The mother of all breakthroughs

Harriet Walter, 72, has become an Emmy favorite after more than four decades of stellar work on stage and screen.

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This year, like last, Walter is up for two guest star Emmys — for drama as the mostly uninvolved, occasionally offhandedly monstrous mother in “Succession,� and for comedy, as Rebecca’s kookier yet also emotionally distant mother on “Ted Lasso.�

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Walter’s nomination total, including her 2020 recognition for “Succession.�

1988

A Royal Shakespeare Company stalwart, Walter won the Olivier Award for best actress in a revival (for “Twelfth Night,� “Three Sisters� and “A Question of Geography�) the same year her future “Succession� ex-husband Brian Cox won best actor in a revival, for “Titus Andronicus.�

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Walter received a Tony nomination in 2009 for her performance as Queen Elizabeth I in “Mary Stuart.�

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years (2009-11) Walter starred as a detective inspector on “Law and Order: UK.�

2011

Walter became a dame less than two years after her uncle, actor Christopher Lee, was knighted.

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Walter and Lee appeared in “Star Wars� films, but not together. Lee: “Attack of the Clones,� “Revenge of the Sith.� Walter: “The Force Awakens.�

2020

TV fans who only know her patrician British mum characters should check out Walter’s tongue-in-cheek performance as a Russian gymnast-turned-assassin on Season 3 of “Killing Eve.�

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Walter has appeared in most English or Anglo/American Emmy sensations of the past decade, from “Succession,� “Lasso� and “Eve� to “Downton Abbey� and “The Crown.