- 2009: Returned to play Molly Weasley for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
- 2008: Featured in the film version of the ABBA musical "Mamma Mia!"
- 2007: Portrayed Jane Austin's mother in the period film, "Becoming Jane"
- 2006: Played the lead role in "Driving Lessons" alongside Rupert Grint (who played her son Ron in the Harry Potter series)
- 2005: Cast in Richard E. Grant's directorial debut, "Wah-Wah"
- 2004: Once again played Mrs Weasley in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
- 2003: Played a widow determined to make some good come out of her husband's death in "Calendar Girls"
- 2002: Reprised role of Molly Weasley for "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"
- 2001: Cast as Mrs Weasley in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
- 2000: Played the title character's supportive ballet teacher in "Billy Elliot"; earned a Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination
- 2000: Acted on the London stage in a revival of "All My Sons"
- 1999: Had featured role in the British TV remake of "Oliver Twist"
- 1998: Played Victoria Wood's mother in the British comedy series "Dinnerladies"
- 1998: Offered a strong performance as a 1970s Belfast housewife who tries to negotiate a peace in "Titanic Town"
- 1997: Had featured role in the British TV series "Melissa"
- 1996: Co-starred with Rupert Graves in "Intimate Relations"
- 1994: Garnered praise for her performance in "Sister, My Sister"
- 1993: Starred in British TV-movie "Wide-Eyed and Legless" (released in the US as "The Wedding Gift")
- 1992: Headlined her own British TV special "Julie Walters and Friends"
- 1991: Played Robert Lindsay's mother on the Channel 4 series "GBH"
- 1991: First American, opposite Liza Minnelli in "Stepping Out"
- 1991: Starred opposite Ken Stott in the West End revival of "The Rose Tattoo"
- 1989: Had lead role in British stage production of "Frankie and Johnnie in the Clair de Lune"
- 1985: Played the mother in the British TV series "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole"
- 1985: Member of the British variety series "Victoria Wood As Seen On TV"
- 1984: Appeared opposite Ian Charleson in British stage production of "Fool for Love"
- 1983: Reprised stage role for the film version of "Educating Rita"; earned first Best Actress Academy Award nomination
- 1982: Co-starred with Victoria Wood in the Granada TV series "Wood and Walters"
- 1982: Cast on the BBC2 comedy-drama "Boys from the Black Stuff"
- 1980: Appeared on the West End production of "Educating Rita"
- 1979: Early TV appearance in the British series "Screenplay"
- 1976: Made London stage debut in "Funny Peculiar"
- Stage debut in the Liverpool production of "The Taming of the Shrew"
- Joined Everyman Theatre in Liverpool
- Joined Granada's Stable Theatre for one year after finishing at Manchester Polytechnic



