Julie Walters Biography
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Julia Mary Walters (born February 22, 1950)
is a British actress of Irish Catholic extraction, mainly associated
with comedy and character roles. She ranked first in a poll to find
Britain's most popular actress.
Born in Smethwick, West Midlands, England,
Walters first became known as the occasional partner of comedienne
Victoria Wood. Their series, Wood and Walters, appeared on television in
1982, and they have continued to perform together frequently over the
years. One of Julie Walters' best-known roles is as "Mrs Overall" in
Wood's spoof soap opera, Acorn Antiques.
Her first serious acting role on TV was in
the classic Boys from the Blackstuff in 1980, and she broke into films
with her sensational Academy Award nominated and BAFTA Best Actress
award winning performance opposite Michael Caine in Educating Rita
(1983), a role she had created on the West End stage.
Julie Walters has won numerous acting
awards, and was made an OBE in 1999 for her services to the theatre. In
2001, she won a Laurence Olivier award for her performance in Arthur
Miller's All My Sons. She received her second BAFTA for her supporting
role as the ballet teacher in Billy Elliot (2000). She often plays older
women, and in 2002 she won the BAFTA Television Best Actress award for
her performance as Paul Reiser's mother in My Beautiful Son. Walters
also played Molly Weasley in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
(2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002),Harry Potter and
the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and in the upcoming Harry Potter and the
Order of the Phoenix (2007).
In 2004 Walters starred as a widow
determined to make some good come out of her husband's death from cancer
in Calendar Girls, which also starred Dame Helen Mirren, and in 2005
Walters again starred as an inspirational real-life figure in Ahead of
the Class.
Partial Filmography
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(2007)
Driving Lessons (2006)
Wah-Wah (2005)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(2004)
Calendar Girls (2003)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(2002)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
(2001)
Billy Elliot (2000)
Oliver Twist (1999) (miniseries)
Dinnerladies (1998) (TV series)
Intimate Relations (1996)
Sister My Sister (1994)
Buster (1988)
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
Personal Services (1987)
Talking Heads (1987) (miniseries)
Acorn Antiques (1986) (TV series)
Educating Rita (1983)
Boys from the Blackstuff (1982)
(miniseries)
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