Emily Watson

ActorProducer Jan 14 (age 59) Islington, London, England, UK 1991–2025 (34 year career)

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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 i…

Known For

Film

Chernobyl

Ulana Khomyuk

Film

The Theory of Everything

Beryl Wilde

Film

Corpse Bride

Victoria Everglot (voice)

Film

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Chief of Staff Fox

Film

The Book Thief

Rosa Hubermann

Film

War Horse

Rose Narracott

Film

Equilibrium

Mary O'Brien

Film

Red Dragon

Reba McClane

Filmography

Acting (79)

Movies (64)

Hamnet

as Mary

The Legend of Ochi

as Dasha

Steve

as Jenny

Small Things Like These

as Sister Mary

Midas Man

as Queenie Epstein

Dune: Prophecy - Behind the Scenes

2024

as Self

God's Creatures

2022

as Aileen O'Hara

6.0

Monster Family 2

2021

as Emma Wishbone (voice)

The Happy Prince

as Constance Wilde

On Chesil Beach

as Violet Ponting

Weinstein

as Narrator (voice)

King Lear

as Regan

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

2017

as Chief of Staff Fox

6.9

Monster Family

2017

as Emma Wishbone (voice)

Everest

as Helen Wilton

Little Boy

as Emma Busbee

Testament of Youth

as Mrs. Brittain

A Song for Jenny

as Julie Nicholson

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism

as Miss Trinklebury

The Dresser

as Her Ladyship

A Royal Night Out

as Queen Elizabeth

The Theory of Everything

as Beryl Wilde

The Book Thief

as Rosa Hubermann

Belle

as Lady Mansfield

Some Girl(s)

as Lindsay

Anna Karenina

as Countess Lydia Ivanova

War Horse

as Rose Narracott

Meerkats 3D

as Narrator

Oranges and Sunshine

as Margaret Humphreys

Cemetery Junction

as Mrs. Kendrick

Cold Souls

as Claire

Within the Whirlwind

as Evgenia Ginzburg

Synecdoche, New York

as Tammy

Fireflies in the Garden

2008

as Jane Lawrence

6.2

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

as Caroline Gil

The Water Horse

as Anne MacMorrow

Miss Potter

as Millie Warne

Crusade in Jeans

as Mary Vega

Corpse Bride

as Victoria Everglot (voice)

Wah-Wah

as Ruby Compton

The Proposition

as Martha Stanley

Separate Lies

as Anne Manning

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

2004

as Anne Sellers

6.6

A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'

as Self

Equilibrium

as Mary O'Brien

Punch-Drunk Love

as Lena Leonard

Red Dragon

as Reba McClane

Ballchewer

as Self

The Making of Gosford Park

as Self

Gosford Park

as Elsie

Trixie

as Trixie Zurbo

The Luzhin Defence

as Natalia Katkov

Angela's Ashes

as Angela McCourt

Cradle Will Rock

as Olive Stanton

Hilary and Jackie

as Jackie Du Pré

The Mill on the Floss

as Maggie Tulliver

The Boxer

as Maggie Hamill

Metroland

as Marion

Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier

Breaking the Waves

as Bess McNeill

A Summer Day's Dream

Late in Summer

Fado!

Midday Sun

as Sarah

Television (15)

Dune: Prophecy

2024

as Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen

Fired on Mars

as Sheila (voice)

Too Close

as Dr. Emma Robinson

The Third Day

as Mrs. Martin

Chernobyl

as Ulana Khomyuk

Genius

as Elsa Einstein

Little Women

as Marmee March

Apple Tree Yard

as Yvonne Carmichael

The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

2015

as Grace McKee

6.7

The Politician's Husband

as Freya Gardner

Appropriate Adult

as Janet Leach

Working Shakespeare

The Early Show

as Self

Performance

as Rosalie

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (1)

Television (1)

Too Close

2021

Executive Producer

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