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Emily Watson

1967-01-14 Islington, London, England, UK

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Biografia

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.

Películas

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