Harriet Walter
Acting

Harriet Walter

September 24, 1950 (75 years old) London, England, UK

Also known as: هریت والتر

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 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).

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Known For

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997 • TV

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997 • TV

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

2010 • TV

Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

2012 • TV

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015 • Movie

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

1995 • Movie

Movie Credits (50)

Acting

2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Dr. Kalonia

1995

Sense and Sensibility

as Fanny Ferrars Dashwood

2007

Atonement

as Emily Tallis

2016

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

as Self - Performer

1993

The Hour of the Pig

as Jeannine Martin

1990

May Fools

as Lily

2009

The Young Victoria

as Queen Adelaide

2006

Babel

as Lilly

2024

The House of Bernarda Alba

as Bernarda Alba

2003

Bright Young Things

as Lady Maitland

2023

On The Line

as Shirley

1985

Turtle Diary

as Harriet Sims

2009

From Time to Time

as Lady Gresham

2018

My Dinner with Hervé

as Baskin

2015

Suite Française

as Viscountess Montmort

2016

Mindhorn

as Richard's Agent

1984

Reflections

as Ottilie Garinger

2002

Villa Des Roses

as Olive Burrell

2008

Ballet Shoes

as Dr. Smith

Late in Summer

TV Credits (51)

Acting

1997

Midsomer Murders

as Margaret Winstanley

1 episodes

1997

Midsomer Murders

as Diana Davenport

1 episodes

2010

Downton Abbey

as Lady Shackleton

4 episodes

2012

Call the Midwife

as Sister Ursula

3 episodes

2016

The Crown

as Clemmie Churchill

6 episodes

2023

Silo

as Martha Walker

20 episodes

2018

Succession

as Lady Caroline Collingwood

7 episodes

2020

Ted Lasso

as Deborah

4 episodes

1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1 episodes

2004

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Duchess

1 episodes

2018

Killing Eve

as Dasha Duzran

8 episodes

2002

Spooks

as Deep Throat

1 episodes

1987

Inspector Morse

as Dr. Esther Martin

1 episodes

2001

Waking the Dead

as Annie Keel

2 episodes

1985

Screen Two

as Amelia Cleverly

1 episodes

1991

Performance

as Dorothy Maitland

1 episodes

1996

Dalziel & Pascoe

1 episodes

2015

Wolf Hall

as Margaret Pole

1 episodes

2019

The Spanish Princess

as Margaret Beaufort

8 episodes

2009

Law & Order: UK

as Natalie Chandler

39 episodes

Crew

2025

Brian and Maggie

Executive Producer

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
September 24, 1950 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Popularity
1.9

Career Stats

50
Movies
51
TV Shows