Emily Watson

Emily Watson

Biography: 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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: January 14, 1967

Deathday: N/A

Popularity:

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Known For

Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves

1996-07-05

Crusade in Jeans
Crusade in Jeans

2006-11-15

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

2004-10-01

Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes

1999-12-25

Corpse Bride
Corpse Bride

2005-09-12

Gosford Park
Gosford Park

2001-11-07

Synecdoche, New York
Synecdoche, New York

2008-10-24

Cold Souls
Cold Souls

2009-08-07

Equilibrium
Equilibrium

2002-12-06

Fireflies in the Garden
Fireflies in the Garden

2008-08-07

Punch-Drunk Love
Punch-Drunk Love

2002-10-11

Trixie
Trixie

2000-06-28

Metroland
Metroland

1997-08-30

Cradle Will Rock
Cradle Will Rock

1999-12-10

Red Dragon
Red Dragon

2002-10-02

The Legend of Ochi
The Legend of Ochi

2025-04-25

Monster Family 2
Monster Family 2

2021-10-15

Miss Potter
Miss Potter

2006-12-03

Small Things Like These
Small Things Like These

2024-11-01

Cemetery Junction
Cemetery Junction

2010-04-14

The Memory Keeper's Daughter
The Memory Keeper's Daughter

2008-04-12

Wah-Wah
Wah-Wah

2005-08-17

Midas Man
Midas Man

2024-08-23

Separate Lies
Separate Lies

2005-09-16

The Proposition
The Proposition

2005-10-06

The Boxer
The Boxer

1997-12-31

Hilary and Jackie
Hilary and Jackie

1998-12-30

Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier

1997-12-12

A Summer Day's Dream
A Summer Day's Dream

1994-11-26

The Luzhin Defence
The Luzhin Defence

2000-08-21

Oranges and Sunshine
Oranges and Sunshine

2010-10-08

The Water Horse
The Water Horse

2007-12-25

Meerkats 3D
Meerkats 3D

2011-10-02

War Horse
War Horse

2011-12-25

Within the Whirlwind
Within the Whirlwind

2009-09-18

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina

2012-09-06

The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss

1997-10-12

Belle
Belle

2013-05-01

The Book Thief
The Book Thief

2013-11-08

Some Girl(s)
Some Girl(s)

2013-06-28

Little Boy
Little Boy

2015-04-23

The Theory of Everything
The Theory of Everything

2014-11-26

A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'

2003-04-03

Testament of Youth
Testament of Youth

2014-10-14

A Royal Night Out
A Royal Night Out

2015-05-14

Everest
Everest

2015-09-10

Midday Sun
Midday Sun

A Song for Jenny
A Song for Jenny

2015-07-05

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism

2015-04-11

The Dresser
The Dresser

2015-10-31

On Chesil Beach
On Chesil Beach

2018-01-19

Hamnet
Hamnet

Monster Family
Monster Family

2017-08-24

The Happy Prince
The Happy Prince

2018-04-12

King Lear
King Lear

2018-05-28

Weinstein
Weinstein

2018-03-01

Ballchewer
Ballchewer

2002-11-01

Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Kingsman: The Golden Circle

2017-09-20

The Making of 'Gosford Park'
The Making of 'Gosford Park'

2002-06-18

33 Liberty Lane
33 Liberty Lane

God's Creatures
God's Creatures

2022-09-30

Late in Summer
Late in Summer

Fado!
Fado!