Harriet Walter

Cast

Harriet Walter

Acting

Known for

Acting

Born

1950-09-24

From

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Harriet Walter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Shelter
7.6
MOVIE2026

Shelter

as Prime Minister Fordham

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
7.2
MOVIE2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Dr. Kalonia

Atonement
7.6
MOVIE2007

Atonement

as Emily Tallis

Babel
7.2
MOVIE2006

Babel

as Lilly

The Last Duel
7.4
MOVIE2021

The Last Duel

as Nicole de Carrouges

Sense and Sensibility
7.4
MOVIE1995

Sense and Sensibility

as Fanny Ferrars Dashwood

Rocketman
7.3
MOVIE2019

Rocketman

as Helen Piena

Suite Française
7.2
MOVIE2015

Suite Française

as Viscountess Montmort

The Young Victoria
7.2
MOVIE2009

The Young Victoria

as Queen Adelaide

Denial
6.8
MOVIE2016

Denial

as Vera Reich

Man Up
6.6
MOVIE2015

Man Up

as Fran Patterson

The Sense of an Ending
6.4
MOVIE2017

The Sense of an Ending

as Margaret Webster

Mindhorn
6.1
MOVIE2016

Mindhorn

as Richard's Agent

Bright Young Things
6.3
MOVIE2003

Bright Young Things

as Lady Maitland

A Royal Affair
7.3
MOVIE2012

A Royal Affair

as Augusta - Prinsesse af Wales

Bedrooms and Hallways
6.1
MOVIE1998

Bedrooms and Hallways

as Sybil

Onegin
6.1
MOVIE1999

Onegin

as Madame Larina

Hard Times
7.7
MOVIE1994

Hard Times

as Rachel

Chromophobia
5.2
MOVIE2006

Chromophobia

as Penelope Aylesbury

My Dinner with Hervé
6.3
MOVIE2018

My Dinner with Hervé

as Baskin

Herself
6.7
MOVIE2020

Herself

as Peggy

The Leading Man
5.0
MOVIE1996

The Leading Man

as Liz Flett

And Mrs.
5.4
MOVIE2024

And Mrs.

as Lord Chief Justice Amanda Vaughn

Chéri
6.1
MOVIE2009

Chéri

as La Loupiote

Ballet Shoes
6.4
MOVIE2008

Ballet Shoes

as Dr. Smith

The Governess
5.8
MOVIE1998

The Governess

as Mrs. Cavendish

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
7.2
MOVIE2016

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

as Self - Performer

Your Christmas or Mine?
6.4
MOVIE2022

Your Christmas or Mine?

as Iris

Burial
5.4
MOVIE2022

Burial

as Anna Marshall

Keep the Aspidistra Flying
6.0
MOVIE1997

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

as Julia Comstock

From Time to Time
6.3
MOVIE2009

From Time to Time

as Lady Gresham

The Hour of the Pig
6.1
MOVIE1993

The Hour of the Pig

as Jeannine Martin

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
7.6
MOVIE2024

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

as Self

National Theatre Live: The House of Bernarda Alba
4.5
MOVIE2024

National Theatre Live: The House of Bernarda Alba

as Bernarda Alba

The Good Father
5.6
MOVIE1985

The Good Father

as Emmy Hooper

May Fools
6.9
MOVIE1990

May Fools

as Lily

Macbeth
6.6
MOVIE2001

Macbeth

as Lady Macbeth

Turtle Diary
6.3
MOVIE1985

Turtle Diary

as Harriet Sims

Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
MOVIE2021

Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius

as Duchess of Marlborough

Late in Summer
MOVIETBA

Late in Summer

The Wedding Video
5.5
MOVIE2012

The Wedding Video

as Alex

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
4.0
MOVIE2002

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

as Mary Ann Evans / George Eliot

A Short Stay in Switzerland
6.9
MOVIE2009

A Short Stay in Switzerland

as Clare

Amy
8.3
MOVIE1984

Amy

as Amy Johnson

The Cherry Orchard
7.0
MOVIE1981

The Cherry Orchard

as Varya

On The Line
5.6
MOVIE2023

On The Line

as Shirley

The Maitlands
MOVIE1993

The Maitlands

as Mrs. Dorothy Maitland

Broken Lines
3.5
MOVIE2008

Broken Lines

as Leah

Morris: A Life with Bells On
6.5
MOVIE2009

Morris: A Life with Bells On

as Professor Compton Chamberlayne

The Domino Effect
5.0
MOVIE2012

The Domino Effect

as Ann

Benefactors
2.0
MOVIE1989

Benefactors

Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
8.5
MOVIE1993

Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II

as Narrator (voice)

Reflections
5.3
MOVIE1984

Reflections

as Ottilie Garinger

They Never Slept
MOVIE1991

They Never Slept

as Amelia Cleverly

The Door
MOVIE2012

The Door

as Woman with Sorrowful Eyes

The Imitation Game
7.8
MOVIE1980

The Imitation Game

Villa Des Roses
5.2
MOVIE2002

Villa Des Roses

as Olive Burrell

The Price
MOVIE1985

The Price

as Frances Carr

La nuit miraculeuse
7.0
MOVIE1989

La nuit miraculeuse

Abraham's Point
4.0
MOVIE2008

Abraham's Point

as Pani Nemeth

Henry IV
MOVIE2018

Henry IV

as Henry IV

Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster
9.0
MOVIE2003

Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster

as Mary Wollstonecraft

Julius Caesar
8.5
MOVIE2018

Julius Caesar

as Brutus

Osborne House: A Royal Retreat
MOVIE2023

Osborne House: A Royal Retreat

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Tempest
MOVIE2018

The Tempest

as Prospero

Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks
MOVIE2021

Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks

as Jo Patterson

A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
3.7
MOVIE1994

A Man You Don't Meet Every Day

as Charlotte

Margot & Rudi
MOVIETBA

Margot & Rudi

The Mysterious Mr Webster
6.0
MOVIE2014

The Mysterious Mr Webster

as Self - Interviewee

Brian and Maggie
6.0
MOVIE2025

Brian and Maggie

as Margaret Thatcher

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