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Harriet Walter

Harriet Walter

Known For Acting
Birthday Sep 24, 1950 (75)
Birthplace London, England, UK
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Dame Harriet Mary Walter DBE (born 24 September 1950) is a British actress. She has received a Laurence Olivier Award as well as numerous nominations including for a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2011, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of th ... e British Empire (DBE) for services to drama. Walter began her career in 1974 and made her Broadway debut in 1983. For her work in various Royal Shakespeare Company productions, including Twelfth Night (1987–88) and Three Sisters (1988), she won the 1988 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival. Her other notable work for the RSC includes leading roles in Macbeth (1999) and Antony and Cleopatra (2006). She won the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth I in the 2005 London revival of Mary Stuart, and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play when she reprised the role on Broadway in 2009. She reprised her roles of Brutus in Julius Caesar (2012) and the title role in Henry IV (2014), as well as playing Prospero in The Tempest, as part of an all-female Shakespeare trilogy in 2016. Her film appearances include Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Governess (1998), Villa des Roses (2002), Atonement (2007), The Young Victoria (2009), A Royal Affair (2012), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Denial (2016), The Sense of an Ending (2017), Rocketman (2019) and Ridley Scott's The Last Duel (2021). On television she starred as Natalie Chandler in the ITV drama series Law & Order: UK (2009–14), in four episodes of Downton Abbey (2013–15), in the miniseries London Spy (2015), as Clementine Churchill in The Crown (2016), in Patrick Melrose (2018), and in the third season of Killing Eve (2020). She is a three-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee; two for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Succession (2018–21) and one for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Ted Lasso (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Harriet Walter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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And Mrs

And Mrs

2024

as Lord Chief Justice Amanda Vaughn

On The Line

On The Line

2023

as Shirley

Burial

Burial

2022

as Anna Marshall

The Last Duel

The Last Duel

2021

as Nicole de Carrouges

Herself

Herself

2020

as Peggy

Rocketman

Rocketman

2019

as Helen Piena

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

2018

as Brutus

My Dinner with Hervé

My Dinner with Hervé

2018

as Baskin

The Sense of an Ending

The Sense of an Ending

2017

as Margaret Webster

Denial

Denial

2016

as Vera Reich

Mindhorn

Mindhorn

2016

as Richard's Agent

Man Up

Man Up

2015

as Fran Patterson

Suite Française

Suite Française

2015

as Viscountess Montmort

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015

as Dr. Kalonia

The Door

The Door

2012

as Woman with Sorrowful Eyes

The Wedding Video

The Wedding Video

2012

as Alex

The Domino Effect

The Domino Effect

2012

as Ann

Morris: A Life with Bells On

Morris: A Life with Bells On

2009

as Professor Compton Chamberlayne

The Young Victoria

The Young Victoria

2009

as Queen Adelaide

From Time to Time

From Time to Time

2009

as Lady Gresham

Chéri

Chéri

2009

as La Loupiote

Abraham's Point

Abraham's Point

2008

as Pani Nemeth

Broken Lines

Broken Lines

2008

as Leah

Ballet Shoes

Ballet Shoes

2008

as Dr. Smith

Atonement

Atonement

2007

as Emily Tallis

Chromophobia

Chromophobia

2006

as Penelope Aylesbury

Babel

Babel

2006

as Lilly

Bright Young Things

Bright Young Things

2003

as Lady Maitland

Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster

Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster

2003

as Mary Wollstonecraft

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

2002

as Mary Ann Evans / George Eliot

Macbeth

Macbeth

2001

as Lady Macbeth

Onegin

Onegin

1999

as Madame Larina

The Governess

The Governess

1998

as Mrs. Cavendish

Bedrooms and Hallways

Bedrooms and Hallways

1998

as Sybil

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

1997

as Julia Comstock

The Leading Man

The Leading Man

1996

as Liz Flett

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

1995

as Fanny Ferrars Dashwood

A Man You Don't Meet Every Day

A Man You Don't Meet Every Day

1994

as Charlotte

Hard Times

Hard Times

1994

as Rachel

The Hour of the Pig

The Hour of the Pig

1993

as Jeannine Martin

The Maitlands

The Maitlands

1993

as Mrs. Dorothy Maitland

The Price

The Price

1985

as Frances Carr

The Good Father

The Good Father

1985

as Emmy Hooper

Turtle Diary

Turtle Diary

1985

as Harriet Sims

Amy

Amy

1984

as Amy Johnson

Reflections

Reflections

1984

as Ottilie Garinger

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

1981

as Varya

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Television Credits

Law & Order: UK

as Natalie Chandler

Episodes: 39

First Aired: Feb 23, 2009

Silo

as Martha Walker

Episodes: 20

First Aired: May 04, 2023

My Uncle Silas

as Pamela Farrell

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Oct 28, 2001

A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery

as Harriet Vane

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Mar 25, 1987

The End

as Edie Henley

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Feb 10, 2020

The Assets

as Jeanne Vertefeuille

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jan 02, 2014

Curfew

as Helen Newman

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Feb 22, 2019

The Spanish Princess

as Margaret Beaufort

Episodes: 8

First Aired: May 05, 2019

Killing Eve

as Dasha Duzran

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Apr 08, 2018

Succession

as Lady Caroline Collingwood

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Jun 03, 2018

This Is Going to Hurt

as Veronique

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Feb 08, 2022

The Crown

as Clemmie Churchill

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 04, 2016

Belgravia

as Caroline, Countess of Brockenhurst

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Mar 15, 2020

The Price

as Frances Carr

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jan 10, 1985

A Dance to the Music of Time

as Mildred

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 09, 1997

Ted Lasso

as Deborah

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Aug 14, 2020

Downton Abbey

as Lady Shackleton

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 26, 2010

Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant

as Elsie Leach

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 23, 2023

Hard Times

as Rachel

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 29, 1994

Messiah

as Professor Robb

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 26, 2001

Call the Midwife

as Sister Ursula

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 15, 2012

London

as Virginia Woolf

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 07, 2004

Waking the Dead

as Annie Keel

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 18, 2001

London Spy

as Claire

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 09, 2015

Heading Out

as Angela

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 26, 2013

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

as Queen Morag

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 07, 1999

Hunter

as ACC Jenny Griffin

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 18, 2009

Brian and Maggie

as Margaret Thatcher

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 29, 2025

Black Earth Rising

as Eve Ashby

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 10, 2018

Midsomer Murders

as Margaret Winstanley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1997

Girls On Top

as R.S.C. Actress 3

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 23, 1985

Performance

as Dorothy Maitland

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 22, 1991

Inspector Morse

as Dr. Esther Martin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 06, 1987

Spooks

as Deep Throat

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 13, 2002

The Cleaner

as Lisa

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 2021

Patrick Melrose

as Princess Margaret

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 12, 2018

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

as Muriel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 23, 2020

Ashenden

as Giulia Lazzari

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 17, 1991

By Any Means

as Sally Walker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2013

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Duchess

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 12, 2004

Documentary Now!

as Edwina

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 20, 2015

10 Days to War

as Anne Campbell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 10, 2008

Midsomer Murders

as Diana Davenport

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1997

Doctor Who

as Jo Patterson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 26, 2005

Screen Two

as Amelia Cleverly

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 06, 1985

Wolf Hall

as Margaret Pole

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 21, 2015

Unfinished Business

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Jan 24, 1998

London Spy

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Nov 09, 2015

Simon Schama's Shakespeare

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 22, 2012

Dalziel & Pascoe

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 16, 1996

Fairy Tales

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 2008

Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 02, 2017

Arthouse

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 26, 1997

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

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