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Julie Walters has been described as the nations most popular actress and comedienne. She has been delighting us on screen and on stage for over 25 years and we have taken her to our hearts. Now she tells us her own story, in her own words. She was born in fifties Birmingham, daughter of an austere Irish Catholic mother. She was sent to school in a convent and from a young age always wanted to be an actress but to appease her mother she first went into nursing. This didnt last for long though and she soon went to join the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool. West End success followed, and she quickly replicated her success on film, earning an Academy Award nomination for her role opposite Michael Caine in Educating Rita. Julies collaborations with her close friend Victoria Wood have given us, among others, the unforgettable character Mrs Overall in Acorn Antiques and Petula in dinnerladies, and shes recently charmed a new generation of fans playing Mrs Weasley in the Harry Potter films and alongside Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia!, as well as co-starring with Helen Mirren in Calendar Girls. The winner of countless awards, Julie has continued to be in some of Britains best TV drama and was awarded a CBE for her services to the theatre.A natural writer with an instinctive sense of timing, Julies memoirs are warm, moving, painfully felt, fiercely intelligent - and totally entertaining.

Julie Walters has been described as the nations most popular actress and comedienne. She has been delighting us on screen and on stage for over 25 years and we have taken her to our hearts. Now she tells us her own story, in her own words. She was born in fifties Birmingham, daughter of an austere Irish Catholic mother. She was sent to school in a convent and from a young age always wanted to be an actress but to appease her mother she first went into nursing. This didnt last for long though and she soon went to join...  Read More