Emily Watson

Actor, Productor

14 de enero de 1967 (59 años)
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 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.

Películas y series en Plex

  • La propuesta
    La propuesta2005
  • Miss Potter
    Miss Potter2006
  • Little Boy
    Little Boy2015
  • Luciérnagas en el jardín
    Luciérnagas en el jardín2008
  • En la playa de Chesil
    En la playa de Chesil2018
  • Cold Souls
    Cold Souls2009
  • Una familia feliz
    Una familia feliz2017
  • Mujercitas
    Mujercitas3 episodes
  • Criaturas de Dios
    Criaturas de Dios2022
  • Metroland
    Metroland1997
  • Wah-Wah
    Wah-Wah2005

Conocido por

  • Chernobyl
    Chernobyl5 episodes
  • La teoría del todo
    La teoría del todo2014
  • Rompiendo las olas
    Rompiendo las olas1996
  • La novia cadáver
    La novia cadáver2005
  • Embriagado de amor
    Embriagado de amor2002
  • El dragón rojo
    El dragón rojo2002
  • Dune: La profecía
    Dune: La profecía2 seasons
  • Equilibrium
    Equilibrium2002
  • War Horse (Caballo de batalla)
    War Horse (Caballo de batalla)2011
  • La ladrona de libros
    La ladrona de libros2013
  • Hamnet
    Hamnet2025
  • Synecdoche, New York
    Synecdoche, New York2008
  • Las cenizas de Ángela
    Las cenizas de Ángela1999
  • Cosas pequeñas como estas
    Cosas pequeñas como estas2024
  • Mi monstruo y yo
    Mi monstruo y yo2007
  • Hilary y Jackie
    Hilary y Jackie1998
  • La propuesta
    La propuesta2005
  • Little Boy
    Little Boy2015
  • The Boxer
    The Boxer1997
  • Miss Potter
    Miss Potter2006

Filmography

2025
Hamnet · as Mary
2025
Steve · as Jenny
2025
The Legend of Ochi · as Dasha
2024
Dune: Prophecy · as Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen
2024
Small Things Like These · as Sister Mary
2024
Midas Man · as Queenie Epstein
2023
Fired on Mars · as Sheila (voice)
2022
God's Creatures · as Aileen O'haraEn Plex
2021
Monster Family 2 · as Emma Wishbone (voice)
2021
Too Close · as Dr. Emma Robinson
2020
The Third Day · as Mrs. Martin
2019
Chernobyl · as Ulana Khomyuk
2018
King Lear · as Regan
2018
The Happy Prince · as Constance Wilde
2018
Weinstein · as Narrator (voice)
2017
On Chesil Beach · as Violet PontingEn Plex
2017
Little Women (2017) · as Marmee MarchEn Plex
2017
Kingsman: The Golden Circle · as Chief Of Staff Fox
2017
Monster Family · as Emma Wishbone (voice)En Plex
2017
Genius (2017) · as Elsa Einstein
2017
Apple Tree Yard · as Yvonne Carmichael
2015
The Dresser · as Her Ladyship
2015
Everest · as Helen Wilton
2015
A Song for Jenny · as Julie Nicholson
2015
A Royal Night Out · as Queen Elizabeth
2015
2015
Little Boy · as Emma BusbeeEn Plex
2015
2014
The Theory of Everything · as Beryl Wilde
2014
Belle: The Story · as Lady Mansfield
2014
2014
Testament of Youth · as Mrs. Brittain
2013
The Book Thief · as Rosa Hubermann
2013
Some Girl(s) · as Lindsay
2013
Belle · as Lady Mansfield
2013
The Politician's Husband · as Freya Gardner
2012
Anna Karenina · as Countess Lydia Ivanova
2011
War Horse · as Rose Narracott
2011
Meerkats 3D · as Narrator
2011
Appropriate Adult · as Janet Leach
2010
Oranges and Sunshine · as Margaret Humphreys
2010
Cemetery Junction · as Mrs. Kendrick
2009
Cold Souls · as ClaireEn Plex
2009
Within the Whirlwind · as Evgenia Ginzburg
2008
2008
Fireflies in the Garden · as Jane LawrenceEn Plex
2008
The Memory Keeper's Daughter · as Caroline Gil
2007
The Water Horse · as Anne Macmorrow
2006
Miss Potter · as Millie WarneEn Plex
2006
Crusade in Jeans · as Mary Vega
2005
Separate Lies · as Anne Manning
2005
The Proposition · as Martha StanleyEn Plex
2005
Corpse Bride · as Victoria Everglot (voice)
2005
Wah-Wah · as Ruby ComptonEn Plex
2004
2004
Back to Gaya · as Alanta
2003
Blossoms & Blood · as Lena Leonard
2002
Equilibrium · as Mary O'brien
2002
Punch-Drunk Love · as Lena Leonard
2002
Red Dragon · as Reba Mcclane
2001
Gosford Park · as Elsie
2000
The Luzhin Defence · as Natalia Katkov
2000
Trixie · as Trixie Zurbo
1999
Angela's Ashes · as Angela Mccourt
1999
Cradle Will Rock · as Olive Stanton
1998
Hilary and Jackie · as Jackie Du Pré
1997
The Boxer · as Maggie Hamill
1997
1997
The Mill on the Floss · as Maggie Tulliver
1997
Metroland · as MarionEn Plex
1996
Breaking the Waves · as Bess Mcneill
1991
Performance · as Rosalie
1953
Panorama · as Narrator

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