Emily Watson

Emily Watson as Angela in Paramount's Angela's Ashes - 12/99

Biography

Born 01/14/1967

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...
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Awards

  • In 2003, received London Critics Circle Film Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year
  • In 2002, received Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Acting Ensemble
  • In 2002, received Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture

Highlights

  • In 2007, Co-starred in the fantasy film, "Water Horse" about the fabled Loch Ness Monster
  • In 2006, Cast in Richard E. Grant's directorial debut, the autobiographical "Wah-Wah," an account of his extraordinary childhood spent in Swaziland
  • In 2006, Cast as the intended sister-in-law to Renee Zellweger's Beatrix in "Miss Potter" a biopic of children's author Beatrix Potter

Family & Companions

  • Juliet Walters: daughter (Born in October 2005; father, Jack Walters)

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