Emily Watson
Acting
Born: January 14, 1967 (age 59) · Islington, London, England, UK
Highest Rated
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). and A Pariare Farm Girl ( 2026). 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 Adult. She 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. Watson is a supporter of the children's charity the NSPCC. In 2004, she was inducted into the society's hall of fame for spearheading the successful campaign to appoint a Children's Commissioner for England. Receiving her award in the crowded House of Commons, she spoke out against the possibility that the Children's Commissioner become a figurehead with little real power.
Known for
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017
The Theory of Everything
2014
Corpse Bride
2005
Chernobyl
2019
Everest
2015
Equilibrium
2002
Red Dragon
2002
The Book Thief
2013
War Horse
2011
Punch-Drunk Love
2002
Anna Karenina
2012
Synecdoche, New York
2008
Photos (9)
Movies (56)
Corpse Bride
Victoria Everglot (voice)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Chief of Staff Fox
Hamnet
Mary
The Legend of Ochi
Dasha
The Book Thief
Rosa Hubermann
Equilibrium
Mary O'Brien
The Theory of Everything
Beryl Wilde
Everest
Helen Wilton
War Horse
Rose Narracott
Punch-Drunk Love
Lena Leonard
Small Things Like These
Sister Mary
Synecdoche, New York
Tammy
Anna Karenina
Countess Lydia Ivanova
Monster Family
Emma Wishbone (voice)
Gosford Park
Elsie
The Water Horse
Anne MacMorrow
Monster Family 2
Emma Wishbone (voice)
Miss Potter
Millie Warne
The Proposition
Martha Stanley
Breaking the Waves
Bess McNeill
Little Boy
Emma Busbee
On Chesil Beach
Violet Ponting
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Anne Sellers
Steve
Jenny
Angela's Ashes
Angela McCourt
King Lear
Regan
Fireflies in the Garden
Jane Lawrence
Belle
Lady Mansfield
Cemetery Junction
Mrs. Kendrick
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Caroline Gil
A Royal Night Out
Queen Elizabeth
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Miss Trinklebury
The Happy Prince
Constance Wilde
The Dresser
Her Ladyship
Cradle Will Rock
Olive Stanton
Testament of Youth
Mrs. Brittain
God's Creatures
Aileen O'Hara
Hilary and Jackie
Jackie du Pré
The Boxer
Maggie Hamill
Separate Lies
Anne Manning
Midas Man
Queenie Epstein
Cold Souls
Claire
Red Dragon
Reba McClane
Trixie
Trixie Zurbo
Wah-Wah
Ruby Compton
Oranges and Sunshine
Margaret Humphreys
Crusade in Jeans
Mary Vega
The Mill on the Floss
Maggie Tulliver
A Song for Jenny
Julie Nicholson
Within the Whirlwind
Evgenia Ginzburg
The Luzhin Defence
Natalia Katkov
Some Girl(s)
Lindsay
Metroland
Marion
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997
Meerkats 3D
Narrator
Weinstein
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (13)
Chernobyl
Ulana Khomyuk · 5 eps
Genius
Elsa Einstein · 10 eps
Performance
Rosalie · 1 eps
Dune: Prophecy
Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen · 14 eps
The Third Day
Mrs. Martin · 6 eps
Fired on Mars
Sheila (voice) · 2 eps
Little Women
Marmee March · 3 eps
The Politician's Husband
Freya Gardner · 3 eps
Working Shakespeare
5 eps
Too Close
Dr. Emma Robinson · 3 eps
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Grace McKee · 2 eps
Apple Tree Yard
Yvonne Carmichael · 4 eps
Appropriate Adult
Janet Leach · 2 eps
