Julie Legrand

Julie Legrand

Birthdate
October 17, 1972 (52 years old)
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
October 17, 1972 (52 years old)
Known For
Acting

Biography

ulie Legrand (born in Pitlochry, Scotland) is a British television, film, and stage actress best known for her role as Jeanette Dunkley on Footballers' Wives. She has also guest starred in a wide variety of British television shows, as well as stage productions.

One of her earliest roles was in the Channel 4 comedy drama Hollywood Hits Chiswick, alongside Derek Newark as W.C. Fields. Her subsequent television career has been extensive, including appearances in Anglo-Saxon Attitudes. Kavanagh QC and Holby City.

Along with her television work, Legrand has had numerous successes within theatre, most recently in See How They Run and has also starred in Fiddler on the Roof in the West End at The Savoy theatre and as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, along with the films One for the Road, Prick Up Your Ears, and Water. She also toured Britain in the RSC's Romeo and Juliet as The Nurse. She played the role of Madame Morrible in the West End production of Wicked. She began performances on 29 March 2010, replacing Harriet Thorpe. After a lengthy run, Legrand exited the show on 27 October 2012, and was replaced by Louise Plowright on Oct. 29, 2012. in 2014-2015 Legrand portrayed Electra in Gypsy at the Chichester Festival Theatre and the subsequent transfer to the Savoy Theatre in London. In 2016 Legrand played Mrs. Malaprop in Sheridan's The Rivals in Bristol and Glasgow.

Julie Legrand's LGBTQ+ Titles

Prick Up Your Ears
Prick Up Your Ears
Gallery Owner

Acting (19)

Starting Out (2 episodes)
2024
Ludwig as Manon (1 episode)
2019
Flack as Shell (1 episode)
2015
Gypsy as Miss Cratchitt / Electra
2012
Call the Midwife as Ruth Gelin (1 episode)
2006
Ex Memoria as Helena
2006
One Hundredth of a Second as Mary Kennington
2005
Footballers' Wives: Extra Time (1 episode)
2003
One for the Road as Liz
2002
Footballers' Wives as Jeanette Dunkley (10 episodes)
2001
Night and Day (117 episodes)
1999
Starting Out (8 episodes)
1999
Bad Girls as Rita Dockley (1 episode)
1991
Turbulence as Annie
1987
Prick Up Your Ears as Gallery Owner
1987
Inspector Morse as Brigitte de Plessy (1 episode)
1985
Water as French Business Executive
1984
The Bill (2 episodes)
1984
Under the Hammer as Frenchwoman