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Emerald Fennell

1985-10-01 (39 years old) in Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Emerald Lilly Fennell (born October 1, 1985) is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer. She has received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Fennell first gained attention for her roles in period drama films, such as Albert Nobbs (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), The Danish Girl (2015), and Vita and Virginia (2018). She went on to receive wider recognition for her starring roles in the BBC One period drama series Call the Midwife (2013–17) and for her portrayal of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in the Netflix period drama series The Crown (2019–20). As a writer-director, Fennell is known as the showrunner for season two of the BBC thriller series Killing Eve (2019), which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 2020, Fennell made her feature film directorial debut with the thriller Promising Young Woman (2020), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and received nominations for Best Picture, and Best Director, becoming one of only seven women, and the first British woman, to be nominated for the latter.

Movies

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Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
0 %|Oct 17, 2024
Documentary
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Barbie
70 %|Jul 19, 2023
Comedy, Adventure
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Promising Young Woman
74.35 %|Dec 13, 2020
Thriller, Crime, Drama
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Vita & Virginia
68 %|May 2, 2019
Drama, Romance
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The Darkest Universe
57 %|Nov 4, 2016
Romance, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
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The Danish Girl
75.75999999999999 %|Nov 27, 2015
Drama
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Pan
59.669999999999995 %|Sep 24, 2015
Fantasy, Adventure, Family, Action
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Murder on the Home Front
65 %|May 9, 2013
Mystery, Crime, Thriller
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The Lady Vanishes
63.099999999999994 %|Mar 17, 2013
Thriller, Mystery, Horror
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Anna Karenina
67 %|Sep 6, 2012
Drama, Romance, History
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Albert Nobbs
63 %|Dec 21, 2011
Drama
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Mr. Nice
61 %|Oct 7, 2010
Comedy, Crime, Drama

Series

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The Crown
82.13 %|Nov 4, 2016
Drama
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Victoria
73 %|Aug 28, 2016
Drama
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
55 %|Feb 25, 2014
Talk, Comedy
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Drifters
71.88 %|Oct 31, 2013
Comedy
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Chickens
65 %|Aug 22, 2013
Comedy
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Murder on the Home Front
0 %|May 9, 2013
Crime, Drama
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Blandings
72 %|Jan 13, 2013
Comedy
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Call the Midwife
75 %|Jan 15, 2012
Drama
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Call the Midwife
75 %|Jan 15, 2012
Drama
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Any Human Heart
60 %|Nov 21, 2010
Drama
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The Oscars
70 %|Mar 19, 1953