7.8
7.8
The Theory of Everything
2014
as Beryl Wilde
Emily Watson
Nationality:United Kingdom
Height:5'8" (173 cm)
Education:University of Bristol, Notting Hill and Ealing High School, St James Independent Schools, Drama Studio London, Manor Hall, Bristol
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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, and 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), Small Things like These (2024), and Hamnet (2025). 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 in the HBO science fiction series Dune: Prophecy.
Filmography (62 movies)
7.7
7.7
Hamnet
2025
as Mary
7.6
7.6
Corpse Bride
2005
as Victoria Everglot (voice)
7.5
7.5
Synecdoche, New York
2008
as Tammy
7.5
7.5
The Book Thief
2013
as Rosa Hubermann
7.5
7.5
Breaking the Waves
1996
as Bess McNeill
7.3
7.3
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
2003
as Self
7.3
7.3
Angela's Ashes
1999
as Angela McCourt
7.3
7.3
War Horse
2011
as Rose Narracott
7.3
7.3
Testament of Youth
2015
as Mrs. Brittain
7.2
7.2
Little Boy
2015
as Emma Busbee
7.1
7.1
Punch-Drunk Love
2002
as Lena Leonard
7.1
7.1
Belle
2013
as Lady Mansfield
7.0
7.0
Equilibrium
2002
as Mary O'Brien
7.0
7.0
Red Dragon
2002
as Reba McClane
7.0
7.0
The Proposition
2005
as Martha Stanley
7.0
7.0
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017
as Chief of Staff Fox
6.9
6.9
Oranges and Sunshine
2010
as Margaret Humphreys
6.8
6.8
Everest
2015
as Helen Wilton
6.8
6.8
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997
6.7
6.7
Anna Karenina
2012
as Countess Lydia Ivanova
6.7
6.7
The Boxer
1997
as Maggie Hamill
6.7
6.7
Small Things Like These
2024
as Sister Mary
6.6
6.6
Miss Potter
2006
as Millie Warne
6.6
6.6
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
as Anne Sellers
6.6
6.6
Monster Family 2
2021
as Emma Wishbone (voice)
6.5
6.5
The Water Horse
2007
as Anne MacMorrow
6.5
6.5
Cemetery Junction
2010
as Mrs. Kendrick
6.5
6.5
A Royal Night Out
2015
as Queen Elizabeth
6.5
6.5
Weinstein
2018
as Narrator (voice)
6.5
6.5
A Song for Jenny
2015
as Julie Nicholson
6.5
6.5
Hilary and Jackie
1998
as Jackie Du Pré
6.4
6.4
Cradle Will Rock
1999
as Olive Stanton
6.4
6.4
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
2008
as Caroline Gil
6.4
6.4
Steve
2025
as Jenny
6.3
6.3
Midas Man
2024
as Queenie Epstein
6.3
6.3
The Happy Prince
2018
as Constance Wilde
6.2
6.2
The Luzhin Defence
2000
as Natalia Katkov
6.2
6.2
The Dresser
2015
as Her Ladyship
6.2
6.2
Fireflies in the Garden
2008
as Jane Lawrence
6.1
6.1
On Chesil Beach
2018
as Violet Ponting
6.1
6.1
King Lear
2018
as Regan
6.1
6.1
The Mill on the Floss
1997
as Maggie Tulliver
6.1
6.1
The Legend of Ochi
2025
as Dasha
6.0
6.0
God's Creatures
2022
as Aileen O'Hara
6.0
6.0
Monster Family
2017
as Emma Wishbone (voice)
6.0
6.0
Cold Souls
2009
as Claire
5.8
5.8
Wah-Wah
2005
as Ruby Compton
5.8
5.8
Crusade in Jeans
2006
as Mary Vega
5.8
5.8
Metroland
1997
as Marion
5.8
5.8
Separate Lies
2005
as Anne Manning
5.3
5.3
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
2015
as Miss Trinklebury
5.1
5.1
Some Girl(s)
2013
as Lindsay
5.0
5.0
Within the Whirlwind
2009
as Evgenia Ginzburg
5.0
5.0
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self
5.0
5.0
Ballchewer
2002
as Self
4.6
4.6
Trixie
2000
as Trixie Zurbo
4.2
4.2
Meerkats 3D
2011
as Narrator
Midday Sun
TBA
as Sarah
A Summer Day's Dream
1994
Late in Summer
TBA
Fado!
TBA
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