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Emma Watson
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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…
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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.
Filmography
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2022
Pickled
Movie Self
- 2022
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2021
An Audience with Adele
Movie Self
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2021
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Little Women
Movie Meg March
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2018
Howard
Movie Belle (archive footage)
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2017
The Circle
Movie Mae Holland
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2017
Beauty and the Beast
Movie Belle
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2016
The Million Dollar Nickel
Movie Thanks
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2016
Colonia
Movie Lena
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2015
Regression
Movie Angela Gray
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2014
Noah
Movie Ila
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2013
This Is the End
Movie Emma Watson
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2013
The Bling Ring
Movie Nicki
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2012
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
Movie Self
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2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Movie Sam
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2011
My Week with Marilyn
Movie Lucy
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2011
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Movie Self
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2011
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Movie Hermione Granger (archive footage)
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2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie Hermione Granger
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2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie Hermione Granger
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2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Movie Hermione Granger
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2008
The Tale of Despereaux
Movie Princess Pea (voice)
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2008
Ballet Shoes
Movie Pauline Fossil
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2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Movie Hermione Granger
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2006
The Children's Party at the Palace
Movie Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)
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2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Movie Hermione Granger
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2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Movie Self
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2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Movie Hermione Granger
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2004
Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown
TV show Self
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2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV show Self
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2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Movie Hermione Granger
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2001
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and Me
Movie Hermione Granger
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2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Movie Hermione Granger
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1999
The Early Show
TV show Self
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1997
Elle Style Awards
TV show Self - Winner
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1997
Taff
TV show self
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1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV show Self - Guest
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1993
Late Show with David Letterman
TV show Self - Guest
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1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV show Self / Presenter
