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Emma Watson
Emma Watson (25) April 15, 1990Paris, France
5' 5" (1,65 m)
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris, France to
English parents, Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson, who are lawyers...
When Emma was five her parents divorced, and she then moved to Oxfordshire, England with her mother and younger brother, Alexander. Since the divorce, Emma's extended family has grown as her parents both have new partners. Her father has a son named Toby, and identical twin daughters, Nina and Lucy, and her mother's partner has two sons. Emma spent much of her childhood residing in England with her mother and stepfather, younger brother, and two stepbrothers.
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, including "Arthur: The Young
Years" and "The Happy Prince". In 1999, casting began for Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal (2001), the film adaptation of British author J.K. Rowling's bestselling novel. Casting agents found Emma through her Oxford theatre teacher. After eight consistent auditions, producer David Heyman told Emma and fellow applicants, Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, that they had been cast for the roles of the three leads, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley.
The release of Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal
(2001) was Emma's cinematic screen debut. The film broke records for
opening-day sales and opening-weekend takings and was the
highest-grossing film of 2001. Critics praised the film and the
performances of the three leading young actors. The highly distributed
British newspaper, 'The Daily Telegraph', called her performance
"admirable". Later, Emma was nominated for five awards for her
performance in the film, winning the Young Artist Award for Leading
Young Actress in a Feature Film.
Since the release of the first
film of the highly successful franchise, Emma has quickly become one of
the most well-known actresses in the world. She continued to play the
role of Hermione Granger for nearly ten years, in all of the following
Harry Potter films: Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal (2001), Harry Potter y la cámara secreta (2002), Harry Potter y el prisionero de Azkaban (2004), Harry Potter y el cáliz de fuego (2005), Harry Potter y la orden del Fénix (2007), Harry Potter y el misterio del príncipe (2009), Harry Potter y las reliquias de la muerte - Parte 1 (2010), and Harry Potter y las reliquias de la muerte - Parte 2 (2011). In addition, Emma has began to branch out into other films, with Mi semana con Marilyn (2011), Las ventajas de ser un marginado (2012), and the upcoming The Bling Ring (2013) and Noé (2014).
In addition to acting, Emma is studying at Brown University.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
When Emma was five her parents divorced, and she then moved to Oxfordshire, England with her mother and younger brother, Alexander. Since the divorce, Emma's extended family has grown as her parents both have new partners. Her father has a son named Toby, and identical twin daughters, Nina and Lucy, and her mother's partner has two sons. Emma spent much of her childhood residing in England with her mother and stepfather, younger brother, and two stepbrothers.
In addition to acting, Emma is studying at Brown University.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
Trade Mark
Often portrays literary characters
Trivia
Has two cats named Bubbles and 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 London's 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 Weekly's 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 Emma's 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.(2007).
Was ranked #26 on Empire Magazine's '100 Sexiest Movie Stars' (2007).
Was ranked #3 on 'Yahoo! List of the 10 Most Popular Stars of 2007'.
Was ranked #97 on Forbes List of The Celebrity 100.(2007).
In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $4 million.
Her favorite movie is Notting Hill (1999). Her favorite television show is Friends (1994). Her favorite actor is Johnny Depp. Her favorite actress is Julia Roberts.
Was ranked #28 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actress list. (2008).
Ranked #94 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
Is a fan of La brújula dorada (2007) 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; both parents have since remarried.
On her father's 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 (2007). She also has two stepbrothers through her mother's remarriage.
Was ranked #3 on Moviefone's '25 Hottest Actors Under 25' (2008).
In 2008 BoyDestiny wrote and sung the song "you got me going" also known as the Emma Watson song.
Radio One's 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 (2006).
Entering Brown University after completion of the Harry Potter Movies (July 21, 2009).
Was ranked #8 in Portrait Magazine's 'Top 30 Under 30' (2009). '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 she'd like to work with directors Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro.
Was Entertainment Weekly's "Entertainer of the Month" for the month of July (2009).
