Emily Watson
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.
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Movies (73)
Inside Look: Hamnet
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Hamnet
2025 · Mary
Steve
2025 · Jenny
La Leyenda de Ochi
2025 · Dasha
Pequeñas cosas como estas
2024 · Sister Mary
Midas Man (La historia de Brian Epstein)
2024 · Queenie Epstein
Criaturas de Dios
2022 · Aileen O'Hara
La Familia Monster 2
2021 · Emma Wishbone (voice)
King Lear
2018 · Regan
The Happy Prince
2018 · Constance Wilde
Weinstein
2018 · Narrator (voice)
En la playa de Chesil
2018 · Violet Ponting
Kingsman: El círculo dorado
2017 · Chief of Staff Fox
La familia Monster
2017 · Emma Wishbone (voice)
El ayuda de cámara
2015 · Her Ladyship
Everest
2015 · Helen Wilton
A Song for Jenny
2015 · Julie Nicholson
Un escape real
2015 · Queen Elizabeth
El gran pequeño
2015 · Emma Busbee
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
2015 · Miss Trinklebury
Testamento de Juventud
2015 · Mrs. Brittain
La Teoría del Todo
2014 · Beryl Wilde
La Ladrona de libros
2013 · Rosa Hubermann
Algunas Mujeres
2013 · Lindsay
Belle
2013 · Lady Mansfield
Anna Karenina
2012 · Countess Lydia Ivanova
Caballo de Guerra
2011 · Rose Narracott
Meerkats 3D
2011 · Narrator
Oranges and Sunshine
2010 · Margaret Humphreys
Cemetery Junction
2010 · Mrs. Kendrick
Within the Whirlwind
2009 · Evgenia Ginzburg
Cold Souls
2009 · Claire
Nueva York en escena
2008 · Tammy
Fireflies in the Garden
2008 · Jane Lawrence
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
2008 · Caroline Gil
Mi mascota es un monstruo
2007 · Anne MacMorrow
Miss Potter
2006 · Millie Warne
Crusade in Jeans
2006 · Mary Vega
Propuesta de muerte
2005 · Martha Stanley
Separate Lies
2005 · Anne Manning
Corpse Bride
2005 · Victoria Everglot (voice)
Wah-Wah
2005 · Ruby Compton
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004 · Anne Sellers
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
2003 · Self
Equilibrium
2002 · Mary O'Brien
Ballchewer
2002 · Self
Embriagado de amor
2002 · Lena Leonard
Dragón Rojo
2002 · Reba McClane
The Making of Gosford Park
2002 · Self
Muerte a la media noche
2001 · Elsie
The Luzhin Defence
2000 · Natalia Katkov
Trixie
2000 · Trixie Zurbo
Angela's Ashes
1999 · Angela McCourt
Cradle Will Rock
1999 · Olive Stanton
Hilary and Jackie
1998 · Jackie du Pré
Metroland
1998 · Marion
In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema
1998 · Self
The Boxer
1997 · Maggie Hamill
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997
The Mill on the Floss
1997 · Maggie Tulliver
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Bess McNeill
A Summer Day's Dream
1994
Midday Sun
· Sarah
Late in Summer
Fado!
A Christmas Child
· Emily Watson ( Self/Narrator )
The Clockmaker’s Secret: Lost in Spindlewood
· The Keeper of the Keys
London Fog: A Ruby Gale Mystery
· (The Detective)
Holly Noel: The Winter Ball (Christmas 3)
· ( Host )
Amri
· Marie Antoinette Gottesman
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
· Self
Mars Express
· Judith Pillinger
John Daniel
· Alyce Cunningham
TV shows (15)
Dune: Prophecy
2024 · Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen
Fired on Mars
2023 · Sheila (voice)
Too Close
2021 · Dr. Emma Robinson, Executive Producer
El tercer día
2020 · Mrs. Martin
Chernobyl
2019 · Ulana Khomyuk
Mujercitas
2017 · Marmee March
Genius: Einstein
2017 · Elsa Einstein
Apple Tree Yard
2017 · Yvonne Carmichael
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
2015 · Grace McKee
The Politician's Husband
2013 · Freya Gardner
Appropriate Adult
2011 · Janet Leach
Working Shakespeare
2003
The Early Show
1999 · Self
Performance
1991 · Rosalie
The Oscars
1953 · Self