Yours Magazine Australia — January 04, 2018

4 BILLY ELLIOT

Julie played determined ballet teacher

Mrs Wilkinson, who encourages Billy’s talen

“I was very touched by it,” Julie say

of the hit movie. “It’s moving on all

sorts of levels. Different from all

the middle-of-the-road crap I was

getti t ”

MAMMA MIA

ulie plays Rosie, who’s Meryl

treep’s character Donna’s

est friend. The part, which

he’s just reprised, requires

er to dance.“I was

ctually terrified of the

ncing,” Julie says.

still have scars on

my shins from

cking myself.”

4 EDUCATING RITA

The story of a young hairdresser who im

her personal situation through educatio

role garnered Julie an Academy Award n

“I still get people who come up t

say, ‘I left my husband because

of that film,’ or ‘I got an education.

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4 HARRY POTTER
Julie has played
kindly matriarch
Mrs Weasley in almost
every Harry Potter
movie, delighting fans.
“My daughter
was nine when it
firs came out

• just the right
  age,” she says.

2 CALENDAR GIRLS

Based on a true life story, Julie plays

a Women’s Institute member who

organises a nude fundraising calendar.

Her co-stars included Helen Mirren

and Celia Imrie.

“It was fun to do,” she says.

“We were all going through the

menopause at the same time!”

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