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Juliet Stevenson: ‘My biggest disappointment? I never got a role in Harry Potter’

The actor on struggling with body image, her U-turn on marriage and her obsession with Instagram dogs

Born in Essex, Juliet Stevenson, 69, studied at Rada and made her film debut in Drowning By Numbers. Her other film work includes Truly, Madly, Deeply and Bend It Like Beckham. On stage, she has performed for the RSC and the National. She received an Olivier in 1992 for her role in Death and the Maiden and the 2019 Critics’ Circle best actress award for The Doctor. She is current touring By a Lady, a show about Jane Austen which is at the Buxton Opera House 10 May. She is married with two children and lives in London.

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Life and style May 2, 2026 Juliet Stevenson: ‘My biggest disappointment? I never got a role in Harry Potter’ The actor on struggling with body image, her U-turn on marriage and her obsession with Instagram dogsBorn in Essex, Juliet Stevenson, 69, studied at Rada and made her film debut in Drowning By Numbers. Her other film...

Juliet Stevenson: ‘My biggest disappointment? I never got a role in Harry Potter’

The actor on struggling with body image, her U-turn on marriage and her obsession with Instagram dogsBorn in Essex, Juliet Stevenson, 69, studied at Rada and made her film debut in Drowning By Numbers. Her other film...

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Juliet Stevenson: ‘My biggest disappointment? I never got a role in Harry Potter’

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