Hannah Walters

Hannah Walters
Walters in 2018
Born (1974-01-19) 19 January 1974
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
Years active2006–present
Spouse
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(m. 2008)​
Children2

Hannah Walters (born 19 January 1974) is an English actress, producer, and director. She is best known for her work on This is England '86, Whitechapel, No Offence, Boiling Point, and Adolescence.[1][2]

Early life

Hannah Walters was born on 19 January 1974, in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. She trained as an actor at Rose Bruford College, graduating in 1996.[3][4] Before embarking on a career as an actress, Walters was a teacher of drama, educating GCSE and A-Level students.[5]

Career

2006-2019

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 (2006) and its film sequels, This Is England '86 (2010), This Is England '88 (2011), as well as the TV miniseries This Is England '90 (2015).

She played DC Megan Riley in 12 episodes over seasons 3 and 4 of the ITV 1 crime drama series Whitechapel (2012–2013).

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, released in 2021. Walters was an executive producer for the film, alongside her husband, Stephen Graham. In the UK, the film earned US$107,525 from fifty-three theatres in its opening weekend. Worldwide, the film amassed US$1,142,493 in total box office sales.[6]

2020-2025

In 2020, Walters co-founded the production company Matriarch Productions with her husband, Stephen Graham.[7][8]

In 2021, Walters appeared as Sonia McNally in Time,[9][10] the wife of her real-life husband's character.[11]

In 2022, Walters appeared as Jean in four episodes of BBC comedy PRU.[12][13]

In April 2023, Walters starred as Matron Beth Relp in the ITVX drama series Malpractice.[14] 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."[15] Also in 2023, Walters appeared as the sister-in-law to the title character in Sweet Sue, a film starring Maggie O'Neill, Tony Pitts and Harry Trevaldwyn.[16] Also in 2023, she featured as Emily in the series Boiling Point, which was set six months after the premise of the original feature film.[17][18] She was also a co-director on the series.[19] The series was broadcast on BBC One in October 2023,[20] with all four episodes becoming available on its iPlayer streaming service the same day.[21]

In 2025 Walters featured in and executive produced A Thousand Blows.[22] She also produced Adolescence, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. In December 2025, Walters won the ENVY Producer Award at that year's Women in Film and TV Awards for her work on Adolescence.[23] In an interview about the success and reaction to the series, Walters shared,

"I did not, hand on heart, realise the profound effects it was going to have on people. Parents are sending me lots of messages of thanks, lots of messages of gratitude, because they're opening those bedroom doors and talking to their children in ways that they hadn't talked to them before. I think that's all we needed to do - give everybody a little shake and say, come on, it's our duty now to make sure that this generation don't get lost, because it's so easy to lose them."[24]

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.[25][26][27] 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.[28]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 The Thieving Headmistress Ms Wallis Television film
This Is England Shoe shop assistant
2008 Filth and Wisdom Business man's wife
2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Woman at The Captain's Daughter Uncredited
2016 Gaslighting Tracey Short film
2017 Funny Cow Jean
2018 Walk like a Panther Gloria Giles
2019 Boiling Point Amanda Short film
2020 Pop
2023 Sweet Sue Sister-in-law
TBA Amazing Grace Grace

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009 The Antiques Rogue Show 2nd Detective Television film
2010 This Is England '86 Trudy 4 episodes; 2 episodes uncredited
2011 Walk Like a Panther Gloria Giles Series 1 episode 1
Without You Alison Series 1 episodes 1 & 2
This Is England '88 Trudy 2 episodes; 1 episode uncredited
2012–2013 Whitechapel DC Megan Riley 12 episodes
2015 Code of a Killer Kath Eastwood 2 episodes
No Offence Connie Ball 8 episodes
Playhouse Presents Episode: "King for a Term"
This Is England '90 Trudy Episode: "Winter"
2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge Beatrice
2021 Time Sonia McNally 3 episodes
Boiling Point Emily Also executive producer
2022 PRU Jean 4 episodes
2023 Malpractice Matron Beth Relph 5 episodes
Boiling Point Emily BBC TV series[29]
2025 A Thousand Blows Eliza Moody 4 episodes; executive producer[30]
2025 Adolescence Mrs Bailey 2 episodes; also Co-Executive Producer 4 episodes
2025 What It Feels Like for a Girl Mommar Joe

References

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  2. ^ Collier, Katie (19 October 2023). "Who is Stephen Graham and who is his wife Hannah Walters?". Ealing Times. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Class of 1996". Rose Bruford College. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  4. ^ Pickard, Michael (29 September 2023). "Making a Point". Drama Quarterly. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  5. ^ Baker, Emily (24 May 2022). "Hannah Walters: 'I want to get parts on my own merit not because I'm married to Stephen Graham'". The i Paper. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
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  8. ^ "Home". Matriarch Productions. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  9. ^ Webber, Emily (24 June 2021). "Who is Stephen Graham's wife Hannah Walters as she stars alongside him in series Time". OK. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  10. ^ Simpson, Richard (6 June 2021). "Acting couple Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters to star in new prison drama Time tonight". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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  14. ^ Hibbs, James (30 April 2023). "Malpractice cast: List of characters in ITV's Niamh Algar drama". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  15. ^ Garrett, Lee (16 April 2023). "Hannah Walters opens up on heart-pounding starring role in ITV thriller Malpractice". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  16. ^ Yossman, K.J (20 January 2022). "HanWay Films Boards Comedy Drama 'Sweet Sue' Starring 'White Line's' Maggie O'Neill, 'Rogue One's' Tony Pitts". Variety. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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  19. ^ Loughrey, Clarisse (7 January 2022). "Boiling Point review: Stephen Graham is a chef on the edge in this claustrophobic one-shot drama". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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  23. ^ Ford, Lily (5 December 2025). "Joan Collins, Anna Maxwell Martin and Hannah Walters Among Big Winners at U.K.'s Annual Women in Film and TV Awards". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  24. ^ Moss, Adam (24 March 2025). "I didn't expect Adolescence to have such an effect'". BBC. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  25. ^ Marlow, Lee; Smith, Daniel (20 February 2018). "Meet Stephen Graham, the Hollywood star who lives in a Leicestershire village". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  26. ^ Lally, Kate (6 January 2022). "Stephen Graham and wife Hannah Walters share good news ahead of new film release". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  27. ^ Sigodo, Melissa (16 September 2021). "Channel 4 Help: Stephen Graham's actress wife you may not know starred alongside him in hit BBC show". My London. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  28. ^ Armistead, Claire (22 August 2021). "Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham on friendship, football and their new care home drama". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  29. ^ "Stephen Graham and wife Hannah Walters team up for TV version of Boiling Point". 21 October 2022.
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