She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1983 (1982 season) for Best Actress in a Musical, Guys and Dolls. She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1994 (1993 season) for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Sweeney Todd at the Royal National Theatre.
She was awarded the 1987 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in Woman in Mind.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1977 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "Side by Side by Sondheim" (under the name "Julie N. McKenzie").
Known For
Notes on a Scandal
(2006)
Marjorie
Shirley Valentine
(1989)
Gillian
Bright Young Things
(2003)
Lottie Crump
Full Filmography
Acting
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
(1975)
Rose Maybud (voice)
Ike
(1979)
Sybil Bryan
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
(1980)
Miss Dolly Dormancott
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
(1980)
Those Glory Glory Days
(1983)
Mrs Herrick
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
(1984)
Narrator
Blott on the Landscape
(1985)
Absent Friends
(1985)
Diana
Hotel du Lac
(1986)
Jennifer Pusey
Shirley Valentine
(1989)
Gillian
Adam Bede
(1992)
Mrs. Poyser
The Old Curiosity Shop
(1995)
Mrs Jartley
The Snow Queen
(1995)
Old Lady / Freda
The Snow Queen's Revenge
(1996)
The Snow Queen / Freda / The Proprietor
Vol-au-vent
(1996)
Audrey
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
(1998)
Jack and the Beanstalk
(1999)
Mavis
Bright Young Things
(2003)
Lottie Crump
These Foolish Things
(2006)
Miss Abernethy
Notes on a Scandal
(2006)
Marjorie
You Can Choose Your Friends
(2007)
Margaret Snell
Celebration
(2007)
Prue
Happy and Glorious
(2012)
Queen's Double
Gangsta Granny
(2013)
Granny
The Queen and I
(2018)
The Queen Mother
Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
(2021)
Self
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
(2022)
Granny
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
(2022)
Self
Allelujah
(2023)
Mrs Maudsley
Writing