Hannah Walters

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Hannah Walters
NationalityBritish
Education Rose Bruford College
Occupation(s)Actress, producer
Years active2006–present
Spouse
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(m. 2008)​
Children2
Website Official website

Hannah Walters is an English actress and producer. [1] [2]

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Career

Walters began her acting career in 2006, with a small role in The Thieving Headmistress. She followed this with appearances as Trudy in the Shane Meadows film This Is England and its continuing series, This Is England '86 , This Is England '88 and This Is England '90 . Walters is best known for her role as DC Megan Riley in the ITV 1 crime drama series Whitechapel , a role she portrayed for 12 episodes.

In 2019, Walters appeared in the short film Boiling Point, which, two years later, went on to become a feature-length film of the same name. Walters is credited as being an executive producer for the film, alongside her husband, Stephen Graham. In the United Kingdom, the film earned $107,525 from fifty-three theaters in its opening weekend. Worldwide, the film amassed $1,142,493 in total box office sales. [3]

In 2021, Walters appeared as Sonia McNally in Time , [4] [5] the wife of her real-life husband's character. In 2022, Walters appeared, as Jean, in four episodes of BBC comedy PRU. [6] [7] In October 2022, it was announced that there would be a BBC sequel series of Boiling Point. Walters will feature as Emily in the series set six months after the premise of the original feature film. [8] [9] In April 2023, Walters starred as Matron Beth Relp in the ITVX drama series Malpractice . [10] Walters said about the production, "Malpractice has that element of being a medical thriller. But it’s also about humanity and the chaos inside a human and how human beings react." [11]

Walters is due to feature in Sweet Sue, a film currently in post-production and starring Maggie O'Neill, Tony Pitts and Harry Trevaldwyn. [12]

Personal life

Walters married actor Stephen Graham on 6 June 2008; they had met and started dating while both were training at the Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance. They currently live in Ibstock, Leicestershire, having previously lived in the Beckenham area of London. They have a son and a daughter. [13] [14] [15] Graham has been open about how his dyslexia means that Walters will help him to learn his lines as well as help to choose his next projects based on the scripts he receives. [16]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006The Thieving HeadmistressMs WallisTelevision film
This Is England Shoe shop assistant
2008 Filth and Wisdom Business man's wife
2009The Antiques Rogue Show2nd DetectiveTelevision film
2010 This Is England '86 Trudy4 episodes; 2 episodes uncredited
2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Woman at The Captain's DaughterUncredited
Walk Like a PantherGloria GilesSeries 1 episode 1
Without YouAlisonSeries 1 episodes 1 & 2
This Is England '88 Trudy2 episodes; 1 episode uncredited
2012–2013 Whitechapel DC Megan Riley12 episodes
2015 Code of a Killer Kath Eastwood2 episodes
No Offence Connie Ball8 episodes
Playhouse PresentsEpisode: "King for a Term"
This Is England '90 TrudyEpisode: "Winter"
2016GaslightingTraceyShort film
2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge Beatrice
Funny Cow Jean
2018 Walk like a Panther Gloria Giles
2019Boiling PointAmandaShort film
2020PopShort film; Executive producer
2021 Time Sonia McNally3 episodes
Boiling Point EmilyAlso executive producer
2022PRUJean4 episodes
2023 Malpractice Matron Beth Relph5 episodes
Boiling Point EmilyBBC TV series [17]
TBASweet SueCurrently in post-production

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