Julia Watson

Julia Watson (born 13 September 1953) is a British actress, known for playing Barbara 'Baz' Wilder in the BBC medical drama Casualty.

Life and career Watson was born on 13 September 1953 and brought up in the Derby area. Talking about her parents in an interview with the Casualty fansite, holby.tv, she comments that they were fantastic and devoted. She cites this as reason why she feels so torn between career and family.

She is married to the writer David Harsent; they met at a dinner party and eventually married in a registry office in Fulham. They have a daughter, Hannah, born in 1990. Nurse 1979 Rings on Their Fingers The Secretary 1979 Shoestring, "Private Ear" Girl in DIsco 1979 The Way up to Heaven, S1. Ep 9 Maid 1979-1981 Agony Lindsay Henderson 1981 Maybury, "Maisie", S.1 Ep.10 Jane 1981–1983 Never the Twain Lyn Smallbridge 1985 Dempsey and Makepeace Terry 1986, 1995–1998, 2003–2004 Casualty Barbara Baz Wilder 1988 Across the Lake 1988 Bust 1989 A Touch of Spice 1989 The Yellow Wallpaper 1993 Lovejoy 1999–2000 Welcome to Orty-Fou 2000 This Is Your Life Herself 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019, 2023 Doctors Various roles 2009 Not Going Out 2010 Midsomer Murders Christine Wakely 2024 Doctor Who Christmas special Guest role - Hilda 2025 Emmerdale Kathleen

Radio The Comedy of Errors Shadow Play (31 May 1999 on BBC Radio 4)

Stage 1980s Major Barbara – played Jenny Hill in a 1982 production at Lyttelton Theatre Danton's Death – played Lady Eugenie in a 1984 production at Olivier Theatre Love on the Plastic – played in a 1987 production at Half Moon Theatre Joking Apart – played Anthea in a 1995 production at Greenwich Theatre 2010s Amy's View – played Esme in a 2010 production at Nottingham Playhouse My Family and Other Animals – played Durrell's mother in a 2011 production at Theatre Royal, York The Stepmother – played Charlotte Gaydon in a 2013 production at Orange Tree Theatre The Man Who Pays the Piper – played Mrs Fairley in a 2013 production at Orange Tree Theatre