Emily Watson

Birthday: 1967-01-14
Birthplace: Islington, London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Drafted: 340
Drafted By: Goutbreak
Owned By: Goutbreak
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0

Emily Margaret Watson OBE (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut film role as Bess McNeil in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves (1996) and for her role as Jacqueline du Pré in Hilary and Jackie (1998), winning the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress for the latter.

Watson's other films include The Boxer (1997), Angela's Ashes (1999), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Red Dragon (2002), Equilibrium (2002), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Corpse Bride (2005), Miss Potter (2006), Synecdoche, New York (2008), The Theory of Everything (2014), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), The Happy Prince (2018) and God's Creatures (2022). For her role in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. She won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for playing Janet Leach in the 2011 ITV television biopic Appropriate Adult and was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actress for the 2017 BBC miniseries Apple Tree Yard.

Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
1997 30 Breaking the Waves (1996) Leading Actress Nom 0
1999 32 Hilary and Jackie (1998) Leading Actress Nom 0
Career 0

Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
Midday Sun Sarah
Hamnet Mary Shakespeare
33 Liberty Lane
Late in Summer
Fado!
2025-04-18 The Legend of Ochi Dasha
2024-11-01 Small Things Like These Sister Mary
2024-08-23 Midas Man Queenie Epstein
2022-09-30 God's Creatures Aileen O'Hara
2021-10-15 Monster Family 2 Emma Wishbone (voice)
2018-05-28 King Lear Regan
2018-04-12 The Happy Prince Constance Wilde
2018-01-19 On Chesil Beach Violet Ponting
2017-09-20 Kingsman: The Golden Circle Chief of Staff Fox
2017-08-24 Monster Family Emma Wishbone (voice)
2015-10-31 The Dresser Her Ladyship
2015-09-10 Everest Helen Wilton
2015-07-05 A Song for Jenny Julie Nicholson
2015-05-14 A Royal Night Out Queen Elizabeth
2015-04-23 Little Boy Emma Busbee
2015-04-11 Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism Miss Trinklebury
2015-01-16 Testament of Youth Mrs. Brittain
2014-11-26 The Theory of Everything Beryl Wilde
2013-11-08 The Book Thief Rosa Hubermann
2013-06-28 Some Girl(s) Lindsay
2013-05-01 Belle Lady Mansfield
2012-09-06 Anna Karenina Countess Lydia Ivanova
2011-12-25 War Horse Rose Narracott
2010-10-08 Oranges and Sunshine Margaret Humphreys
2010-04-14 Cemetery Junction Mrs. Kendrick
2009-09-18 Within the Whirlwind Evgenia Ginzburg
2009-08-07 Cold Souls Claire
2008-10-24 Synecdoche, New York Tammy
2008-08-07 Fireflies in the Garden Jane Lawrence
2008-04-12 The Memory Keeper's Daughter Caroline Gil
2007-12-25 The Water Horse Anne MacMorrow
2006-12-03 Miss Potter Millie Warne
2006-11-15 Crusade in Jeans Mary Vega
2005-10-06 The Proposition Martha Stanley
2005-09-16 Separate Lies Anne Manning
2005-09-12 Corpse Bride Victoria Everglot (voice)
2005-08-17 Wah-Wah Ruby Compton
2004-10-01 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Anne Sellers
2002-12-06 Equilibrium Mary O'Brien
2002-11-01 Ballchewer
2002-10-11 Punch-Drunk Love Lena Leonard
2002-10-02 Red Dragon Reba McClane
2001-12-26 Gosford Park Elsie
2000-08-21 The Luzhin Defence Natalia Katkov
2000-06-28 Trixie Trixie Zurbo
1999-12-25 Angela's Ashes Angela McCourt
1999-12-10 Cradle Will Rock Olive Stanton
1998-12-30 Hilary and Jackie Jackie Du Pré
1997-12-31 The Boxer Maggie Hamill
1997-12-12 Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997-10-12 The Mill on the Floss Maggie Tulliver
1997-08-30 Metroland Marion
1996-07-05 Breaking the Waves Bess McNeill
1994-11-26 A Summer Day's Dream