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Emily Watson

Emily Watson

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1967-01-14

Birth Place

Islington, London, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

33 Liberty Lane

33 Liberty Lane

0.0

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

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

2003

8.0

Movie
A Royal Night Out

A Royal Night Out

2015

6.5

Movie
A Song for Jenny

A Song for Jenny

2015

6.4

Movie
A Summer Day's Dream

A Summer Day's Dream

1994

0.0

Movie
Angela's Ashes

Angela's Ashes

1999

7.3

Movie
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

2012

6.7

Movie
poster

Apple Tree Yard

2017

6.4

TV
poster

Appropriate Adult

2011

6.7

TV
Ballchewer

Ballchewer

2002

4.8

Movie
Belle

Belle

2013

7.2

Movie
Breaking the Waves

Breaking the Waves

1996

7.5

Movie
Cemetery Junction

Cemetery Junction

2010

6.5

Movie
poster

Chernobyl

2019

8.7

TV
Cold Souls

Cold Souls

2009

6.0

Movie
Corpse Bride

Corpse Bride

2005

7.6

Movie
Cradle Will Rock

Cradle Will Rock

1999

6.5

Movie
Crusade in Jeans

Crusade in Jeans

2006

5.8

Movie
poster

Dune: Prophecy

2024

7.8

TV
Equilibrium

Equilibrium

2002

7.0

Movie
Everest

Everest

2015

6.8

Movie
Fado!

Fado!

0.0

Movie
poster

Fired on Mars

2023

6.8

TV
Fireflies in the Garden

Fireflies in the Garden

2008

6.2

Movie
poster

Genius

2017

7.8

TV
God's Creatures

God's Creatures

2022

6.0

Movie
Gosford Park

Gosford Park

2001

6.8

Movie
Hamnet

Hamnet

0.0

Movie
Hilary and Jackie

Hilary and Jackie

1998

6.7

Movie
King Lear

King Lear

2018

5.9

Movie
Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

2017

7.0

Movie
Late in Summer

Late in Summer

0.0

Movie
Little Boy

Little Boy

2015

7.2

Movie
poster

Little Women

2017

7.1

TV
Meerkats 3D

Meerkats 3D

2011

4.2

Movie
Metroland

Metroland

1997

5.9

Movie
Midas Man

Midas Man

2024

6.9

Movie
Midday Sun

Midday Sun

0.0

Movie
Miss Potter

Miss Potter

2006

6.6

Movie
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism

2015

5.3

Movie
Monster Family

Monster Family

2017

5.9

Movie
Monster Family 2

Monster Family 2

2021

6.7

Movie
On Chesil Beach

On Chesil Beach

2018

6.1

Movie
Oranges and Sunshine

Oranges and Sunshine

2010

6.9

Movie
poster

Performance

1991

6.0

TV
Punch-Drunk Love

Punch-Drunk Love

2002

7.1

Movie
Red Dragon

Red Dragon

2002

7.0

Movie
Separate Lies

Separate Lies

2005

5.7

Movie
Small Things Like These

Small Things Like These

2024

6.9

Movie
Some Girl(s)

Some Girl(s)

2013

5.2

Movie
Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York

2008

7.6

Movie
Testament of Youth

Testament of Youth

2014

7.3

Movie
The Book Thief

The Book Thief

2013

7.5

Movie
The Boxer

The Boxer

1997

6.7

Movie
The Dresser

The Dresser

2015

6.2

Movie
poster

The Early Show

1999

5.7

TV
The Happy Prince

The Happy Prince

2018

6.4

Movie
The Legend of Ochi

The Legend of Ochi

2025

0.0

Movie
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

2004

6.6

Movie
The Luzhin Defence

The Luzhin Defence

2000

6.1

Movie
The Making of 'Gosford Park'

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

2002

5.0

Movie
The Memory Keeper's Daughter

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

2008

6.4

Movie
The Mill on the Floss

The Mill on the Floss

1997

6.0

Movie
poster

The Oscars

1953

7.0

TV
poster

The Politician's Husband

2013

6.8

TV
The Proposition

The Proposition

2005

7.0

Movie
poster

The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

2015

6.8

TV
The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything

2014

7.8

Movie
poster

The Third Day

2020

6.5

TV
The Water Horse

The Water Horse

2007

6.5

Movie
poster

Too Close

2021

5.9

TV
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier

Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier

1997

6.7

Movie
Trixie

Trixie

2000

5.0

Movie
Wah-Wah

Wah-Wah

2005

6.1

Movie
War Horse

War Horse

2011

7.3

Movie
Weinstein

Weinstein

2018

6.5

Movie
Within the Whirlwind

Within the Whirlwind

2009

5.1

Movie