Harriet Walter
Acting
Born: September 24, 1950 (age 75) · London, England, UK
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
Black Mirror
2011
Rocketman
2019
Atonement
2007
Babel
2006
The Last Duel
2021
Ted Lasso
2020
The Crown
2016
Silo
2023
Sense and Sensibility
1995
Succession
2018
Shelter
2026
Photos (4)
Movies (60)
Shelter
Prime Minister Fordham
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Dr. Kalonia
Atonement
Emily Tallis
Sense and Sensibility
Fanny Ferrars Dashwood
The Last Duel
Nicole de Carrouges
Babel
Lilly
Rocketman
Helen Piena
A Royal Affair
Augusta - Prinsesse af Wales
The Sense of an Ending
Margaret Webster
Suite Française
Viscountess Montmort
The Young Victoria
Queen Adelaide
Man Up
Fran Patterson
Your Christmas or Mine?
Iris
Denial
Vera Reich
Ballet Shoes
Dr. Smith
Chéri
La Loupiote
Herself
Peggy
Onegin
Madame Larina
From Time to Time
Lady Gresham
Mindhorn
Richard's Agent
And Mrs.
Lord Chief Justice Amanda Vaughn
My Dinner with Hervé
Baskin
Chromophobia
Penelope Aylesbury
La nuit miraculeuse
1989
The Leading Man
Liz Flett
The Hour of the Pig
Jeannine Martin
National Theatre Live: The House of Bernarda Alba
Bernarda Alba
Bright Young Things
Lady Maitland
The Maitlands
Mrs. Dorothy Maitland
Bedrooms and Hallways
Sybil
May Fools
Lily
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Julia Comstock
Burial
Anna Marshall
The Cherry Orchard
Varya
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Professor Compton Chamberlayne
On The Line
Shirley
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks
Jo Patterson
Turtle Diary
Harriet Sims
The Governess
Mrs. Cavendish
The Domino Effect
Ann
The Wedding Video
Alex
The Good Father
Emmy Hooper
Hard Times
Rachel
Broken Lines
Leah
The Imitation Game
1980
The Tempest
Prospero
They Never Slept
Amelia Cleverly
A Short Stay in Switzerland
Clare
Henry IV
Henry IV
The Door
Woman with Sorrowful Eyes
Abraham's Point
Pani Nemeth
Villa Des Roses
Olive Burrell
Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
Duchess of Marlborough
Amy
Amy Johnson
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
The Price
Frances Carr
Julius Caesar
Brutus
Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster
Mary Wollstonecraft
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
Charlotte
TV Shows (54)
Silo
Martha Walker · 22 eps
Ted Lasso
Deborah Welton · 5 eps
Midsomer Murders
Margaret Winstanley · 1 eps
Midsomer Murders
Diana Davenport · 1 eps
Black Mirror
Judith Keyworth · 1 eps
The Crown
Clemmie Churchill · 6 eps
Call the Midwife
Sister Ursula · 3 eps
Succession
Lady Caroline Collingwood · 7 eps
Downton Abbey
Lady Shackleton · 4 eps
Spooks
Deep Throat · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
Duchess · 1 eps
Screen Two
Amelia Cleverly · 1 eps
Screen Two
Jeannine Martin · 1 eps
Waking the Dead
Annie Keel · 2 eps
Killing Eve
Dasha Duzran · 8 eps
Inspector Morse
Dr. Esther Martin · 1 eps
Dalziel and Pascoe
Mary Waddell · 1 eps
Performance
Dorothy Maitland · 1 eps
Law & Order: UK
Natalie Chandler · 39 eps
Wolf Hall
Margaret Pole · 1 eps
The Spanish Princess
Margaret Beaufort · 8 eps
Documentary Now!
Edwina · 1 eps
PONIES
Manya Caplan · 4 eps
Patrick Melrose
Princess Margaret · 1 eps
The Cleaner
Lisa · 1 eps
Playing Gracie Darling
Pattie Grey · 6 eps
This Is Going to Hurt
Veronique · 7 eps
Black Earth Rising
Eve Ashby · 2 eps
London Spy
Claire · 1 eps
Belgravia
Caroline, Countess of Brockenhurst · 6 eps
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
Isobel Balmerino · 4 eps
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Queen Morag · 2 eps
Flowers
Hylda · 5 eps
Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant
Elsie Leach · 4 eps
A Dance to the Music of Time
Mildred · 4 eps
Curfew
Helen Newman · 8 eps
The Assets
Jeanne Vertefeuille · 8 eps
The End
Edie Henley · 10 eps
10 Days to War
Anne Campbell · 1 eps
Messiah
Professor Robb · 3 eps
By Any Means
Sally Walker · 1 eps
Brian and Maggie
Margaret Thatcher · 2 eps
Rebecca
Clarice · 1 eps
Girls On Top
R.S.C. Actress 3 · 1 eps
Heading Out
Angela · 2 eps
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Muriel · 1 eps
Black Cab
Jane · 1 eps
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
Harriet Vane · 10 eps
Fairy Tales
Charlotte Brooks · 1 eps
Hard Times
Rachel · 4 eps
The Men's Room
Charity Walton · 5 eps
Hunter
ACC Jenny Griffin · 2 eps
The Price
Frances Carr · 6 eps
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
2 eps
Self / Appearances (8)
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
The One Show
Self · 1 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Self · 1 eps
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Self - Performer
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Self
Osborne House: A Royal Retreat
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Mysterious Mr Webster
Self - Interviewee