Was ranked #3 on Empire Magazine's '100 Sexiest Movie Stars' list.
She was ranked #6 on MSN's list of 'Best Dressed Stars of 2009'.
Was named the face of the 2009 Fall/Winter Burberry Campaign (2009).
She was ranked #8 on Portrait Magazine's 'Top 30 Under 30' list (2009).
She was ranked #3 on Teen Vogue's 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 (2009).
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 (2009).
When she made a promotional appearance on a Dutch TV talk show for Harry Potter y la orden del Fénix (2007), 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 magazine's 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 Men's top 99 'most desirable' women of 2012.
Is the former roommate and current best friend of America's Next Top Model Cycle 18 winner Sophie Sumner.
Ranked #29 on Askmen's list of the Top 99 Most Desirable women for 2013.
Was offered the titled lead in "Cinderella" but turned it down.
Has been in relationship with Will Adamowicz since 2012. 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.
Personal Quotes
[in response to a reporter asking her whether she always wore pigtails]: I never wear pigtails, I wear plaits.
[Hardest scene]: Neville comes up to me with his toad, Trevor, and
says, "Do you want to kiss Trevor goodnight?" Every time he did this I
burst into laughter. I was supposed to give him an "I hate you" look,
but I couldn't help myself. It took me about eight takes to get it.
It was unbelievable seeing me as an action figure! In a few
months, toddlers all around the country will be biting my head off!
[on kissing her co-stars]: Oh my God, no, no chance, no chance. That's not in my contract!
My friends are all really nice about my fame, they're just curious really, they ask lots of questions.
[on how her character, Hermione Granger, has matured]: She's rock and roll. She's feisty. Girl power!
[on reporters asking the same questions over and over]: That's the
good thing about them! They all ask exactly the same questions and you
can say exactly the same answers! You don't have to think, you can just
stand there like a broken record going LALALA.
[on working with boys]: I like being around mixed company. Dan (Daniel Radcliffe) and Rupert (Rupert Grint) definitely make their fair share of cheeky comments about me being girlie, but it's all in good fun.
It took me three films to get Hermione in jeans. To get out of the robes with the tights and the itchy jumpers. Whoo-hoo!
I hope my head doesn't get very big. I'm just going to keep my
feet on the ground, stick to friends and family and try and lead a
normal life.
I love fashion. I think it's so important, because it's how you show yourself to the world.
[on being a known actress]: Most people are really nice but some
stare, like you're some kind of zoo exhibit and not a real person with
real feelings. Even when you take away all the glamour and attention and
premieres and everything, it still comes down to the fact that I'm
acting.
Hermione uses all these big long tongue twister words, I don't know what she's going on about half the time!
I could be 100 years old and in my rocker, but i'll still be very proud that I was part of the Harry Potter films.
[on her co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint,
who play Harry and Ron]: More than just friends, they've become like
brothers. Or sisters, I don't know. In fact, I don't see them like
normal boys. I mean that I cannot imagine me going out with one of them.
For me, they are like my best friends. I can laugh and talk about
everything with them without any taboo. I really like them a lot.
[If she'd sooner have a great Hollywood career or a great
marriage]: Hmmmmm... Can't I have both? But if I would really have to
choose, then I'd pick a great marriage. I think it would be amazing if I
would get to play beautiful parts and win Oscars, but that would all
mean nothing if my parents and friends weren't there with me. What is
success when you don't have anybody to love? No, I'd rather be happily
married.
[on watching the earlier movies]: It's like baby photos... I look like a chipmunk!
I get sent Bibles. I have a collection of about 20 in my room. People think I need to be guided.
The most challenging aspect of this film was the fact that I was
trying to take my A-levels at the same time I was filming. So my life
was crazy. One minute I was on set, and the next minute I was doing an
exam, or reading a textbook, or doing something, so I was a bit all over
the place. Sometimes it's kind of hard to juggle both aspects of my
life.
