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  • BIRTH 14/01/1967
  • Country United Kingdom
  • SHOWS 10
  • MOVIES 49

Emily Watson

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Emily Margaret Watson OBE (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut film role as Bess McNeil in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves (1996) and for her role as Jacqueline du Pré in Hilary and Jackie (1998), winning the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress for the latter.

Watson's other films include The Boxer (1997), Angela's Ashes (1999), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Red Dragon (2002), Equilibrium (2002), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Corpse Bride (2005), Miss Potter (2006), Synecdoche, New York (2008), The Theory of Everything (2014), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), The Happy Prince (2018) and God's Creatures (2022). For her role in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. She won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for playing Janet Leach in the 2011 ITV television biopic Appropriate Adult and was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actress for the 2017 BBC miniseries Apple Tree Yard.

Emily Watson

Shows (10)

Dune: Prophecy
Dune: Prophecy
Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen
Chernobyl
Chernobyl
Ulana Khomyuk
Genius (2017)
Genius (2017)
Elsa Einstein
Little Women (2017)
Little Women (2017)
Marmee March
Apple Tree Yard
Apple Tree Yard
Yvonne Carmichael
Appropriate Adult
Appropriate Adult
Janet Leach
The Academy Awards
The Academy Awards
Self
The Politician's Husband
The Politician's Husband
Freya Gardner
Too Close
Too Close
Dr. Emma Robinson
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Grace McKee

Movies (49)

Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Chief of Staff Fox
Small Things Like These
Small Things Like These
Sister Mary
Corpse Bride
Corpse Bride
Victoria Everglot (voice)
Red Dragon
Red Dragon
Reba McClane
The Theory of Everything
The Theory of Everything
Beryl Wilde
Equilibrium
Equilibrium
Mary O'Brien
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
Countess Lydia Ivanova
Everest
Everest
Helen Wilton
War Horse
War Horse
Rose Narracott
The Legend of Ochi
The Legend of Ochi
Dasha
Punch-Drunk Love
Punch-Drunk Love
Lena Leonard
The Book Thief
The Book Thief
Rosa Hubermann
Belle
Belle
Lady Mansfield
Testament of Youth
Testament of Youth
Mrs. Brittain
Gosford Park
Gosford Park
Elsie
The Water Horse
The Water Horse
Anne MacMorrow
On Chesil Beach
On Chesil Beach
Violet Ponting
God's Creatures
God's Creatures
Aileen O'Hara
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
Bess McNeill
Monster Family 2
Monster Family 2
Emma Wishbone (voice)
Monster Family
Monster Family
Emma Wishbone (voice)
Synecdoche, New York
Synecdoche, New York
Tammy
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of…
Miss Trinklebury
Miss Potter
Miss Potter
Millie Warne
The Proposition
The Proposition
Martha Stanley
Some Girl(s)
Some Girl(s)
Lindsay
Little Boy
Little Boy
Emma Busbee
Midas Man
Midas Man
Queenie Epstein
The Boxer
The Boxer
Maggie Hamill
The Happy Prince
The Happy Prince
Constance Wilde
Within the Whirlwind
Within the Whirlwind
Evgenia Ginzburg
Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek
Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek
Mary Vega
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Anne Sellers
Fireflies in the Garden
Fireflies in the Garden
Jane Lawrence
Trixie
Trixie
Trixie Zurbo
Cradle Will Rock
Cradle Will Rock
Olive Stanton
Oranges and Sunshine
Oranges and Sunshine
Margaret Humphreys
Cemetery Junction
Cemetery Junction
Mrs. Kendrick
Wah-Wah
Wah-Wah
Ruby Compton
Cold Souls
Cold Souls
Claire
The Luzhin Defence
The Luzhin Defence
Natalia Katkov
The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss
Maggie Tulliver
Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes
Angela McCourt
The Dresser
The Dresser
Her Ladyship
The Luzhin Defence
The Luzhin Defence
Natalia Katkov
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Caroline Gil
A Royal Night Out
A Royal Night Out
Queen Elizabeth
King Lear
King Lear
Regan
Separate Lies
Separate Lies
Anne Manning