Claim: Pat and Margaret cast Julie Walters.

Julia Mary `` Julie '' Walters , CBE -LRB- born 22 February 1950 -RRB- is a British actress and writer . She has won two BAFTA Film Awards , four BAFTA TV Awards and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2014 . Walters first came to international prominence in 1983 , for playing the title role in Educating Rita . It was a role she had created on the West End stage and it earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress . It also won her a BAFTA and a Golden Globe . She received a second Academy Award nomination , this time for Best Supporting Actress , for her role in the 2000 film Billy Elliot , which also won her a BAFTA . Her other film roles include Personal Services -LRB- 1987 -RRB- , Prick Up Your Ears -LRB- 1987 -RRB- , Buster -LRB- 1988 -RRB- , Stepping Out -LRB- 1991 -RRB- , Calendar Girls -LRB- 2003 -RRB- , Mamma Mia ! -LRB- 2008 -RRB- and Brave -LRB- 2012 -RRB- . She has also played Molly Weasley in seven of the eight Harry Potter films -LRB- 2001 -- 2011 -RRB- . On stage , she won an Olivier Award for Best Actress for the 2001 production of All My Sons .   On television , she is well known for her collaborations with the late Victoria Wood , having appeared with her in several television shows including Wood and Walters -LRB- 1981 -RRB- , Victoria Wood As Seen on TV -LRB- 1985 -- 1987 -RRB- , Pat and Margaret -LRB- 1994 -RRB- and Dinnerladies -LRB- 1998 -- 2000 -RRB- . She has won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress four times , for My Beautiful Son -LRB- 2001 -RRB- , Murder -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , The Canterbury Tales -LRB- 2003 -RRB- and as Mo Mowlam in Mo -LRB- 2010 -RRB- . She also starred in A Short Stay in Switzerland in 2009 , which won her an International Emmy for Best Actress . In 2006 , she came fourth in ITV 's poll of the public 's 50 Greatest TV stars in Britain . In 2008 , she released her autobiography titled That 's Another Story .