Emma Watson

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Biography

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris, France, to English parents, Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson, both lawyers. She moved to Oxfordshire when she was five, where she attended the Dragon School. From the age of six, Emma knew that she wanted to be an actress and, for a number of years, she trained at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts, a part-time theatre school where she studied singing, dancing and acting. By the age of ten, she had performed and taken the lead in various Stagecoach productions and school plays. In 1999, casting began for Harry Potter and the Sorcerers .

  • Primary profession
  • Actress·soundtrack·director
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 15 April 1990
  • Place of birth
  • The Marais
  • Death date
  • 1903-08-12
  • Death age
  • 63
  • Residence
  • Los Angeles
  • Children
  • Education
  • Headington School·Brown University·Worcester College· Oxford
  • Knows language
  • English language
  • Parents
  • William Watson

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Trivia

Has two cats, one is named Bubbles and the other is named Domino.

Favorite Harry Potter book is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

She served on a jury to select the 2004 teen-aged film-makers First Light Film Awards. The ceremony held in Londons Leicester Square. Other jurors included Pierce Brosnan , Kenneth Branagh , and Samantha Morton.

She was named after her paternal grandmother, born Freda Emma Duerre who, after marriage, became Freda Emma Duerre Watson.

At the age of fifteen became the youngest person to appear on the cover of Teen Vogue magazine.

She and her Harry Potter co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint were named #9 on Entertainment Weeklys Best Entertainers of the Year in 2005.

She achieved eight A

And two A passes in her GCSEs (exams English school pupils take in their last compulsory year of secondary school).

Attended The Dragon School, a renowned preparatory school in Oxford, between September 1995 and July 2001. She then went on to attend Headington School, a private all-girls school, between September 2001 and July 2006.

Her parents are both English, and were living in Paris at the time of Emmas birth. Emma lived in France until the age of five, when her family returned to England.

Was born at 6:00pm (GMT + 1 hour) on a Sunday.

Enjoys playing field hockey, netball and tennis (for school and local teams), skiing, painting, cooking, singing, and dancing (has twice competed with her school in Rock Challenge 2006 and 2007).

Took AS levels in English, Geography, Art, and History of Art in May 2007, and has now dropped History of Art to pursue the three A levels.

Was ranked #15 on Forbes List of The 20 Top-Earning Young Superstars..

Was ranked #26 on Empire Magazines 100 Sexiest Movie Stars.

Was ranked #3 on Yahoo! List of the 10 Most Popular Stars of 2007.

Was ranked #97 on Forbes List of The Celebrity 100..

In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $4 million.

Emmas favorite movies include Notting Hill , Love Actually , Bridget Joness Diary , Four Weddings and a Funeral , About Time (2013/I) , Giant , Ddongpari , Le fabuleux destin dAmlie Poulain , El laberinto del fauno , The Fountain , The Shawshank Redemption , Gladiator , Braveheart , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , Philomena , Blue Jasmine , Rush (2013/I) , 12 Years a Slave , La grande bellezza , The Woodmans , Closer , Pretty Woman , Chicago , Romeo + Juliet , Moulin Rouge! , Dirty Dancing , Grease , Shrek , Ice Age , and Finding Nemo .

Was ranked #28 on Entertainment Weeklys 30 Under 30 the actress list.

Ranked #94 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.

Is a fan of The Golden Compass and the rest of the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman.

Ranked #4 by Portrait Magazine for favorite celebrities by fans vote. Her Harry Potter co-star Bonnie Wright Had also Ranked #5.

Her parents divorced in 1995; each parent has since remarried. On her fathers side, she has a younger half-brother, Toby, born 2003, and half-sisters (identical twins) Lucy and Nina, born in 2004. Lucy and Nina played the younger version of her character Pauline in Ballet Shoes . She also has two stepbrothers through her mothers remarriage.

Was ranked #3 on Moviefones 25 Hottest Actors Under 25.

