Julie Walters Bio | Wiki
Julie Walters is a renowned English actress and recipient of four British Academy Television Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two International Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Fellowship, and a Golden Globe. She has also been nominated for an Academy Award: once for Best Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress. In 2017, she was made a Dame (DBE) for services to drama.
She is known for her role in Educating Rita and appeared in films like Prick Up Your Ears, Stepping Out, Sister My Sister, Girls’ Night, Titanic Town, and Billy Elliot to mention a few. Walters also appeared in The Harry Hill Movie, Paddington and its 2017 sequel, Brooklyn, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, and Mary Poppins Returns. Further, she collaborated regularly with Victoria Wood on Wood and Walters, Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, Pat and Margaret, and dinner ladies.
Four times, she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her roles in My Beautiful Son, Murder, The Canterbury Tales, and Mo. Also, she received the International Emmy Award for Best Actress for her role in A Short Stay in Switzerland. In addition, the British public voted Walters fourth in ITV’s poll of TV’s 50 Greatest Stars in 2006.
Julie Walters Age
She was born on February 22, 1950, in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. Walters is 73 years old.
Julie Walters Height
She is a woman of below-average stature. Walters stands at a height of 5 ft 3 in (Approx 1.60 m).
Julie Walters Family
She was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England to supportive parents. Walters holds British nationality and her parents are Thomas Walters, an English builder and decorator, and Mary Bridget, an Irish Catholic postal clerk from County Mayo. Thomas Walters, her paternal grandfather was a veteran of the Second Boer War and was killed in action in World War I in June 1915 while serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. She is the third to survive birth out of five children.
Julie Walters Husband
She married her loving partner Grant Roffey in 1997. She began her relationship with Grant a patrolman for the AA, began in 1985 after a chance meeting in a Fulham pub. Grant was later invited to repair Walters’ washing machine. The two became parents of their only all-grown daughter Maisie Mae Roffey born on April 26, 1988. The two reside on an organic farm operated by Roffey near Plaistow, West Sussex. Additionally, she is a lifelong supporter of West Bromwich Albion Football Club and patron of the domestic violence survivors’ charity Women’s Aid.
Julie Walters Education
She studied at St Paul’s School for Girls in Edgbaston and later at Holly Lodge Grammar School for Girls in Smethwick. Walters trained as a student nurse at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham when she was 18. However, she left nursing and went on to study acting at the newly-established Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre. Further, she worked for the Everyman Theatre Company in Liverpool in the mid-1970s.
Julie Walters Movies
Walters has appeared in numerous movies, some of which include:
- Educating Rita as Susan “Rita” White in 1983.
- Personal Services as Christina Painter in 1987
- Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother as Judith in 1989
- Just like a Woman as Monica in 1992
- Intimate Relations as Marjorie Beasley in 1996
- Titanic Town as Bernie McPhelimy in 1998
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone as Molly Weasley in 2001
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Molly Weasley in 2002
- Wah-Wah asGwen Traherne in 2005
- Becoming Jane as Mrs Austen in 2007
- Gnomeo and Juliet as Miss Montague in 2011
- The Harry Hill Movie as Harry’s Nan in 2013
- Brooklyn as Mrs Kehoe in 2015
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Rosie in 2018
- Wild Rose as Marion in 2019
- The Secret Garden as Mrs Medlock in 2020
- The Abominable Snow Baby as Granny in 2021
Julie Walters Harry Potter
Walters appeared in the Harry Potter series from 2001 to 2011. She played the role of Molly Weasley, the matriarch of the Weasley family. Molly is the mother of seven children, including Ron Weasley, who becomes Harry Potter’s best friend. She is introduced in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone when she kindly tells Harry how to cross the barrier through Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. Additionally, she has appeared in The Philosopher’s Stone, the Chamber of Secrets, the Prisoner of Azkaban, the Order of the Phoenix, the Half-Blood Prince, the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, and The Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
Julie Walters Billy Elliot
She starred in a 2000 British coming-of-age comedy-drama film, Billy Elliot as Sandra Wilkinson. The movie is about a working-class boy who discovers a passion for ballet while his father objects, based on negative stereotypes of male ballet dancers.
Mamma Mia Julie Walters
Walters appeared in the film version of Mamma Mia!, playing Rosie Mulligan in June 2008. Rosie is Donna’s other former bandmate, an unmarried, and fun-loving author. Moreover, the film is based on the songs of the pop group ABBA, with additional music composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson.
Julie Walters Illness | Health
In 2018, she was diagnosed with stage III bowel cancer and had surgery and chemotherapy. Walters then entered remission and had to be cut from certain scenes in The Secret Garden and also had to miss the premiere of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. However, she did not announce her illness to the public until February 2020.
Julie Walters Net Worth
As an actress, she has attained decent fortune from acting. Walters’s net worth is $4 Million.
How Old Is Julie Walters
Walters is 73 years old born on February 22, 1950, in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England.
Who Is Julie Walters Daughter
Walters and Grant Roffey has a daughter Maisie Mae Roffey, born on April 26, 1988.
How Much Is Julie Walters Worth
Walters has an estimated net worth of $4 Million attained from her acting career.
Is Julie Walters Married
Walters is married to Grant Roffey in 1997. The two reside on an organic farm operated by Roffey near Plaistow, West Sussex. They have a daughter, Maisie Mae Roffey.