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Harriet Walter (Harriet Mary Walter) was born on 24 September, 1950 in London, England, UK, is a British actress (born 1950). Discover Harriet Walter's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?
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Harriet Mary Walter |
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Actress |
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73 years old |
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Libra |
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24 September, 1950 |
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24 September |
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London, England, UK |
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United Kingdom
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Harriet Walter Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Harriet Walter's Husband?
Her husband is Guy Paul (m. 2011)
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Harriet Walter Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Harriet Walter worth at the age of 73 years old? Harriet Walter’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Harriet Walter's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Dame Harriet Mary Walter (born 24 September 1950) is a British actress.
She has performed on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and received an Olivier Award, and nominations for a Tony Award, five Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Walter worked with Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) productions Nicholas Nickleby (1980), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981), All's Well That Ends Well (1981), The Castle (1985), A Question of Geography, Twelfth Night (1988), Three Sisters (1988), The Duchess of Malfi (1989), Macbeth (1999), Much Ado about Nothing (2002) and Death of a Salesman (2015).
She made her Broadway debut in the 1983 revival of the William Shakespeare play All's Well That Ends Well (1983).
She returned to Broadway in Mary Stuart for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
Walter made her Broadway debut in 1983, when the RSC production of All's Well That Ends Well transferred there.
Walter began her career acting with the Royal Shakespeare Company in productions of Twelfth Night (1987–88) and Three Sisters (1988), for which she received the Olivier Award for Best Actress.
On television she starred as Harriet Vane in the 1987 BBC Wimsey dramatisations and as Natalie Chandler in the ITV drama series Law & Order: UK from 2009 to 2014.
In 1987, Walter was made an associate artist of the RSC.
In 1987, she portrayed Harriet Vane in three installments of the BBC's A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery, and played Detective Inspector Natalie Chandler from 2009 to 2012 in the ITV drama series Law & Order: UK.
Additional theatre work includes Three Birds Alighting on a Field (1991), Arcadia (1993), Hedda Gabler (1996), Ivanov (1997) and Mary Stuart (2005).
In 1993, she starred as Biddy in the off-Broadway production of Three Birds Alighting on a Field, for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination.
Walter has acted in the films Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Governess (1998), 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 The Last Duel (2021).
Walter's films include Sense and Sensibility (1995), Bedrooms and Hallways (1998), The Governess (1998), Onegin (1999), Villa des Roses (2002) and Bright Young Things (2003).
Walter was in a relationship with actor Peter Blythe from 1996 until his death in 2004.
Her other notable work for the RSC includes leading roles in Macbeth (1999) and Antony and Cleopatra (2006).
She received Olivier nominations for Life x 3 (2001), and Mary Stuart (2006).
Other television roles include Waking the Dead (2001), Little Dorrit (2008), A Short Stay in Switzerland (2009) and Lady Shackleton in four episodes of the series Downton Abbey (2013–15).
She returned to the Broadway stage in 2009, when she reprised her role in Mary Stuart.
In 2011, Walter was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to drama.
At the age of 20, Walter became a feminist and went "into political theatre; to try and put as much feminism into the interpretation of parts I was playing".
She was conflicted on her damehood and nearly turned it down, but eventually decided to accept because "there are many fewer women [than men] who can sustain a career to the point where they can be named a dame, and that's not through lack of talent. It was a slightly political gesture".
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.
Walter played Brutus in Julius Caesar in 2012, and the title role in Henry IV in 2014, in all-female productions at the Donmar Warehouse.
Both productions transferred to Brooklyn's St. Ann's Warehouse in New York.
She has also acted in Downton Abbey (2013–15), London Spy (2015), The Crown (2016), Patrick Melrose (2018), Killing Eve (2020), and Silo (2023).
In 2014, Walter starred as Brutus in an all-female off-Broadway production of Julius Caesar and received her second Drama Desk nomination.
In 2016, Walter played Clementine Churchill on the Netflix series The Crown, two episodes in 2017 in Call the Midwife and in a recurring role on the HBO series Succession (2018–23).
She was set to reprise both roles, as well as playing Prospero in an all-female production of The Tempest, as part of director Phyllida Lloyd's Shakespeare trilogy at the Donmar's temporary, in-the-round, 420-seat theatre next to King's Cross station in 2016.
She supported the UK remaining in the European Union in the run-up to the 2016 EU referendum.
Walter, who speaks Russian, performed a reading at the 2022 Poets for Ukraine event alongside the likes of Juliet Stevenson and Meera Syal.
She has earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in Succession (2018–2023) and Ted Lasso (2020–2023).
Walter was born in London, England.
She is the niece of British actor Sir Christopher Lee, being the daughter of his elder sister Xandra Lee.
On her father's side, Walter is a great-great-great-great-granddaughter of John Walter, founder of The Times.
She was educated at Cranborne Chase School.
After turning down a university education, she was rejected by five drama schools before being admitted to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Following her training, she gained early experience with the Joint Stock Theatre Company, Paines Plough touring, and the Duke's Playhouse, Lancaster.
In 2020, Walter joined the series Killing Eve.