English actress (born 1967)
Emily Margaret Watson OBE [ 1] Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of Twelfth Night Uncle Vanya Donmar Warehouse , and was nominated for the 2003 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 Jacqueline du Pré in Hilary and Jackie
Watson's other films include The Boxer Gosford Park Punch-Drunk Love Red Dragon The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Corpse Bride Miss Potter Synecdoche, New York Oranges and Sunshine War Horse The Theory of Everything Kingsman: The Golden Circle God's Creatures Small Things like These
For her role in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award . She won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for playing Janet Leach in the 2011 ITV television biopic Appropriate Adult International Emmy Award for Best Actress for the 2017 BBC miniseries Apple Tree Yard Valya Harkonnen the HBO science fiction series Dune: Prophecy
Early life
Watson was born 14 January 1967 in London .[ 2] née Venables), was an English teacher at St David's Girls' School, West London .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Anglican .[ 6] [ 7] Clara Salaman , and starred in the screen adaptation of Salaman's novel Too Close [ 8]
Watson was educated at St James Independent Schools in west London which were founded by the School of Economic Science .[ 9] [ 10] University of Bristol , where she obtained a BA (1988, English).[ 3] Drama Studio London .[ 5] MA from Bristol University.[ 11] School of Economic Science until 1996, when aged 29 she was expelled following her part in Breaking the Waves [ 10] [ 12]
Career
Watson's career began on the stage. Her theatre credits include The Children's Hour Royal National Theatre ), Three Sisters Much Ado About Nothing The Lady from the Sea Royal Shakespeare Company in A Jovial Crew The Taming of the Shrew All's Well That Ends Well The Changeling [ 13]
Watson was virtually unknown until director Lars von Trier chose her to star in Breaking the Waves Helena Bonham Carter dropped out.[ 14] Los Angeles , London and New York Critics' Circle Awards for Best Actress, as well as the US National Society of Film Critics' Award for Best Actress and nominations at the Academy Awards , the British Academy Film Awards , and the Golden Globe Awards .[ 15]
Watson at the British Academy Film Awards in the Royal Opera House , February 2007 Watson came to public notice again in another controversial[clarification needed role, that of cellist Jacqueline du Pré in Hilary and Jackie cello in three months,[ 3] Oscar nomination. She also played a leading role in Cradle Will Rock Tim Robbins . Though she won the title role of Frank McCourt 's mother in the adaptation of his acclaimed memoir, Angela's Ashes [ 16] John Turturro in The Luzhin Defence Robert Altman 's ensemble piece Gosford Park [ 17]
Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet wrote the character Amélie French and a desire not to be away from home.[ 18] Audrey Tautou . She was also the first choice to play Elizabeth I in Shekhar Kapur 's film Elizabeth Cate Blanchett an Academy Award nomination.[ 19]
The following year, she starred as Reba McClane in the adaptation of Thomas Harris 's The Silence of the Lambs Red Dragon Adam Sandler in Paul Thomas Anderson 's Punch-Drunk Love Equilibrium Christian Bale . In 2002, she took time off from cinema to play two roles in Sam Mendes ' repertory productions of Uncle Vanya Twelfth Night Donmar Warehouse in London and later at the Brooklyn Academy of Music . Her performance was widely acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic and she was nominated for an Olivier Award for Uncle Vanya .[ 20]
In 2004, Watson received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance as Peter Sellers 's first wife, Anne Howe, in the HBO film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Wah-Wah Richard E. Grant 's autobiographical directorial debut; Separate Lies Gosford Park writer Julian Fellowes ; Tim Burton 's animated film Corpse Bride Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter ; and John Hillcoat 's Australian Western , The Proposition
In 2006, Watson took a supporting role in Miss Potter ,Beatrix Potter , from Babe Chris Noonan , with Ewan McGregor and Renée Zellweger ; and also in an adaptation of Thea Beckman 's children's novel Crusade in Jeans The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep Dick King-Smith children's novel about the origin of the Loch Ness Monster .[ 21] [ 22] Mood Indigo , a script written by Watson and her husband, was optioned by Capitol Films . The film is a love story set during the Second World War and concerns a young woman who falls in love with a pilot.[ 23]
In 2008, Watson starred with Julia Roberts and Carrie-Anne Moss in Fireflies in the Garden [ 24] Lifetime Television movie The Memory Keeper's Daughter Charlie Kaufman 's directorial debut, Synecdoche, New York .[ 25] Cold Souls Sophie Barthes ,[ 26] Within the Whirlwind Gulag survivor Evgenia Ginzburg from The Luzhin Defence director Marleen Gorris .[ 27] [ 28]
In 2010, she starred in Oranges and Sunshine Australia , directed by Jim Loach , and also the following year (2011) in War Horse Michael Morpurgo 's prizewinning novel, directed by Steven Spielberg . In 2011, she played Janet Leach in the ITV two-part film Appropriate Adult Fred West , for which she won a BAFTA .[ 3]
In 2014, Watson had supporting roles in The Book Thief Geoffrey Rush and Sophie Nélisse , and the Oscar -nominated film The Theory of Everything Jane Wilde, Hawking 's mother in law, alongside Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones . In 2015, she had supporting roles in Testament of Youth Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington , Eduardo Verástegui 's Little Boy A Royal Night Out Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother . She also received rave reviews[ 29] A Song for Jenny , with experts tipping her to win the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress .
In 2019 she appeared as a nuclear scientist — a composite of several real scientists — in the miniseries Chernobyl
Watson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama.[ 30] [ 31] [ 32] Apple Tree Yard [ 33]
Personal life
Watson in 2014 Watson married Jack Waters, whom she had met at the Royal Shakespeare Company , in 1995. Waters is a former actor who now works as a potter.[ 5] [ 34] [ 28] Greenwich , London.[ 35] [ 36]
Her mother fell ill with encephalitis shortly before filming commenced on Oranges and Sunshine . Watson returned to London but arrived just after her death.[ 3]
Watson is a supporter of the children's charity the NSPCC . In 2004, she was inducted into the society's hall of fame for spearheading the successful campaign to appoint a Children's Commissioner for England .[ 37] House of Commons , she spoke out against the possibility that the Children's Commissioner become a figurehead with little real power.[ 38] [ 39] [ 40]
Acting credits
Film
Television
Theatre
School for Mothers and The Mistake (double-bill of one-act plays), White Bear Theatre , London, 1991All's Well That Ends Well Swan Theatre , Stratford-upon-Avon 1992, later Pit Theatre, London, 1993) as MariannaThe Taming of the Shrew Barbican Theatre , London, 1993) as Mrs. Ruth Banks-EllisThe Changeling (Royal Shakespeare Company, Pit Theatre, 1993)A Jovial Crew The Lady from the Sea Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1994) as Hilde WangelThe Children's Hour Lyttelton Theatre , London, 1994) as Mary TilfordThree Sisters Out of Joint , 1995)Othello Twelfth Night Uncle Vanya
Radio
Awards and nominations
References
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