Julie Walters, sometimes known as Dame Julia Mary Walters, is an English actress. Throughout her career, she has won various honors, including a Laurence Olivier Award, a Golden Globe Award, two International Emmy Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, and two British Academy Film Awards.
With her depiction as Mo Mowlam, the late MP and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in a Channel 4 drama in 2010, she proceeded to play a variety of roles. Walters overcome his physical limitations to give a performance that was hailed widely.
In 2012, she voiced a character in Pixar’s “Brave,” made an appearance in “The Hollow Crown” for BBC Two, and worked with LV= to market life insurance for individuals over 50.
The Royal National Theatre’s “The Last of the Haussmans” and the West End’s 60th-anniversary staging of Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” both featured Walters in theatrical plays.
She played Mrs. Bird in the critically acclaimed movie “Paddington” in 2014, and she returned to the role in “Paddington 2” in 2017.
Her other prominent roles include those in the romantic drama movie “Brooklyn” (2015) and the British drama series “Indian Summers” (2015), for which she received a BAFTA nomination.
Additionally, Walters played Ellen in “Mary Poppins Returns” (2018) and provided the voice of Lexi Decoder for Channel 4 during the 2016 Paralympics.
Julie Walters has had a long and successful career, displaying her acting flexibility and winning praise for her work in a variety of contexts.
Julie Walters Movies and TV Shows
- Entertainment Tonight
- The Graham Norton Show
- This Morning
- Indian Summers
- Late Night with Conan O’Brien
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
- Who Do You Think You Are?
- National Treasure
- Absolutely Fabulous
- Dinnerladies
- Play for Today
- This Is Your Life
- Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest Airport
- The Jonathan Ross Show
- 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
- Wood and Walters
- Boys from the Blackstuff
- Very British Problems
- Screen One
- G.B.H.
- Screen Two
- Late Night with David Letterman
- Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
- The One Show
- Mo
- BBC2 Playhouse
- Richard & Judy
- The Hollow Crown
- The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
- The Naked Truth
- Jake’s Progress
Julie Walters Health
In 2018, Walters received an advanced bowel cancer diagnosis. The 73-year-old legendary stage and film actor was given an advanced colon cancer diagnosis in 2018. In an interview she gave in 2020, she discussed her experience with cancer and shared that she had been given the all-clear. She also stated that she felt like a “different person” following the diagnosis.
Julie Walters Characters
- Molly Weasley
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - Mrs. Bird
Paddington - Mrs. Overall
Victoria Wood’s Mid Life Christmas - Mrs. Wilkinson
Billy Elliot - Mrs. Holland
The Ruby in the Smoke - Mickybo’s Ma
Mickybo and Me - Mrs. Peachum
Mack the Knife - Mrs. Austen
Becoming Jane - Mrs. Medlock
The Secret Garden - Mrs. Kehoe
Brooklyn - Madame Danzard
Sister My Sister - Sheila Fitzpatrick
Strange Relations - Elsie Orton
Prick Up Your Ears - Bernie McPhelimy
Titanic Town - Diana Longden
Wide-Eyed and Legless - Gwen Traherne
Wah-Wah - Miss Montague
Gnomeo & Juliet - Bo Beaumont / Mrs. Overall
Victoria Wood’s Midlife Christmas - Mallymkun
Dreamchild - Princess Zasyekin
Lover’s Prayer - Marjorie Beasley
Intimate Relations - Mistress Quickly
The Hollow Crown - Lizzie Hunt
The Return - Mrs. Capstan
Requiem Apache - Miss Gideon
Bathtime - Maureen Hardcastle
Brazen Hussies - Woman in Waiting Room
Me! I’m Afraid of Virginia Woolf - Julie Diadoni
Jake’s Progress: Original Start - Mrs. Morgan
BBC2 Playhouse - Angie Todd
Boys from the Blackstuff - Jean Watson
Empire Road - Rosie
Mamma Mia! - Jacqueline Spong
Car Trouble