Emily Watson

Emily Watson OBE
Watson in 2013
Born	Emily Margaret Watson (1967-01-14) 14 January 1967 (age 50) Islington, London, England, UK
Residence	Greenwich, London
Alma mater	University of Bristol Drama Studio London
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991–present
Spouse(s)	Jack Waters (m. 1995)
Children	2

Emily Margaret Watson, OBE (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut film role as Bess McNeil in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves (1996) and for her role as Jacqueline du Pré in Hilary and Jackie (1998), winning the BIFA Award for Best Actress for the latter. She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress as Janet Leach for the 2011 ITV television film biopic Appropriate Adult.

Watson 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, and was nominated for the 2003 Olivier Award for Best Actress for the latter. Her other films include The Boxer (1997), Angela's Ashes (1999), The Luzhin Defence (2000), Gosford Park (2001), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Red Dragon (2002), Equilibrium (2002), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Corpse Bride (2005), Miss Potter (2006), The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008), Within the Whirlwind (2009), Oranges and Sunshine (2010), War Horse (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), The Book Thief (2013), The Theory of Everything (2014) and Everest (2015).