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Emily Watson

Birth name: Emily Anita Watson

Birth date: 14.01.1967

The daughter of an architect and an English professor, Emily Watson was born and raised in London. After a self-described sheltered upbringing, Watson attended university for three years in Bristol, studying English literature. She applied to drama school and was rejected on her first attempt. After three years of working in clerical and waitress jobs she was finally accepted. In 1992, she took a position with the Royal Shakespeare Company where she met her future husband, Jack Waters. Continuing stage work, Watson landed her first screen role as Bess McNeill in Breaking the Waves (1996) after Helena Bonham Carter pulled out of the role. For this initial foray into movies, Watson was nominated for an Academy Award. She continued to gain success in Britian in the leading roles in Metroland (1997) and The Mill on the Floss (1997), but her first popular film in the United States came in 1997 when she played Daniel Day-Lewis's long-suffering love interest in The Boxer (1997). In the next two years she won critical acclaim for her portrayal of cellist Jacqueline du Pré in Hilary and Jackie (1998) and landed a small part in the ensemble cast of Tim Robbins's Cradle Will Rock (1999). Critical acclaim and North American success came together for Watson in 1999 with the release of Angela's Ashes (1999), the film adaptation of Frank McCourt's bestselling book of the same name. She achieved top billing as Angela McCourt, the hardworking mother of several children and wife of a drunken husband in depression-era Ireland. After less-celebrated roles in 2000's Trixie (2000) and The Luzhin Defence (2000), Watson again returned to an ensemble cast in Robert Altman's Gosford Park (2001). Watson's status as a leading actress in major Hollywood productions was cemented in 2002 with her roles in Red Dragon (2002), the third installment of Thomas Harris' Hannibal Lechter series; the futuristic Equilibrium (2002); and, most notably, in Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love (2002), playing opposite Adam Sandler. While returning to the stage in 2002 and 2003 on both sides of the Atlantic, Watson has expressed interest in again working with Anderson. Emily Watson lives in London, England, UK, with her husband, Jack Waters.

Filmography

# Oranges and Sunshine (2010) # Cemetery Junction (2010) .... Mrs Kendrick # Within the Whirlwind (2009) .... Evgenia Ginzburg ... aka Wichry Kolymy (Poland) # Cold Souls movie buy and download page (2009) .... Claire # Synecdoche, New York movie buy and download page (2008) .... Tammy # The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2008) (TV) .... Caroline Gil # Fireflies in the Garden (2008) .... Jane Lawrence # The Water Horse (2007) .... Anne MacMorrow ... aka The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (International: English title: promotional title) # Miss Potter movie buy and download page (2006) .... Millie Warne # Kruistocht in spijkerbroek (2006) .... Mary Vega ... aka Crusade: A March Through Time (International: English title) (USA: DVD title) ... aka Crusade in Jeans (International: English title) ... aka Kreuzzug in Jeans (Germany) ... aka La croisade en jeans (Luxembourg: French title) # Separate Lies (2005) .... Anne Manning # Corpse Bride (2005) (voice) .... Victoria Everglot ... aka Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (Singapore: English title) (USA: complete title) # Wah-Wah (2005) .... Ruby Compton ... aka Wah Wah (International: English title: informal alternative title) # The Proposition movie buy and download page (2005) .... Martha Stanley # The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) .... Anne Sellers # Back to Gaya (2004) (voice: English version) .... Alanta ... aka Boo, Zino & the Snurks (UK) (USA) ... aka The Snurks (International: English title) ... aka Zurück nach Gaya (Germany: TV title) # Blossoms & Blood (2003) (V) .... Lena Leonard ... aka Blossoms and Blood (USA: DVD title) # Equilibrium movie buy and download page (2002) .... Mary O'Brien ... aka Cubic (Europe: English title: video title) # Red Dragon movie buy and download page (2002) .... Reba McClane ... aka Roter Drache (Germany) # Punch-Drunk Love (2002) .... Lena Leonard # Gosford Park (2001) .... Elsie ... aka Gosford Park (Italy) # The Luzhin Defence (2000) .... Natalia Katkov ... aka La défense Loujine (France) ... aka The Luzhin Defense (USA: cable TV title) # Trixie (2000) .... Trixie Zurbo # Angelas Ashes (1999) .... Angela McCourt # Cradle Will Rock (1999) .... Olive Stanton # Hilary and Jackie (1998) .... Jackie # The Boxer (1997) .... Maggie # Metroland (1997) .... Marion ... aka Metroland (Spain) # The Mill on the Floss (1997) (TV) .... Maggie Tulliver # Breaking the Waves (1996) .... Bess McNeill ... aka Breaking the Waves (France) # A Summer Day's Dream (1994) (TV) .... Rosalie