Julie Walters Net Worth

What is Julie Walters's Net Worth?

Dame Julie Walters is an English actress and author who has a net worth of $2 million. Julie Walters is known for her performances in such films as "Educating Rita," "Prick Up Your Ears," "Stepping Out," "Billy Elliot," and the films in the "Harry Potter," "Mamma Mia!," and "Paddington" series. She has also appeared on many television programs, including "Wood and Walters," "Dinnerladies," and "Mo," as well as on stage in such plays as "Fool for Love," "The Rose Tattoo," and "All My Sons."

Early Life and Education

Julie Walters was born on February 22, 1950 in the suburb of Edgbaston in Birmingham, England to Mary and Thomas. Her Irish mother was a postal clerk and her English father was a builder and decorator. The youngest of five children and the third to survive birth, Walters was raised in Smethwick. She attended St Paul's School of Girls in Edgbaston before attending Holly Lodge Grammar School for Girls in Smethwick. However, due to her misbehavior, Walters was asked to leave the latter school. When she was 18, she began training as a student nurse at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. Walters did this for a year-and-a-half before deciding to pursue her acting career. She subsequently studied acting at the newly created Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre.

Television Career

Walters began her television career in 1975 with a role in an episode of the anthology series "Second City Firsts." At the end of the decade, she guest-starred on "Empire Road" and appeared in the television film adaptation of Victoria Wood's play "Talent." Walters and Wood collaborated on numerous other projects over the ensuing years. In 1980, they reprised their roles from "Talent" in the sequel "Nearly a Happy Ending," and in 1981 they debuted their sketch comedy show "Wood and Walters." Also in 1981, Walters starred in Wood's ITV film "Happy Since I Met You." The next year, Walters gained recognition for her role in the BBC2 series "Boys from the Blackstuff." In 1985, she starred in the ITV adaptation of Sue Townsend's book "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾," and also reunited with Wood for her new BBC2 sketch comedy series "Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV." At the end of the decade, Walters co-starred with Wood in a series of one-off sitcoms on BBC1. In the first half of the 1990s, she starred in the Channel 4 series "G.B.H." and co-starred with Victoria Wood in the television film "Pat and Margaret" on BBC1. Later in the decade, Walters appeared in the television films "Little Red Riding Hood," "Brazen Hussies," and "Jack and the Beanstalk," and began playing Petula Gordeno on Victoria Wood's sitcom "Dinnerladies." That show concluded in 2000. Meanwhile, Walters was in the 1999 ITV serial adaptation of "Oliver Twist."

In 2002, Walters starred in the four-part BBC Two crime drama "Murder" and the television film "My Beautiful Son." She won BAFTA TV Awards for both. The next year, Walters starred in the second episode of the BBC One series "Canterbury Tales," based on Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th-century anthology. For her performance in the episode "The Wife of Bath," Walters won another BAFTA TV Award. She went on to star in the 2005 ITV film "Ahead of the Class," portraying real-life headmistress Marie Stubbs. Walters followed that with roles in more television films, including "The Ruby in the Smoke," "Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story," and "A Short Stay in Switzerland." For her work in the lattermost film, Walters won an International Emmy Award. She won another International Emmy for her portrayal of politician Mo Mowlam in the 2010 television film "Mo," as well as a BAFTA TV Award, her fourth overall. After that, Walters appeared in the series "The Jury" and "The Hollow Crown." From 2015 to 2016, she starred in the series "Indian Summers," and in the latter year she starred opposite Robbie Coltrane in the four-part Channel 4 drama "National Treasure." Walters mostly focused on television documentaries after that, hosting "Coastal Railways with Julie Walters" in 2017 and narrating "Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport" in 2019. She went on to narrate the documentaries "For the Love of Britain" (2020) and "The Queen: 70 Glorious Years" (2022).

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Film Career

Walters made her debut on the big screen playing the titular Liverpudlian hairdresser in the 1983 film "Educating Rita." She starred opposite Michael Caine, reprising her role from the stage play. A substantial hit, the film earned Walters a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and an Academy Award nomination. She next starred in the comedies "She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas" and "Car Trouble," and lent her voice to the drama "Dreamchild." In 1987, Walters played the lead role in Terry Jones's "Personal Services" and had a supporting role in Stephen Frears's "Prick Up Your Ears." The former earned her a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actress. Her final films of the decade were "Buster," "Mack the Knife," and "Killing Dad." In the early 1990s, Walters appeared in the musical comedy "Stepping Out" and the dramedy "Just Like a Woman." Over the rest of the decade, she starred in "Sister My Sister," "Intimate Relations," "Girls' Night," and "Titanic Town." Kicking off the 2000s, Walters played ballet teacher Mrs. Wilkinson in "Billy Elliot," a performance that earned her her second BAFTA Award and second Academy Award nomination. She next played Molly Weasley in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," the first film in the "Harry Potter" series. Walters would go on to reprise her role in all but one of the seven sequels through 2011.

Walters appeared in many other films during her time in the "Harry Potter" series, including "Before You Go," "Calendar Girls," "Mickybo and Me," "Wah-Wah," "Driving Lessons," and "Becoming Jane." She also acted alongside Meryl Streep in the 2008 film adaptation of the hit ABBA musical "Mamma Mia!," a role she would later reprise in the 2018 sequel "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again." Walters has appeared in some other notable franchises. She played housekeeper Mrs. Bird in "Paddington" (2014), "Paddington 2" (2017), and "Paddington in Peru" (2024), and voiced Miss Montague in the animated films "Gnomeo & Juliet" (2011) and "Sherlock Gnomes" (2018). Walters also had voice roles in "Brave," "Justin and the Knights of Valour," and "The Queen's Corgi." Among her other notable credits in the 2010s are the biopics "One Chance," "Effie Gray," and "Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool"; the musical comedy "The Harry Hill Movie"; the romantic period drama "Brooklyn"; the musical fantasy "Mary Poppins Returns"; and the musical drama "Wild Rose." In the early 2020s, Walters played Mrs. Medlock in Marc Munden and Jack Thorne's adaptation of "The Secret Garden."

Stage Career

In 1976, Walters made her West End debut in "Funny Peculiar." She next appeared on the West End in William Russell's play "Breezeblock Park" in 1977. Walters starred in another Russell play, "Educating Rita," in 1980. She earned her first Laurence Olivier Award nomination for her role, and later reprised her role in the 1983 film adaptation. Walters received her second Laurence Olivier Award nomination for her work in Sam Shepard's play "Fool for Love" in 1984. After that, she appeared in such plays as "Macbeth," "Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune," and "The Rose Tattoo." In 2000, Walters played Katie Keller in the National Theatre's revival of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons." For the play, she won her first Laurence Olivier Award. Walters earned her fourth overall nomination, and first for a musical, for her work in "Acorn Antiques: The Musical!" in 2005. Later, in 2012, she starred in "The Last of the Haussmans" at the National Theatre.

Books

Walters has authored some books, starting with "Baby Talk: The Secret Diary of a Pregnant Woman," which was published in 1990. She released her first novel, "Maggie's Tree," in 2007. That was followed by her autobiography "That's Another Story" in 2009.

Personal Life

In 1985, Walters began dating AA patrolman Grant Roffey after a chance meeting at a pub. They had a daughter, Maisie, in 1988, and got married in 1997. The couple resides on an organic farm near Plaistow in West Sussex.

In 2018, Walters was diagnosed with stage III bowel cancer. She underwent surgery and chemotherapy and entered remission. Walters publicly announced her illness in 2020, and also said that she would be stepping back from major acting roles.

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