Emily Margaret Watson\u00a0(born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the\u00a0Royal Shakespeare Company\u00a0in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of\u00a0Twelfth Night\u00a0and\u00a0Uncle Vanya\u00a0at the\u00a0Donmar Warehouse. She was nominated for the\u00a0Olivier Award for Best Actress\u00a0for the latter. She was nominated for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Actress\u00a0for her debut film role as a newlywed in\u00a0Lars von Trier’s\u00a0Breaking the Waves\u00a0(1996) and for her portrayal of\u00a0Jacqueline du Pr\u00e9\u00a0in\u00a0Anand Tucker’s\u00a0Hilary and Jackie\u00a0(1998).<\/p>\n
Watson’s other films include\u00a0The Boxer\u00a0(1997),\u00a0Angela’s Ashes\u00a0(1999),\u00a0Gosford Park (2001),\u00a0\u00a0Punch-Drunk Love\u00a0(2002),\u00a0Red Dragon\u00a0(2002),\u00a0The Life and Death of Peter Sellers\u00a0(2004),\u00a0Corpse Bride\u00a0(2005),\u00a0Miss Potter\u00a0(2006),\u00a0Synecdoche, New York (2008),\u00a0Oranges and Sunshine\u00a0(2010),\u00a0War Horse\u00a0(2011),\u00a0The Theory of Everything (2014),\u00a0Kingsman: The Golden Circle\u00a0(2017),\u00a0God’s Creatures\u00a0(2022), and\u00a0Small Things like These\u00a0(2024). and A Pariare Farm Girl ( 2026).<\/p>\n
She was nominated for a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award\u00a0and a\u00a0Golden Globe Award for her role in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. She won the\u00a0British Academy Television Award for Best Actress\u00a0for playing\u00a0Janet Leach\u00a0in the 2011\u00a0ITV\u00a0television biopic\u00a0Appropriate Adult. She was nominated for the\u00a0International Emmy Award for Best Actress\u00a0for the 2017\u00a0BBC\u00a0miniseries\u00a0Apple Tree Yard. In 2024, she portrayed the lead role of\u00a0Valya Harkonnen\u00a0in the HBO science fiction series\u00a0Dune: Prophecy.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Emily Margaret Watson\u00a0(born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the\u00a0Royal Shakespeare Company\u00a0in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of\u00a0Twelfth Night\u00a0and\u00a0Uncle Vanya\u00a0at the\u00a0Donmar Warehouse. She was nominated for the\u00a0Olivier Award for Best Actress\u00a0for the latter. She was nominated for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Actress\u00a0for her debut […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-649","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n