Harriet Walter

Harriet Walter

1950-09-24 London, England, UK 65 Credits

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 Nig...

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And Mrs.

And Mrs.

2024

as Lord Chief Justice Amanda Vaughn

5.4
Acting

When a reluctant bride-to-be's fiancé drops dead, she insists on going ahead with the wedding anyway – vowing to overcome public opinion, the law of t...

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

2024

as Self

7.6
Acting

Aristocratic Italian roots, a close family connection to James Bond novelist Ian Fleming, wartime experiences in the British and Finnish military, pos...

The House of Bernarda Alba

The House of Bernarda Alba

2024

as Bernarda Alba

8.0
Acting

In the domain of Bernarda Alba, a daughter who disobeys is no longer a daughter. Forced to live under their mother’s tight grip as they mourn their f...

Osborne House: A Royal Retreat

Osborne House: A Royal Retreat

2023

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Acting

Viewers step inside the enchanting Osborne House, a place that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert cherished as their private refuge from the demands of ...

On The Line

On The Line

2023

as Shirley

6.0
Acting

Alderney, Channel Islands. 1964. A telephone operator ends up being the pivotal piece of a drama unfurling which puts professional integrity, and rela...

Your Christmas or Mine?

Your Christmas or Mine?

2022

as Iris

6.4
Acting

Students Hayley and James are young and in love. After saying goodbye for Christmas at a London train station, they both make the same mad split-secon...

Burial

Burial

2022

as Anna Marshall

5.3
Acting

Set in the last days of World War II, a small band of Russian soldiers led by intelligence officer Brana Vasilyeva, who is tasked with trafficking the...

The Last Duel

The Last Duel

2021

as Nicole de Carrouges

7.4
Acting

King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.

Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius

Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius

2021

as Duchess of Marlborough

Acting

Docudrama that recounts the astonishing life story of a forgotten genius, English poet Alexander Pope, who lived from 1688 to 1744.

Herself

Herself

2020

as Peggy

6.8
Acting

Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious...

Rocketman

Rocketman

2019

as Helen Piena

7.3
Acting

The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership wit...

My Dinner with Hervé

My Dinner with Hervé

2018

as Baskin

6.3
Acting

An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toti...

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

2018

as Brutus

8.5
Acting

The first installment of Phyllida Lloyd’s groundbreaking all-female Shakespeare Trilogy sees Harriet Walter take on the role of Brutus, who wrestles w...

Henry IV

Henry IV

2018

as Henry IV

Acting

Harriet Walter takes the lead in the second installment of the Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Featuring a diverse company of w...

The Tempest

The Tempest

2018

as Prospero

Acting

Phyllida Lloyd’s final installment of the Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy concludes with an all-female version of The Tempest starring Harriet Walter as Pr...

The Sense of an Ending

The Sense of an Ending

2017

as Margaret Webster

6.4
Acting

A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.

Mindhorn

Mindhorn

2016

as Richard's Agent

6.1
Acting

A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer say...

Denial

Denial

2016

as Vera Reich

6.9
Acting

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a reno...

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

2016

as Self - Performer

7.2
Acting

From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversar...

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015

as Dr. Kalonia

7.3
Acting

Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.

Man Up

Man Up

2015

as Fran Patterson

6.6
Acting

A 34 year old single woman, Nancy, hung-over again, exhausted by the endless fruitless set ups by her friends, traveling across London to toast anothe...

Suite Française

Suite Française

2015

as Viscountess Montmort

7.3
Acting

France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they...

The Mysterious Mr Webster

2014

as Self - Interviewee

6.0
Acting

Professor James Shapiro goes in search of the mysterious man behind The Duchess of Malfi, the son of a coachmaker who ended up rivalling Shakespeare.

The Domino Effect

The Domino Effect

2012

as Ann

5.0
Acting

If global economy came to a sudden stop what would be the effect on families worldwide? People in different countries or continents might not seem to ...

The Door

The Door

2012

as Woman with Sorrowful Eyes

Acting

A man of incredible wealth and power is haunted by a childhood memory.

The Wedding Video

The Wedding Video

2012

as Alex

5.4
Acting

When the rogueish but loveable Raif is asked to be his brother Tim's best man at his wedding, he decides the best present for the happy newlyweds woul...

A Royal Affair

A Royal Affair

2012

as Augusta - Princess of Wales

7.4
Acting

A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

From Time to Time

From Time to Time

2009

as Lady Gresham

6.3
Acting

A haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart. When 13 year old Tolly finds he can mysteriously travel between the two, he begins an...

Chéri

Chéri

2009

as La Loupiote

6.1
Acting

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of l...

The Young Victoria

The Young Victoria

2009

as Queen Adelaide

7.2
Acting

As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mot...

A Short Stay in Switzerland

A Short Stay in Switzerland

2009

as Clare

6.9
Acting

Just after losing her husband to a similar condition, Dr Anne Turner is diagnosed with a fatal neurological condition. So she plans to end her life he...

Morris: A Life with Bells On

Morris: A Life with Bells On

2009

as Professor Compton Chamberlayne

6.5
Acting

The film follows the fortunes of an avant garde Morris team in their struggle to evolve Morris Dancing.

