Emily Watson

Aktor, Produkcja

14 stycznia 1967 (59 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Propozycja
    Propozycja2005
  • Miss Potter
    Miss Potter2006
  • Little Boy
    Little Boy2015
  • Świetliki w ogrodzie
    Świetliki w ogrodzie2008
  • Na plaży Chesil
    Na plaży Chesil2018
  • Bez duszy
    Bez duszy2009
  • Potworna rodzinka
    Potworna rodzinka2017
  • Małe kobietki
    Małe kobietki3 episodes
  • Metroland
    Metroland1997
  • Burzliwy czas
    Burzliwy czas2005

Known For

  • Czarnobyl
    Czarnobyl5 episodes
  • Teoria wszystkiego
    Teoria wszystkiego2014
  • Przełamując fale
    Przełamując fale1996
  • Gnijąca panna młoda
    Gnijąca panna młoda2005
  • Lewy Sercowy
    Lewy Sercowy2002
  • Czerwony smok
    Czerwony smok2002
  • Diuna: Proroctwo
    Diuna: Proroctwo2 seasons
  • Equilibrium
    Equilibrium2002
  • Czas wojny
    Czas wojny2011
  • Złodziejka książek
    Złodziejka książek2013
  • Hamnet
    Hamnet2025
  • Synekdocha, Nowy Jork
    Synekdocha, Nowy Jork2008
  • Prochy Angeli
    Prochy Angeli1999
  • Drobiazgi takie jak te
    Drobiazgi takie jak te2024
  • Koń wodny: Legenda głębin
    Koń wodny: Legenda głębin2007
  • Hilary i Jackie
    Hilary i Jackie1998
  • Propozycja
    Propozycja2005
  • Little Boy
    Little Boy2015
  • Bokser
    Bokser1997
  • Miss Potter
    Miss Potter2006

Filmografia

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'hara
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 PontingNa Plex
2017
Little Women (2017) · as Marmee MarchNa Plex
2017
Kingsman: The Golden Circle · as Chief Of Staff Fox
2017
Monster Family · as Emma Wishbone (voice)Na 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 BusbeeNa Plex
2015
2014
The Theory of Everything · as Beryl Wilde
2014
2014
Testament of Youth · as Mrs. Brittain
2014
Belle: The Story · as Lady Mansfield
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 ClaireNa Plex
2009
Within the Whirlwind · as Evgenia Ginzburg
2008
2008
Fireflies in the Garden · as Jane LawrenceNa Plex
2008
The Memory Keeper's Daughter · as Caroline Gil
2007
The Water Horse · as Anne Macmorrow
2006
Miss Potter · as Millie WarneNa Plex
2006
Crusade in Jeans · as Mary Vega
2005
Separate Lies · as Anne Manning
2005
The Proposition · as Martha StanleyNa Plex
2005
Corpse Bride · as Victoria Everglot (voice)
2005
Wah-Wah · as Ruby ComptonNa 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 MarionNa Plex
1996
Breaking the Waves · as Bess Mcneill
1991
Performance · as Rosalie
1953
Panorama · as Narrator