Harriet Walter
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Silo
Martha Walker
2023
Series
Ted Lasso
Deborah
2020
Series
Midsomer Murders
Margaret Winstanley
1997
Series
Midsomer Murders
Diana Davenport
1997
Film
Shelter
Prime Minister Fordham
2026
Series
Black Mirror
Judith Keyworth
2011
Series
Downton Abbey
Lady Shackleton
2010
Series
The Crown
Clemmie Churchill
2016
Series
Call the Midwife
Sister Ursula
2012
Series
Succession
Lady Caroline Collingwood
2018
Series
Agatha Christie's Marple
Duchess
2004
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
The One Show
Self
2006
Series
Spooks
Deep Throat
2002
Film
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Dr. Kalonia
2015
Series
Inspector Morse
Dr. Esther Martin
1987
Series
Killing Eve
Dasha Duzran
2018
Series
Screen Two
Amelia Cleverly
1985
Series
Screen Two
Jeannine Martin
1985
Series
Waking the Dead
Annie Keel
2001
Series
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Series
Fairy Tales
Charlotte Brooks
2008
Film
The Last Duel
Nicole de Carrouges
2021
Series
PONIES
Manya Caplan
2026
Series
Dalziel and Pascoe
Mary Waddell
1996
Film
Atonement
Emily Tallis
2007
Series
Law & Order: UK
Natalie Chandler
2009
Series
Performance
Dorothy Maitland
1991
Series
The Spanish Princess
Margaret Beaufort
2019
Film
Sense and Sensibility
Fanny Ferrars Dashwood
1995
Series
Documentary Now!
Edwina
2015
Series
Wolf Hall
Margaret Pole
2015
Series
Belgravia
Caroline, Countess of Brockenhurst
2020
Series
Patrick Melrose
Princess Margaret
2018
Film
Rocketman
Helen Piena
2019
Film
Babel
Lilly
2006
Series
The Cleaner
Lisa
2021
Series
Black Earth Rising
Eve Ashby
2018
Series
This Is Going to Hurt
Veronique
2022
Series
Flowers
Hylda
2016
Series
London Spy
Claire
2015
Series
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Queen Morag
1999
Series
A Dance to the Music of Time
Mildred
1997
Film
A Royal Affair
Augusta - Prinsesse af Wales
2012
Film
Suite Française
Viscountess Montmort
2015
Series
The Assets
Jeanne Vertefeuille
2014
Series
Girls On Top
R.S.C. Actress 3
1985
Series
By Any Means
Sally Walker
2013
Series
The End
Edie Henley
2020
Series
Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant
Elsie Leach
2023
Series
Messiah
Professor Robb
2001
Series
Playing Gracie Darling
Pattie Grey
2025
Film
Chéri
La Loupiote
2009
Film
The Young Victoria
Queen Adelaide
2009
Series
Curfew
Helen Newman
2019
Series
Black Cab
Jane
2000
Film
Herself
Peggy
2020
Series
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
Isobel Balmerino
2011
Film
Man Up
Fran Patterson
2015
Series
10 Days to War
Anne Campbell
2008
Arthouse
Self
1997
Film
Denial
Vera Reich
2016
Film
The Sense of an Ending
Margaret Webster
2017
Film
Mindhorn
Richard's Agent
2016
Series
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Muriel
2020
Series
Rebecca
Clarice
1979
Film
May Fools
Lily
1990
Film
Ballet Shoes
Dr. Smith
2008
Film
And Mrs.
Lord Chief Justice Amanda Vaughn
2024
London
Virginia Woolf
2004
Film
Your Christmas or Mine?
Iris
2022
Series
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
Harriet Vane
1987
Series
Brian and Maggie
Margaret Thatcher
2025
Series
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Self
2017
Ashenden
Giulia Lazzari
1991
Film
Chromophobia
Penelope Aylesbury
2006
Film
From Time to Time
Lady Gresham
2009
Film
My Dinner with Hervé
Baskin
2018
Film
Bright Young Things
Lady Maitland
2003
Series
Hunter
ACC Jenny Griffin
2009
Film
Onegin
Madame Larina
1999
Series
Heading Out
Angela
2013
Film
Bedrooms and Hallways
Sybil
1998
Unfinished Business
1998
Film
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Self
2024
Series
Hard Times
Rachel
1994
Film
Burial
Anna Marshall
2022
Series
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
2012
Film
The Governess
Mrs. Cavendish
1998
Film
Osborne House: A Royal Retreat
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Series
The Price
Frances Carr
1985
Film
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Julia Comstock
1997
Margot & Rudi
Film
The Maitlands
Mrs. Dorothy Maitland
1993
Film
The Hour of the Pig
Jeannine Martin
1993
Film
Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks
Jo Patterson
2021
Film
The Leading Man
Liz Flett
1996
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
Harriet Vane
1987
Film
On The Line
Shirley
2023
Series
The Men's Room
Charity Walton
1991
Film
The Good Father
Emmy Hooper
1985
Film
The Domino Effect
Ann
2012
Film
The Wedding Video
Alex
2012
Film
The Imitation Game
1980
Benefactors
1989
Film
La nuit miraculeuse
1989
Film
Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
Duchess of Marlborough
2021
Film
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Self - Performer
2016
Film
A Short Stay in Switzerland
Clare
2009
Film
Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster
Mary Wollstonecraft
2003
Film
National Theatre Live: The House of Bernarda Alba
Bernarda Alba
2024
Film
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Professor Compton Chamberlayne
2009
Film
Turtle Diary
Harriet Sims
1985
Film
The Cherry Orchard
Varya
1981
Film
The Price
Frances Carr
1985
Film
Amy
Amy Johnson
1984
Film
Hard Times
Rachel
1994
Film
Abraham's Point
Pani Nemeth
2008
Film
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
Charlotte
1994
Late in Summer
Film
Villa Des Roses
Olive Burrell
2002
Film
The Mysterious Mr Webster
Self - Interviewee
2014
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
Mary Ann Evans / George Eliot
2002
Film
Broken Lines
Leah
2008
Film
Henry IV
Henry IV
2018
Film
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
2001
Film
The Tempest
Prospero
2018
Film
They Never Slept
Amelia Cleverly
1991
Film
The Door
Woman with Sorrowful Eyes
2012
Film
Julius Caesar
Brutus
2018
Reflections
Ottilie Garinger
1984
Film
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
Narrator (voice)
1993