Harriet Walter

Personal Info

Birthday

September 24, 1950

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

هریت والتر

Harriet Walter

Biography

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 the 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.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Black Mirror

Silo

Downton Abbey

The Crown

Succession

Call the Midwife

Ted Lasso

Filmography

2024
And Mrs.
as Lord Chief Justice Amanda Vaughn
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
as Self
The House of Bernarda Alba
as Bernarda Alba
2023
Osborne House: A Royal Retreat
as Self - Narrator (voice)
On The Line
as Shirley
2022
Your Christmas or Mine?
as Iris
Burial
as Anna Marshall
2021
The Last Duel
as Nicole de Carrouges
Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
as Duchess of Marlborough
2020
Herself
as Peggy
2019
Rocketman
as Helen Piena
2018
My Dinner with Hervé
as Baskin
The Tempest
as Prospero
Henry IV
as Henry IV
Julius Caesar
as Brutus
2017
The Sense of an Ending
as Margaret Webster
2016
Mindhorn
as Richard's Agent
Denial
as Vera Reich
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Performer
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Dr. Kalonia
Man Up
as Fran Patterson
Suite Française
as Viscountess Montmort
2014
The Mysterious Mr Webster
as Self - Interviewee
2012
The Domino Effect
as Ann
The Door
as Woman with Sorrowful Eyes
The Wedding Video
as Alex
A Royal Affair
as Augusta - Prinsesse af Wales
2009
From Time to Time
as Lady Gresham
Chéri
as La Loupiote
The Young Victoria
as Queen Adelaide
A Short Stay in Switzerland
as Clare
Morris: A Life with Bells On
as Professor Compton Chamberlayne
2008
Broken Lines
as Leah
Ballet Shoes
as Dr. Smith
Abraham's Point
as Pani Nemeth
2007
Atonement
as Emily Tallis
2006
Babel
as Lilly
Chromophobia
as Penelope Aylesbury
2003
Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster
as Mary Wollstonecraft
Bright Young Things
as Lady Maitland
2002
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
as Mary Ann Evans / George Eliot
Villa Des Roses
as Olive Burrell
2001
Macbeth
as Lady Macbeth
1999
Onegin
as Madame Larina
1998
Bedrooms and Hallways
as Sybil
The Governess
as Mrs. Cavendish
1997
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
as Julia Comstock
1996
The Leading Man
as Liz Flett
1995
Sense and Sensibility
as Fanny Ferrars Dashwood
1994
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
as Charlotte
1993
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
as Narrator (voice)
The Maitlands
as Mrs. Dorothy Maitland
The Hour of the Pig
as Jeannine Martin
1991
They Never Slept
as Amelia Cleverly
1990
May Fools
as Lily
1985
Turtle Diary
as Harriet Sims
The Good Father
as Emmy Hooper
1984
Reflections
as Ottilie Garinger
Amy
as Amy Johnson
1981
The Cherry Orchard
as Varya