screenplay
Series · 1979
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Film · 1978
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Film · 1978
Empire Road
Series · 1978
An Audience with...
Series · 1978
Occupy!
Film · 1976
Club Havana
Film · 1975
Playhouse
Series · 1974
Second City Firsts
Series · 1973
Film '72
Series · 1971
Play for Today
Series · 1970
Omnibus
Series · 1967
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
What Would Julie Do?
Film