Julie Walters

Personal context

Summary

Julie Walters is a British actor known for Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine, Billy Elliot and the Harry Potter films. Her roles often mix comedy and drama, with recurring portrayals of working-class women, mothers and older women. She has spoken about ageism in film and television and the shortage of central roles for older women. A patron of Women’s Aid since 2004, she has campaigned to protect local refuge services from funding cuts and joined a march against the Iraq War; no public record of DEI affiliations or party campaigning is on record.