In 2008, BoyDestiny wrote and sang the song "You Got Me Going", also known as The Emma Watson Song.

Radio Ones movie critic James King named "Ron Weasley" and "Hermione Granger", played by Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, as number 4 in his Top 5 Movie Couples list on The Colin and Edith Show .

Entering Brown University, Rhode Island, U.S.A. after completion of the Harry Potter Movies (July 21, 2009).to study literature.

Was ranked #8 in Portrait Magazines Top 30 Under 30. Harry Potter cast mates Evanna Lynch , Rupert Grint , Bonnie Wright , Tom Felton and Daniel Radcliffe also made the list on the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 14th and 18th place respectively.

Has said that shed like to work with directors Alfonso Cuarn and Guillermo del Toro.

Was Entertainment Weeklys "Entertainer of the Month" for the month of July.

Was ranked #3 on Empire Magazines 100 Sexiest Movie Stars list.

She was ranked #6 on MSNs list of Best Dressed Stars of 2009.

Was named the face of the 2009 Fall/Winter Burberry Campaign.

She was ranked #8 on Portrait Magazines Top 30 Under 30 list.

She was ranked #3 on Teen Vogues list of the Best Dressed celebrities of 2009.

Announced that she would be would collaborating with People Tree, a Fair Trade Fashion Company, as a creative advisor for the new Spring/Summer collection.

Was named the Highest Grossing Actress of the Decade by the Guiness Book of World Records. Her film work in the past decade has grossed over 5.4 billion dollars worldwide.

When she made a promotional appearance on a Dutch TV talk show for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , the interview ended with her joining the Dutch illusion act Magic Unlimited, who sawed her in half.

Her publicist, Vanessa Davies , said that Emma will transfer from Brown University to another school in the Fall of 2011 [April 24, 2011].

Was ranked #69 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 women of 2011 list.

Best friends with Harry Potter co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint after practically growing up with them on the Harry Potter set. She calls them her brothers.

Both of her parents are lawyers.

Has worked closely with the organic and fair trade pioneer People Tree.

Ranked #15 in the 2011 FHM Australia of "100 Sexiest Women".

Ranked #23 in the 2011 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".

Ranked #29 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".

Ranked as having one of the most beautiful famous faces by "The Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World." She was ranked #2 in 2010, #12 in 2009, #27 in 2008, #30 in 2007, and #54 in 2006.

Voted #17 on Ask Mens top 99 most desirable women of 2012.

Is the former roommate and current best friend of "Americas Next Top Model" Cycle 18 winner, Sophie Sumner.

Ranked #29 on Askmens list of the Top 99 Most Desirable women for 2013.

Was offered the titled lead in "Cinderella" but turned it down.

Was in a relationship with Will Adamowicz from 2012-2013. The couple met while studying at Oxford University in 2011.

She enrolled in a Shakespeare course at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts during the summer of 2008.

Emmas style icons include Jean Seberg , Mia Farrow , Kate Bosworth , Diane Kruger , Jane Birkin , Edie Sedgwick , Grace Kelly , Audrey Hepburn , Lauren Bacall , Sofia Coppola , Cate Blanchett , Tilda Swinton , Franoise Hardy , Charlotte Rampling and Michelle Obama.

Emmas favorite actors are Johnny Depp and Russell Crowe.

Emmas favorite actresses are Julia Roberts , Rene Zellweger , Sandra Bullock , Rebel Wilson , Goldie Hawn , Nicole Kidman , Cate Blanchett , Helena Bonham Carter , Natalie Portman and Meryl Streep.

Emmas favorite television shows include "Friends" , "Sex and the City" , "Girls" , "Gossip Girl" , "Americas Next Top Model" , "Mad Men" , "House of Cards" and "Pride and Prejudice" .

Emmas favorite filmmakers are Richard Curtis , Alfonso Cuarn , Guillermo del Toro , Sofia Coppola , Darren Aronofsky , Danny Boyle , David Fincher , Lynne Ramsay , Ang Lee , and Tom Hooper.

Emma Watson has stated that, since her audition at age 9 through the completion of 8 Harry Potter features by age 22, the hectic, educational experience consumed over half her life.

Passed her driving test in the U.S. in 2008 and drives a Toyota Prius.

Includes Justin Timberlake and Alanis Morissette among her favorite singers.

Has kept a painstakingly detailed log of her everyday life since her film career took off, as many as 30 journals in total.

Was offered the role of Mia in "La La Land" but turned it down to play Belle in "Beauty and the Beast". The role then went to Emma Stone , who won an Academy award for her performance.

Auditioned eight times (at age 9) for the role of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, playing opposite five prospective sets of Harrys before landing the part.

Has the same birthday as her Beauty and the Beast co-star Luke Evans.

Has combined type ADHD and has been taking Ritalin for it since childhood.

(February 2017) Has almost 24 million Twitter followers.

Prefers to sign autographs for fans rather than taking pictures with them.

Is taking legal action after private photos of her trying on various outfits were stolen and posted online.[March 2017].

Once accidentally mistook Jimmy Fallon for Jimmy Kimmel.

Graduated from Brown University with a bachelors degree in English literature (May 25, 2014).

Sixth highest paid actress of 2017 with $14 million.

Quotes

[in response to a reporter asking her whether she always wore pigtails]:,I never wear pigtails, I wear plaits.

I love painting and have a need to do it.

I like men with quick wit, good conversation and a great sense of,humour. I love banter. I want a man to like me for me - I want him to,be authentic.

You need give me no excuse.

I threw my 20th birthday party at Brown, and I didn’t even have to say to anyone not to put pictures on Facebook. Not a single picture went up. That was when I knew I’d found a solid group of friends, and I felt like I belonged.

I want to be a Renaissance Woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I just want to do everything.

If you want to run for Prime Minister, you can. If you don’t, that’s wonderful, too. Shave your armpits, don’t shave them, wear flats one day, heels the next. These things are so irrelevant and surface to what it is all really about, and I wish people wouldn’t get caught up in that. We want to empower women to do exactly what they want, to be true to themselves, to have the opportunities to develop.

The saddest thing a girl can do is dumb herself down for a guy.

When at 15, my girlfriends started dropping out of their beloved sports teams, because they didn’t want to appear muscle-y, when at 18, my male friends were unable to express their feelings, I decided that I was a feminist.

Don’t let anyone tell you what you can and can’t do or achieve. Do what you want to do and be who you want to be. Just encourage and include each other, don’t ostracize the gender in front of you.

Men—I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation. Gender equality is your issue too.

What gets scary is when your self-worth is tied up in what strangers think of you.

It’s a journey and the sad thing is you only learn from experience, so as much as someone can tell you things, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn.

It’s almost like the better I do, the more my feeling of inadequacy actually increases, because I’m just going, ‘Any moment, someone’s going to find out I’m a total fraud, and that I don’t deserve any of what I’ve achieved. ’ I can’t possibly live up to what everyone thinks I am and what everyone’s expectations of me are.

If you truly pour your heart into what you believe in, even if it makes you vulnerable, amazing things can and will happen.

I don’t have perfect teeth. I’m not stick thin. I want to be the person who feels great in her body and can say that she loves it and doesn’t want to change anything.

Young girls are told you have to be the delicate princess. Hermione taught them that you can be the warrior.

Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong…it is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum not as two opposing sets of ideas.

I guess what really forms you as a person is what you do within your family to receive love or attention. In my family, what you had to do to receive attention was to have good conversation at the dinner table or for me to do well at school, and those were really my focuses because that was what was valued the most.

I just feel like if I start opening the door to talking about my university experience, then people just kind of. . . own everything. There was a lot of stuff a couple of years ago saying that I was bullied at Brown and awful things like that, none of which were true.

When I started dating I had this kind of Romeo and Juliet, fateful romantic idea about love which was almost that you were a victim and there was a lot of pain involved and that was how it should be.

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