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Acting
Emily Watson
Also known as: Emily Anita Watson, Emily Margaret 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). 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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 14, 1967
Age
59 years old
Place of Birth
Islington, London, England, UK
Popularity Score
3.6
Filmography
The Legend of Ochi
Dasha
2025Movie
Hamnet
Mary
2025Movie
Steve
Jenny
2025Movie
Inside Look: Hamnet
Self (archive footage)
2025Movie
Small Things Like These
Sister Mary
2024Movie
Midas Man
Queenie Epstein
2024Movie
Dune: Prophecy
Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen
2024TV
Fired on Mars
Sheila (voice)
2023TV
God's Creatures
Aileen O'Hara
2022Movie
Monster Family 2
Emma Wishbone (voice)
2021Movie
Too Close
Dr. Emma Robinson
2021TV
Too Close
Executive Producer
2021TV
The Third Day
Mrs. Martin
2020TV
Chernobyl
Ulana Khomyuk
2019TV
On Chesil Beach
Violet Ponting
2018Movie
The Happy Prince
Constance Wilde
2018Movie
King Lear
Regan
2018Movie
Weinstein
Narrator (voice)
2018Movie
Monster Family
Emma Wishbone (voice)
2017Movie
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Chief of Staff Fox
2017Movie
Apple Tree Yard
Yvonne Carmichael
2017TV
Genius
Elsa Einstein
2017TV
Little Women
Marmee March
2017TV
Little Boy
Emma Busbee
2015Movie
Testament of Youth
Mrs. Brittain
2015Movie
A Royal Night Out
Queen Elizabeth
2015Movie
Everest
Helen Wilton
2015Movie
A Song for Jenny
Julie Nicholson
2015Movie
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Miss Trinklebury
2015Movie
The Dresser
Her Ladyship
2015Movie
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Grace McKee
2015TV
The Theory of Everything
Beryl Wilde
2014Movie
Belle
Lady Mansfield
2013Movie
The Book Thief
Rosa Hubermann
2013Movie
Some Girl(s)
Lindsay
2013Movie
The Politician's Husband
Freya Gardner
2013TV
Anna Karenina
Countess Lydia Ivanova
2012Movie
Meerkats 3D
Narrator
2011Movie
War Horse
Rose Narracott
2011Movie
Appropriate Adult
Janet Leach
2011TV
Cemetery Junction
Mrs. Kendrick
2010Movie
Oranges and Sunshine
Margaret Humphreys
2010Movie
Cold Souls
Claire
2009Movie
Within the Whirlwind
Evgenia Ginzburg
2009Movie
Synecdoche, New York
Tammy
2008Movie
Fireflies in the Garden
Jane Lawrence
2008Movie
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Caroline Gil
2008Movie
The Water Horse
Anne MacMorrow
2007Movie
Crusade in Jeans
Mary Vega
2006Movie
Miss Potter
Millie Warne
2006Movie
Corpse Bride
Victoria Everglot (voice)
2005Movie
Wah-Wah
Ruby Compton
2005Movie
Separate Lies
Anne Manning
2005Movie
The Proposition
Martha Stanley
2005Movie
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Anne Sellers
2004Movie
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
Self
2003Movie
Working Shakespeare
2003TV
Equilibrium
Mary O'Brien
2002Movie
Punch-Drunk Love
Lena Leonard
2002Movie
Red Dragon
Reba McClane
2002Movie
Ballchewer
Self
2002Movie
The Making of Gosford Park
Self
2002Movie
Gosford Park
Elsie
2001Movie
Trixie
Trixie Zurbo
2000Movie
The Luzhin Defence
Natalia Katkov
2000Movie
Angela's Ashes
Angela McCourt
1999Movie
Cradle Will Rock
Olive Stanton
1999Movie
The Early Show
Self
1999TV
Metroland
Marion
1998Movie
Hilary and Jackie
Jackie du Pré
1998Movie
In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema
Self
1998Movie
The Boxer
Maggie Hamill
1997Movie
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997Movie
The Mill on the Floss
Maggie Tulliver
1997Movie
Breaking the Waves
Bess McNeill
1996Movie
A Summer Day's Dream
1994Movie
Performance
Rosalie
1991TV
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
Midday Sun
Sarah
—Movie
Late in Summer
—Movie
Fado!
—Movie
A Christmas Child
Emily Watson ( Self/Narrator )
—Movie
The Clockmaker’s Secret: Lost in Spindlewood
The Keeper of the Keys
—Movie
London Fog: A Ruby Gale Mystery
(The Detective)
—Movie
Holly Noel: The Winter Ball (Christmas 3)
( Host )
—Movie
Amri
Marie Antoinette Gottesman
—Movie
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
Self
—Movie