Harriet Walter
Harriet Walter
Dame Harriet Mary Walter, DBEis an English stage and screen actress. Her film appearances include Sense and Sensibility, The Governess, Villa des Roses, Atonement, and Man Up. On television, she starred as Natalie Chandler in the ITV drama series Law & Order: UK, and as Lady Prudence Shackleton in four episodes of Downton Abbey. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empirein 2011 for services to drama...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth24 September 1950
sleep needs half
I'm not very good at going to sleep, and that's probably my worst problem. I don't need much more than seven and a half hours, but I probably get six. I take all my problems to bed with me and fret. I can't switch off.
self people looks
I just like watching people who really are not self-conscious, who aren't aware, because I fear that one could become too self-conscious, too artful, as an actor. Sometimes if you look at somebody, you can extrapolate from their exterior what might be happening in their interior. I'm nosy.
long kind mature
I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
theatre interfaces sells
I came up almost completely through the subsidised theatre. I have never been absolutely at the market interface, where I've got to sell my wares or die - I've always been protected from that.
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Some people are instantly brilliant. The Kenneth Branaghs of this world are ready-formed actors at 23 - he has used his success in lots of different ways - but there are people out there for whom acting is: 'Ooh, I can get on the telly and be famous.'