Emma Watson

Birthday: 15 April 1990, Paris, France

Birth Name: Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson

Height: 165 cm

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris, France, to English parents, Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson, both lawyers. She moved to Oxfordshire when she was five, where she attended the Dragon School. From the age of six, Emma knew that she wanted to be an actress and, for a number of years, she trained at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts, a part-time theatre school where she studied singing, dancing and acting. By the age of ten, she had performed and taken the lead in various Stagecoach productions and school plays.In 1999, casting began for Harry Potter and the Sorcerers (2001), the film adaptation of British author J.K. Rowling's bestselling novel. Casting agents found Emma through her Oxford theatre teacher. After eight consistent auditions, producer David Heyman told Emma and fellow applicants, Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, that they had been cast for the roles of the three leads, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. The release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) was Emma's cinematic screen debut. The film broke records for opening-day sales and opening-weekend takings and was the highest-grossing film of 2001. Critics praised the film and the performances of the three leading young actors. The highly distributed British newspaper, 'The Daily Telegraph', called her performance "admirable". Later, Emma was nominated for five awards for her performance in the film, winning the Young Artist Award for Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film.After the release of the first film of the highly successful franchise, Emma became one of the most well-known actresses in the world. She continued to play the role of Hermione Granger for nearly ten years, in all of the following Harry Potter films: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010), and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011). Emma acquired two Critics' Choice Award nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association for her work in Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban and Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire. The completion of the seventh and eight movies saw Emma receive nominations in 2011 for a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award, and for Best Actress at the Jameson Empire Awards. The Harry Potter franchise won the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in February 2011.2011 saw Emma in Simon Curtis's My Week With Marilyn (2011), alongside a stellar cast of Oscar nominees including Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe and Kenneth Branagh as Sir Laurence Olivier, in addition to Eddie Redmayne, Dame Judi Dench, Dougray Scott, Zoe Wanamaker, Toby Jones and Dominic Cooper. Chronicling a week in Marilyn Monroe's life, the film featured Emma in the supporting role of Lucy, a costume assistant to Colin Clark (Redmayne). The film was released by The Weinstein Company and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical. In 2012 Emma was seen in Stephen Chbosky's adaptation of his coming-of-age novel The Perks Of Being A Wallflower (2012), starring opposite Logan Lerman and Ezra Miller. This independent drama centered around Charlie (Lerman), an introverted freshman who is taken under the wings of two seniors (Watson and Miller) who welcome him to the real world. The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and received rave reviews. The film won the People's Choice Award for Favourite Dramatic Movie and Emma also picked up the People's Choice Award for Favourite Dramatic Movie Actress. Emma was awarded a second time for this role with the Best Supporting Actress Award at the San Diego Film Critics Society Awards where the film also won the Best Ensemble Performance Award.In summer 2013, Emma starred in Sofia Coppola's American satirical black comedy crime film, The Bling Ring (2013). The film took inspiration from real events and followed a group of teenagers who, obsessed with fashion and fame, burgled the homes of celebrities in Los Angeles. The film opened the Un Certain Regard section of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Emma also appeared in a cameo role as herself in Seth Rogen's apocalypse comedy This Is The End (2013). The film tells the story about what happens to some of Hollywood's best loved celebrities when the apocalypse strikes during a party at James Franco's house.Emma was most recently seen in Darren Aronofsky's Noah (2014) opposite Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Douglas Booth, Logan Lerman and Anthony Hopkins. The film told the epic, biblical tale of Noah and the ark. Emma plays the role of Ila, a young woman who develops a close relationship with Noah's son, Shem (Booth). Noah has made an outstanding $300m since its release in March. Emma has completed filming her next project, Regression, written and directed by Alejandro Amenábar. Emma will star in the thriller opposite Oscar nominated Ethan Hawke. Set in Minnesota 1990, Regression tells the story of Detective Bruce Kenner (Hawke) who investigates the case of young Angela, played by Emma, who accuses her father of sexual abuse. The film is expected to be released in 2015. Emma will next play Kelsea Glynn in the film adaptation of The Queen Of The Tearling, Erika Johansen's page-turner of a novel about a young woman raised by foster parents in a cottage hidden away in a remote forest. On her 19th birthday, Kelsea is removed from her home to take her rightful place as sovereign of a fictional post-Utopian country that hides dark secrets and is menaced by a neighboring monarch. The screenplay for The Queen Of The Tearling has been written by Mark L. Smith. David Heyman will be producing the film and Emma will also serve as an executive producer. David and Emma worked together on all the Harry Potter films. The producer snapped up the rights to J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series very early, before publication; and he and Warner Bros have done the same thing with the Tearling trilogy. Filming is due to commence next year.In 2012, Emma was honored with the Calvin Klein Emerging Star Award at the ELLE Women in Hollywood Awards. In 2013, Emma was awarded the Trailblazer Award at the MTV Movie Awards in April and was honored with the GQ Woman of the Year Award at the GQ Awards in September. Further to her acting career, Emma is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN, promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women. Emma graduated from Brown University in May 2014. Hide

