Emily Watson

Acting

Born January 14, 1967

From Islington, London, England, UK

Also known as Emily Anita Watson, Emily Margaret Watson

Biography

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 f...

Filmography

Inside Look: Hamnet

Self (archive footage)

2025

Hamnet

Mary

20257.7

Steve

Jenny

20256.4

The Legend of Ochi

Dasha

20256.1

Small Things Like These

Sister Mary

20246.7

Midas Man

Queenie Epstein

20246.4

God's Creatures

Aileen O'Hara

20226.1

Monster Family 2

Emma Wishbone (voice)

20216.6

King Lear

Regan

20186.1

The Happy Prince

Constance Wilde

20186.2

Weinstein

Narrator (voice)

20186.5

On Chesil Beach

Violet Ponting

20186.1

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Chief of Staff Fox

20176.9

Monster Family

Emma Wishbone (voice)

20176.0

The Dresser

Her Ladyship

20156.2

Everest

Helen Wilton

20156.8

A Song for Jenny

Julie Nicholson

20156.5

A Royal Night Out

Queen Elizabeth

20156.5

Little Boy

Emma Busbee

20157.2

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism

Miss Trinklebury

20155.3

Testament of Youth

Mrs. Brittain

20157.2

The Theory of Everything

Beryl Wilde

20147.8

The Book Thief

Rosa Hubermann

20137.5

Some Girl(s)

Lindsay

20135.2

Belle

Lady Mansfield

20137.1

Anna Karenina

Countess Lydia Ivanova

20126.7

War Horse

Rose Narracott

20117.3

Meerkats 3D

Narrator

20114.2

Oranges and Sunshine

Margaret Humphreys

20106.9

Cemetery Junction

Mrs. Kendrick

20106.5

Within the Whirlwind

Evgenia Ginzburg

20095.0

Cold Souls

Claire

20096.0

Synecdoche, New York

Tammy

20087.5

Fireflies in the Garden

Jane Lawrence

20086.2

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Caroline Gil

20086.5

The Water Horse

Anne MacMorrow

20076.5

Miss Potter

Millie Warne

20066.6

Crusade in Jeans

Mary Vega

20065.9

The Proposition

Martha Stanley

20057.0

Separate Lies

Anne Manning

20055.8

Corpse Bride

Victoria Everglot (voice)

20057.6

Wah-Wah

Ruby Compton

20055.9

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Anne Sellers

20046.6

A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'

Self

20037.8

Equilibrium

Mary O'Brien

20027.1

Ballchewer

Self

20025.0

Punch-Drunk Love

Lena Leonard

20027.1

Red Dragon

Reba McClane

20027.0

The Making of Gosford Park

Self

20025.3

Gosford Park

Elsie

20016.8

The Luzhin Defence

Natalia Katkov

20006.2

Trixie

Trixie Zurbo

20004.8

Angela's Ashes

Angela McCourt

19997.3

Cradle Will Rock

Olive Stanton

19996.5

Hilary and Jackie

Jackie du Pré

19986.6

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In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema

Self

19987.0

The Boxer

Maggie Hamill

19976.7

Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier

19977.4

The Mill on the Floss

Maggie Tulliver

19976.4

Metroland

Marion

19975.8

Breaking the Waves

Bess McNeill

A Summer Day's Dream

Midday Sun

Sarah

Late in Summer

Fado!

A Christmas Child

Emily Watson ( Self/Narrator )

N/A

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The Clockmaker’s Secret: Lost in Spindlewood

The Keeper of the Keys

N/A

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London Fog: A Ruby Gale Mystery

(The Detective)

N/A

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Holly Noel: The Winter Ball (Christmas 3)

( Host )

N/A

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Amri

Marie Antoinette Gottesman

N/A

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RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare

Self

N/A