Cast & creator
Julie Walters
Best known for The Graham Norton Show, The One Show, Golden Globe Awards
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.
Also known as: Julia Mary Walters, Julia Walters, Dame Julia Mary Walters
112
film credits
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television credits
181
1944–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (181)
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The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Host / Winner
1944
Play for Today
Valery (Night Nurse)
1970
Wogan
Self
1982
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Mrs Weasley
2001
Screen Two
Monica
1985Screen Two
Mavis
1985
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Molly Weasley
2002
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Molly Weasley
2004
Natural World
Narrator
1983
GMTV
Self
1993
Playhouse
Mrs. Morgan
1974
Omnibus
1967
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Molly Weasley
2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Molly Weasley
2011Film '72
Self
1971
Parkinson
Self
1998
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Molly Weasley
2009
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Molly Weasley
2010
An Audience with...
Self
1978
The Oscars
Self
1953
Brave
The Witch (voice)
2012
Parkinson
Self - Guest
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Screen One
Diana Longden
1989Screen One
Alice
1989Screen One
Pat
1989
Mamma Mia!
Rosie Mulligan
2008
Paddington 2
Mrs. Bird
2017
Paddington in Peru
Mrs. Bird
2024
The Hollow Crown
Mistress Quickly
2012
Paddington
Mrs. Bird
2014
Mary Poppins Returns
Ellen
2018
Gnomeo & Juliet
Miss Montague (voice)
2011
The Queen's Corgi
The Queen (voice)
2019
Moley
Mrs. Moley (voice)
2021
Killing Dad
Judith
1989
Indian Summers
Cynthia Coffin
2015
Theatre Night
Lulu
1985
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Rosie
2018
dinnerladies
Petula
1998
Boys from the Blackstuff
Angie Todd
1982Second City Firsts
Terry
1973
The Secret Garden
Mrs. Medlock
2020
Comedy Connections
2003
National Treasure
Marie Finchley
2016
Billy Elliot
Mrs Wilkinson
2000
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Gran (voice)
2013
Victoria Wood
Nicola
1989Victoria Wood
Joy-Ann
1989Victoria Wood
Pam
1989
A Life on Screen
Self
2014
Canterbury Tales
Beth Craddock
2003
The Jury
Emma Watts Q.C.
2002
Brooklyn
Madge Kehoe
2015Split Screen
1986
Sherlock Gnomes
Mrs. Montague (voice)
2018
This Morning
Self - Guest
1988
One Chance
Yvonne
2013
Becoming Jane
Mrs. Austen
2007
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Bella Turner
2017
Calendar Girls
Annie Clarke
2003
Oliver Twist
Mrs. Mann
1999
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
Pauline Mole
1985
Melissa
Paula Hepburn
1997
G.B.H.
Mrs. Murray
1991
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
Narrator (voice)
2015
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
Wild Rose
Marion
2019
Objects of Affection
June Potter
1982Love and Marriage
Bonnie
1984
Talking Heads
Marjory
1988Talking Heads
Lesley
1988
Effie Gray
Margaret Cox Ruskin
2014Friday People
1985Artsnight
Self
2015
Dinnerladies Diaries
Self
2018
Empire Road
Jean Watson
1978
Acorn Antiques
Mrs Overall
1985
Screenplay
Julie
1979Screenplay
Frances
1979
Sister My Sister
Madame Danzard
1994
Prick Up Your Ears
Elsie Orton
1987
The Legend of Mor'du
The Witch (voice)
2012
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
Self
2006Open Space
1983
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Self
2011
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Molly Weasley (archive footage)
2011
Educating Rita
Rita Susan White
1983
Driving Lessons
Evie Walton
2006
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
Murder
Angela Maurer
2002
The Ruby in the Smoke
Mrs. Holland
2006
Wood and Walters
1982
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Monica
1993
Dreamchild
Dormouse (voice)
1985
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Narrator (voice)
2015
The Harry Hill Movie
Nan
2013
Acorn Antiques
Mrs. Overall
1987
Wah-Wah
Gwen Traherne
2005
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
Mrs. Elizabeth Moley / Queen (voice)
2019
Jake's Progress
Julie Diadoni
1995
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1985
Personal Services
Christine Painter
1987
We Know Where You Live. Live!
Self
2001
Brazen Hussies
Maureen Hardcastle
1996
There's Something About Romcoms
Narrator (voice)
2016
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
2021
Girls' Night
Jackie Simpson
1998
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Mary Whitehouse
2008
All Forgotten
Princess Zasyekin
2001
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
Narrator (voice)
2020
Stepping Out
Vera
1991
Just Like a Woman
Monica
1992
Club Havana
Terry
1975Julie Walters and Friends
1991
Mickybo and Me
Mickybo's Ma
2005
A Short Stay in Switzerland
Dr. Anne Turner
2009
Very British Problems
Narrator (voice)
2015
Occupy!
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
1976
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Self (uncredited)
1984
National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans
Judy Haussman
2012The Queen and Us
Narrator (voice)
2022
Happy Since I Met You
Frances
1981
The Abominable Snow Baby
Granny
2021
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
2012
Buster
June Edwards
1988
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (Not Bingo Nights)
2006
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Diana Longden
1993
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Self
1994
Chefs' Burnt Bits
Narrator (voice)
2020
Days at the Beach
Mrs Morgan
1981
Coastal Railways with Julie Walters
Self - Host
2017
For The Love Of Britain
Narrator (voice)
2020
Nearly a Happy Ending
Julie
1980
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Various Characters
2000
Mo
Mo Mowlam
2010
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
1995The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
Self - Narrator
2020
Mack the Knife
Mrs. Peachum
1989
Ahead of the Class
Marie Stubbs
2005
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Self
2016
Pat and Margaret
Pat
1994
Julie Walters and Friends
1991
Strange Relations
Sheila Fitzpatrick
2001
Intimate Relations
Marjorie
1996The Glass Box
Self (archival footage)
1985
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
Fairy Godmother
1998
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Self - Questioner
1988
Becoming Victoria Wood
Self (Archive Interview) (Voice)
2026
Victoria Wood Screenplays
1979
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Self
2016
Thora Hird Tribute
Self, June Potter
2003
Bathtime
Miss Gideon
1997
The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)
Narrator (voice)
2016
Requiem Apache
Mrs. Capstan
1994
She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
Fran
1984
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Debbie
1978
Titanic Town
Bernie McPhelimy
1998
The Return
Izzie
2003
New Zealand by Train
Narrator (voice)
2022
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Woman in waiting room
1978
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Narrator (voice)
2021
Talking Heads 2
1998
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Self
2020
Weasels: Feisty and Fearless
Narrator (voice)
2019
Before You Go
Teresa
2002
Intensive Care
Valery
1982
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
Self - Good Fun Cast Member
1980
Unfair Exchanges
Mavis
1984
What Would Julie Do?
Julie
Talking Heads
1988
Car Trouble
Jacqueline
1986
The Birthday Party
Lulu
1987
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
Narrator (voice)
2022
Bambino Mio
Alice
1994
Talent
Julie
1979
Say Something Happened
June Potter
1982