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Emma Watson
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn April 15, 1990 (34 years)
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 15 April 1990) is an English actress and activist. She has gained recognition for her roles in both blockbusters and independent films, as well as her women's rights work. Watson has been ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses by Forbes and Vanity Fair, and was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2015.
Watson attended the Dragon School and trained in acting at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts. As a child, she rose to stardom after landing her first professional acting role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series, having acted only in school plays previously. Watson also starred in the 2007 television adaptation of the novel Ballet Shoes and lent her voice to The Tale of Despereaux (2008). After the final Harry Potter film, she took on a supporting role in My Week with Marilyn (2011), before starring as Sam, a flirtatious, free-spirited student in The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) to critical success.
Further acclaim came from portraying Alexis Neiers in Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring (2013) and the titular character's adoptive daughter in the biblical epic Noah. That same year, Watson was honoured by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, winning British Artist of the Year. She also starred as Belle in the musical romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast (2017), which ranks among the highest-grossing films of all time, and Meg March in the coming-of-age drama Little Women (2019).
From 2011 to 2014, Watson split her time between working on films and continuing her education, graduating from Brown University with a bachelor's degree in English literature in May 2014. That year, she was appointed a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and helped launch the UN Women campaign HeForShe, which advocates for gender equality. In 2018, she helped launch Time's Up UK as a founding member. Watson was appointed to a G7 advisory body for women's rights in 2019, consulting with leaders on foreign policy. Her modelling work has included campaigns for Burberry and Lancôme. She also lent her name to a clothing line for the sustainable brand People Tree. In 2020, she joined the board of directors of Kering, a luxury brand group, in her capacity as an advocate for sustainable fashion.
Watson attended the Dragon School and trained in acting at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts. As a child, she rose to stardom after landing her first professional acting role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series, having acted only in school plays previously. Watson also starred in the 2007 television adaptation of the novel Ballet Shoes and lent her voice to The Tale of Despereaux (2008). After the final Harry Potter film, she took on a supporting role in My Week with Marilyn (2011), before starring as Sam, a flirtatious, free-spirited student in The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) to critical success.
Further acclaim came from portraying Alexis Neiers in Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring (2013) and the titular character's adoptive daughter in the biblical epic Noah. That same year, Watson was honoured by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, winning British Artist of the Year. She also starred as Belle in the musical romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast (2017), which ranks among the highest-grossing films of all time, and Meg March in the coming-of-age drama Little Women (2019).
From 2011 to 2014, Watson split her time between working on films and continuing her education, graduating from Brown University with a bachelor's degree in English literature in May 2014. That year, she was appointed a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and helped launch the UN Women campaign HeForShe, which advocates for gender equality. In 2018, she helped launch Time's Up UK as a founding member. Watson was appointed to a G7 advisory body for women's rights in 2019, consulting with leaders on foreign policy. Her modelling work has included campaigns for Burberry and Lancôme. She also lent her name to a clothing line for the sustainable brand People Tree. In 2020, she joined the board of directors of Kering, a luxury brand group, in her capacity as an advocate for sustainable fashion.
Known For
Filmography
| 2019 | Little Women · as Meg March |
| 2018 | Howard · as Belle (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | The Circle · as Mae Holland |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast · as Belle |
| 2015 | Regression · as Angela Gray |
| 2015 | Colonia · as Lena |
| 2014 | Noah · as Ila |
| 2014 | Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts · as Hermione Granger |
| 2013 | The Bling Ring · as Nicki |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn · as Lucy |
| 2011 | 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments · as Hermione Granger (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 · as Hermione Granger |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 · as Hermione Granger |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey · as Hermione Granger |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince · as Hermione Granger |
| 2008 | The Tale of Despereaux · as Princess Pea (voice) |
| 2007 | Ballet Shoes · as Pauline Fossil |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix · as Hermione Granger |
| 2006 | The Children's Party at the Palace · as Hermione Granger (harry Potter) |
| 2006 | In Too Deep: The Second Task · as Hermione Granger |
| 2006 | Harry vs. the Horntail: The First Task · as Hermione Granger |
| 2005 | Smosh (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire · as Hermione Granger |
| 2004 | Conjuring a Scene · as Hermione Granger |
| 2004 | Creating the Vision · as Hermione Granger |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban · as Hermione Granger |
| 2003 | Build a Scene · as Hermione Granger |
| 2003 | Interviews with Professors & More · as Hermione Granger |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets · as Hermione Granger |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone · as Hermione Granger |
| 1994 | The Vicar of Dibley (TV Series) · as Reverend Iris |