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Emily Watson

Highest Rated: 100% The Dresser (2015)

Lowest Rated: 10% Happy Family (2017)

Birthday: Jan 14, 1967

Birthplace: Islington, London, England, UK

Right from the beginning, when she made her feature debut in Lars von Trier's "Breaking the Waves" (1996), actress Emily Watson found herself an international star. Watson came out of nowhere to charm the audiences at the Cannes Film Festival that year, resulting in a slew of awards and nominations, including a nod for Best Actress at the Academy Awards. She proved that her sudden acclaim was no fluke when two years later, she turned in another Oscar-nominated performance in "Hilary and Jackie" (1998). From there, Watson was in constant demand, though she took great strides to avoid the trappings of celebrity by taking roles in serious dramas like "Angela's Ashes" (1999), quirky, offbeat films like "Trixie" (2000), or talky ensemble pieces like "Gosford Park" (2001). She did dabble in the occasional Hollywood film - most notably playing the blind target of a serial killer in "Red Dragon" (2002) and the love interest of Adam Sandler in "Punch-Drunk Love" (2002). But Watson remained grounded with challenging roles in films like "Synecdoche, New York" (2008), which indulged her creative impulses, rather than increased her profile or bank account.

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Highest rated movies

100% 61% The Dresser
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93% 81% Small Things Like These Watchlist
91% 61% King Lear
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89% 58% God's Creatures Watchlist
88% 83% Hilary and Jackie
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87% 78% Gosford Park
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86% 85% The Proposition
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85% 91% Breaking the Waves
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84% 77% Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
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84% 78% Testament of Youth
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Legend of Ochi Dasha (Character) - 2025
93% 81% Small Things Like These Sr. Mary (Character) - 2024
83% 81% Midas Man Malka Epstein (Character) - 2024
89% 58% God's Creatures Aileen O'Hara (Character) - 2022
20% 58% Monster Family 2: Nobody's Perfect Unknown (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Monster Family 2: Nobody's Perfect Emma Wishbone (Voice) - 2021
91% 61% King Lear Regan (Character) - 2018
71% 51% The Happy Prince Constance Wilde (Character) $464.5K 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet King Lear Unknown (Character) - 2018
67% 60% On Chesil Beach Violet Ponting (Character) $741.6K 2017
10% 23% Happy Family Emma (Voice) - 2017
51% 64% Kingsman: The Golden Circle Chief of Staff Fox (Character) $100.2M 2017
100% 61% The Dresser Her Ladyship (Character) - 2015
74% 56% A Royal Night Out Queen (Character) $226.0K 2015
73% 68% Everest Helen Wilton (Character) $43.2M 2015
29% 40% Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism Trinklebury (Character) - 2015
26% 78% Little Boy Emma Busbee (Character) $6.5M 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Song for Jenny Unknown (Character) - 2015
84% 78% Testament of Youth Mrs. Brittain (Character) $1.8M 2014
81% 84% The Theory of Everything Jane's Mother (Character) $35.9M 2014
84% 82% Belle Lady Mansfield (Character) $10.7M 2013
53% 15% Some Girl(s) Lindsay (Character) - 2013
50% 73% The Book Thief Rosa (Character) $21.4M 2013
63% 50% Anna Karenina Countess Lydia Ivanova (Character) $12.8M 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Meerkats Narrator - 2012
74% 74% War Horse Rosie Narracott (Character) $79.9M 2011
71% 70% Oranges and Sunshine Margaret Humphreys (Character) - 2010
58% 63% Cemetery Junction Mrs Kendrick (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 55% Within the Whirlwind Evgenia Ginzburg (Character) - 2009
75% 54% Cold Souls Claire (Character) $903.1K 2009
21% 45% Fireflies in the Garden Jane Lawrence (Character) $70.6K 2008
69% 71% Synecdoche, New York Tammy (Character) $3.1M 2008
No Score Yet 62% The Memory Keeper's Daughter Caroline Gil (Character) - 2008
74% 62% The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep Anne MacMorrow (Character) $40.4M 2007
No Score Yet 44% Crusade: A March Through Time Unknown (Character) - 2006
68% 69% Miss Potter Millie Warne (Character) $3.0M 2006
54% 63% Wah-Wah Ruby Compton (Character) $233.1K 2005
86% 85% The Proposition Martha Stanley (Character) $1.9M 2005
72% 47% Separate Lies Anne Manning (Character) $923.3K 2005
84% 77% Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Victoria Everglot (Voice) $53.4M 2005
No Score Yet 31% Back to Gaya Alanta (Voice) - 2004
69% 72% The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Anne Sellers (Character) - 2004
40% 81% Equilibrium Mary (Character) $1.2M 2002
79% 77% Punch-Drunk Love Lena Leonard (Character) $17.8M 2002
69% 74% Red Dragon Reba McClane (Character) $92.9M 2002
87% 78% Gosford Park Elsie (Character) $41.3M 2001
58% 69% The Luzhin Defence Natalia (Character) $1.1M 2000
27% 23% Trixie Trixie Zurbo (Character) $294.9K 2000
52% 81% Angela's Ashes Angela McCourt (Character) $13.0M 1999
65% 71% Cradle Will Rock Olive Stanton (Character) $2.9M 1999
88% 83% Hilary and Jackie Jacqueline du Pré (Character) $4.9M 1998
No Score Yet 29% The Mill on the Floss Maggie Tulliver (Character) - 1997
81% 74% The Boxer Maggie (Character) $5.8M 1997
62% 54% Metroland Marion (Character) $299.5K 1997
85% 91% Breaking the Waves Bess McNeill (Character) $4.0M 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Summer Day's Dream Rosalie (Character) - 1994

TV

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70% 65% Dune: Prophecy Valya Harkonnen (Character) 2024
78% 71% Too Close Emma Robertson (Character),
Executive Producer
2021
80% 54% The Third Day Unknown (Character) 2020
95% 97% Chernobyl Ulana Khomyuk (Character) 2019
82% 100% Little Women Marmee March (Character) 2017
71% 62% Genius Elsa Einstein (Character) 2017
92% 50% Apple Tree Yard Yvonne Carmichael (Character) 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe Grace McKee (Character) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Politician's Husband Freya Hoynes (Character) 2013