Biografie

Julie's strong-minded mother, who wished a nursing career for her daughter, was openly upset by Julie's switch of professions to acting. When her mother died in 1989, Walters found among her possessions a box stuffed with newspaper clippings that had recorded Julie's many successes.

Julie's young daughter Maisie was stricken with leukemia at the age of two. The girl miraculously recovered and inspired Walters to write the book "Baby Talk" (1990).

Wished to keep her wand from Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes - Teil 2 (2011), but left it behind when several people told her that keeping the props was not allowed. However, by the time of the film's release, she discovered that many of her co-stars kept several props from the production.

Mother, with husband Grant Roffey, of daughter Maisie Mae Roffey (b. April 26, 1988).

After graduating from the Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre, she worked for the Liverpool Everyman Theatre Company.

When I think of the future, I think of doing my washing so I've something to wear tomorrow.

Self worth is everything. Without it life is a misery.

It's bloody great to get to fifty-five. I've never been bothered about people knowing how old I am.

I was asked about doing a nude shoot for men's magazine GQ. I thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard.

I don't like the future sewn up. I like an open book - the feeling that anything can happen.