Sixty felt like a big landmark. Not in a dreadful sense, but none of the other birthdays have bothered me. It’s got labels on it – OAP, retirement – and I just wanted to take stock. I wanted to be in my greenhouse at home and at least give myself the opportunity of not working again.
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That’s why I’m an actress – escaping into a world.
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There is this idea that appealing to youth is the only way forward. But that is no longer the case. Youth is not everything. Now we have all the baby-boomers in their 60s, like me, who are actively engaged in life – we’re not retiring, we’re not just being put out to grass once we hit 60.
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There’s something great about going through the menopause and being in your 50s. You trade in that youthful thing, where everything is brand new. You swap it hopefully for some kind of wisdom; all the stuff you’ve learned. And I think HRT and plastic surgery kind of stopped that.
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Birth: | 22nd February, 1950 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Actress, Novelist |
Julie Walters is an English actress and novelist. She came to international prominence for playing the title role in Educating Rita. It was a role she had created on the West End stage, and it won her BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for Best Actress she also won an Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2001 for her performance.
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