Julie Walters

Mrs. Wilkinson's (Julie Walters) zest for teaching is awakened by the title character of Universal's Billy Elliot - 2000

Biography

Born 02/22/1950

This feisty, forthright actress with a tart essence first came to attention in her Oscar-nominated turn opposite Michael Caine in "Educating Rita" (1983). Instantly beloved by audiences after the film, in which she played an adult hairdresser who goes against her husband, family and the class...
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Awards

  • In 2001, received London Critics Circle Film Award for British Actress of the Year
  • In 2001, received BAFTA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
  • In 2001, received Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress

Highlights

  • In 2009, Returned to play Molly Weasley for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
  • In 2008, Featured in the film version of the ABBA musical "Mamma Mia!"
  • In 2007, Portrayed Jane Austin's mother in the period film, "Becoming Jane"

Family & Companions

  • Pete Postlethwaite: worked together at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre
  • Maisie Roffey: daughter (Born c. 1988; father, Grant Roffey; suffered from leukemia in the early 1990s before the disease went into remission)
  • Mary Bridget: mother (Irish Catholic)

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