01/14/1967
Islington, London, England, UK:
Emily Margaret Watson (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse. She was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress for the latter. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut film role as a newlywed in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves (1996) and for her portrayal of Jacqueline du Pré in Anand Tucker's Hilary and Jackie (1998). Watson's other films include The Boxer (1997), Angela's Ashes (1999), Gosford Park (2001), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Red Dragon (2002), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Corpse Bride (2005), Miss Potter (2006), Synecdoche, New York (2008), Oranges and Sunshine (2010), War Horse (2011), The Theory of Everything (2014), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), God's Creatures (2022), and Small Things like These (2024). She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. She won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for playing Janet Leach in the 2011 ITV television biopic Appropriate Adult. She was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actress for the 2017 BBC miniseries Apple Tree Yard. In 2024, she portrayed the lead role of Valya Harkonnen in the HBO science fiction series Dune: Prophecy. Watson is a supporter of the children's charity the NSPCC. In 2004, she was inducted into the society's hall of fame for spearheading the successful campaign to appoint a Children's Commissioner for England. Receiving her award in the crowded House of Commons, she spoke out against the possibility that the Children's Commissioner become a figurehead with little real power.
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Hamnet (2025) as Mary |
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Steve (2025) as Jenny |
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The Legend of Ochi (2025) as Dasha |
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Small Things Like These (2024) as Sister Mary |
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Midas Man (2024) as Queenie Epstein |
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God's Creatures (2022) as Aileen O'Hara |
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Monster Family 2 (2021) as Emma Wishbone (voice) |
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King Lear (2018) as Regan |
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The Happy Prince (2018) as Constance Wilde |
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Weinstein (2018) as Narrator (voice) |
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On Chesil Beach (2018) as Violet Ponting |
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Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) as Chief of Staff Fox |
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Monster Family (2017) as Emma Wishbone (voice) |
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The Dresser (2015) as Her Ladyship |
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Everest (2015) as Helen Wilton |
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A Song for Jenny (2015) as Julie Nicholson |
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A Royal Night Out (2015) as Queen Elizabeth |
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Little Boy (2015) as Emma Busbee |
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Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2015) as Miss Trinklebury |
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Testament of Youth (2015) as Mrs. Brittain |
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The Theory of Everything (2014) as Beryl Wilde |
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The Book Thief (2013) as Rosa Hubermann |
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Some Girl(s) (2013) as Lindsay |
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Belle (2013) as Lady Mansfield |
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Anna Karenina (2012) as Countess Lydia Ivanova |
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War Horse (2011) as Rose Narracott |
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Meerkats 3D (2011) as Narrator |
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Oranges and Sunshine (2010) as Margaret Humphreys |
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Cemetery Junction (2010) as Mrs. Kendrick |
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Within the Whirlwind (2009) as Evgenia Ginzburg |
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Cold Souls (2009) as Claire |
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Synecdoche, New York (2008) as Tammy |
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Fireflies in the Garden (2008) as Jane Lawrence |
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2008) as Caroline Gil |
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The Water Horse (2007) as Anne MacMorrow |
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Miss Potter (2006) as Millie Warne |
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Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek (2006) as Mary Vega |
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The Proposition (2005) as Martha Stanley |
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Separate Lies (2005) as Anne Manning |
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Corpse Bride (2005) as Victoria Everglot (voice) |
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Wah-Wah (2005) as Ruby Compton |
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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) as Anne Sellers |
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A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' (2003) as Self |
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Equilibrium (2002) as Mary O'Brien |
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Ballchewer (2002) as Self |
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Punch-Drunk Love (2002) as Lena Leonard |
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Red Dragon (2002) as Reba McClane |
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The Making of Gosford Park (2002) as Self |
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Gosford Park (2001) as Elsie |
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The Luzhin Defence (2000) as Natalia Katkov |
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Trixie (2000) as Trixie Zurbo |
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Angela's Ashes (1999) as Angela McCourt |
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Cradle Will Rock (1999) as Olive Stanton |
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Hilary and Jackie (1998) as Jackie du Pré |
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Im Laboratorium des Doktor von Trier: Zurück zur Magie des Kinos (1998) as Self |
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The Boxer (1997) as Maggie Hamill |
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Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier (1997) as |
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The Mill on the Floss (1997) as Maggie Tulliver |
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Metroland (1997) as Marion |
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Breaking the Waves (1996) as Bess McNeill |
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A Summer Day's Dream (1994) as |
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Fado! () as |
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Midday Sun () as Sarah |
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Late in Summer () as |