Maisie Mae Roffey is the daughter of Julie Walters and her husband, Grant Roffey. Maisie Mae Roffey’s mother is an English actress, author, and comedian. She is the recipient of numerous accolades including four British Academy Television Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two International Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Fellowship, and a Golden Globe. She was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2017 for services to drama.
Maisie Mae Roffey: Bio Summary
Full Name | Maisie Mae Roffey |
famous as | daughter of Julie Walters |
Date of Birth | April 26, 1988 |
Age | 36 years old as of 2024 |
Birth sign | Taurus |
place of birth | City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom |
parents | Mother- Julie Walters Father- Grant Roffey |
How old is Julie Walters’ daughter?
Maisie Mae Roffey was born on April 26 1988 in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom. She is 36 years of age as of 2024. She is the only child of Julie Walters and his husband Grant Roffey.
Maisie Mae Roffey’s father is a Police Officer
The actress’s relationship with Grant Roffey, a patrolman for the AA who is eight years her junior, began in 1985 after a chance meeting in a Fulham pub, where Roffey admitted to voting Labour. She shouted to the crowd: ‘I bet there’s no one in here who votes Labour, is there?’
Roffey who was in the crowd spoke up and said that he did. She invited him back to fix her washing machine and a whirlwind romance ensued. The couple became parents to their only child, a daughter, whom they named Maisie Mae. They’ve been together ever since.
When Maisie was born the couple were not married. They delayed marriage until they visited New York City in 1997. The family lives on an organic farm operated by Roffey near Plaistow, West Sussex.
Maisie Mae Roffey had cancer as a child
The actress and comedian was diagnosed with stage III bowel cancer in 2018. Having had surgery and chemotherapy, she entered remission. This meant that she had to be cut from certain scenes in The Secret Garden and also had to miss the premiere of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.
She battled the 18-month cancer battle away from the public eye and did not announce her illness to the public until February 2020, when she said in an interview with Victoria Derbyshire that she would be taking a step back from acting, particularly from large and demanding film roles. She stated however in October 2020, that she would make an exception for Mamma Mia 3! which is currently in development.
The star actress had two tumors removed from her colon and went through a round of grueling chemotherapy for bowel cancer before she was given the all-clear. ‘I couldn’t bear the thought of everyone worrying, particularly my daughter,’ she told the Daily Telegraph’s magazine. ‘I told her I needed to have my appendix removed because there was a problem. I couldn’t say the word “cancer” to her.’
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Julie Walters said her daughter Maisie simply responded, ‘Okay, mum’. ‘She knew it probably didn’t sound right, but she also knew I wasn’t going to talk about it and she didn’t push me,’ she said.
Julie Walters’s daughter Maisie herself had cancer as a child, being diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukaemia at the age of two. The actress’s daughter was given the all-clear not long after her sixth birthday.- Maisie Mae Roffey’s mother Walters revealed.
Where is Julie Walters’s daughter now?
Though she is the daughter of a famous personality, Julie Walters’s daughter Maisie Mae Roffey has been living away from the public’s eyes though she has been spotted a few times attending functions with her parents. According to reports, she worked as a director at FIVEDAWN LIMITED from 2009 to 2014.
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