Harriet Walter
Biography
Harriet Walter is an English stage and screen actor who trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She began her career with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she won an Olivier Award for Best Actress for Twelfth Night and Three Sisters and received further Olivier nominations for Life x 3 and Mary Stuart. Her RSC roles included Lady Macbeth and Cleopatra, and she made her Broadway debut in All's Well That Ends Well in 1983. Her films include Sense and Sensibility (1995), Atonement (2007), The Young Victoria (2009), A Royal Affair (2012), Denial (2016), The Sense of an Ending (2017), Rocketman (2019), and The Last Duel (2021). On television she played Natalie Chandler in Law & Order: UK and appeared in The Crown, Succession, Killing Eve, and Silo. She has also received nominations for a Tony Award and five Emmy Awards, and was appointed DBE in 2011 for services to drama.
76years old
Turns 77 on September 24in 345 days
- Born London
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Harriet Mary Walter (birth name)Also credited as Dame Harriet Mary Walter
Movie Career
- Films
- 29
- Career span
- 36 years1990 to 2026
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Early training
Walter was rejected by five drama schools before the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art admitted her, after she had turned down a university education.
Harriet Walter movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Martha Fiennes directed two of these films. Five actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Martha FiennesDirector, 2 films, 1999 to 2005
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- Ralph FiennesChromophobia (2005) and Onegin (1999)
- Tom WilkinsonDenial (2016) and Sense and Sensibility (1995)
- Kristin Scott ThomasSuite Française (2015) and Chromophobia (2005)
- Lambert WilsonSuite Française (2015) and The Leading Man (1996)
- Emily MortimerThe Sense of an Ending (2017) and Bright Young Things (2003)
- Imelda StauntonBright Young Things (2003) and Sense and Sensibility (1995)
- James McAvoyAtonement (2007) and Bright Young Things (2003)
- Simon McBurneyBright Young Things (2003) and Onegin (1999)
- Kevin McKiddBedrooms and Hallways (1998) and The Leading Man (1996)
- Alex JenningsYour Christmas or Mine? (2022) and Denial (2016)
- Stephen Campbell MooreMan Up (2015) and Bright Young Things (2003)
- Michael MaloneyThe Young Victoria (2009) and Babel (2006)
- Bronson WebbShelter (2026) and Chromophobia (2005)
- Ophelia LovibondRocketman (2019) and Man Up (2015)
- Michelle GomezThe Wedding Video (2012) and Chromophobia (2005)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Harriet Walter's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$724 million
14 of the 28 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 28 films: 14 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 14Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 96% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$167M23.1% of the total
- 2$135M18.7% of the total
- 3$135M18.6% of the total
- 4$131M18.1% of the total
- 5$54M7.5% of the total
- 6$31M4.2% of the total
- 7$29M4.0% of the total
- 8$15M2.0% of the total
$27.0 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 4% of the total
Awards
Four awards and honors.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 1994 | Theatre World Award | Won | |
| Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Won | ||
| Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress | Won | ||
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Won | ||
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Official profiles and reference pages.