[on other roles]: Now that I've played the snotty, bossy, posh Hermione Granger, I'd like to play so Show more [on other roles]: Now that I've played the snotty, bossy, posh Hermione Granger, I'd like to play some American high school girl. I want to play something totally different. I want to play every kind of character and every point of view, but I'm probably going to be playing Hermione for a while. Hide

I get sent Bibles. I have a collection of about 20 in my room. People think I need to be guided. I get sent Bibles. I have a collection of about 20 in my room. People think I need to be guided.

[If she'd sooner have a great Hollywood career or a great marriage]: Hmmmmm... Can't I have both? Bu Show more [If she'd sooner have a great Hollywood career or a great marriage]: Hmmmmm... Can't I have both? But if I would really have to choose, then I'd pick a great marriage. I think it would be amazing if I would get to play beautiful parts and win Oscars, but that would all mean nothing if my parents and friends weren't there with me. What is success when you don't have anybody to love? No, I'd rather be happily married. Hide

I don't date people who are famous. I don't think it's fair that, all of a sudden, intimate details Show more I don't date people who are famous. I don't think it's fair that, all of a sudden, intimate details of their personal life are public as a direct result of me. I wish I could protect them. Hide

I'm very crafty! One time I made a television set out of a cardboard box - Everybody thought it was Show more I'm very crafty! One time I made a television set out of a cardboard box - Everybody thought it was a lark! This was the beginning of a love affair with the arts. I'm now studying art in Brown, a fancy American school. Hide

[on her co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, who play Harry and Ron]: More than just friends, Show more [on her co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, who play Harry and Ron]: More than just friends, they've become like brothers. Or sisters, I don't know. In fact, I don't see them like normal boys. I mean that I cannot imagine me going out with one of them. For me, they are like my best friends. I can laugh and talk about everything with them without any taboo. I really like them a lot. Hide

Don't feel stupid if you don't like what everyone else pretends to love. Don't feel stupid if you don't like what everyone else pretends to love.

I love fashion. I think it's so important, because it's how you show yourself to the world. I love fashion. I think it's so important, because it's how you show yourself to the world.

You can't go to the pharmacy without someone saying, "Hey, you're the girl from Harry Potter!" and I Show more You can't go to the pharmacy without someone saying, "Hey, you're the girl from Harry Potter!" and I'm like 'Yeah! Just buying tampons, see you in a bit!' Hide

The saddest thing for a girl to do is to dumb herself down for a guy. The saddest thing for a girl to do is to dumb herself down for a guy.

[on working with boys]: I like being around mixed company. Dan (Daniel Radcliffe) and Rupert (Rupert Show more [on working with boys]: I like being around mixed company. Dan (Daniel Radcliffe) and Rupert (Rupert Grint) definitely make their fair share of cheeky comments about me being girlie, but it's all in good fun. Hide

If someone asked me to do something that was beneficial to a cause, then maybe I'd consider it, but Show more If someone asked me to do something that was beneficial to a cause, then maybe I'd consider it, but not just [to be able to say] 'Look at me! I've got my own line!' Hide

It was unbelievable seeing me as an action figure! In a few months, toddlers all around the country Show more It was unbelievable seeing me as an action figure! In a few months, toddlers all around the country will be biting my head off! Hide

I don't want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself. I want to avoid beco Show more I don't want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself. I want to avoid becoming too styled and too "done" and too generic. You see people as they go through their career and they just become more and more like everyone else. They start out with something individual about them but it gets lost. Natalie Portman is an exception. I'm in awe of how she's handled herself. And Agyness Deyn is cool, really individual. Hide

