Emily Watson
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 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 (1996) and for her portrayal of Jacqueline du Pré i...
Known For
Filmography
The Legend of Ochi
2025
as Dasha
Hamnet
2025
as Mary
Steve
2025
as Jenny
Inside Look: Hamnet
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Small Things Like These
2024
as Sister Mary
Midas Man
2024
as Queenie Epstein
Dune: Prophecy
2024
as Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen
Fired on Mars
2023
as Sheila (voice)
God's Creatures
2022
as Aileen O'Hara
Monster Family 2
2021
as Emma Wishbone (voice)
Too Close
2021
as Dr. Emma Robinson
The Third Day
2020
as Mrs. Martin
Chernobyl
2019
as Ulana Khomyuk
On Chesil Beach
2018
as Violet Ponting
The Happy Prince
2018
as Constance Wilde
King Lear
2018
as Regan
Weinstein
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Monster Family
2017
as Emma Wishbone (voice)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017
as Chief of Staff Fox
Apple Tree Yard
2017
as Yvonne Carmichael
Genius
2017
as Elsa Einstein
Little Women
2017
as Marmee March
Little Boy
2015
as Emma Busbee
Testament of Youth
2015
as Mrs. Brittain
A Royal Night Out
2015
as Queen Elizabeth
Everest
2015
as Helen Wilton
A Song for Jenny
2015
as Julie Nicholson
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
2015
as Miss Trinklebury
The Dresser
2015
as Her Ladyship
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
2015
as Grace McKee
The Theory of Everything
2014
as Beryl Wilde
Belle
2013
as Lady Mansfield
The Book Thief
2013
as Rosa Hubermann
Some Girl(s)
2013
as Lindsay
The Politician's Husband
2013
as Freya Gardner
Anna Karenina
2012
as Countess Lydia Ivanova
Meerkats 3D
2011
as Narrator
War Horse
2011
as Rose Narracott
Appropriate Adult
2011
as Janet Leach
Cemetery Junction
2010
as Mrs. Kendrick
Oranges and Sunshine
2010
as Margaret Humphreys
Cold Souls
2009
as Claire
Within the Whirlwind
2009
as Evgenia Ginzburg
Synecdoche, New York
2008
as Tammy
Fireflies in the Garden
2008
as Jane Lawrence
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
2008
as Caroline Gil
The Water Horse
2007
as Anne MacMorrow
Crusade in Jeans
2006
as Mary Vega
Miss Potter
2006
as Millie Warne
Corpse Bride
2005
as Victoria Everglot (voice)
Wah-Wah
2005
as Ruby Compton
Separate Lies
2005
as Anne Manning
The Proposition
2005
as Martha Stanley
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
as Anne Sellers
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
2003
as Self
Working Shakespeare
2003
Equilibrium
2002
as Mary O'Brien
Punch-Drunk Love
2002
as Lena Leonard
Red Dragon
2002
as Reba McClane
Ballchewer
2002
as Self
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self
Gosford Park
2001
as Elsie
Trixie
2000
as Trixie Zurbo
The Luzhin Defence
2000
as Natalia Katkov
Angela's Ashes
1999
as Angela McCourt
Cradle Will Rock
1999
as Olive Stanton
The Early Show
1999
as Self
Metroland
1998
as Marion
Hilary and Jackie
1998
as Jackie du Pré
In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema
1998
as Self
The Boxer
1997
as Maggie Hamill
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997
The Mill on the Floss
1997
as Maggie Tulliver
Breaking the Waves
1996
as Bess McNeill
A Summer Day's Dream
1994
Performance
1991
as Rosalie
The Oscars
1953
as Self