2 weeks ago - Dame Harriet Walter portrays Dasha Duzran on Killing Eve. Walter was born in London, England. She is the niece of British actor Sir Christopher Lee. On her father's side, she is the great-great-great-granddaughter of John Walter, who founded ...

November 26, 2025 - She has also acted in Downton Abbey (2013–15), London Spy (2015), The Crown (2016), Patrick Melrose (2018), Killing Eve (2020), and Silo (2023–present). She has earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in Succession (2018–2023) and Ted Lasso (2020–2023).

April 27, 2020 - Season 3 of Killing Eve premiered on Sunday, April 12. In the premiere, Villanelle (Jodie Comer) reunites with Dasha (Harriet Walter), the woman who trained her to become an assassin.

April 27, 2020 - Dame Harriet Walter discusses what it’s like to serve as Villanelle’s latest handler as Dasha on Killing Eve Season 3.

May 4, 2020 - But Walter didn't get the chance to literally off someone until she took the role of Dasha, assassin Villanelle's (Jodie Comer) eccentric trainer and mentor on Killing Eve. In this case, it was a pitchfork through the neck of Eve's (Sandra Oh) rather grating husband Niko (Owen McDonnell) in the final moments of the latest episode.

April 19, 2020 - The Killing Eve universe is expanding in its third season with the introduction of Dasha, a brand-new character played by Succession’s Dame Harriet Walter.

April 30, 2020 - Walter is Killing Eve’s latest and most dangerous new recruit in terms of what she has taught the show’s star murderess.

2 weeks ago - Harriet Walter as Dasha Duzran, a hard-bitten one-time Olympic gymnast turned spy, Villanelle's former trainer and mentor (series 3) Gemma Whelan as Geraldine Stowton, Carolyn's daughter and Kenny's older sister (series 3) Camille Cottin as Hélène, a high-ranking member of the Twelve (series 3–4) Anjana Vasan as Pamela "Pam" Palmeira, Hélène's newest assassin recruit who works at a funeral home (series 4) Robert Gilbert as Yusuf, Eve...

Get to know Dame Harriet Walter, the widely respected British actress known for her roles in Killing Eve, This Is Going to Hurt, Succession, and Ted Lasso. She is also a Tony-nominated and Olivier Award-winning stage actress.

"Killing Eve" Beautiful Monster (TV Episode 2020) - Harriet Walter as Dasha

May 12, 2020 - We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.Your support makes all the difference.Read more · Five minutes before speaking to Harriet Walter, I watched her stab a man through the neck with a rusty pitchfork. “I can’t wait to see that,” says the 69-year-old, whose Russian gymnast-slash-assassin Dasha is responsible for the most brutal moment of Killing Eve’s new season.

Killing Eve (TV Series 2018–2022) - Harriet Walter as Dasha

July 7, 2022 - The actress stars as a Russian assassin and Villanelle's teacher in season three of BBC drama Killing Eve ... Casting directors, take note: Dame Harriet Walter is 100% up for playing a Bond villain.

March 8, 2024 - Ordered to drive a permanent wedge between Eve (Sandra Oh) and Villanelle (Jodie Comer), Dasha (Dame Harriet Walter) travels to Poland, feeds a nice old lady to pigs, and straight up murders Niko in front Eve with a pitchfork. The pièce de résistance is a note attached to the murder weapon that will, hopefully, place the blame on Dasha’s unpredictable protégée.

April 12, 2020 - (The same night she’ll also appear as a deliciously dark new character—“it’s very different,” is all Walter will say—in the third season of Killing Eve.) Why does Walter seem to pop up in all of T&C’s favorite shows? The actress weighs in here. ... Harriet Walter, Ella Purnell, and Tamsin Greig in Belgravia, the new period drama, premiering April 12 on EPIX, from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes.

January 5, 2022 - Stage alum Harriet Walter has joined the third season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Killing Eve.

October 3, 2021 - In recent years, though, Walter ... In Killing Eve, she was Dasha, the Russian former Olympic gymnast and KGB operative with a predilection for leopard print who mentored Villanelle (Jodie Comer)....

There is a specific tone to Killing Eve that I’d watched as a viewer before knowing I was going to join. It’s very hard to capture in words though. The danger is to make it cartoony or to take it too seriously and be overly horrendous. I’m English in my politeness, I’ll smile to soften things up and try to fit in well with everybody.