Harriet Walter
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.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Dr. KaloniaThirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from...
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Atonement
as Emily TallisAs a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives...
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The Last Duel
as Nicole de CarrougesKing Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire,...
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Sense and Sensibility
as Fanny Ferrars DashwoodThe Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem...
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Babel
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The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music...
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Suite Française
as Viscountess MontmortFrance, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a...
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Your Christmas or Mine?
as IrisStudents Hayley and James are young and in love. After saying goodbye for Christmas at a London...
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The Young Victoria
as Queen AdelaideAs the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the...
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A Royal Affair
as Augusta - Princess of WalesA young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their...
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Herself
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Man Up
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The Sense of an Ending
as Margaret WebsterA man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to...
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Denial
as Vera ReichAcclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the...
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And Mrs
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Burial
as Anna MarshallSet in the last days of World War II, a small band of Russian soldiers led by intelligence...
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Chéri
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Onegin
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Mindhorn
as Richard's AgentA washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show...
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Ballet Shoes
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A Short Stay in Switzerland
as ClareJust after losing her husband to a similar condition, Dr Anne Turner is diagnosed with a fatal...
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Bright Young Things
as Lady MaitlandDuring the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with...
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From Time to Time
as Lady GreshamA haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart. When 13 year old Tolly finds he...
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My Dinner with Hervé
as BaskinAn unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and...
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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
as SelfAristocratic Italian roots, a close family connection to James Bond novelist Ian Fleming,...
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May Fools
as LilyAn eccentric family is re-united during the 1968 general strike in France, after the death of...
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The Governess
as Mrs. CavendishWhen the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as...
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The Maitlands
as Mrs. Dorothy MaitlandThere is a strained atmosphere in the Maitland household which has fallen on hard times.
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The Hour of the Pig
as Jeannine MartinIn medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the...
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The Leading Man
as Liz FlettSuccessful playwright Felix Webb has a new play, 'The Hit Man', in rehearsal. Directed by his...
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Chromophobia
as Penelope AylesburyEncouraged by his editor to seek 'sexy stories that sell', a reporter preys upon the private...
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Bedrooms and Hallways
as SybilAt the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men’s group, where he causes some...
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When the rogueish but loveable Raif is asked to be his brother Tim's best man at his wedding, he...
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Turtle Diary
as Harriet SimsTwo separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in...
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Julius Caesar
as BrutusThe first installment of Phyllida Lloyd’s groundbreaking all-female Shakespeare Trilogy sees...
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Villa Des Roses
as Olive BurrellIn 1913, a young woman starts work as a maid in a seedy Parisian boarding house full of...
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Hard Times
as RachelCharles Dickens' bleak, passionate novel about the challenges of life in 19th-century London...
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying
as Julia ComstockGordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer....
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The Tempest
as ProsperoPhyllida Lloyd’s final installment of the Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy concludes with an...
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Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - PerformerFrom the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark...
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Morris: A Life with Bells On
as Professor Compton ChamberlayneThe film follows the fortunes of an avant garde Morris team in their struggle to evolve Morris...
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The Good Father
as Emmy HooperBill is a man who's very bitter about his divorce and losing custody of his son. So, when one of...
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They Never Slept
as Amelia CleverlyWhen plucky Corporal Pru Merriman reports to her superiors Monk and Bob for driving duty, she...
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The Price
as Frances CarrGeoffrey Carr is a wealthy, key player in Britain's emerging computer industry, and newly...
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The Domino Effect
as AnnIf global economy came to a sudden stop what would be the effect on families worldwide? People...
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The Secret Life of Flowers
as uncreditedTwo young friends go for a weekend at the English country retreat of a colourful lady who lives...
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Macbeth
as Lady MacbethAnthony Sher and Harriet Walter star in a highly-acclaimed screen version of William...
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A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
as CharlotteIt's the mid-nineties in London and a couple meet through a lonely hearts column. She is an...
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Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster
as Mary WollstonecraftA drama telling the story of the life of the writer of Frankenstein; the 19-year-old Mary...
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Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
as Narrator (voice)Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir.
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National Theatre Live: The House of Bernarda Alba
as Bernarda AlbaIn the domain of Bernarda Alba, a daughter who disobeys is no longer a daughter. Forced to live...
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The Imitation Game
as uncreditedSecond World War drama - A young woman decides against working in a munitions factory, and lands...
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The Cherry Orchard
as VaryaMadame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family...
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The Door
as Woman with Sorrowful EyesA man of incredible wealth and power is haunted by a childhood memory.
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On The Line
as ShirleyAlderney, Channel Islands. 1964. A telephone operator ends up being the pivotal piece of a drama...
