If you want to go one step further in celebrating Walters’ work, we’ve rounded up the national treasure’s best roles in some of our most favourite films. From Billy Elliot to Calendar Girls, here are nine reasons we absolutely love Walters and will miss her from our screens.

Billy Elliot (2000)

Billy Elliot tells the beloved tale of an 11-year-old boy growing up in a northern coal mining town under Thatcher’s Britain. He has aspirations of becoming a ballet dancer, which doesn’t go down well with his dad and brother. The woman who helps him realise and reach his potential is chain-smoking, swearing, ballet teacher Sandra, who Walters plays to absolute perfection.

9 Julie Walters films that are simply iconic, from Mamma Mia to The Secret Garden