Acting · Smethwick, England, UK · Born February 22, 1950
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.
MovieEyes Behind the Lens
2026
as Voice (Uncredited, Archive)
MovieBecoming Victoria Wood
2026
as Self (Archive Interview) (Voice)
MoviePaddington in Peru
2024
as Mrs. Bird
The Queen and Us
2022
as Narrator (voice)
TVNew Zealand by Train
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Queen: 70 Glorious Years
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Abominable Snow Baby
2021
as Granny
TVMoley
2021
as Mrs. Moley (voice)
MovieParkinson at 50
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
as Narrator (voice)
MovieChefs' Burnt Bits
2020
as Narrator (voice)
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
2020
as Self - Narrator
TVFor The Love Of Britain
2020
as Narrator (voice)
MovieVictoria Wood In Her Own Words
2020
as Self
MovieThe Secret Garden
2020
as Mrs. Medlock
MovieThe National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
2020
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMaster Moley by Royal Invitation
2019
as Mrs. Elizabeth Moley / Queen (voice)
MovieWeasels: Feisty and Fearless
2019
as Narrator (voice)
MovieWild Rose
2019
as Marion
MovieThe Queen's Corgi
2019
as The Queen (voice)
MovieMary Poppins Returns
2018
as Ellen
MovieMamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018
as Rosie
MovieSherlock Gnomes
2018
as Mrs. Montague (voice)
TVDinnerladies Diaries
2018
as Self
TVCoastal Railways with Julie Walters
2017
as Self - Host
MovieFilm Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
as Bella Turner
MoviePaddington 2
2017
as Mrs. Bird
MovieThe Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)
2016
as Narrator (voice)
TVNational Treasure
2016
as Marie Finchley
MovieRoald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016
as Self
MovieThere's Something About Romcoms
2016
as Narrator (voice)
MovieLet's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016
as Self
MovieA Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MovieBrooklyn
2015
as Madge Kehoe
TVVery British Problems
2015
as Narrator (voice)
TVBritain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Artsnight
2015
as Self
TVIndian Summers
2015
as Cynthia Coffin
TVA Life on Screen
2014
as Self
MoviePaddington
2014
as Mrs. Bird
MovieEffie Gray
2014
as Margaret Cox Ruskin
MovieThe Harry Hill Movie
2013
as Nan
MovieOne Chance
2013
as Yvonne
MovieJustin and the Knights of Valour
2013
as Gran (voice)
MovieThe Legend of Mor'du
2012
as The Witch (voice)
MovieNational Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans
2012
as Judy Haussman
TVVictoria Wood's Short Term Memories
2012
TVThe Hollow Crown
2012
as Mistress Quickly
MovieBrave
2012
as The Witch (voice)
MovieWhen Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
as Self
Movie50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
2011
as Molly Weasley (archive footage)
MovieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Molly Weasley
MovieGnomeo & Juliet
2011
as Lady Montague (voice)
MovieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Molly Weasley
MovieMo
2010
as Mo Mowlam
MovieVictoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
MovieHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
as Molly Weasley
MovieA Short Stay in Switzerland
2009
as Dr. Anne Turner
MovieMamma Mia!
2008
as Rosie Mulligan
MovieFilth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
2008
as Mary Whitehouse
MovieHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Molly Weasley
MovieBecoming Jane
2007
as Mrs. Austen
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MovieThe Ruby in the Smoke
2006
as Mrs. Holland
TVMore Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006
as Self
MovieDriving Lessons
2006
as Evie Walton
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
MovieAcorn Antiques: The Musical
2006
as Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (Not Bingo Nights)
MovieWah-Wah
2005
as Gwen Traherne
MovieAhead of the Class
2005
as Marie Stubbs
MovieMickybo and Me
2005
as Mickybo's Ma
TVWho Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
MovieHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
as Molly Weasley
MovieThe Return
2003
as Izzie
TVCanterbury Tales
2003
as Beth Craddock
MovieCalendar Girls
2003
as Annie Clarke
TVComedy Connections
2003
MovieThora Hird Tribute
2003
as Self, June Potter
MovieHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Molly Weasley
TVDawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
MovieBefore You Go
2002
as Teresa
TVMurder
2002
as Angela Maurer
TVThe Jury
2002
as Emma Watts Q.C.
MovieHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
as Molly Weasley
MovieStrange Relations
2001
as Sheila Fitzpatrick
MovieAll Forgotten
2001
as Princess Zasyekin
MovieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters
MovieBilly Elliot
2000
as Mrs Wilkinson
TVOliver Twist
1999
as Mrs. Mann
MovieJack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
1998
as Fairy Godmother
TVdinnerladies
1998
as Petula
MovieTalking Heads 2
1998
MovieTitanic Town
1998
as Bernie McPhelimy
MovieGirls' Night
1998
as Jackie Simpson
TVParkinson
1998
as Self
TVMelissa
1997
as Paula Hepburn
MovieBathtime
1997
as Miss Gideon
MovieBrazen Hussies
1996
as Maureen Hardcastle
MovieIntimate Relations
1996
as Marjorie
MovieLittle Red Riding Hood
1995
as Little Red Riding Hood
TVJake's Progress
1995
as Julie Diadoni
MovieSister My Sister
1994
as Madame Danzard
MovieRequiem Apache
1994
as Mrs. Capstan
MoviePat and Margaret
1994
as Pat
MovieBambino Mio
1994
as Alice
MovieMichael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994
as Self
MovieThe Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
as Monica
MovieWide-Eyed and Legless
1993
as Diana Longden
TVGMTV
1993
as Self
MovieVictoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
MovieJust Like a Woman
1992
as Monica
MovieJulie Walters and Friends
1991
Julie Walters and Friends
1991
MovieStepping Out
1991
as Vera
TVG.B.H.
1991
as Mrs. Murray
TVVictoria Wood
1989
as Joy-Ann
MovieMack the Knife
1989
as Mrs. Peachum
TVScreen One
1989
as Diana Longden
MovieKilling Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989
as Judith
MovieAn Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self - Questioner
TVThis Morning
1988
as Self - Guest
MovieBuster
1988
as June Edwards
MovieTalking Heads
1988
TVTalking Heads
1988
as Lesley
MovieAcorn Antiques
1987
as Mrs. Overall
MovieThe Birthday Party
1987
as Lulu
MoviePrick Up Your Ears
1987
as Elsie Orton
MoviePersonal Services
1987
as Christine Painter
Split Screen
1986
MovieCar Trouble
1986
as Jacqueline
MovieAn Audience with Billy Connolly
1985
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
MovieDreamchild
1985
as Dormouse (voice)
TVThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985
as Pauline Mole
TVTheatre Night
1985
as Lulu
The Glass Box
1985
as Self (archival footage)
MovieUnfair Exchanges
1985
as Mavis
TVVictoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
TVAcorn Antiques
1985
as Mrs Overall
TVScreen Two
1985
as Monica
Friday People
1985
MovieAn Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
as Self (uncredited)
Love and Marriage
1984
as Bonnie
MovieShe'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
1984
as Fran
TVNatural World
1983
as Narrator
Open Space
1983
MovieEducating Rita
1983
as Rita Susan White
MovieSay Something Happened
1982
as June Potter
TVObjects of Affection
1982
as June Potter
MovieIntensive Care
1982
as Valery
TVBoys from the Blackstuff
1982
as Angie Todd
TVWogan
1982
as Self
TVWood and Walters
1982
MovieHappy Since I Met You
1981
as Frances
MovieDays at the Beach
1981
as Mrs Morgan
MovieNearly a Happy Ending
1980
as Julie
MovieProfiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
1980
as Self - Good Fun Cast Member
TVVictoria Wood Screenplays
1979
MovieTalent
1979
as Julie
TVScreenplay
1979
as Julie
MovieSoldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978
as Debbie
MovieMe! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
as Woman in waiting room
TVEmpire Road
1978
as Jean Watson
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
MovieOccupy!
1976
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
MovieClub Havana
1975
as Terry
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Mrs. Morgan
Second City Firsts
1973
as Terry
Film '72
1971
as Self
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Valery (Night Nurse)
TVOmnibus
1967
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Host / Winner
MovieWhat Would Julie Do?
as Julie
