Harriet Walter

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1950-09-24 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

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. Her other notable work for the RSC includes leadi...

Acting

2006

Babel

as Lilly

1990

May Fools

as Lily

2003

Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster

as Mary Wollstonecraft

2007

Atonement

as Emily Tallis

2014

The Mysterious Mr Webster

as Self - Interviewee

2022

Burial

as Anna Marshall

1996

The Leading Man

as Liz Flett

1985

The Good Father

as Emmy Hooper

2021

2006

Chromophobia

as Penelope Aylesbury

1993

The Hour of the Pig

as Jeannine Martin

2002

Villa Des Roses

as Olive Burrell

2023

On The Line

as Shirley

1998

The Governess

as Mrs. Cavendish

2001

Macbeth

as Lady Macbeth

2009

Chéri

as La Loupiote

1984

Reflections

as Ottilie Garinger

1991

They Never Slept

as Amelia Cleverly

2015

Suite Française

as Viscountess Montmort

2008

Ballet Shoes

as Dr. Smith

1994

Hard Times

as Rachel

2002

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

as Mary Ann Evans / George Eliot

1995

Sense and Sensibility

as Fanny Ferrars Dashwood

1993

The Maitlands

as Mrs. Dorothy Maitland

2024

And Mrs.

as Lord Chief Justice Amanda Vaughn

2015

Man Up

as Fran Patterson

2017

The Sense of an Ending

as Margaret Webster

2024

2012

A Royal Affair

as Augusta - Princess of Wales

2003

Bright Young Things

as Lady Maitland

2009

From Time to Time

as Lady Gresham

2009

The Young Victoria

as Queen Adelaide

1984

Amy

as Amy Johnson

1981

2016

Denial

as Vera Reich

2016

1985

Turtle Diary

as Harriet Sims

2016

Mindhorn

as Richard's Agent

1985

The Price

as Frances Carr

2018

Julius Caesar

as Brutus

2012

The Door

as Woman with Sorrowful Eyes

2019

Rocketman

as Helen Piena

1997

2009

Morris: A Life with Bells On

as Professor Compton Chamberlayne

2008

Abraham's Point

as Pani Nemeth

2021

The Last Duel

as Nicole de Carrouges

1999

Onegin

as Madame Larina

2018

Henry IV

as Henry IV

2018

The Tempest

as Prospero

2020

Herself

as Peggy

2023

Osborne House: A Royal Retreat

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2008

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