My grandma said - when I was really young and I'd sing along to the radio - why do you sing in an Am Show more My grandma said - when I was really young and I'd sing along to the radio - why do you sing in an American accent? I guess it was because a lot of the music I was listening to had American vocalists. And that was something Steve said to me as well: try singing the lines in an American accent. That kind of opened me up. Then I worked with a dialogue coach and I just put in the time to really, really listen and just go over it and over it and over it until I could do it without thinking about it too hard. And I just knew it was really important. Hide

[on being a known actress]: Most people are really nice but some stare, like you're some kind of zoo Show more [on being a known actress]: Most people are really nice but some stare, like you're some kind of zoo exhibit and not a real person with real feelings. Even when you take away all the glamour and attention and premieres and everything, it still comes down to the fact that I'm acting. Hide

[on being cast as Belle in Beauty and the Beast (2017)] I had to fight for the role. I had to auditi Show more [on being cast as Belle in Beauty and the Beast (2017)] I had to fight for the role. I had to audition. I had to prove I could sing. I really had to go for it. You can't have doubts when you're singing in front of a set of 200 people in one of the biggest musicals of all time Hide

[on kissing her co-stars]: Oh my God, no, no chance, no chance. That's not in my contract! [on kissing her co-stars]: Oh my God, no, no chance, no chance. That's not in my contract!

[on Noah (2014)] I was so physically and emotionally exhausted by just the process of making the fil Show more [on Noah (2014)] I was so physically and emotionally exhausted by just the process of making the film. I just didn't leave my apartment for a few weeks afterwards, walked around in my pajamas for a few days in a row. I just needed some time to sort of put myself back together a bit. Hide

Each of the Harry Potter directors looked as if they had aged about 10 years by the time they'd fini Show more Each of the Harry Potter directors looked as if they had aged about 10 years by the time they'd finished. It's a huge burden to carry. Hide

[on watching the earlier movies]: It's like baby photos... I look like a chipmunk! [on watching the earlier movies]: It's like baby photos... I look like a chipmunk!

I like men with quick wit, good conversation and a great sense of humour. I love banter. I want a ma Show more I like men with quick wit, good conversation and a great sense of humour. I love banter. I want a man to like me for me - I want him to be authentic. Hide

[on fame and her parents] They gave me the best advice they could, and I think they gave me very goo Show more [on fame and her parents] They gave me the best advice they could, and I think they gave me very good advice. But my mum particularly said, 'Right, you're going to go into these interviews and they're going to ask you anything they feel like asking you, and every time they ask you a question, think about whether you'd be comfortable discussing it with a stranger.' Hide

I guess, weirdly in my head, I knew what I wanted. I didn't know how it would, or if it would, ever Show more I guess, weirdly in my head, I knew what I wanted. I didn't know how it would, or if it would, ever happen. But before The Bling Ring (2013) I said I'd really wanted to meet Sofia Coppola and - this is before I knew that she had a film in mind - ended up meeting her. And Darren was someone who actually I met a good year ago. And then I'm doing a film with Guillermo del Toro next summer, and I went to him and said Warner Brothers have given me the script for 'Beauty and the Beast,' but the only way I'd really want to do it is if you did it. And then miraculously he said, 'Oh, funnily enough 'Beauty and the Beast' is my favorite fairy tale, I can't let anyone else do this, I'll start putting a team together.' Hide

[on reporters asking the same questions over and over]: That's the good thing about them! They all a Show more [on reporters asking the same questions over and over]: That's the good thing about them! They all ask exactly the same questions and you can say exactly the same answers! You don't have to think, you can just stand there like a broken record going LALALA. Hide

[in response to a reporter asking her whether she always wore pigtails]: I never wear pigtails, I we Show more [in response to a reporter asking her whether she always wore pigtails]: I never wear pigtails, I wear plaits. Hide

I love painting and have a need to do it. I love painting and have a need to do it.

