Dame Julie Walters DBE
Born	Julia Mary Walters (1950-02-22) 22 February 1950 (age 74) Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, U.K.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1972–present
Spouse	Grant Roffey ​ (m. 1997)​
Partner(s)	Pete Postlethwaite (1974–1979)
Children	1
Website	Web

Dame Julia Mary Walters DBE (born 22 February 1950) is a British actress, known professionally as Julie Walters. She was born at St Chad's Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, which was then the hospital covering Smethwick, Staffordshire. Her movie roles include the title role in Educating Rita, June Edwards in Buster, Molly Weasley in the Harry Potter series and Sandra Wilkinson in Billy Elliot. She has also acted on television and on stage, and was a long-time collaborator with Victoria Wood. She trained as a nurse before entering acting.

Walters starred as Mrs. Bird in Paddington and Paddington 2.

In February 2020, Walters said she was diagnosed and successfully treated for stage-3 bowel cancer in 2019.^[1]

• (London debut) Irene Tinsley, Funny Peculiar, Mermaid Theatre, then Garrick Theatre, London, 1976
• Vera, Breezeblock Park, Mermaid Theatre, then Whitehall Theatre, London, 1977
• Irene Goodnight, Flaming Bodies, ICA Theatre, London, 1979
• Rita, Educating Rita, Royal Shakespeare Company, London, 1980
• Having a Ball, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1981
• Dotty, Jumpers, Royal Exchange Manchester, 1984
• Fool for Love, Royal National Theatre, London, 1984–85
• Macbeth, Leicester Haymarket Theatre, 1985
• When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout, Whitehall Theatre, 1986
• Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Comedy Theatre, 1989
• Serafina, The Rose Tattoo, Playhouse, London, 1991
• All My Sons, Royal National Theatre, 2000
• Acorn Antiques: The Musical, 2005
• Also appeared in The Taming of the Shrew, produced in Liverpool, England; and in Jumpers, Royal Exchange; performed with *Everyman Theatre, Liverpool and Bristol Old Vic.

Julie Walters has won 7 BAFTA Awards, (including a special BAFTA that she received at a tribute evening in 2003) a Golden Globe, an Olivier, two International Emmys and has been nominated for two Academy Awards.

• Julie Walters on IMDb

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