Julie Walters

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 20012011 as Molly Weasley Calendar Girls 2003 WahWah 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 Dont 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 19851987 Pat and Margaret 1994 and Dinnerladies 19982000 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 ITVs poll of TVs 50 Greatest Stars as part of ITVs 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