Emily Watson
Known for

Acting

Credits

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Gender

Woman

Birthday

14 Jan 1967 (57)

Place of birth

Islington, London, England, UK

Also known as
에밀리 왓슨
Эмили Уотсон
Емілі Вотсон
艾蜜莉·華森

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.

Known for
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
Dune: ProphecyMother Superior Valya Harkonnen
Fado!
Late in Summer
33 Liberty Lane
Hamnet
QuicksandSarah
2024Small Things Like TheseSister Mary
2024Midas ManMalka Epstein
The Legend of OchiDasha
2023Fired on MarsSheila (voice)
2022God's CreaturesAileen O'Hara
2021Monster Family 2Emma Wishbone (voice)
2021Too CloseDr. Emma Robinson
2020The Third DayMrs. Martin
2019ChernobylUlana Khomyuk
2018On Chesil BeachViolet Ponting
2018The Happy PrinceConstance Wilde
2018King LearRegan
2018WeinsteinNarrator (voice)
2017Kingsman: The Golden CircleChief of Staff Fox
2017Monster FamilyEmma Wishbone (voice)
2017GeniusElsa Einstein
2017Little WomenMarmee March
2017Apple Tree YardYvonne Carmichael
2015EverestHelen Wilton
2015Little BoyEmma Busbee
2015A Royal Night OutQueen Elizabeth
2015Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of HypnotismMiss Trinklebury
2015The DresserHer Ladyship
2015The Secret Life of Marilyn MonroeGrace McKee
2015A Song for JennyJulie Nicholson
2014The Theory of EverythingBeryl Wilde
2014Testament of YouthMrs. Brittain
2013The Book ThiefRosa Hubermann
2013BelleLady Mansfield
2013Some Girl(s)Lindsay
2013The Politician's HusbandFreya Gardner
2012Anna KareninaCountess Lydia Ivanova
2011War HorseRose Narracott
2011Appropriate AdultJanet Leach
2011Meerkats 3DNarrator
2010Cemetery JunctionMrs. Kendrick
2010Oranges and SunshineMargaret Humphreys
2009Cold SoulsClaire
2009Within the WhirlwindEvgenia Ginzburg
2008Synecdoche, New YorkTammy
2008Fireflies in the GardenJane Lawrence
2008The Memory Keeper's DaughterCaroline Gil
2007The Water HorseAnne MacMorrow
2006Miss PotterMillie Warne
2006Crusade in JeansMary Vega
2006Inside the Two Worlds of 'The Corpse Bride'Self
2005Corpse BrideVictoria Everglot (voice)
2005The PropositionMartha Stanley
2005Separate LiesAnne Manning
2005Wah-WahRuby Compton
2004The Life and Death of Peter SellersAnne Sellers
2003A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'Herself
2002EquilibriumMary O'Brien
2002Red DragonReba McClane
2002Punch-Drunk LoveLena Leonard
2002Ballchewer
2002The Making of 'Gosford Park'Self
2001Gosford ParkElsie
2000The Luzhin DefenceNatalia Katkov
2000TrixieTrixie Zurbo
1999Angela's AshesAngela McCourt
1999Cradle Will RockOlive Stanton
1999The Early ShowSelf
1998Hilary and JackieJackie Du Pré
1997The BoxerMaggie Hamill
1997MetrolandMarion
1997The Mill on the FlossMaggie Tulliver
1997Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1996Breaking the WavesBess McNeill
1994A Summer Day's Dream
1991PerformanceRosalie
1953The OscarsSelf
Credits
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2021Too CloseExecutive Producer