Emily Watson
Acting
Born: Jan 14, 1967
From: Islington, London, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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 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), and Small Things like These (2024). She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. She won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for playing Janet Leach in the 2011 ITV television biopic Appropriate …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Legend of Ochi | Dasha | 2025 | 6.099 |
| Small Things Like These | Sister Mary | 2024 | 6.65 |
| Midas Man | Queenie Epstein | 2024 | 6.2 |
| Monster Family 2 | Emma Wishbone (voice) | 2021 | 6.6 |
| Cemetery Junction | Mrs. Kendrick | 2010 | 6.5 |
| Cold Souls | Claire | 2009 | 5.989 |
| Synecdoche, New York | Tammy | 2008 | 7.546 |
| Fireflies in the Garden | Jane Lawrence | 2008 | 6.2 |
| The Memory Keeper's Daughter | Caroline Gil | 2008 | 6.5 |
| Crusade in Jeans | Mary Vega | 2006 | 5.9 |
| Miss Potter | Millie Warne | 2006 | 6.641 |
| Corpse Bride | Victoria Everglot (voice) | 2005 | 7.584 |
| Wah-Wah | Ruby Compton | 2005 | 5.868 |
| Separate Lies | Anne Manning | 2005 | 5.822 |
| The Proposition | Martha Stanley | 2005 | 7.018 |
| The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Anne Sellers | 2004 | 6.578 |
| Equilibrium | Mary O'Brien | 2002 | 7.047 |
| Punch-Drunk Love | Lena Leonard | 2002 | 7.103 |
| Red Dragon | Reba McClane | 2002 | 7.0 |
| Gosford Park | Elsie | 2001 | 6.8 |
| Trixie | Trixie Zurbo | 2000 | 4.75 |
| The Luzhin Defence | Natalia Katkov | 2000 | 6.182 |
| Angela's Ashes | Angela McCourt | 1999 | 7.308 |
| Cradle Will Rock | Olive Stanton | 1999 | 6.484 |
| Hilary and Jackie | Jackie du Pré | 1998 | 6.583 |
| Metroland | Marion | 1997 | 5.844 |
| The Boxer | Maggie Hamill | 1997 | 6.723 |
| Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier | 1997 | 7.4 | |
| Breaking the Waves | Bess McNeill | 1996 | 7.508 |
| A Summer Day's Dream | 1994 | — | |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1967 |
| From | Islington, London, England, … |