![]() ![]() They continued to perform together frequently over the years. ![]() They went on to appear in their own Granada Television series, Wood and Walters, in 1982. The two first worked together in the 1978 theatre revue In at the Death, followed by the television adaptation of Wood's play Talent. Walters first received notice as the occasional partner of comedian Victoria Wood, whom she had originally met in 1971 when Wood auditioned at the School of Theatre in Manchester. She worked for the Everyman Theatre Company in Liverpool in the mid-1970s, alongside several other notable performers and writers such as Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite, Jonathan Pryce, Willy Russell, and Alan Bleasdale. She decided to leave nursing and went on to study theatre at Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama (now Manchester School of Theatre). At the age of 18, she trained as a student nurse at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham she worked on the ophthalmic, casualty, and coronary care wards during the 18 months she spent there. I'd been asked to leave school, so I thought I'd better do it." Her first job was in insurance at the age of 15. Walters later told interviewer Alison Oddey about her early schooling, "I was never going to be academic, so suggested that I try teaching or nursing. She said in 2014 that it was "heaven when went to an ordinary grammar school", although she was asked to leave at the end of her lower sixth because of her "high jinks". The youngest of five children and the third to survive birth, Walters had an early education at St Paul's School for Girls in Edgbaston and later at Holly Lodge Grammar School for Girls in Smethwick. Walters and her family lived at 69 Bishopton Road in the Bearwood area of Smethwick, Staffordshire. Her paternal grandfather Thomas Walters was a veteran of the Second Boer War, and was killed in action in World War I in June 1915 while serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment he is commemorated at the Le Touret Memorial in France. According to the BBC genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are?, her maternal ancestors played an active part in the 19th-century Irish Land War. Julia Mary Walters was born on 22 February 1950 at St Chad's Hospital in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, the daughter of Mary Bridget (née O'Brien), an Irish Catholic postal clerk from County Mayo, and Thomas Walters, an English builder and decorator. Walters was made a Dame (DBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to drama. She starred in A Short Stay in Switzerland (2009), which won her an International Emmy for Best Actress. In 2006, the British public voted Walters fourth in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars as part of ITV's 50th anniversary celebrations. Walters and Helen Mirren are the only actresses to have won this award three consecutive times, and Walters is tied with Judi Dench for the most nominations in the category with seven. She has won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress four times, more than any other actress, for My Beautiful Son (2001), Murder (2002), The Canterbury Tales (2003), and her portrayal of Mo Mowlam in Mo (2010). On television, Walters collaborated with Victoria Wood they appeared together on several television shows, including Wood and Walters (1981), Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985–1987), Pat and Margaret (1994), and dinnerladies (1998–2000). On stage, she won a Olivier Award for Best Actress for the 2001 revival of All My Sons. She has appeared in a number of films, including Personal Services (1987), Stepping Out (1991), Sister My Sister (1994), Billy Elliot (2000), the Harry Potter series (2001–2011) as Molly Weasley (except Goblet of Fire), Calendar Girls (2003), Wah-Wah (2005), Driving Lessons (2006), Becoming Jane (2007), Mamma Mia! (2008) and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), Brave (2012), Paddington (2014) and its 2017 sequel, Brooklyn (2015), Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018). Walters rose to prominence playing the title role in Educating Rita (1983), a role which she originated in West End theatre. Walters has been nominated twice for an Academy Award: once for Best Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress. She is the recipient of four British Academy Television Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two International Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Fellowship, and a Golden Globe. Dame Julia Mary Walters DBE (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress, author, and comedian.
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