Emily Watson
Birthday
1967/01/14 (58 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Islington, London, England, UK
Also know as
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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 i...Read more
Acting
(1996) Breaking the Waves
as Bess McNeill
(2006) Crusade in Jeans
as Mary Vega
(2004) The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Anne Sellers
(1999) Angela's Ashes
as Angela McCourt
(2005) Corpse Bride
as Victoria Everglot (voice)
(2001) Gosford Park
as Elsie
(2008) Synecdoche, New York
as Tammy
(2009) Cold Souls
as Claire
(2002) Equilibrium
as Mary O'Brien
(2008) Fireflies in the Garden
as Jane Lawrence
(2002) Punch-Drunk Love
as Lena Leonard
(2000) Trixie
as Trixie Zurbo
(1997) Metroland
as Marion
(1999) Cradle Will Rock
as Olive Stanton
(2002) Red Dragon
as Reba McClane
(2025) The Legend of Ochi
as Dasha
(2021) Monster Family 2
as Emma Wishbone (voice)
(2006) Miss Potter
as Millie Warne
(2024) Small Things Like These
as Sister Mary
(2010) Cemetery Junction
as Mrs. Kendrick
(2008) The Memory Keeper's Daughter
as Caroline Gil
(2005) Wah-Wah
as Ruby Compton
(2024) Midas Man
as Queenie Epstein
(2005) Separate Lies
as Anne Manning
(2005) The Proposition
as Martha Stanley
(1997) The Boxer
as Maggie Hamill
(1998) Hilary and Jackie
as Jackie Du Pré
(1997) Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
as ---
(1994) A Summer Day's Dream
as ---
(2000) The Luzhin Defence
as Natalia Katkov
(2010) Oranges and Sunshine
as Margaret Humphreys
(2007) The Water Horse
as Anne MacMorrow
(2011) Meerkats 3D
as Narrator
(2011) War Horse
as Rose Narracott
(2009) Within the Whirlwind
as Evgenia Ginzburg
(2012) Anna Karenina
as Countess Lydia Ivanova
(1997) The Mill on the Floss
as Maggie Tulliver
(2013) Belle
as Lady Mansfield
(2013) The Book Thief
as Rosa Hubermann
(2013) Some Girl(s)
as Lindsay
(2015) Little Boy
as Emma Busbee
(2014) The Theory of Everything
as Beryl Wilde
(2003) A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
as Self
(2015) Testament of Youth
as Mrs. Brittain
(2015) A Royal Night Out
as Queen Elizabeth
(2015) Everest
as Helen Wilton
Midday Sun
as Sarah
(2015) A Song for Jenny
as Julie Nicholson
(2015) Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
as Miss Trinklebury
(2015) The Dresser
as Her Ladyship
(2018) On Chesil Beach
as Violet Ponting
(2025) Hamnet
as Mary
(2017) Monster Family
as Emma Wishbone (voice)
(2018) The Happy Prince
as Constance Wilde
(2018) King Lear
as Regan
(2018) Weinstein
as Narrator (voice)
(2002) Ballchewer
as Self
(2017) Kingsman: The Golden Circle
as Chief of Staff Fox
(2002) The Making of Gosford Park
as Self
(2022) God's Creatures
as Aileen O'Hara
Late in Summer
as ---
Fado!
as ---
(2025) Steve
as Jenny
(1999) The Early Show
as Self
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(2011) Appropriate Adult
as Janet Leach
(2013) The Politician's Husband
as Freya Gardner
(2023) Fired on Mars
as Sheila (voice)
(1991) Performance
as Rosalie
(2017) Apple Tree Yard
as Yvonne Carmichael
(2017) Genius
as Elsa Einstein
(2017) Little Women
as Marmee March
(2015) The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
as Grace McKee
(2019) Chernobyl
as Ulana Khomyuk
(2024) Dune: Prophecy
as Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen
(2021) Too Close
as Dr. Emma Robinson
(2020) The Third Day
as Mrs. Martin
(2003) Working Shakespeare
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