Julie Walters

**Dame Julia Mary Walters** <small>DBE</small> (born 22 February 1950) is a British actress, known professionally as **Julie Walters**. She was born at St Chad's Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, which was then the hospital covering Smethwick, Staffordshire. Her movie roles include the title role in _Educating Rita_, June Edwards in _Buster_, Molly Weasley in the _Harry Potter_ series and Sandra Wilkinson in _Billy Elliot_. She has also acted on television and on stage, and was a long-time collaborator with Victoria Wood. She trained as a nurse before entering acting.

Walters starred as Mrs. Bird in _Paddington_ and _Paddington 2_.

In February 2020, Walters said she was diagnosed and successfully treated for stage-3 bowel cancer in 2019.

## Filmography

|Year(s)|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1975|_Second City Firsts_||TV: 1 episode||
|1977|_The Liver Birds_|Girl in surgery|TV: 1 episode||
|1978|_Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf_|Woman in waiting room|TV film||
|1978/1982|_Play for Today_|Debbie/Valerie|TV: 2 episodes||
|1979|_Empire Road_|Jean Watson|TV: 2 episodes||
|1979–1981|_Screenplay_|Frances/Julie|TV: 3 episodes||
|1980|_Nearly a Happy Ending_|Julie Stephens|TV film||
|1981|_Wood and Walters_|Various roles|TV||
|1981|_BBC2 Playhouse_|Mrs Morgan|TV: 1 episode||
|1982|_Boys from the Blackstuff_|Angie Todd|TV: 1 episode||
|1982|_Objects of Affection_|June Potter|TV: 1 episode||
|1983|_Educating Rita_|Susan "Rita" White|||
|1984|_Love and Marriage_|Bonnie|TV: 1 episode||
|1985|_She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas_|Fran|||
|1985|_Dreamchild_|Dormouse|Voice||
|1985|_The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾_|Pauline Mole|TV: 5 episodes||
|1985|_Car Trouble_|Jacqueline Spong|||
|1985–1986|_Victoria Wood As Seen On TV_|Various characters|TV: 13 episodes||
|1987|_Personal Services_|Christina Painter|||
|1987|_Prick Up Your Ears_|Elsie Orton|||
|1987|_Theatre Night_|Lulu|TV: 1 episode||
|1986–1987|_Acorn Antiques_||TV: 6 episodes||
|1988|_Talking Heads_|Lesley|TV: 1 episode: "Her Big Chance"||
|1988|_Buster_|June Edwards|||
|1988|_Mack the Knife_||||
|1989|_Victoria Wood_|Various roles|TV: 3 episodes||
|1990|_Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother_|Judith|||
|1991|_Julie Walters and Friends_|Herself/Various roles|TV||
|1991|_G.B.H._||TV: 7 episodes||
|1991|_Stepping Out_|Vera|||
|1992|_Just Like a Woman_|Monica|||
|1992|_Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast_|Various roles|TV||
|1985/1993|_Screen Two_|Mavis / Monica|TV: 2 episodes||
|1993|_Screen One_|Diana Longden|TV: 1 episode||
|1994|_Bambino Mio_|Alice|TV film||
|1994|_Sister My Sister_|Madame Danzard|||
|1994|_Pat and Margaret_|Pat|TV||
|1994|_Requiem Apache_|Mrs Capstan|TV film||
|1995|_Jake's Progress_|Julie Diadoni|TV: 6 episodes||
|1995|_Little Red Riding Hood_|Little Red Riding Hood / Grandma|||
|1996|_Intimate Relations_|Marjorie Beasley|||
|1996|_Brazen Hussies_|Maureen Hardcastle|TV film||
|1997|_Bathtime_|Miss Gideon|||
|1997|_Melissa_|Paula Hepburn|TV: 5 episodes||
|1998|_Jack and the Beanstalk_|Fairy Godmother|TV film||
|1998|_Girls' Night_|Jackie Simpson|||
|1998|_Titanic Town_|Bernie McPhelimy|||
|1998|_Talking Heads 2_|Marjory|TV: 1 episode: "The Outside Dog"||
|1998–2000|_Dinnerladies_|Petula|TV: 9 episodes||
|1999|_Oliver Twist_||TV: 4 episodes||
|2000|_Billy Elliot_||||
|2000|_All Forgotten_||||
|2001|_My Beautiful Son_|Sheila Fitzpatrick|TV||
|2001|_Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone_|Molly Weasley|||
|2002|_Murder_|Angela Maurer|TV: 4 episodes||
|2002|_Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets_|Molly Weasley|||
|2002|_Before You Go_|Theresa|||
|2003|_Calendar Girls_|Annie|||
|2003|_The Return_|Lizzie Hunt|TV||
|2003|_The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath_|Beth|TV||
|2004|_Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban_|Molly Weasley|||
|2004|_Mickybo and Me_|Mickybo's Ma|||
|2005|_Wah-Wah_|Gwen Traherne|||
|2005|_Ahead of the Class_|Marie Stubbs|TV||
|2006|_Driving Lessons_|Evie Walton|||
|2006|_The Ruby in the Smoke_||TV||
|2007|_Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix_|Molly Weasley|||
|2007|_Becoming Jane_||||
|2008|_Mamma Mia!_|Rosie|||
|2008|_Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story_|Mary Whitehouse|TV||
|2009|_Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_|Molly Weasley|||
|2009|_A Short Stay in Switzerland_||TV||
|2009|_Victoria Wood's Mid Life Christmas_|Bo Beaumont/Mrs. Overall|TV||
|2010|_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1_|Molly Weasley|||
|2010|_Mo_|Mo Mowlam|TV||
|2011|_Gnomeo and Juliet_||(voice)||
|2011|_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2_|Molly Weasley|||
|2011|_The Jury_|Emma Watts|TV||
|2012|_Brave_|Witch|(voice) In pre-production||
|2012|_Henry IV, Part I and Part II_|Mistress Quickly|TV films||
|2012|_Thread of Evidence_|Betty Beesom|Filming||

