---
name: "Josie Walker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/josie-walker"
fi1m_id: "josie-walker"
imdb_id: "nm0907905"
tmdb_id: 1709739
wikidata_id: "Q27078357"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-30T20:56:43.486586+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Josie Walker

## Identity

Josie Walker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/josie-walker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** josie-walker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0907905
- **TMDB ID:** 1709739
- **Wikidata ID:** Q27078357
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josie_Walker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27078357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1709739

Actor. Born 1 January 1970 in Belfast.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1970, Belfast
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 76 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, History 1, Music 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $54m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josie_Walker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27078357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1709739

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Kneecap*](https://film.one/film/kneecap.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Belfast*](https://film.one/film/belfast.md) (66)
- **Netflix:** [*The Wonder*](https://film.one/film/the-wonder.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Josie Walker

> A stage actor of thirty years who came to the screen late and is mostly asked to sit across a table and represent the state. In *Kneecap* she showed what she can do with that, against a boy who will not speak English.

Josie Walker's best screen minutes so far are spent losing. In *Kneecap* (2024) her Detective Ellis sits across an interview table from Liam Óg and tries every tone she has, patient, then bored, then furious, and he answers each one in Irish with a face of perfect helpfulness. The scene is his joke, but it only works if her face keeps changing, and it does: each new tactic arrives with a small fresh hope that this one will land, and each hope dies on screen. We laughed until the person beside us complained, and the reason was not the boy's line but the detective's slow realisation that a language she regards as a museum piece is being used against her, right now, and winning.

She was a stage actor first and for a long time. The work began in musicals in the early 1990s, *The Phantom of the Opera* in Manchester in 1992 and London in 1996, a tour of *Cats* in 1995, then *The Beautiful Game* in 2000. The National Theatre followed, Rose Narracott in *War Horse* in 2012 and *The Ocean at the End of the Lane* in 2020, alongside *Matilda the Musical* and Margaret New in *Everybody's Talking About Jamie* in 2017. Screen came late, from *Where Hands Touch* in 2018, with television including *Call the Midwife*, *This Is Going to Hurt*, *Dalgliesh* and *Andor*. Casting directors have looked at her and seen mothers, officers, nuns and detectives: grounded women who stand for something larger than themselves.

That is a compliment with a cost. In *Belfast* (2021) she is Auntie Violet, part of the warmly acted household around Jude Hill's boy, and our review singled out Judi Dench and Ciarán Hinds and did not mention her, which is an honest measure of what the part allows. In *The Wonder* (2022) she is Sister Michael, a nun in a story about faith and a fasting girl. Talking about Margaret New, Walker said the real woman was "almost touching sainthood, so there's not an awful lot of drama", and that they wanted "more flaws and more of a journey". On screen she has rarely been given the journey. She has been given the table and the institution behind it. *Kneecap* handed her perhaps ten minutes and she put a whole person's exasperation into them, which suggests the fault lies with the parts.

We have seen far more of the type than of the actor, and we say so. Until a film gives her something the length of what the stage has given her for three decades, our view rests on one room in a Belfast police station. That room was enough to make us start looking for her name.

## Biography

Josie Walker is an actress born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and began her career in theatre, appearing in West End productions including *The Phantom of the Opera* and *Cats*.

She has received three Laurence Olivier Award nominations for her work in musicals, including for *The Beautiful Game* (2000) and *Everybody's Talking About Jamie*. On screen, her credits include *Call the Midwife* (2014) as Officer Owen, *Belfast* (2021) as Auntie Violet, *The Wonder* (2022) as Sister Michael, *This Is Going to Hurt* (2022) as Non-Reassuring Trace, *Andor* (2022–2025) as the Force Healer, and *Kneecap* (2024) as Detective Ellis.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hamiltonhodell.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Kneecap* (2024), Fi1m 80, as Detective Ellis — [page](https://film.one/film/kneecap.md)
- *The Wonder* (2022), Fi1m 63, as Sister Michael — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wonder.md)
- *This Is Going to Hurt* (2022), Fi1m 84, as Non-Reassuring Trace — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-going-to-hurt.md)
- *Belfast* (2021), Fi1m 66, as Auntie Violet — [page](https://film.one/film/belfast.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sunny Dancer* (2026), as Brenda
- *In Camera* (2024), as Joanna
- *The Cost of Hugging* (2024), as Erica
- *Kneecap* (2024), as Detective Ellis — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/kneecap.md)
- *Edge of Summer* (2024), as Yvonne
- *The Wonder* (2022), as Sister Michael — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wonder.md)
- *Andor* (2022), series, as Force Healer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md)
- *This Is Going to Hurt* (2022), series, as Non-Reassuring Trace — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-going-to-hurt.md)
- *Belfast* (2021), as Auntie Violet — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/belfast.md)
- *Dalgliesh* (2021), series, as Martha Tate
- *Where Hands Touch* (2018), as Kapo
- *Everybody's Talking About Jamie* (2018), as Margaret New
- *National Theatre Live: War Horse* (2014), as Rose Narracott
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, as Officer Owen — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Psychoville Halloween Special* (2010), as Janet
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Theresa Doherty

## Gallery

- ![Josie Walker](https://film.one/media/person/11096/gallery-70fe340579cb.jpg) Josie Walker — Tech. Sgt. Lou Briscese, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Jessica_Simpson_54th_Presidential_Inaugural_Opening_Celebration_2.jpeg/1280px-Jessica_Simpson_54th_Presidential_Inaugural_Opening_Celebration_2.jpeg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The Wonder - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall - Friday 7th October 2022](https://film.one/media/person/11096/gallery-24b102383417.jpg) The Wonder - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall - Friday 7th October 2022 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/TheWondeBFI071022_%2810_of_17%29_%2852415543894%29.jpg/1280px-TheWondeBFI071022_%2810_of_17%29_%2852415543894%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The Wonder - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall - Friday 7th October 2022](https://film.one/media/person/11096/gallery-e22775ae1848.jpg) The Wonder - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall - Friday 7th October 2022 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/TheWondeBFI071022_%2810_of_17%29_%2852415543894%29_%28cropped-J1%29.jpg/1280px-TheWondeBFI071022_%2810_of_17%29_%2852415543894%29_%28cropped-J1%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The Wonder - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall - Friday 7th October 2022](https://film.one/media/person/11096/gallery-9058fee03468.jpg) The Wonder - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall - Friday 7th October 2022 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/TheWondeBFI071022_%2811_of_17%29_%2852415772243%29.jpg/1280px-TheWondeBFI071022_%2811_of_17%29_%2852415772243%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The Wonder - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall - Friday 7th October 2022](https://film.one/media/person/11096/gallery-196506fa66f8.jpg) The Wonder - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall - Friday 7th October 2022 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/TheWondeBFI071022_%288_of_17%29_%2852414747802%29.jpg/1280px-TheWondeBFI071022_%288_of_17%29_%2852414747802%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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