Birth Name:         Julia Mary Walters

Date of Birth:       22^nd February 1950

Place of Birth:      Birmingham

Married:               Grant Roffey

Children:             daughter Maisie

Awards:               1983 Golden Globe for Educating Rita (won)

                           1983 British Academy Awards for Educating Rita (won)

                           1983  Academy Award Nomination for Educating Rita

                           2000  Academy Award Nomination for Billy Eliot

                           2000 Golden Globe Nomination for Billy Eliot

                           2000 Screen Actors Guild Nomination for Billy Eliot

In 1999 Ms Walters was made an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire.