Emily Margaret Watson 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 in Anand Tucker's Hilary and Jackie (1998).
Watson's other films include The Boxer (1997), Angela's Ashes (1999), Gosford Park (2001), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Red Dragon (2002), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Corpse Bride (2005), Miss Potter (2006), Synecdoche, New York (2008), Oranges and Sunshine (2010), War Horse (2011), The Theory of Everything (2014), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), God's Creatures (2022), and Small Things like These (2024).
She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. She won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for playing Janet Leach in the 2011 ITV television biopic Appropriate Adult. She was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actress for the 2017 BBC miniseries Apple Tree Yard. In 2024, she portrayed the lead role of Valya Harkonnen in the HBO science fiction series Dune: Prophecy.
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1 | The Legend of Ochi (2025) | Dasha | - | - |
2 | Hamnet (2025) | Mary Shakespeare | - | - |
3 | Midas Man (2024) | Queenie Epstein | - | - |
4 | Small Things Like These (2024) | Sister Mary | 8 | |
5 | God's Creatures (2022) | Aileen O'Hara | 8 | |
6 | The Happy Prince (2018) | Constance Wilde | 5.3 | |
7 | King Lear (2018) | Regan | 4 | |
8 | On Chesil Beach (2018) | Violet Ponting | 5 | |
9 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) | Chief of Staff Fox | 7.1 | |
10 | Monster Family (2017) | Emma Wishbone (voice) | 7 | |
11 | Everest (2015) | Helen Wilton | 6.8 | |
12 | Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2015) | Miss Trinklebury | 4 | |
13 | A Royal Night Out (2015) | Queen Elizabeth | 7.2 | |
14 | The Dresser (2015) | Her Ladyship | - | - |
15 | Little Boy (2015) | Emma Busbee | 7 | |
16 | Testament of Youth (2015) | Mrs. Brittain | 8.3 | |
17 | The Theory of Everything (2014) Oscars 2015 | Beryl Wilde | 7.9 | |
18 | Some Girl(s) (2013) | Lindsay | 5.5 | |
19 | The Book Thief (2013) Oscars 2014 | Rosa Hubermann | 7.5 | |
20 | Belle (2013) | Lady Mansfield | 8 | |
21 | Anna Karenina (2012) Oscars 2013 | Countess Lydia Ivanova | 6.4 | |
22 | War Horse (2011) Oscars 2012 | Rose Narracott | 7.3 | |
23 | Cemetery Junction (2010) | Mrs. Kendrick | 7 | |
24 | Oranges and Sunshine (2010) | Margaret Humphreys | 5.7 | |
25 | Cold Souls (2009) | Claire | 5.5 | |
26 | Synecdoche, New York (2008) | Tammy | 8.1 | |
27 | Fireflies in the Garden (2008) | Jane Lawrence | 6 | |
28 | The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2008) | Caroline Gil | 6 | |
29 | The Water Horse (2007) | Anne MacMorrow | 6.6 | |
30 | Crusade in Jeans (2006) | Mary Vega | 5.6 | |
31 | Miss Potter (2006) | Millie Warne | 7.1 | |
32 | Separate Lies (2005) | Anne Manning | - | - |
33 | The Proposition (2005) | Martha Stanley | 7.1 | |
34 | Corpse Bride (2005) Oscars 2006 | Victoria Everglot (voice) | 7.4 | |
35 | Wah-Wah (2005) | Ruby Compton | - | - |
36 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) | Anne Sellers | 7 | |
37 | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) | Lena Leonard | 6.8 | |
38 | Equilibrium (2002) | Mary O'Brien | 7.3 | |
39 | Red Dragon (2002) | Reba McClane | 7.2 | |
40 | Gosford Park (2001) Oscars 2003 | Elsie | 7 | |
41 | Trixie (2000) | Trixie Zurbo | - | - |
42 | The Luzhin Defence (2000) | Natalia Katkov | 8 | |
43 | Angela's Ashes (1999) Oscars 2000 | Angela McCourt | 7.3 | |
44 | Hilary and Jackie (1998) Oscars 1999 | Jackie Du Pré | 8.5 | |
45 | The Boxer (1997) | Maggie Hamill | 8 | |
46 | Breaking the Waves (1996) | Bess McNeill | 5.8 |