Julie T. Wallace

Julie Therese Wallace (born 28 May 1961) is an English actress.

Julie T. Wallace
Born
Julie Therese Keir

(1961-05-28) 28 May 1961
Wimbledon, London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1986–present

Biography

Julie T. Wallace is the daughter of Scottish actor Andrew Keir, and the sister of actors Sean Keir and Deirdre Keir. She stands 6 feet 2 inches (188 cm) tall. She was raised in Wales and active in theatre starting in the late 1970s, including taking a leading role in Edward Bond's The Worlds, directed by Bond himself, in a youth theatre production. She attended the Webber Douglas Drama School, after which she made her professional debut in what has remained her best known role.

She made her television debut in the title role in the BBC dramatisation of Fay Weldon's The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986).[1] For this role, she was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. She played the small part of Rosika Miklos in the James Bond film The Living Daylights (1987), and starred in The Comic Strip Presents... episodes "Les Dogs" (1990) and "Queen of the Wild Frontier" (1993). In 1996, Wallace was featured as Serpentine in Neil Gaiman's BBC miniseries Neverwhere, and played Major Iceborg in the 1997 cult classic The Fifth Element.

In the 2000s, she continued to make regular film and television appearances in supporting roles, including recurring roles as Mrs. Avery from 2000-2001 on Last of the Summer Wine[2] and Tony's Mum on Catterick (2004). She has also appeared in the short film Rita (2008), the 2013 BBC comedy series Big School, and most recently in The Spiritualist (2016).[3]

Film roles

Television roles

Other work

Wallace provided the spoken narration for Marc Almond's 1990 single "A Lover Spurned" from the album Enchanted.

She also appeared in the video for the Adrian Belew and David Bowie song "Pretty Pink Rose" from the album Young Lions.

References
  1. Interview: Julie T. Wallace | Cult – Classic TV | BBC
  2. Last of the Summer Wine | Comedy | BBC
  3. "Ciaran Brown meets actress Julie T. Wallace".
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