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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Shelter
Character:
Release Date:28/01/2026
And Mrs.
Character:Lord Chief Justice Amanda Vaughn
Release Date:20/09/2024
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Character:Self
Release Date:09/08/2024
The House of Bernarda Alba
Character:Bernarda Alba
Release Date:22/03/2024
Osborne House: A Royal Retreat
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:16/09/2023
On The Line
Character:Shirley
Release Date:15/05/2023
Your Christmas or Mine?
Character:Iris
Release Date:02/12/2022
Burial
Character:Anna Marshall
Release Date:02/09/2022
The Last Duel
Character:Nicole de Carrouges
Release Date:13/10/2021
Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
Character:Duchess of Marlborough
Release Date:10/10/2021
Herself
Character:Peggy
Release Date:26/11/2020
Rocketman
Character:Helen Piena
Release Date:17/05/2019
My Dinner with Hervé
Character:Baskin
Release Date:20/10/2018
Julius Caesar
Character:Brutus
Release Date:17/06/2018
Henry IV
Character:Henry IV
Release Date:17/06/2018
The Tempest
Character:Prospero
Release Date:17/06/2018
The Sense of an Ending
Character:Margaret Webster
Release Date:10/03/2017
Mindhorn
Character:Richard's Agent
Release Date:09/10/2016
Denial
Character:Vera Reich
Release Date:30/09/2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Character:Self - Performer
Release Date:23/04/2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Character:Dr. Kalonia
Release Date:15/12/2015
Man Up
Character:Fran Patterson
Release Date:29/05/2015
Suite Française
Character:Viscountess Montmort
Release Date:12/03/2015
The Mysterious Mr Webster
Character:Self - Interviewee
Release Date:24/05/2014
The Domino Effect
Character:Ann
Release Date:18/10/2012
The Door
Character:Woman with Sorrowful Eyes
Release Date:12/10/2012
The Wedding Video
Character:Alex
Release Date:17/08/2012
A Royal Affair
Character:Augusta - Prinsesse af Wales
Release Date:29/03/2012
From Time to Time
Character:Lady Gresham
Release Date:15/10/2009
Chéri
Character:La Loupiote
Release Date:08/04/2009
The Young Victoria
Character:Queen Adelaide
Release Date:04/03/2009
A Short Stay in Switzerland
Character:Clare
Release Date:25/01/2009
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Character:Professor Compton Chamberlayne
Release Date:09/01/2009
Broken Lines
Character:Leah
Release Date:02/09/2008
Ballet Shoes
Character:Dr. Smith
Release Date:26/08/2008
Abraham's Point
Character:Pani Nemeth
Release Date:01/01/2008
Atonement
Character:Emily Tallis
Release Date:27/02/2007
Babel
Character:Lilly
Release Date:26/10/2006
Chromophobia
Character:Penelope Aylesbury
Release Date:10/05/2006
Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster
Character:Mary Wollstonecraft
Release Date:07/12/2003
Bright Young Things
Character:Lady Maitland
Release Date:03/10/2003
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
Character:Mary Ann Evans / George Eliot
Release Date:01/11/2002
Villa Des Roses
Character:Olive Burrell
Release Date:27/02/2002
Macbeth
Character:Lady Macbeth
Release Date:01/01/2001
Onegin
Character:Madame Larina
Release Date:22/12/1999
Bedrooms and Hallways
Character:Sybil
Release Date:01/08/1998
The Governess
Character:Mrs. Cavendish
Release Date:31/07/1998
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Character:Julia Comstock
Release Date:20/11/1997
The Leading Man
Character:Liz Flett
Release Date:12/12/1996
Sense and Sensibility
Character:Fanny Ferrars Dashwood
Release Date:13/12/1995
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
Character:Charlotte
Release Date:09/11/1994
Hard Times
Character:Rachel
Release Date:29/04/1994
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:17/11/1993
The Maitlands
Character:Mrs. Dorothy Maitland
Release Date:13/11/1993
The Hour of the Pig
Character:Jeannine Martin
Release Date:25/09/1993
They Never Slept
Character:Amelia Cleverly
Release Date:20/01/1991
May Fools
Character:Lily
Release Date:24/01/1990
La nuit miraculeuse
Character:
Release Date:13/12/1989
Benefactors
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1989
Turtle Diary
Character:Harriet Sims
Release Date:06/12/1985
The Good Father
Character:Emmy Hooper
Release Date:01/11/1985
The Price
Character:Frances Carr
Release Date:10/01/1985
Reflections
Character:Ottilie Garinger
Release Date:01/04/1984
Amy
Character:Amy Johnson
Release Date:02/01/1984
The Cherry Orchard
Character:Varya
Release Date:13/10/1981
The Imitation Game
Character:
Release Date:24/04/1980
Television Appearances
Playing Gracie Darling
Character:
Brian and Maggie
Character:Margaret Thatcher
Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant
Character:Elsie Leach
Silo
Character:Martha Walker
This Is Going to Hurt
Character:Veronique
The Cleaner
Character:Lisa
Ted Lasso
Character:Deborah
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Character:Muriel
Belgravia
Character:Caroline, Countess of Brockenhurst
The End
Character:Edie Henley
The Spanish Princess
Character:Margaret Beaufort
Curfew
Character:Helen Newman
Black Earth Rising
Character:Eve Ashby
Succession
Character:Lady Caroline Collingwood
Patrick Melrose
Character:Princess Margaret
Killing Eve
Character:Dasha Duzran
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Character:Self
The Crown
Character:Clemmie Churchill
Flowers
Character:Hylda
London Spy
Character:Claire
Documentary Now!
Character:Edwina
Wolf Hall
Character:Margaret Pole
The Assets
Character:Jeanne Vertefeuille
By Any Means
Character:Sally Walker
Heading Out
Character:Angela
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
Character:
Call the Midwife
Character:Sister Ursula
Black Mirror
Character:Judith Keyworth
Downton Abbey
Character:Lady Shackleton
Law & Order: UK
Character:Natalie Chandler
Hunter
Character:ACC Jenny Griffin
10 Days to War
Character:Anne Campbell
Fairy Tales
Character:Charlotte Brooks
The One Show
Character:Self
Agatha Christie's Marple
Character:Duchess
London
Character:Virginia Woolf
Spooks
Character:Deep Throat
My Uncle Silas
Character:Pamela Farrell
Waking the Dead
Character:Annie Keel
Messiah
Character:Professor Robb
Black Cab
Character:Jane
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Character:Queen Morag
Unfinished Business
Character:
Arthouse
Character:Self
A Dance to the Music of Time
Character:Mildred
Midsomer Murders
Character:Margaret Winstanley
Midsomer Murders
Character:Diana Davenport
Dalziel & Pascoe
Character:
Hard Times
Character:Rachel
Ashenden
Character:Giulia Lazzari
Performance
Character:Dorothy Maitland
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
Character:Harriet Vane
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
Character:Harriet Vane
Inspector Morse
Character:Dr. Esther Martin
Girls On Top
Character:R.S.C. Actress 3
The Price
Character:Frances Carr
Screen Two
Character:Amelia Cleverly
Rebecca
Character:Clarice
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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