Julie T. Wallace Explained

Julie T. Wallace
Birth Name:Julie Therese Keir
Birth Date:1961 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Wimbledon, London, England
Occupation:Actress
Yearsactive:1986–present

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

Biography

Julie T. Wallace is the daughter of Scottish actor Andrew Keir and his first wife, Julia Wallace. She is the sister of actors Sean Keir and Deirdre Keir. She stands 6inchesft2inchesin (ftin) tall.

Raised in Wales, she adopted her mother's maiden name professionally after attending the Webber Douglas Drama School. She was 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 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] She was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her performance. She later played 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 2000-01 on Last of the Summer Wine[2] and Tony's Mum on Catterick (2004). She 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.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/shedevil/interview.shtml Interview: Julie T. Wallace
  2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/lastofthesummerwine/index.shtml Last of the Summer Wine
  3. Web site: Ciaran Brown meets actress Julie T. Wallace. 1 October 2022.
  4. Book: Pegg . Nicholas . The Complete David Bowie . 319 . 2016.