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Emily Watson

01/14/1967 (57 years old) | Islington, UK | Actor | Female | 173 cm (5'8")

Emily Margaret Watson OBE (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. 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 British Independent Film Award for Best Actress for the latter.Watson's other films include The Boxer (1997), Angela's Ashes (1999), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Red Dragon (2002), Equilibrium (2002), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Corpse Bride (2005), Miss Potter (2006), Synecdoche, New York (2008), The Theory of Everything (2014), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), The Happy Prince (2018) and God's Creatures (2022). For her role in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. She won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for playing Janet Leach in the 2011 ITV television biopic Appropriate Adult and was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actress for the 2017 BBC miniseries Apple Tree Yard.

Emily Watson Top Movies and TV Shows in 2024

Chart List

1.	Chernobyl	560
2.	Synecdoche, New York	294
3.	Red Dragon	253
4.	Everest	224
5.	Anna Karenina	141
6.	The Water Horse	138
7.	The Theory of Everything	63
8.	Miss Potter	38
9.	Belle	27
10.	Corpse Bride	25
11.	Happy Family	9
12.	Monster Family 2	9
13.	Equilibrium	4
14.	The Book Thief	4
15.	Punch-Drunk Love	1
16.	War Horse	0
17.	Gosford Park	0
18.	King Lear	0
19.	The Boxer	0
20.	Separate Lies	0
21.	Testament of Youth	0
22.	Breaking the Waves	0
23.	Little Boy	0

Chernobyl

A dramatization of the true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

9.3/10

95%

31,016

Synecdoche, New York

Movie | United States | 10/24/2008 | Drama

A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

7.4/10

69%

294

Red Dragon

Movie | United States | 09/29/2002 | Horror | Serial killer

Former FBI agent Will Graham, who was once nearly killed by the savage Hannibal \The Cannibal\ Lecter now has no choice but to face him again. It seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer, Francis Dolarhyde -- but can he be trusted?

7.2/10

69%

1,289

Everest

Movie | United Kingdom | 09/25/2015 | Drama | Climbing

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, \Everest\ documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.

7.1/10

73%

5,626

Anna Karenina

Movie | United States | 09/06/2012 | Romance | Forbidden Love

Trapped in a loveless marriage, aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.

6.6/10

62%

1,348

The Water Horse

Movie | New Zealand | 12/25/2007 | Fantasy | Family

A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.

6.4/10

74%

1,200

The Theory of Everything

Movie | United Kingdom | 11/26/2014 | Biography | Geniuses

A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.

7.7/10

80%

1,078

Miss Potter

Movie | United Kingdom | 12/29/2006 | Biography | Writers

The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling childrens book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit

7.0/10

68%

Belle

Movie | United Kingdom | 09/08/2013 | Drama | Racism

BELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield and his wife, Belle's lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing. Left to wonder if she will ever find love, Belle falls for an idealistic young vicar's son bent on change who, with her help, shapes Lord Mansfield's role as Lord Chief Justice to end slavery in England

7.3/10

94%

541

Corpse Bride

Movie | United States | 09/15/2005 | Animation | For Older Kids

Set in a 19th-century european village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the living.

7.4/10

84%

4,459

Happy Family

Movie | Germany | 08/24/2017 | Animation | For Older Kids

Despite the title the Wishbone family are far from happy. In an attempt to reconnect as a family Mum, Emma, plans a fun night out. However her plan backfires when an evil witch curses them and they're all turned into Monsters.

4.8/10

100%

713

Monster Family 2

Movie | Germany | 01/13/2021 | Animation | For Older Kids

To free Baba Yaga and Renfield from the clutches of Monster Hunter Mila Starr, the Wishbone Family once more transforms into a Vampire, Frankenstein's Monster, a Mummy and a Werewolf. Aided and abetted by their three pet bats, our Monster Family zooms around the world again to save their friends, make new monstrous acquaintances and finally come to the realization that ‘Nobody’s Perfect’ – even those with flaws can find happiness.

4.9/10

409

Equilibrium

Movie | United States | 12/06/2002 | Science Fiction | Future

In a facist future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.

7.3/10

40%

269

The Book Thief

Movie | Germany | 11/08/2013 | Drama | Holocaust

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

7.5/10

48%

502

Punch-Drunk Love

Movie | United States | 10/25/2002 | Romance | Cry movie

A beleaguered small-business owner gets a harmonium and embarks on a romantic journey with a mysterious woman.

7.3/10

79%

269

War Horse

Movie | United States | 12/25/2011 | War | World War I

Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.

7.2/10

75%

339

Gosford Park

Movie | United Kingdom | 11/07/2001 | Thriller | Murder

Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.

7.2/10

87%

King Lear

Movie | United Kingdom | 05/28/2018 | Drama

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

6.1/10

91%

The Boxer

Movie | United Kingdom | 12/31/1997 | Sports | Boxing

Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.

7.1/10

80%

Separate Lies

Movie | United Kingdom | 09/16/2005 | Crime | Crime Drama

A cyclist is killed, swiped by a Range Rover in a village lane. James and Anne Manning become involved because the victim is the husband of their cleaner, Maggie. James, a solicitor in the city, soon comes to suspect William Bule, a millionaire playboy who has moved back to the village. William, pressed by James, confesses to the hit and run. But the confession is clouded by Anne's admission of her affair with William.

6.5/10

72%

Testament of Youth

Movie | United Kingdom | 10/14/2014 | Drama | World War I

Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.

7.3/10

Breaking the Waves

Movie | Denmark | 05/17/1996 | Drama | Disability

In a small and conservative Scottish village, a womans paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.

7.9/10

84%

Little Boy

Movie | Mexico | 04/23/2015 | Fantasy | World War II

An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.

7.3/10

25%

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