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Abraham's Point
as Pani NemethA man struggles to get over a family tragedy that has haunted him since childhood.
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Henry IV
as Henry IVHarriet Walter takes the lead in the second installment of the Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy...
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Osborne House: A Royal Retreat
as Self - Narrator (voice)Viewers step inside the enchanting Osborne House, a place that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert...
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Silo
as Martha WalkerIn a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff...
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Midsomer Murders
as Margaret WinstanleyThe peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...
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Midsomer Murders
as Diana DavenportThe peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...
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Doctor Who
as Jo PattersonThe Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...
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Downton Abbey
as Lady ShackletonA chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the...
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The Crown
as Clemmie ChurchillThe gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime...
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Call the Midwife
as Sister UrsulaDrama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of...
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Ted Lasso
as DeborahTed Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he’s hired to manage a soccer...
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Succession
as Lady Caroline CollingwoodFollow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father...
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Waking the Dead
as Annie KeelA detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
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Agatha Christie's Marple
as DuchessThe adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St...
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Killing Eve
as Dasha DuzranA security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go...
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Spooks
as Deep ThroatTense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they...
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Wolf Hall
as Lady Margaret PoleEngland in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the...
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Inspector Morse
as Dr. Esther MartinInspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse...
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Dalziel & Pascoe
as uncreditedBritish crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in...
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Law & Order: UK
as Natalie ChandlerAdapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and...
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Black Earth Rising
as Eve AshbyAs a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and...
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Performance
as Dorothy MaitlandAn anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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The Spanish Princess
as Margaret BeaufortThe beautiful Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, navigates the royal lineage of England with...
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The Cleaner
as LisaAfter CSI have done their stuff, the cleaner mops up the grisly remains. For Wicky, a bloodbath...
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The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
as Queen MoragIn a land of myth and magic, a forbidden love affair ignites an ancient war between the...
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Documentary Now!
as EdwinaLoving parodies of some of the world's best-known documentaries. Each episode is shot in a...
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This Is Going to Hurt
as VeroniqueThe unvarnished truth of life as a doctor working in obstetrics and gynaecology.
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Girls On Top
as R.S.C. Actress 3Four girls share a flat together in London. Having nothing in common aside from their gender,...
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Patrick Melrose
as Princess MargaretA critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist's harrowing...
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London Spy
as ClaireA chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the...
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London Spy
as uncreditedA chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the...
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A Dance to the Music of Time
as MildredA Dance to the Music of Time is a four-part adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel...
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Belgravia
as Caroline, Countess of BrockenhurstA tale of secrets and scandals set in 1840s London. When the Trenchards accept an invitation to...
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Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant
as Elsie LeachThe four-part drama series will tell the story of Cary Grant’s life, from his humble beginnings...
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The End
as Edie HenleyThree generations of a family with separate but intersecting obsessions - trying to figure out...
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By Any Means
as Sally WalkerBy Any Means follows a clandestine unit living on the edge and playing the criminal elite at...
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Screen Two
as Amelia CleverlySeries of single made-for-television dramas.
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The Assets
as Jeanne Vertefeuille1985 serves as the backdrop to the final showdown of the Cold War when Sandy and her partner...
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Messiah
as Professor RobbCrime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe.
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Hunter
as ACC Jenny GriffinHunter is a two-part BBC One police drama. Hugh Bonneville and Janet McTeer reprised their roles...
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Curfew
as Helen NewmanWhen day becomes night, a strict curfew forces ordinary people to go pedal to the metal in a...
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Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
as MurielWidely celebrated as Alan Bennett's masterpieces, his multi-award-winning Talking Heads return...
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My Uncle Silas
as Pamela FarrellIn 1901, a middle-class schoolboy whose parents are working abroad spends his summer in...
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Fairy Tales
as uncreditedFour contemporary adaptations of classic fairy tales, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Emperor's New...
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Hard Times
as RachelCharles Dickens' bleak, passionate novel about the challenges of life in 19th-century London...
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10 Days to War
as Anne CampbellA series of short dramas about the countdown to war in Iraq.
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Heading Out
as AngelaSara is a woman approaching middle age who is popular and successful - she's a veterinarian so...
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A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
as Harriet VaneThree elegant murder mysteries adapted from the crime novels of Dorothy L. Sayers. Set in the...
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Simon Schama's Shakespeare
as uncreditedSimon Schama explores the life and times of William Shakespeare to shed a new and fascinating...
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Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
as SelfDanny Baker, Simon Callow, Richard E Grant, Cerys Matthews, Miriam Margolyes and Michael Sheen...
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The Price
as Frances CarrEnglish computer millionaire Geoffrey Carr and his wife have plans for a country house in...
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