Cast
Emily Watson
Acting
Cast
Emily Watson
Known for
Acting
Born
1967-01-14
From
Islington, London, England, UK
Also known as Emily Anita Watson, Emily Margaret Watson
Biography
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.
Hamnet
as Mary
Corpse Bride
as Victoria Everglot (voice)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
as Chief of Staff Fox
War Horse
as Rose Narracott
Equilibrium
as Mary O'Brien
Everest
as Helen Wilton
The Legend of Ochi
as Dasha
Anna Karenina
as Countess Lydia Ivanova
The Theory of Everything
as Beryl Wilde
Punch-Drunk Love
as Lena Leonard
Gosford Park
as Elsie
The Book Thief
as Rosa Hubermann
Steve
as Jenny
Synecdoche, New York
as Tammy
Small Things Like These
as Sister Mary
Belle
as Lady Mansfield
Breaking the Waves
as Bess McNeill
Miss Potter
as Millie Warne
Little Boy
as Emma Busbee
The Water Horse
as Anne MacMorrow
The Proposition
as Martha Stanley
Cemetery Junction
as Mrs. Kendrick
Wah-Wah
as Ruby Compton
The Boxer
as Maggie Hamill
Cradle Will Rock
as Olive Stanton
Testament of Youth
as Mrs. Brittain
A Royal Night Out
as Queen Elizabeth
Midas Man
as Queenie Epstein
Monster Family 2
as Emma Wishbone (voice)
Fireflies in the Garden
as Jane Lawrence
King Lear
as Regan
Monster Family
as Emma Wishbone (voice)
Cold Souls
as Claire
Hilary and Jackie
as Jackie du Pré
Angela's Ashes
as Angela McCourt
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Anne Sellers
Trixie
as Trixie Zurbo
Red Dragon
as Reba McClane
On Chesil Beach
as Violet Ponting
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
as Miss Trinklebury
Fado!
Metroland
as Marion
The Dresser
as Her Ladyship
The Luzhin Defence
as Natalia Katkov
Oranges and Sunshine
as Margaret Humphreys
The Happy Prince
as Constance Wilde
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
as Caroline Gil
Separate Lies
as Anne Manning
God's Creatures
as Aileen O'Hara
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self
Crusade in Jeans
as Mary Vega
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
as Self
A Song for Jenny
as Julie Nicholson
Some Girl(s)
as Lindsay
Weinstein
as Narrator (voice)
Late in Summer
Within the Whirlwind
as Evgenia Ginzburg
The Mill on the Floss
as Maggie Tulliver
Amri
as Marie Antoinette Gottesman
A Summer Day's Dream
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
Ballchewer
as Self
Meerkats 3D
as Narrator
Midday Sun
as Sarah
In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema
as Self
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
as Marie Calamange