| Joined Everyman Theatre company in Liverpool during mid-1970s |
| Joined Granada's Stable Theatre for one year after finishing at Manchester Polytechnic |
| Made stage debut in the Liverpool production of "The Taming of the Shrew" |
1976 | Made London stage debut in "Funny Peculiar" |
1979 | Landed early TV appearance on the British series "Screenplay" |
1980 | Appeared in the West End production of "Educating Rita" |
1982 | Cast on the BBC2 comedy-drama "Boys from the Black Stuff" |
1982 | Co-starred with Victoria Wood in the Granada TV series "Wood and Walters" |
1983 | Reprised stage role for the film version of "Educating Rita"; earned first Best Actress Academy Award nomination |
1984 | Appeared opposite Ian Charleson in British stage production of "Fool for Love" |
1985 | Joined cast of the BBC variety series "Victoria Wood As Seen On TV" |
1985 | Played the mother on the British TV series "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" |
1989 | Played lead role in British stage production of "Frankie and Johnnie in the Clair de Lune" |
1991 | First U.S. film role, opposite Liza Minnelli in "Stepping Out" |
1991 | Played Robert Lindsay's mother on the Channel 4 series "GBH" |
1991 | Starred opposite Ken Stott in the West End revival of "The Rose Tattoo" |
1992 | Headlined her own British TV special "Julie Walters and Friends" (ITV) |
1993 | Starred in British TV-movie "Wide-Eyed and Legless" (released in the U.S. as "The Wedding Gift") |
1994 | Garnered praise for her performance in "Sister, My Sister" |
1996 | Co-starred with Rupert Graves in "Intimate Relations" |
1997 | Landed featured role in the miniseries "Melissa" (Channel 4) |
1998 | Offered a strong performance as a 1970s Belfast housewife who tries to negotiate a peace in "Titanic Town" |
1998 | Played Victoria Wood's mother on the BBC comedy series "Dinnerladies" |
1999 | Played Mrs. Mann in the miniseries remake of "Oliver Twist" (PBS) |
2000 | Acted on the London stage in a revival of "All My Sons" |
2000 | Played the title character's supportive ballet teacher in "Billy Elliot"; earned a Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination |
2001 | Cast as Mrs. Weasley in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" |
2002 | Reprised role of Molly Weasley for "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" |
2003 | Played a widow determined to make some good come out of her husband's death in "Calendar Girls" |
2004 | Once again played Mrs. Weasley in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" |
2005 | Cast in Richard E. Grant's directorial debut "Wah-Wah" |
2006 | Played the lead role in "Driving Lessons" alongside Rupert Grint (who played her son Ron in the "Harry Potter" series) |
2007 | Portrayed Jane Austen's mother in the period film "Becoming Jane" |
2008 | Featured in the film version of the ABBA musical "Mamma Mia!" |
2009 | Returned to play Molly Weasley for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" |
2010 | Reprised role of Molly Weasley for the seventh and final installment of the series directed by David Yates, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" |
2011 | Appeared on the ITV drama "The Jury II" |
2012 | Voiced The Witch in Disney Pixar animated feature "Brave" |
