Editing Julie Walters (section)

===2000–2009: ''Harry Potter'', ''Mamma Mia'' and authorship===
[[File:Birmingham Walk of Stars Julie Walters.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Walters' star on the [[Birmingham Walk of Stars]]]]
In 2001, Walters won a [[Laurence Olivier Award]] for her performance in [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[All My Sons]]''. She received her second Oscar nomination and won a BAFTA for her supporting role as the ballet teacher in ''[[Billy Elliot]]'' (2000).<ref name="20 Roles"/> In 2002, she again won a [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress]] for her performance as [[Paul Reiser]]'s mother in ''My Beautiful Son''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Best Actress in 2002 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2002/television/actress |access-date=30 October 2020 |agency=BAFTA.org}}</ref>

Walters played [[Molly Weasley]], the matriarch of the Weasley family, in the [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'' film series]] (2001–2011). ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' is the only film in the series not to have included Walters. In 2003, the [[BBC]] voted her portrayal of Molly as the "second-best screen mother."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3166947.stm|title=Brockovich is 'best screen mother' |work=BBC News |access-date=7 May 2011|date=20 August 2003}}</ref>

In 2003, Walters starred as a widow (Annie Clark) determined to make some good come out of her husband's death from cancer in ''[[Calendar Girls]]'', which starred [[Helen Mirren]]. In 2005, she again starred as an inspirational real-life figure, [[Marie Stubbs]] in the [[ITV1]] drama ''Ahead of the Class''. In 2006, she came fourth in ITV's poll of the [[TV's 50 Greatest Stars|public's 50 Greatest Stars]], coming four places above frequent co-star [[Victoria Wood]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5142726.stm|title=ITV to salute '50 greatest stars'|date=3 July 2006|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref> In 2006, she starred in the film ''[[Driving Lessons]]'' alongside [[Rupert Grint]] (who played her son Ron in ''Harry Potter''), and had a leading role in the [[BBC]]'s adaptation of [[Philip Pullman]]'s novel ''[[The Ruby in the Smoke]]''.

In summer 2006, Walters published her first novel, ''Maggie's Tree''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,1921878,00.html|work=The Guardian|location=London, UK|title=It was like being videoed making love|date=13 October 2006|access-date=3 April 2010|first=Emine|last=Saner}}</ref> The novel, concerning a group of English actors in Manhattan and published by [[Weidenfeld & Nicolson]], was described as "a disturbing and thought-provoking novel about mental torment and the often blackly comic, mixed-up ways we view ourselves and misread each other.".<ref>Rachel Hore, [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/oct/14/featuresreviews.guardianreview20 Manhattan Transfer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305022029/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/oct/14/featuresreviews.guardianreview20|date=5 March 2016}}. ''[[The Guardian]]'', 14 October 2006; retrieved 2 September 2013.</ref> Another reviewer, Susan Jeffreys, in ''The Independent'', described the novel as "the work of a writer who knows what she's doing. There's nothing tentative about the writing, and Walters brings her experiences as an actress to bear on the page.&nbsp;... you do have the sensation of entering someone else's mind and of looking through someone else's eyes."<ref>Susan Jeffreys, [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/maggies-tree-by-julie-walters-419754.html Maggie's Tree, by Julie Walters] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830080134/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/maggies-tree-by-julie-walters-419754.html|date=30 August 2016}}. ''[[The Independent]]'', 13 October 2006; retrieved 2 September 2013.</ref> Walters starred in [[Asda]]'s Christmas 2007 television advertising campaign. She also appeared alongside [[Patrick Stewart]] in UK Nintendo DS Brain Training television advertisements, and in a series of [[public information films]] about [[smoke alarms]]. In June 2008, Walters appeared in the film version of ''[[Mamma Mia! (musical)|Mamma Mia!]]'', playing Rosie Mulligan, marking her second high-profile musical, after ''[[Acorn Antiques: The Musical!]]''. The same year, she released her autobiography, titled ''That's Another Story''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Julie Walters|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4893500-that-s-another-story|title=That's Another Story: The Autobiography by Julie Walters&nbsp;— Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists|website=Goodreads.com|access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref>

In 2007, Walters starred as the mother of author [[Jane Austen]] (played by [[Anne Hathaway]]) in ''[[Becoming Jane]]''.<ref name="20 Roles"/> Walters played [[Mary Whitehouse]] in the BBC Drama ''[[Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story]]'' (2008), an adaptation of the real-life story of Mrs. Whitehouse who campaigned for "taste and decency on television". Walters commented, "I am very excited to be playing Mary Whitehouse, and to be looking at the time when she attacked the BBC and started to make her name."<ref>[http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/filth-the-mary-whitehouse-story-julie-walters-takes-the-lead]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906190407/http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/filth-the-mary-whitehouse-story-julie-walters-takes-the-lead|date=6 September 2008}}</ref> ''Filth'' won Best Motion Picture Made for Television, and Walters was nominated for Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made For Television, at the 2008 13th Annual Satellite Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2008|title=Satellite Awards, 2008|publisher=International Press Academy|access-date=2 December 2016}}</ref>

In 2009, she received a star in the [[Birmingham Walk of Stars]] on Birmingham's Golden Mile, [[Broad Street, Birmingham|Broad Street]]. She said: "I am very honoured and happy that the people of Birmingham and the West Midlands want to include me in their Walk of Stars and I look forward to receiving my star. Birmingham and the West Midlands is where I'm from; these are my roots and in essence it has played a big part in making me the person I am today".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2008/10/07/julie_walters_feature.shtml|title=Julie Walters on Walk of Stars|publisher=BBC|date=27 October 2009|access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> Her other awards include an International Emmy with for ''[[A Short Stay in Switzerland]]''.