Natural inside Smethwick, West Midlands, England, Walters first became called a occasional partner of comedienne Victoria Wood. Their series, Wood & Walters, appeared within television in 1982, and it keep close at hand continued to perform together oftentimes above a years. One of Julie Walters' right-known roles is when "Mrs Overall" inside Wood's charade soap opera, Acorn Antiques.

Her foremost good acting role in TV was in the classic Boys from the Blackstuff in 1980, and she broke into films by owning her arresting Academy Award nominated and BAFTA Best Actress award winning performance opposite Michael Caine in Educating Rita (1983), a role she experienced created on the West End stage.

Julie Walters has won many acting awards, & was mass produced an OBE in 1999 for her services to the theatre. Inside 2001, she won a Laurence Olivier award for her performance in Arthur Miller's All The Sons. She received her 2nd BAFTA for her supporting role when a ballet teacher within Billy Elliot (2000). She typically plays older women, & within 2002 she won the BAFTA Television Better Actress award for her performance when Paul Reiser's mother in Our Beautiful Boy. Walters too played Molly Weasley in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' (2004).

Within 2004 Walters starred as a widow determined to produce a select few proficient appear of her hubby's demise from either cancer within Calendar Girls, which also starred Dame Helen Mirren, and inside 2005 Walters againside starred as an inspirational real-life figure in Ahead of the Class.

Partial Filmography
Driving Lessons (2006) Wah-Wah (2005) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Calendar Girls (2003) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) Billy Elliot (2000) Oliver Twist (1999) (miniseries) Dinnerladies (1998) (TV series) Intimate Relations (1996) Sister My Sister (1994) Buster (1988) Prick Up Your Ears (1987) Personal Services (1987) Talking Heads (1987) (miniseries) Acorn Antiques (1986) (TV series) Educating Rita (1983) Boys from the Blackstuff'' (1982) (miniseries)