## Theatre

- (London debut) Irene Tinsley, _Funny Peculiar_, Mermaid Theatre, then Garrick Theatre, London, 1976
- Vera, _Breezeblock Park_, Mermaid Theatre, then Whitehall Theatre, London, 1977
- Irene Goodnight, _Flaming Bodies_, ICA Theatre, London, 1979
- Rita, _Educating Rita_, Royal Shakespeare Company, London, 1980
- _Having a Ball_, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1981
- Dotty, _Jumpers_, Royal Exchange Manchester, 1984
- _Fool for Love_, Royal National Theatre, London, 1984–85
- _Macbeth_, Leicester Haymarket Theatre, 1985
- _When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout_, Whitehall Theatre, 1986
- _Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune_, Comedy Theatre, 1989
- Serafina, _The Rose Tattoo_, Playhouse, London, 1991
- _All My Sons_, Royal National Theatre, 2000
- _Acorn Antiques: The Musical_, 2005
- Also appeared in _The Taming of the Shrew_, produced in Liverpool, England; and in _Jumpers_, Royal Exchange; performed with *Everyman Theatre, Liverpool and Bristol Old Vic.

## Awards

|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Year|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Work|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Role|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Awards|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1983|_Educating Rita_|Susan White|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress|||||
|rowspan="2"|2001|_Billy Elliot_|Georgia Wilkinson|BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role||||
|_All My Sons_|Kate Keller|Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress||||||
|2002|_My Beautiful Son_|Sheila Fitzpatrick|British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|||||
|2003|_Murder_|Angela Maurer|British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|||||
|2004|_Canterbury Tales_|Beth|British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|||||
|2009|_A Short Stay in Switzerland_|Dr Anne Turner|International Emmy Award for Best Actress|||||
|2010|rowspan="2"|_Mo_|rowspan="2"|Mo Mowlam|British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|||
|2011|International Emmy Award for Best Actress|||||||
Julie Walters has won 7 BAFTA Awards, (including a special BAFTA that she received at a tribute evening in 2003) a Golden Globe, an Olivier, two International Emmys and has been nominated for two Academy Awards.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Dame Julie Walters
- **post-nominals**: DBE
- **image**: Julie Walters 2014 (cropped).jpg
- **birth name**: Julia Mary Walters
- **birth place**: Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, U.K.
- **occupation**: Actress
- **years active**: 1972–present
- **children**: 1
- **partner**: Pete Postlethwaite
(1974–1979)
- **website**: [http://www.juliewalters.org/ Web]