1967-01-14 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). and A Pariare Farm Girl ( 2026). 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 | Mary | 2025-11-26 |
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The Legend of Ochi | Dasha | 2025-04-18 |
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Steve | Jenny | 2025-09-19 |
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Midas Man | Queenie Epstein | 2024-08-23 |
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Small Things Like These | Sister Mary | 2024-11-01 |
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God's Creatures | Aileen O'Hara | 2022-09-30 |
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Monster Family 2 | Emma Wishbone (voice) | 2021-10-15 |
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On Chesil Beach | Violet Ponting | 2018-01-19 |
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King Lear | Regan | 2018-05-28 |
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Weinstein | Narrator (voice) | 2018-03-01 |
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The Happy Prince | Constance Wilde | 2018-04-12 |
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Monster Family | Emma Wishbone (voice) | 2017-08-24 |
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Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Chief of Staff Fox | 2017-09-20 |
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Testament of Youth | Mrs. Brittain | 2015-01-16 |
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Little Boy | Emma Busbee | 2015-04-23 |
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A Royal Night Out | Queen Elizabeth | 2015-05-14 |
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Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism | Miss Trinklebury | 2015-04-11 |
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A Song for Jenny | Julie Nicholson | 2015-07-05 |
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The Dresser | Her Ladyship | 2015-10-31 |
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Everest | Helen Wilton | 2015-09-10 |
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The Theory of Everything | Beryl Wilde | 2014-11-07 |
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Belle | Lady Mansfield | 2013-05-01 |
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The Book Thief | Rosa Hubermann | 2013-11-08 |
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Some Girl(s) | Lindsay | 2013-06-28 |
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Anna Karenina | Countess Lydia Ivanova | 2012-09-06 |
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Meerkats 3D | Narrator | 2011-10-02 |
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War Horse | Rose Narracott | 2011-12-25 |
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Cemetery Junction | Mrs. Kendrick | 2010-04-14 |
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Oranges and Sunshine | Margaret Humphreys | 2010-10-08 |
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Within the Whirlwind | Evgenia Ginzburg | 2009-09-18 |
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Cold Souls | Claire | 2009-08-07 |
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter | Caroline Gil | 2008-04-12 |
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Fireflies in the Garden | Jane Lawrence | 2008-08-07 |
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Synecdoche, New York | Tammy | 2008-10-24 |
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The Water Horse | Anne MacMorrow | 2007-12-25 |
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Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek | Mary Vega | 2006-11-15 |
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Miss Potter | Millie Warne | 2006-12-03 |
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Wah-Wah | Ruby Compton | 2005-08-17 |
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Separate Lies | Anne Manning | 2005-09-16 |
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Corpse Bride | Victoria Everglot (voice) | 2005-09-12 |
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The Proposition | Martha Stanley | 2005-10-06 |
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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Anne Sellers | 2004-10-01 |
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A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' | Self | 2003-04-03 |
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Equilibrium | Mary O'Brien | 2002-12-06 |
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Ballchewer | Self | 2002-11-01 |
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The Making of Gosford Park | Self | 2002-06-18 |
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Punch-Drunk Love | Lena Leonard | 2002-10-11 |
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Red Dragon | Reba McClane | 2002-10-02 |
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Gosford Park | Elsie | 2001-12-26 |
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The Luzhin Defence | Natalia Katkov | 2000-08-21 |
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Trixie | Trixie Zurbo | 2000-06-28 |
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Angela's Ashes | Angela McCourt | 1999-12-25 |
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Cradle Will Rock | Olive Stanton | 1999-12-10 |
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Im Laboratorium des Doktor von Trier: Zurück zur Magie des Kinos | Self | 1998-01-01 |
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Hilary and Jackie | Jackie du Pré | 1998-12-30 |
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Metroland | Marion | 1997-08-30 |
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The Boxer | Maggie Hamill | 1997-12-31 |
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Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier | 1997-12-12 | |
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The Mill on the Floss | Maggie Tulliver | 1997-10-12 |
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Breaking the Waves | Bess McNeill | 1996-07-05 |
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A Summer Day's Dream | 1994-11-26 | |
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London Fog: A Ruby Gale Mystery | (The Detective) | |
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Holly Noel: The Winter Ball (Christmas 3) | ( Host ) | |
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The Clockmaker’s Secret: Lost in Spindlewood | The Keeper of the Keys | |
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Amri | Marie Antoinette Gottesman | |
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A Prairie Farm Girl | Marie Calamange | |
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Fado! | ||
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Midday Sun | Sarah | |
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Late in Summer | ||
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A Christmas Child | Emily Watson ( Self/Narrator ) |
