Mottram, James (14 May 2001). "Julie Walters: An actress in her prime". The Guardian. London, UK . Retrieved 3 April 2010. In 2020, Walters starred with Colin Firth in The Secret Garden (2020). [43] Also in 2020, Walters featured as the narrator for ITV documentary For the Love of Britain. [44]

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. The two first worked together in the 1978 theatre revue In at the Death, followed by the television adaptation of Wood's play Talent.

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In 2014, Walters portrayed Mrs. Bird, the Browns' housekeeper, in the critically acclaimed Paddington (2014). [37] Walters reprised her role for the sequel, Paddington 2 (2017), which has also received universal acclaim. [38] [39] Upon the 2014 release of Paddington, Walters designed a "Primrose"-themed Paddington Bear statue, which was located in Primrose Hill (one of 50 placed around London), with the statues auctioned to raise funds for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). [40] Walters, Julie (2008). That's Another Story: The Autobiography. Orion Publishing Co. p.1. ISBN 978-0-297-85206-3. Channel 4 commissions brand new gripping drama, Truelove, starring Julie Walters and Clarke Peters". channel4.com/press. 16 May 2022 . Retrieved 6 June 2022. a b c d e "Julie Walters' best film performances – ranked!". The Guardian . Retrieved 30 October 2020. They went on to appear in their own Granada Television series, Wood and Walters, in 1982. They continued to perform together frequently over the years. The BAFTA-winning BBC follow-up, Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, featured one of Walters's best-known roles, Mrs Overall, in Wood's parodic soap opera, Acorn Antiques (she later appeared in the musical version, and received an Olivier Award nomination for her efforts).

Performing Women: Stand-ups, Strumpets and Itinerants, by Alison Oddey, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, p. 305 Maher, Kevin (19 October 2020). "Julie Walters: 'I don't want to work again . . . unless there's a Mamma Mia 3' | Times2". The Times . Retrieved 15 March 2021. Julie Walters Pulls Out Of Channel 4 Drama 'Truelove' Due To Ill Health, Replaced By Lindsay Duncan". Deadline. 28 February 2023 . Retrieved 2 March 2023. Walters has won eight BAFTAs, six competitive awards plus two honorary awards. The first honorary award was a special BAFTA that she received at a tribute evening in 2003, before receiving the BAFTA Fellowship in 2014. [67]Walters, Julie (2008). That's Another Story: The Autobiography. Orion Publishing Co. p.100. ISBN 978-0-297-85206-3. The basic premise – that education means choice – still matters today, the world over. And not just for women, but for all of us." Goldbart, Max (28 February 2023). "Julie Walters Pulls Out Of Channel 4 Drama 'Truelove' Due To Ill Health, Replaced By Lindsay Duncan". Deadline . Retrieved 11 March 2023. Hugh Grant at world premiere of 'Paddington 2' (VIDEO)". Malay Mail. 7 November 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017 . Retrieved 2 December 2017.

TV tonight: the Abominable Snow Baby is the Christmas telly we deserve". The Guardian. 25 December 2021 . Retrieved 13 November 2022. Walters later told interviewer Alison Oddey about her early schooling, "I was never going to be academic, so [my mother] suggested that I try teaching or nursing. [...] I'd been asked to leave school, so I thought I'd better do it." [10] Her first job was in insurance at the age of 15. [11] 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. [12] She decided to leave nursing and went on to study acting at the newly-established Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre (now Manchester School of Theatre). 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. [13] Career [ edit ] 1971–1979: Career beginnings [ edit ] Walters played Molly Weasley, the matriarch of the Weasley family, in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011). Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the only film in the series not to have included Walters. In 2003, the BBC voted her portrayal of Molly as the "second-best screen mother." [21]Julie Walters and Willy Russell: how we made Educating Rita". The Guardian . Retrieved 30 October 2020.

The book took 10 years to write, on and off (some years Walters would only write a few paragraphs). It's not her first book. When she was pregnant with her daughter, she wrote a book about her experience. "It was just gags, really," she says. "I was so terrified of all the pregnancy books I'd read and I felt like, 'I've done this wrong already and she's not even born.' So I wrote a little diary about it." On 25 December 2021, Channel 4 aired The Abominable Snow Baby, in which Walters appeared as Granny, providing her voice for the animated television short film. [45] [46] St Chads Hospital". Bhamb14.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 . Retrieved 15 January 2016. Saner, Emine (13 October 2006). "It was like being videoed making love". The Guardian. London, UK . Retrieved 3 April 2010.Over 50 Life Insurance TV advert". Lv.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2012 . Retrieved 15 January 2016.