In my downtime, I don't sex myself up much. Sometimes I have a hard time convincing directors that I Show more In my downtime, I don't sex myself up much. Sometimes I have a hard time convincing directors that I can play adult roles. Hide

I'm a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. I think what p Show more I'm a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. I think what people connect with in novels is this idea of an overpowering, encompassing love - and it being more important and special than anything and everything else. Hide

My first two years at Brown weren't easy, not because I was bullied or because anyone gave me a part Show more My first two years at Brown weren't easy, not because I was bullied or because anyone gave me a particularly hard time, but just because, you know, without the collegiate system... and at Brown everyone does completely different things and very much chooses their own path, which is great, but it's also much more difficult, too. You're not with a group of people all the time at one time. Hide

It took me three films to get Hermione in jeans. To get out of the robes with the tights and the itc Show more It took me three films to get Hermione in jeans. To get out of the robes with the tights and the itchy jumpers. Whoo-hoo! Hide

The most challenging aspect of this film was the fact that I was trying to take my A-levels at the s Show more The most challenging aspect of this film was the fact that I was trying to take my A-levels at the same time I was filming. So my life was crazy. One minute I was on set, and the next minute I was doing an exam, or reading a textbook, or doing something, so I was a bit all over the place. Sometimes it's kind of hard to juggle both aspects of my life. Hide

Hermione uses all these big long tongue twister words, I don't know what she's going on about half t Show more Hermione uses all these big long tongue twister words, I don't know what she's going on about half the time! Hide

Acting never was about the money for me. ... Maybe in 10 years, I'll be able to appreciate the fact Show more Acting never was about the money for me. ... Maybe in 10 years, I'll be able to appreciate the fact that I am financially stable and independent and I don't have to make bad choices. I can be very picky. Hide

Fighting for women's rights has too often become synonymous with man hating. This has got to stop. Fighting for women's rights has too often become synonymous with man hating. This has got to stop.

My friends are all really nice about my fame, they're just curious really, they ask lots of question Show more My friends are all really nice about my fame, they're just curious really, they ask lots of questions. Hide

I hope my head doesn't get very big. I'm just going to keep my feet on the ground, stick to friends Show more I hope my head doesn't get very big. I'm just going to keep my feet on the ground, stick to friends and family and try and lead a normal life. Hide

I remember reading this thing that Elizabeth Taylor wrote. She had her first kiss in character. On a Show more I remember reading this thing that Elizabeth Taylor wrote. She had her first kiss in character. On a movie set. It really struck me. I don't know how or why, but I had this sense that if I wasn't really careful, that could be me. That my first kiss could be in somebody else's clothes. And my experiences could all belong to someone else. Hide

[on childhood fame]: If I went to somewhere busy, I wouldn't last very long. I can't go to a museum, Show more [on childhood fame]: If I went to somewhere busy, I wouldn't last very long. I can't go to a museum, I'll last 10 or 15 minutes in a museum. The problem is that when one person asks for a photograph, then someone sees a flash goes off, then everyone else sort of... It's sort of like a domino effect. And then very quickly the situation starts to get out of control to a point where I can't manage it on my own. Hide

I could be 100 years old and in my rocker, but i'll still be very proud that I was part of the Harry Show more I could be 100 years old and in my rocker, but i'll still be very proud that I was part of the Harry Potter films. Hide

[Hardest scene]: Neville comes up to me with his toad, Trevor, and says, "Do you want to kiss Trevor Show more [Hardest scene]: Neville comes up to me with his toad, Trevor, and says, "Do you want to kiss Trevor goodnight?" Every time he did this I burst into laughter. I was supposed to give him an "I hate you" look, but I couldn't help myself. It took me about eight takes to get it. Hide

Free handbags are lovely, but that's not what I see as the benefits of being famous. It means I can Show more Free handbags are lovely, but that's not what I see as the benefits of being famous. It means I can do things I really care about, like The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), which might not have been made otherwise. Being a teenager is quite lonely, particularly for my generation. There's a sense of people being cut off and in isolation. And when I read the script, it just made me feel less alone. My character says this line: 'You accept the love you think you deserve', and that just hit me like a steam train. Hide

[on how her character, Hermione Granger, has matured]: She's rock and roll. She's feisty. Girl power Show more [on how her character, Hermione Granger, has matured]: She's rock and roll. She's feisty. Girl power! Hide

If I've learned anything, it's really just to stop trying to find answers and certainties. If I've learned anything, it's really just to stop trying to find answers and certainties.

Emma Watson's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (78)

The Jonathan Ross Show - Season 17

The X Factor - Season 3 (UK)

Dancing with the Stars - Season 23

The 7PM Project - Season 16

Harry Potter And The Sorcerers Stone

The Circle (2017)

This Is The End

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

The Jonathan Ross Show - Season 14

Colonia (2015)