Julie Walters

Born in Birmingham, Julie Walters became a nurse before joining a Liverpool theatre group. Since then she has been nominated for an Oscar for Educating Rita, having made the part her own on stage and starred in Billy Elliot. She is Mrs Weasley in the Harry Potter films and co-starred with Helen Mirren in Calendar Girls. Versatile enough to appear both as Mrs Overton in her friend Victoria Wood’s Acorn Antiques as well as the sexy wife of Bath in the BBC’s adaptation of The Canterbury Tales, she is one of Britain’s best-loved actresses. Previous titles include: Maggie’s Tree, Baby Talk, Julie Walters Is An Alien.