Emily Watson | |
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.jpg) Watson in 2024 | |
| Born | Emily Margaret Watson 14 January 1967 |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol Drama Studio London |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouse |
Jack Waters (m. 1995) |
| Children | 2 |
Emily Margaret Watson OBE (born 14 January 1967)[1] is a British 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, and was nominated for the 2003 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 role as Jacqueline du Pré in Hilary and Jackie (1998).
Watson's other films include The Boxer (1997), 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).
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. In 2024, she portrayed the lead role of Valya Harkonnen the HBO science fiction series Dune: Prophecy.
- ^ Piscini, Beatrice. "Emily Watson. Biografia e filmografia - Trovacinema". La Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2020.