Emily Watson
Birthday: 1967-01-14 | Place of Birth: Islington, London, England, UKEmily 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Dasha
as Jenny
as Mary
as Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen
as Queenie Epstein
as Sister Mary
as Aileen O'Hara
as Dr. Emma Robinson
as Emma Wishbone (voice)
as Mrs. Martin
as Ulana Khomyuk
as Constance Wilde
as Emma Wishbone (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Regan
as Violet Ponting
as Marmee March
as Yvonne Carmichael
as Emma Busbee
as Grace McKee
as Grace McKee
as Helen Wilton
as Her Ladyship
as Julie Nicholson
as Miss Trinklebury
as Mrs. Brittain
as Queen Elizabeth
as Beryl Wilde
