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Julie Walters
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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 P…
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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.
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Julie Walters's Filmography
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Becoming Victoria Wood
as Self (Archive Interview) (Voice)
Paddington in Peru
as Mrs. Bird
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
as Narrator (voice)
The Abominable Snow Baby
as Granny
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
as Narrator (voice)
Chefs' Burnt Bits
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
as Self - Narrator
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
as Self
The Secret Garden
as Mrs. Medlock
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
as Narrator (voice)
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
as Mrs. Elizabeth Moley / Queen (voice)
Weasels: Feisty and Fearless
as Narrator (voice)
Wild Rose
as Marion
The Queen's Corgi
as The Queen (voice)
Mary Poppins Returns
as Ellen
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
as Rosie
Sherlock Gnomes
as Mrs. Montague (voice)
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
as Bella Turner
Paddington 2
as Mrs. Bird
The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)
as Narrator (voice)
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
as Self
There's Something About Romcoms
as Narrator (voice)
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
as Self
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
as Narrator (voice)
Brooklyn
as Madge Kehoe
Paddington
as Mrs. Bird
Effie Gray
as Margaret Cox Ruskin
The Harry Hill Movie
as Nan
One Chance
as Yvonne
Justin and the Knights of Valour
as Gran (voice)
The Legend of Mor'du
as The Witch (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans
as Judy Haussman
Brave
as The Witch (voice)
When Harry Left Hogwarts
as Self
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
as Molly Weasley (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Molly Weasley
Gnomeo & Juliet
as Miss Montague (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Molly Weasley
Mo
as Mo Mowlam
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Molly Weasley
A Short Stay in Switzerland
as Dr. Anne Turner
Mamma Mia!
as Rosie Mulligan
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
as Mary Whitehouse
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Molly Weasley
Becoming Jane
as Mrs. Austen
The Ruby in the Smoke
as Mrs. Holland
Driving Lessons
as Evie Walton
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
as Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (Not Bingo Nights)
Wah-Wah
as Gwen Traherne
Ahead of the Class
as Marie Stubbs
Mickybo and Me
as Mickybo's Ma
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Molly Weasley
The Return
as Izzie
Calendar Girls
as Annie Clarke
Thora Hird Tribute
as Self, June Potter
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Molly Weasley
Before You Go
as Teresa
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Mrs Weasley
Strange Relations
as Sheila Fitzpatrick
All Forgotten
as Princess Zasyekin
We Know Where You Live. Live!
as Self
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Various Characters
Billy Elliot
as Mrs Wilkinson
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
as Fairy Godmother
Talking Heads 2
Titanic Town
as Bernie McPhelimy
Girls' Night
as Jackie Simpson
Bathtime
as Miss Gideon
Brazen Hussies
as Maureen Hardcastle
Intimate Relations
as Marjorie
Little Red Riding Hood
as Little Red Riding Hood
Sister My Sister
as Madame Danzard
Requiem Apache
as Mrs. Capstan
Pat and Margaret
as Pat
Bambino Mio
as Alice
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
as Self
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
as Monica
Wide-Eyed and Legless
as Diana Longden
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Just Like a Woman
as Monica
Julie Walters and Friends
Stepping Out
as Vera
Mack the Knife
as Mrs. Peachum
Killing Dad
as Judith
An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self - Questioner
Buster
as June Edwards
Talking Heads
Acorn Antiques
as Mrs. Overall
The Birthday Party
as Lulu
Prick Up Your Ears
as Elsie Orton
Personal Services
as Christine Painter
Car Trouble
as Jacqueline
An Audience with Billy Connolly
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Dreamchild
as Dormouse (voice)
Unfair Exchanges
as Mavis
An Audience with Mel Brooks
as Self (uncredited)
She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
as Fran
Educating Rita
as Rita Susan White
Say Something Happened
as June Potter
Intensive Care
as Valery
Happy Since I Met You
as Frances
Days at the Beach
as Mrs Morgan
Nearly a Happy Ending
as Julie
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
as Self - Good Fun Cast Member
Talent
as Julie
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
as Debbie
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
as Woman in waiting room
Occupy!
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Club Havana
as Terry
What Would Julie Do?
as Julie