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Julie Walters
Birth at
22 February 1950
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British actress Julie Walters was born on February 22, 1950. Parents from childhood tried to pacify the mischievous character of the girl, so she was sent to a monastery school, and then transferred to the secondary school for girls Holly Lodge. The strict rules did not affect Julie’s personality: she had to leave school due to her noisy behavior, and never finished the full course of study. At the age of 18, she decided to become a nurse and went on an internship at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Studying
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British actress Julie Walters was born on February 22, 1950. Parents from childhood tried to pacify the mischievous character of the girl, so she was sent to a monastery school, and then transferred to the secondary school for girls Holly Lodge. The strict rules did not affect Julie’s personality: she had to leave school due to her noisy behavior, and never finished the full course of study.
At the age of 18, she decided to become a nurse and went on an internship at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Studying medicine at the University of Manchester, Julie realized that she still wants to connect her life with the acting craft, so soon she focused on studying dramatic art and English.
In 1974, she made her debut in The Taming of the Shrew on the stage of the Liverpool Theatre Everyman.
Julie Walters became recognizable after working with Victoria Wood, a comedy actress with whom she had known since university. After several successful roles in the theater, the actress created her own sketch show “Wood and Walters”, it was followed by the television series Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, for which Julie was nominated for the prestigious BAFTA-TV award. The same nomination in 1982 marked the play of the actress in the TV series “Boys from Blackstaff”.
A breakthrough for her was the main role in the adaptation of the play
"Raising Rita" from a play by Willie Russell. For the image created on the screen, Walters was nominated for an Oscar and noted with Golden Globe and BAFTA awards.
After that, the actress starred in many films, including “Intimate Services”, “Buster”, “Go Forward”, “Close Relationships”.
In 2000, she was again nominated for an Oscar for her participation in the film.
Billy Eliot . But international popularity and love brought her the role of Molly Weasley in the films about Harry Potter. Starting with the first film
"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" She portrayed the mother of a large family of wizards.