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).
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Hamnet
Character:Mary
Release Date:26/11/2025
Steve
Character:Jenny
Release Date:19/09/2025
The Legend of Ochi
Character:Dasha
Release Date:18/04/2025
Small Things Like These
Character:Sister Mary
Release Date:01/11/2024
Midas Man
Character:Queenie Epstein
Release Date:23/08/2024
God's Creatures
Character:Aileen O'Hara
Release Date:30/09/2022
Monster Family 2
Character:Emma Wishbone (voice)
Release Date:15/10/2021
King Lear
Character:Regan
Release Date:28/05/2018
The Happy Prince
Character:Constance Wilde
Release Date:12/04/2018
Weinstein
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/03/2018
On Chesil Beach
Character:Violet Ponting
Release Date:19/01/2018
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Character:Chief of Staff Fox
Release Date:20/09/2017
Monster Family
Character:Emma Wishbone (voice)
Release Date:24/08/2017
The Dresser
Character:Her Ladyship
Release Date:31/10/2015
Everest
Character:Helen Wilton
Release Date:10/09/2015
A Song for Jenny
Character:Julie Nicholson
Release Date:05/07/2015
A Royal Night Out
Character:Queen Elizabeth
Release Date:14/05/2015
Little Boy
Character:Emma Busbee
Release Date:23/04/2015
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Character:Miss Trinklebury
Release Date:11/04/2015
Testament of Youth
Character:Mrs. Brittain
Release Date:16/01/2015
The Theory of Everything
Character:Beryl Wilde
Release Date:07/11/2014
The Book Thief
Character:Rosa Hubermann
Release Date:08/11/2013
Some Girl(s)
Character:Lindsay
Release Date:28/06/2013
Belle
Character:Lady Mansfield
Release Date:01/05/2013
Anna Karenina
Character:Countess Lydia Ivanova
Release Date:06/09/2012
War Horse
Character:Rose Narracott
Release Date:25/12/2011
Meerkats 3D
Character:Narrator
Release Date:02/10/2011
Oranges and Sunshine
Character:Margaret Humphreys
Release Date:08/10/2010
Cemetery Junction
Character:Mrs. Kendrick
Release Date:14/04/2010
Within the Whirlwind
Character:Evgenia Ginzburg
Release Date:18/09/2009
Cold Souls
Character:Claire
Release Date:07/08/2009
Synecdoche, New York
Character:Tammy
Release Date:24/10/2008
Fireflies in the Garden
Character:Jane Lawrence
Release Date:07/08/2008
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Character:Caroline Gil
Release Date:12/04/2008
The Water Horse
Character:Anne MacMorrow
Release Date:25/12/2007
Miss Potter
Character:Millie Warne
Release Date:03/12/2006
Crusade in Jeans
Character:Mary Vega
Release Date:15/11/2006
The Proposition
Character:Martha Stanley
Release Date:06/10/2005
Separate Lies
Character:Anne Manning
Release Date:16/09/2005
Corpse Bride
Character:Victoria Everglot (voice)
Release Date:12/09/2005
Wah-Wah
Character:Ruby Compton
Release Date:17/08/2005
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Character:Anne Sellers
Release Date:01/10/2004
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
Character:Self
Release Date:03/04/2003
Equilibrium
Character:Mary O'Brien
Release Date:06/12/2002
Ballchewer
Character:Self
Release Date:01/11/2002
Punch-Drunk Love
Character:Lena Leonard
Release Date:11/10/2002
Red Dragon
Character:Reba McClane
Release Date:02/10/2002
The Making of Gosford Park
Character:Self
Release Date:18/06/2002
Gosford Park
Character:Elsie
Release Date:26/12/2001
The Luzhin Defence
Character:Natalia Katkov
Release Date:21/08/2000
Trixie
Character:Trixie Zurbo
Release Date:28/06/2000
Angela's Ashes
Character:Angela McCourt
Release Date:25/12/1999
Cradle Will Rock
Character:Olive Stanton
Release Date:10/12/1999
Hilary and Jackie
Character:Jackie Du Pré
Release Date:30/12/1998
The Boxer
Character:Maggie Hamill
Release Date:31/12/1997
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
Character:
Release Date:12/12/1997
The Mill on the Floss
Character:Maggie Tulliver
Release Date:12/10/1997
Metroland
Character:Marion
Release Date:30/08/1997
Breaking the Waves
Character:Bess McNeill
Release Date:05/07/1996
A Summer Day's Dream
Character:
Release Date:26/11/1994
Television Appearances
Dune: Prophecy
Character:Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen
Fired on Mars
Character:Sheila (voice)
Too Close
Character:Dr. Emma Robinson
The Third Day
Character:Mrs. Martin
Chernobyl
Character:Ulana Khomyuk
Little Women
Character:Marmee March
Genius
Character:Elsa Einstein
Apple Tree Yard
Character:Yvonne Carmichael
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Character:Grace McKee
The Politician's Husband
Character:Freya Gardner
Appropriate Adult
Character:Janet Leach
Working Shakespeare
Character:
The Early Show
Character:Self
Performance
Character:Rosalie
The Oscars
Character:Self
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