Broken Lines

Broken Lines

2008

as Leah

3.5
Acting

After losing his father, an engaged man begins an affair with a waitress, both longing for happiness.

Ballet Shoes

Ballet Shoes

2008

as Dr. Smith

6.4
Acting

An unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But ...

Abraham's Point

Abraham's Point

2008

as Pani Nemeth

4.7
Acting

A man struggles to get over a family tragedy that has haunted him since childhood.

Atonement

Atonement

2007

as Emily Tallis

7.6
Acting

As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime ...

Babel

Babel

2006

as Lilly

7.2
Acting

Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.

Chromophobia

Chromophobia

2006

as Penelope Aylesbury

5.2
Acting

Encouraged by his editor to seek 'sexy stories that sell', a reporter preys upon the private life of an erstwhile friend, with disastrous results.

Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster

Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster

2003

as Mary Wollstonecraft

8.8
Acting

A drama telling the story of the life of the writer of Frankenstein; the 19-year-old Mary Shelley. Telling of her influences, her writing and her pers...

Bright Young Things

Bright Young Things

2003

as Lady Maitland

6.3
Acting

During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the a...

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

2002

as Mary Ann Evans / George Eliot

3.0
Acting

Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, the novelist George Eliot was a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the sexu...

Villa Des Roses

Villa Des Roses

2002

as Olive Burrell

5.3
Acting

In 1913, a young woman starts work as a maid in a seedy Parisian boarding house full of eccentrics. When she falls in love with one of the guests, she...

Macbeth

Macbeth

2001

as Lady Macbeth

6.6
Acting

Anthony Sher and Harriet Walter star in a highly-acclaimed screen version of William Shakespeare's classic story of tyranny and ambition. On the stag...

Onegin

Onegin

1999

as Madame Larina

6.2
Acting

A virtuous and passionate girl falls in love with a cynical but a dashing aristocrat.

Bedrooms and Hallways

Bedrooms and Hallways

1998

as Sybil

6.1
Acting

At the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men’s group, where he causes some upsets by declaring his attraction to one of its members...

The Governess

The Governess

1998

as Mrs. Cavendish

5.9
Acting

When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in faraw...

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

1997

as Julia Comstock

6.0
Acting

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits...

The Leading Man

The Leading Man

1996

as Liz Flett

5.0
Acting

Successful playwright Felix Webb has a new play, 'The Hit Man', in rehearsal. Directed by his old friend Humphrey, it is already being hailed as a mas...

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

1995

as Fanny Ferrars Dashwood

7.4
Acting

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When H...

A Man You Don't Meet Every Day

A Man You Don't Meet Every Day

1994

as Charlotte

2.0
Acting

It's the mid-nineties in London and a couple meet through a lonely hearts column. She is an middle class English married woman, he is an lonely Irish ...

Hard Times

Hard Times

1994

as Rachel

7.0
Acting

Charles Dickens' bleak, passionate novel about the challenges of life in 19th-century London comes to life with an outstanding cast and brilliant cine...

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

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

1993

as Narrator (voice)

10.0
Acting

Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir.

The Maitlands

The Maitlands

1993

as Mrs. Dorothy Maitland

Acting

There is a strained atmosphere in the Maitland household which has fallen on hard times.

The Hour of the Pig

The Hour of the Pig

1993

as Jeannine Martin

6.2
Acting

In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and politic...

They Never Slept

They Never Slept

1991

as Amelia Cleverly

Acting

When plucky Corporal Pru Merriman reports to her superiors Monk and Bob for driving duty, she finds herself catapulted into the murky world of the Fre...

May Fools

May Fools

1990

as Lily

6.9
Acting

An eccentric family is re-united during the 1968 general strike in France, after the death of the grandmother.

Benefactors

1989

2.0
Acting

Michael Frayn play part of TV series Theatre Night.

Turtle Diary

Turtle Diary

1985

as Harriet Sims

6.5
Acting

Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd,...

The Good Father

The Good Father

1985

as Emmy Hooper

5.7
Acting

Bill is a man who's very bitter about his divorce and losing custody of his son. So, when one of his friends is being sued for divorce by his wife so ...

The Price

The Price

1985

as Frances Carr

Acting

Geoffrey Carr is a wealthy, key player in Britain's emerging computer industry, and newly married to Frances , a much younger woman, with wilful daug...

Reflections

1984

as Ottilie Garinger

4.5
Acting

A historian writing a biography of Isaac Newton spends a Summer with a dysfunctional family in Co. Cork, Ireland.

Amy

1984

as Amy Johnson

10.0
Acting

The story of Amy Johnson who disappeared while piloting a RAF Wellington Bomber

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

1981

as Varya

Acting

Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay deb...

The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game

1980

7.1
Acting

Second World War drama - A young woman decides against working in a munitions factory, and lands a post with the signals corps attempting to crack the...

Late in Summer

N/A

Acting

Set in rural Cornwall, the romantic drama will chart a brief encounter between a lonely farmer’s wife and a Black American GI that leads to first love...