Julie Walters Achievements

  • 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