Emily Watson Movies and Career Information

Emily Watson (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She gave an acclaimed debut film performance in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves. Watson was born in Islington, London, England, the daughter of an architect father and an English professor mother. She was brought up as an Anglican. Watson was educated at Notting Hill and Ealing High School, an independent school for girls in Ealing in west London, which she has described as a 'progressive' school, and trained at Drama Studio London, followed by the University of Bristol, where she obtained a B.A. (1988, English) as well as an M.A. (2003, honorary) from Bristol University. Although she is best known internationally for her film roles, Watson's career began on the stage. Her theatre credits include The Children's Hour (at the Royal National Theatre), Three Sisters, Much Ado about Nothing and The Lady from the Sea. Watson has also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company in such productions as A Jovial Crew, The Taming of the Shrew, All's Well That Ends Well and The Changeling. In 2002, she took time off from cinema to play two roles in Sam Mendes's repertory productions of Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night, first at Mendes's