Walters up for Emmy award

JULIE Walters has been nominated for an International Emmy award for her portrayal of former cabinet minister Mo Mowlam.

The Channel 4 film, called Mo, centred on Mowlam’s time as secretary of state for Northern Ireland and showed her battling the brain tumour that eventually killed her.

Walters is nominated for the best actress award and the film is nominated for best TV movie or mini-series in the awards that recognise the best work in television outside the United States.

The winners will be announced on 21 November in New York.