Julie T. Wallace

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

Biography Julie T. Wallace is the daughter of Scottish actor Andrew Keir and Julia Wallace. She is 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 a leading role in Edward Bond's The Worlds, directed by Bond, 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). 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 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 and Tony's Mum on Catterick (2004). She appeared in the short film Rita (2008), the 2013 BBC comedy series Big School, and more recently in The Spiritualist (2016).

Film roles The Living Daylights (1987) as Rosika Miklos Hawks (1988) as Ward Sister Mack the Knife (1989) as Coaxer The Lunatic (1991) as Inga Schmidt Anchoress (1993) as Bertha The Fifth Element (1997) as Major Iceborg B. Monkey (1998) as Mrs Sturge Devil's Harvest (2003) as Mary Henson Lighthouse Hill (2004) as Bunny Provoked (2006) as Gladys Speed Racer (2008) as Truck Driver Rita (2008) as Mum Cemetery Junction (2010) as Dignified Woman Edge (2010) as Linda Stag Hunt (2015) as Mary The Spiritualist (2016) as Mother

Television roles The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986) as Ruth, the "She-Devil" Don't Wait Up (1986) Berta, Au pair French and Saunders (1987) as Herself Comic Relief (1988) as Herself The Comic Strip Presents (1990) as Groom's Mother Selling Hitler (1991) as Edith Lieblang Lovejoy (1993) as Mrs Neighbour The Comic Strip Presents (1993) as Fiona Anchoress (1993) as Bertha The South Bank Show (1994) as Herself The Detectives (1994) as W.P.C. Sandy Taylor Hamish Macbeth (1995) as Alice Robb Neverwhere (1996) as Serpentine Sharpe's Regiment (1996) as Maggie Heartbeat (1993 and 1997) as Betty Sutch Looking After Jo Jo (1998) as Billy's mother Last of the Summer Wine (2000–2001) as Mrs (Lolly Minerva) Avery My Family (2002) as Jocelyn, Dental Assistant Doctors (2003) as Barbara Byers Spine Chillers (2003 BBC TV series) Episode 2 - Love Gods as Alison Catterick (2004) as Tony's Mum Bremner, Bird and Fortune (2005) as Sarah Kennedy Hotel Babylon (2006) as Helen Merchant Casualty (2010 – 1 episode) as Registrar Big School (2013) as Pat Carrington, the lab assistant Man Down (2015) as Teggun

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.