If someone asked me to do something that was beneficial to a
cause, then maybe I'd consider it, but not just [to be able to say]
'Look at me! I've got my own line!'
Acting never was about the money for me. ... Maybe in 10 years,
I'll be able to appreciate the fact that I am financially stable and
independent and I don't have to make bad choices. I can be very picky.
I'm very crafty! One time I made a television set out of a
cardboard box - Everybody thought it was a lark! This was the beginning
of a love affair with the arts. I'm now studying art in Brown, a fancy
American school.
I love painting and have a need to do it.
Free handbags are lovely, but that's not what I see as the
benefits of being famous. It means I can do things I really care about,
like Las ventajas de ser un marginado
(2012), which might not have been made otherwise. Being a teenager is
quite lonely, particularly for my generation. There's a sense of people
being cut off and in isolation. And when I read the script, it just made
me feel less alone. My character says this line: 'You accept the love
you think you deserve', and that just hit me like a steam train.
I don't want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide
that for myself. I want to avoid becoming too styled and too "done" and
too generic. You see people as they go through their career and they
just become more and more like everyone else. They start out with
something individual about them but it gets lost. Natalie Portman is an exception. I'm in awe of how she's handled herself. And Agyness Deyn is cool, really individual.
Each of the Harry Potter directors looked as if they had aged
about 10 years by the time they'd finished. It's a huge burden to carry.
I remember reading this thing that Elizabeth Taylor
wrote. She had her first kiss in character. On a movie set. It really
struck me. I don't know how or why, but I had this sense that if I
wasn't really careful, that could be me. That my first kiss could be in
somebody else's clothes. And my experiences could all belong to someone
else.
[on Noé
(2014)] I was so physically and emotionally exhausted by just the
process of making the film. I just didn't leave my apartment for a few
weeks afterwards, walked around in my pajamas for a few days in a row. I
just needed some time to sort of put myself back together a bit.
[on childhood fame]: If I went to somewhere busy, I wouldn't last
very long. I can't go to a museum, I'll last 10 or 15 minutes in a
museum. The problem is that when one person asks for a photograph, then
someone sees a flash goes off, then everyone else sort of... It's sort
of like a domino effect. And then very quickly the situation starts to
get out of control to a point where I can't manage it on my own.
I guess, weirdly in my head, I knew what I wanted. I didn't know how it would, or if it would, ever happen. But before The Bling Ring (2013) I said I'd really wanted to meet Sofia Coppola
and - this is before I knew that she had a film in mind - ended up
meeting her. And Darren was someone who actually I met a good year ago.
And then I'm doing a film with Guillermo del Toro
next summer, and I went to him and said Warner Brothers have given me
the script for 'Beauty and the Beast,' but the only way I'd really want
to do it is if you did it. And then miraculously he said, 'Oh, funnily
enough 'Beauty and the Beast' is my favorite fairy tale, I can't let
anyone else do this, I'll start putting a team together.'
[on fame and her parents] They gave me the best advice they could,
and I think they gave me very good advice. But my mum particularly
said, 'Right, you're going to go into these interviews and they're going
to ask you anything they feel like asking you, and every time they ask
you a question, think about whether you'd be comfortable discussing it
with a stranger.'
My first two years at Brown weren't easy, not because I was
bullied or because anyone gave me a particularly hard time, but just
because, you know, without the collegiate system... and at Brown
everyone does completely different things and very much chooses their
own path, which is great, but it's also much more difficult, too. You're
not with a group of people all the time at one time.
My grandma said - when I was really young and I'd sing along to
the radio - why do you sing in an American accent? I guess it was
because a lot of the music I was listening to had American vocalists.
And that was something Steve said to me as well: try singing the lines
in an American accent. That kind of opened me up. Then I worked with a
dialogue coach and I just put in the time to really, really listen and
just go over it and over it and over it until I could do it without
thinking about it too hard. And I just knew it was really important.
Salary
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) | $4.000.000 |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) | $15.000.000 |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) | $15.000.000 |
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