Emily Watson

Acting

January 14, 1967 (59 years old)

Islington, London, England, UK

Female

70 Movies

16 TV Shows

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.

Corpse Bride

2005 7.6

as Victoria Everglot (voice)

Age 38 (now 59)

The Theory of Everything

2014 7.8

as Beryl Wilde

Age 47 (now 59)

Punch-Drunk Love

2002 7.1

as Lena Leonard

Age 35 (now 59)

Breaking the Waves

1996 7.5

as Bess McNeill

Age 29 (now 59)

The Book Thief

2013 7.5

as Rosa Hubermann

Age 46 (now 59)

War Horse

2011 7.3

as Rose Narracott

Age 44 (now 59)

Equilibrium

2002 7.1

as Mary O'Brien

Age 35 (now 59)

Red Dragon

2002 7.0

as Reba McClane

Age 35 (now 59)

Hamnet

2025 7.8

as Mary

Age 58 (now 59)

The Water Horse

2007 6.5

as Anne MacMorrow

Age 40 (now 59)

Angela's Ashes

1999 7.3

as Angela McCourt

Age 32 (now 59)

Little Boy

2015 7.2

as Emma Busbee

Age 48 (now 59)

Small Things Like These

2024 6.7

as Sister Mary

Age 57 (now 59)

Monster Family

2017 6.0

as Emma Wishbone (voice)

Age 50 (now 59)

Synecdoche, New York

2008 7.5

as Tammy

Age 41 (now 59)

Miss Potter

2006 6.6

as Millie Warne

Age 39 (now 59)

Hamnet

2025 7.8

as Mary

Age 58 (now 59)

Steve

2025 6.4

as Jenny

Age 58 (now 59)

The Legend of Ochi

2025 6.2

as Dasha

Age 58 (now 59)

Small Things Like These

2024 6.7

as Sister Mary

Age 57 (now 59)

Midas Man

2024 6.3

as Queenie Epstein

Age 57 (now 59)

God's Creatures

2022 6.1

as Aileen O'Hara

Age 55 (now 59)

Monster Family 2

2021 6.6

as Emma Wishbone (voice)

Age 54 (now 59)

King Lear

2018 6.1

as Regan

Age 51 (now 59)

The Happy Prince

2018 6.2

as Constance Wilde

Age 51 (now 59)

Weinstein

2018 6.5

as Narrator (voice)

Age 51 (now 59)

On Chesil Beach

2018 6.1

as Violet Ponting

Age 51 (now 59)

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

2017 6.9

as Chief of Staff Fox

Age 50 (now 59)

Monster Family

2017 6.0

as Emma Wishbone (voice)

Age 50 (now 59)

The Dresser

2015 6.2

as Her Ladyship

Age 48 (now 59)

Everest

2015 6.8

as Helen Wilton

Age 48 (now 59)

A Song for Jenny

2015 6.5

as Julie Nicholson

Age 48 (now 59)

A Royal Night Out

2015 6.5

as Queen Elizabeth

Age 48 (now 59)

Little Boy

2015 7.2

as Emma Busbee

Age 48 (now 59)

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism

2015 5.3

as Miss Trinklebury

Age 48 (now 59)

Testament of Youth

2015 7.3

as Mrs. Brittain

Age 48 (now 59)

The Theory of Everything

2014 7.8

as Beryl Wilde

Age 47 (now 59)

The Book Thief

2013 7.5

as Rosa Hubermann

Age 46 (now 59)

Some Girl(s)

2013 5.1

as Lindsay

Age 46 (now 59)

Belle

2013 7.1

as Lady Mansfield

Age 46 (now 59)

Anna Karenina

2012 6.7

as Countess Lydia Ivanova

Age 45 (now 59)

War Horse

2011 7.3

as Rose Narracott

Age 44 (now 59)

Meerkats 3D

2011 4.2

as Narrator

Age 44 (now 59)

Oranges and Sunshine

2010 7.0

as Margaret Humphreys

Age 43 (now 59)

Cemetery Junction

2010 6.5

as Mrs. Kendrick

Age 43 (now 59)

Within the Whirlwind

2009 5.0

as Evgenia Ginzburg

Age 42 (now 59)

Cold Souls

2009 6.0

as Claire

Age 42 (now 59)

Synecdoche, New York

2008 7.5

as Tammy

Age 41 (now 59)

Fireflies in the Garden

2008 6.2

as Jane Lawrence

Age 41 (now 59)

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

2008 6.5

as Caroline Gil

Age 41 (now 59)

The Water Horse

2007 6.5

as Anne MacMorrow

Age 40 (now 59)

Miss Potter

2006 6.6

as Millie Warne

Age 39 (now 59)

Crusade in Jeans

2006 5.9

as Mary Vega

Age 39 (now 59)

The Proposition

2005 7.0

as Martha Stanley

Age 38 (now 59)

Separate Lies

2005 5.8

as Anne Manning

Age 38 (now 59)

Corpse Bride

2005 7.6

as Victoria Everglot (voice)

Age 38 (now 59)

Wah-Wah

2005 5.9

as Ruby Compton

Age 38 (now 59)

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

2004 6.6

as Anne Sellers

Age 37 (now 59)

A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'

2003 7.8

as Self

Age 36 (now 59)

Equilibrium

2002 7.1

as Mary O'Brien

Age 35 (now 59)

Ballchewer

2002 5.0

as Self

Age 35 (now 59)

Punch-Drunk Love

2002 7.1

as Lena Leonard

Age 35 (now 59)

Red Dragon

2002 7.0

as Reba McClane

Age 35 (now 59)

The Making of Gosford Park

2002 5.3

as Self

Age 35 (now 59)

Gosford Park

2001 6.8

as Elsie

Age 34 (now 59)

The Luzhin Defence

2000 6.2

as Natalia Katkov

Age 33 (now 59)

Trixie

2000 4.8

as Trixie Zurbo

Age 33 (now 59)

Angela's Ashes

1999 7.3

as Angela McCourt

Age 32 (now 59)

Cradle Will Rock

1999 6.5

as Olive Stanton

Age 32 (now 59)

Hilary and Jackie

1998 6.6

as Jackie du Pré

Age 31 (now 59)

In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema

1998 7.0

as Self

Age 30 (now 59)

The Boxer

1997 6.7

as Maggie Hamill

Age 30 (now 59)

Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier

1997 7.4

Age 30 (now 59)

The Mill on the Floss

1997 6.4

as Maggie Tulliver

Age 30 (now 59)

Metroland

1997 5.8

as Marion

Age 30 (now 59)

Breaking the Waves

1996 7.5

as Bess McNeill

Age 29 (now 59)

A Summer Day's Dream

1994

Age 27 (now 59)

Fado!

Amri

as Marie Antoinette Gottesman

Late in Summer

Midday Sun

as Sarah

A Christmas Child

as Emily Watson ( Self/Narrator )

The Clockmaker’s Secret: Lost in Spindlewood

as The Keeper of the Keys

Holly Noel: The Winter Ball (Christmas 3)

as ( Host )

London Fog: A Ruby Gale Mystery

as (The Detective)

A Prairie Farm Girl

10.0

as Marie Calamange