profile

    Emily Watson

    1967-01-14 (57 years old) in Islington, London, England, UK

    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.

    Movies

    poster
    The Legend of Ochi
    0 %|Feb 28, 2025
    Fantasy, Adventure
    poster
    Small Things Like These
    74 %|Nov 1, 2024
    Drama
    poster
    Midas Man
    68 %|Aug 23, 2024
    Music, History, Drama
    poster
    God's Creatures
    60 %|Sep 30, 2022
    Drama
    poster
    Monster Family 2
    67 %|Oct 15, 2021
    Animation, Family, Comedy
    poster
    King Lear
    59 %|May 28, 2018
    Drama, TV Movie
    poster
    The Happy Prince
    63.57 %|Apr 12, 2018
    Drama
    poster
    Weinstein
    65 %|Mar 1, 2018
    Documentary
    poster
    On Chesil Beach
    61 %|Jan 19, 2018
    Drama, Romance
    poster
    Kingsman: The Golden Circle
    69.67 %|Sep 20, 2017
    Action, Adventure, Comedy
    poster
    Monster Family
    59.34 %|Aug 24, 2017
    Animation, Family, Fantasy, Comedy
    poster
    The Dresser
    63 %|Oct 31, 2015
    Drama, TV Movie
    poster
    Everest
    68 %|Sep 10, 2015
    Adventure, Drama, History
    poster
    A Song for Jenny
    64 %|Jul 5, 2015
    Drama
    poster
    A Royal Night Out
    65 %|May 14, 2015
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
    poster
    Little Boy
    71.82000000000001 %|Apr 23, 2015
    Comedy, Drama, War
    poster
    Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
    53 %|Apr 11, 2015
    Fantasy, Family
    poster
    The Theory of Everything
    79 %|Nov 26, 2014
    Drama, Romance
    poster
    Testament of Youth
    72.72999999999999 %|Oct 14, 2014
    History, Drama, War
    poster
    The Book Thief
    74.89 %|Nov 8, 2013
    Drama
    poster
    Some Girl(s)
    52 %|Jun 28, 2013
    Comedy, Drama
    poster
    Belle
    72 %|May 1, 2013
    Drama
    poster
    Anna Karenina
    67.21000000000001 %|Sep 6, 2012
    Drama, Romance, History
    poster
    War Horse
    73.09 %|Dec 25, 2011
    War, History, Adventure
    poster
    Meerkats 3D
    42 %|Oct 2, 2011
    Documentary
    poster
    Oranges and Sunshine
    69.18 %|Oct 8, 2010
    Drama, History
    poster
    Cemetery Junction
    65 %|Apr 14, 2010
    Drama, Comedy
    poster
    Within the Whirlwind
    51 %|Sep 18, 2009
    Drama
    poster
    Cold Souls
    60 %|Aug 7, 2009
    Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
    poster
    Synecdoche, New York
    76 %|Oct 24, 2008
    Drama
    poster
    Fireflies in the Garden
    61.54 %|Aug 7, 2008
    Drama
    poster
    The Memory Keeper's Daughter
    64 %|Apr 12, 2008
    Drama, TV Movie
    poster
    The Water Horse
    65 %|Dec 25, 2007
    Family, Adventure, Fantasy
    poster
    Miss Potter
    66 %|Dec 3, 2006
    Drama, Family, Romance
    poster
    Crusade in Jeans
    58 %|Nov 15, 2006
    Adventure, Fantasy, History
    poster
    The Proposition
    70 %|Oct 6, 2005
    Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
    poster
    Separate Lies
    56 %|Sep 16, 2005
    Romance, Drama, Thriller
    poster
    Corpse Bride
    76 %|Sep 12, 2005
    Romance, Fantasy, Animation
    poster
    Wah-Wah
    61 %|Aug 17, 2005
    Drama
    poster
    The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
    65.8 %|Oct 1, 2004
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
    poster
    Equilibrium
    70 %|Dec 6, 2002
    Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
    poster
    Ballchewer
    48 %|Nov 1, 2002
    Drama
    poster
    Punch-Drunk Love
    71.33 %|Oct 11, 2002
    Romance, Drama, Comedy
    poster
    Red Dragon
    70 %|Oct 2, 2002
    Crime, Thriller, Horror
    poster
    The Making of 'Gosford Park'
    50 %|Jun 18, 2002
    Documentary
    poster
    Gosford Park
    68.52000000000001 %|Nov 7, 2001
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller
    poster
    The Luzhin Defence
    62 %|Aug 21, 2000
    Romance, Drama
    poster
    Trixie
    50 %|Jun 28, 2000
    Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
    poster
    Angela's Ashes
    72.89 %|Dec 25, 1999
    Drama
    poster
    Cradle Will Rock
    65 %|Dec 10, 1999
    Drama
    poster
    Hilary and Jackie
    66.77 %|Dec 30, 1998
    Drama, Music
    poster
    The Boxer
    66.78 %|Dec 31, 1997
    Drama, Romance
    poster
    Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
    67 %|Dec 12, 1997
    Documentary
    poster
    The Mill on the Floss
    60 %|Oct 12, 1997
    Drama, Romance
    poster
    Metroland
    59 %|Aug 30, 1997
    Comedy, Drama
    poster
    Breaking the Waves
    75 %|Jul 5, 1996
    Drama, Romance
    actor
    A Summer Day's Dream
    0 %|Nov 26, 1994
    Science Fiction, Drama, TV Movie
    actor
    Quicksand
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Thriller
    poster
    Hamnet
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Drama, History
    poster
    33 Liberty Lane
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Comedy
    actor
    Late in Summer
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Romance, War
    actor
    Fado!
    0 %|Invalid Date

    Series

    poster
    Dune: Prophecy
    81 %|Nov 17, 2024
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
    poster
    Fired on Mars
    68 %|Apr 20, 2023
    Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    poster
    Too Close
    59 %|Apr 12, 2021
    Drama
    poster
    The Third Day
    65 %|Sep 14, 2020
    Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    poster
    Chernobyl
    86.8 %|May 6, 2019
    Drama
    poster
    Little Women
    71 %|Dec 26, 2017
    Drama
    poster
    Genius
    78 %|Apr 25, 2017
    Drama
    poster
    Apple Tree Yard
    63 %|Jan 22, 2017
    Drama, Mystery
    poster
    The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
    68 %|May 30, 2015
    Drama
    poster
    The Politician's Husband
    68 %|Apr 25, 2013
    Drama, War & Politics
    poster
    Appropriate Adult
    67 %|Sep 4, 2011
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    The Early Show
    57 %|Nov 1, 1999
    News
    poster
    Performance
    0 %|Feb 22, 1991
    Drama
    poster
    The Oscars
    70 %|Mar 19, 1953