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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

80

Gender

Female

Birthday

1967-01-14 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Islington, London, England, UK

Also Known As

에밀리 왓슨

Эмили Уотсон

Емілі Вотсон

艾蜜莉·華森

امیلی واتسون

Emily Watson

Biography

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).  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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Emily Watson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Breaking the Waves

1996

Breaking the Waves

as

Bess McNeill

Crusade in Jeans

2006

Crusade in Jeans

as

Mary Vega

Angela's Ashes

1999

Angela's Ashes

as

Angela McCourt

Corpse Bride

2005

Corpse Bride

as

Victoria Everglot (voice)

Gosford Park

2001

Gosford Park

as

Elsie

Cold Souls

2009

Cold Souls

as

Claire

Equilibrium

2002

Equilibrium

as

Mary O'Brien

Fireflies in the Garden

2008

Fireflies in the Garden

as

Jane Lawrence

Punch-Drunk Love

2002

Punch-Drunk Love

as

Lena Leonard

Trixie

2000

Trixie

as

Trixie Zurbo

Metroland

1997

Metroland

as

Marion

Cradle Will Rock

1999

Cradle Will Rock

as

Olive Stanton

Red Dragon

2002

Red Dragon

as

Reba McClane

Monster Family 2

2021

Monster Family 2

as

Emma Wishbone (voice)

Miss Potter

2006

Miss Potter

as

Millie Warne

Small Things Like These

2024

Small Things Like These

as

Sister Mary

Cemetery Junction

2010

Cemetery Junction

as

Mrs. Kendrick

Wah-Wah

2005

Wah-Wah

as

Ruby Compton

Midas Man

2024

Midas Man

as

Queenie Epstein

Separate Lies

2005

Separate Lies

as

Anne Manning

The Proposition

2005

The Proposition

as

Martha Stanley

The Boxer

1997

The Boxer

as

Maggie Hamill

Hilary and Jackie

1998

Hilary and Jackie

as

Jackie Du Pré

The Luzhin Defence

2000

The Luzhin Defence

as

Natalia Katkov

Oranges and Sunshine

2010

Oranges and Sunshine

as

Margaret Humphreys

The Water Horse

2007

The Water Horse

as

Anne MacMorrow

Meerkats 3D

2011

Meerkats 3D

as

Narrator

War Horse

2011

War Horse

as

Rose Narracott

Within the Whirlwind

2009

Within the Whirlwind

as

Evgenia Ginzburg

Anna Karenina

2012

Anna Karenina

as

Countess Lydia Ivanova

The Mill on the Floss

1997

The Mill on the Floss

as

Maggie Tulliver

Belle

2013

Belle

as

Lady Mansfield

The Book Thief

2013

The Book Thief

as

Rosa Hubermann

Some Girl(s)

2013

Some Girl(s)

as

Lindsay

Little Boy

2015

Little Boy

as

Emma Busbee

The Theory of Everything

2014

The Theory of Everything

as

Beryl Wilde

Testament of Youth

2015

Testament of Youth

as

Mrs. Brittain

A Royal Night Out

2015

A Royal Night Out

as

Queen Elizabeth

Everest

2015

Everest

as

Helen Wilton

Midday Sun

Midday Sun

as

Sarah

A Song for Jenny

2015

A Song for Jenny

as

Julie Nicholson

The Dresser

2015

The Dresser

as

Her Ladyship

On Chesil Beach

2018

On Chesil Beach

as

Violet Ponting

Hamnet

2025

Hamnet

as

Mary Shakespeare

Monster Family

2017

Monster Family

as

Emma Wishbone (voice)

The Happy Prince

2018

The Happy Prince

as

Constance Wilde

King Lear

2018

King Lear

as

Regan

Weinstein

2018

Weinstein

as

Narrator (voice)

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

2017

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

as

Chief of Staff Fox

God's Creatures

2022

God's Creatures

as

Aileen O'Hara

Steve

2025

Steve

as

Appropriate Adult

Appropriate Adult

as

Janet Leach

Fired on Mars

Fired on Mars

as

Sheila (voice)

Performance

Performance

as

Rosalie

Apple Tree Yard

Apple Tree Yard

as

Yvonne Carmichael

Genius

Genius

as

Elsa Einstein

Little Women

Little Women

as

Marmee March

Chernobyl

Chernobyl

as

Ulana Khomyuk

Dune: Prophecy

Dune: Prophecy

as

Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen

Too Close

Too Close

as

Dr. Emma Robinson

The Third Day

The Third Day

as

Mrs. Martin

Production

Crew

Directing