Emma
Charlotte Duerre Watson
(born 15 April 1990) is an English actress and model. Watson rose to prominence
playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. She was
cast as Hermione at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school
plays.[2]
From 2001 to 2011, she starred in all eight Harry Potter films alongside
Daniel
Radcliffe and Rupert Grint.[3]
Watson's work on the Harry Potter series has earned her several awards
and more than £10 million.[4]
She made her modelling debut for Burberry's Autumn/Winter campaign in 2009.
In
2007, Watson announced her involvement in two productions: the television adaptation of the novel Ballet Shoes and an animated film, The Tale of Despereaux. Ballet
Shoes was broadcast on 26 December 2007 to an audience of 5.2 million,
and The Tale of Despereaux, based on the novel by Kate
DiCamillo, was released in 2008 and grossed more than US $86 million
in worldwide sales.[5]
In 2012, she starred in Stephen Chbosky's film adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower,
and was cast in the role of Ila in Darren
Aronofsky's biblical epic Noah.[6]
Early life
Emma
Watson was born in Paris, to Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson, both British
lawyers.[7][8][9]
Watson lived in Paris until the age of five. Her parents separated when she was
young; following their divorce, she moved with her mother and younger brother
to Oxfordshire,
spending weekends in her father's house in London.[7][10]
Watson has stated that she speaks some French, though "not as well"
as she used to.[11]
From
the age of six, Watson had wanted to become an actress,[12]
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.[13] By
the age of ten, she had performed in various Stagecoach productions and school
plays, including Arthur: The Young Years and The Happy Prince,[14]
but she had never acted professionally before the Harry Potter series.
"I had no idea of the scale of the film series," she stated in a 2007
interview with Parade; "If I had I would have been
completely overwhelmed."
Career:
Harry Potter
In
1999, casting began for Harry Potter and the
Philosopher's Stone (released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone in the United States), the film adaptation of British author J. K.
Rowling's best-selling novel. Casting agents
found Watson through her Oxford theatre teacher,[12]
and producers were impressed by her confidence. After eight auditions, producer
David
Heyman told Watson and fellow applicants Daniel
Radcliffe and Rupert Grint that they had been cast for the roles of
the schoolfriends Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley
respectively. Rowling supported Watson from her first screen test.[12]
The
release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 2001 was Watson's
debut screen performance. The film broke records for opening-day sales and
opening-weekend takings and was the highest-grossing film of 2001.[15][16]
Critics praised the performances of the three leads, often singling out Watson
for particular acclaim; The Daily Telegraph called her performance
"admirable",[17] and
IGN said she
"stole the show".[18]
Watson was nominated for five awards for her performance in Philosopher's
Stone, winning the Young Artist Award for Leading Young Actress.[19]
A
year later, Watson again starred as Hermione in Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets, the second instalment of the series. Reviewers
praised the lead actors' performances. The Los Angeles Times said Watson
and her peers had matured between films,[20]
while The
Times criticised director Chris Columbus for
"under-employing" Watson's hugely popular character.[21]
Watson received an Otto Award from the German magazine Bravo for her performance.[22]
In
2004, Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban was released. Watson was appreciative of the more
assertive role Hermione played, calling her character "charismatic"
and "a fantastic role to play".[23]
Although critics panned Radcliffe's performance, labelling him
"wooden", they praised Watson; The New York Times lauded her
performance, saying "Luckily Mr. Radcliffe's blandness is offset by Ms.
Watson's spiky impatience. Harry may show off his expanding wizardly skills ...
but Hermione ... earns the loudest applause with a decidedly unmagical punch to
Draco
Malfoy's deserving nose."[24]
Although Prisoner of Azkaban proved to be the lowest-grossing Harry
Potter film of the entire series, Watson's personal performance won her two
Otto Awards and the Child Performance of the Year award from Total Film.[25][26][27]
With
Harry Potter and the Goblet
of Fire (2005), both Watson and the Harry Potter film series
reached new milestones. The film set records for a Harry Potter opening
weekend, a non-May opening weekend in the US, and an opening weekend in the UK.
Critics praised the increasing maturity of Watson and her teenage co-stars; the
New York Times called her performance "touchingly earnest".[28] For
Watson, much of the humour of the film sprang from the tension among the three
lead characters as they matured. She said, "I loved all the arguing. ... I
think it's much more realistic that they would argue and that there would be
problems."[29]
Nominated for three awards for Goblet of Fire, Watson won a bronze Otto
Award.[30][31][32]
Later that year, Watson became the youngest person to appear on the cover of Teen Vogue,[33]
an appearance she reprised in August 2009.[34]
In 2006, Watson played Hermione in The Queen's Handbag, a special mini-episode
of Harry Potter in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday.[35]
The
fifth film in the Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and the
Order of the Phoenix, was released in 2007. A huge financial success,
the film set a record worldwide opening-weekend gross of $332.7 million.[36]
Watson won the inaugural National Movie Award for Best Female
Performance.[37]
As the fame of the actress and the series continued, Watson and fellow Harry
Potter co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint left imprints of their
hands, feet and wands in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood on
9 July 2007.[38]
By
July 2007, Watson's work in the Harry Potter series was said to have
earned her more than £10 million, and she acknowledged she would never
have to work for money again.[4]
In March 2009, she was ranked 6th on the Forbes list of
"Most Valuable Young Stars",[39] and
in February 2010, she was named as Hollywood's highest paid female star, having
earned an estimated £19 million in 2009.[40]
Despite
the success of Order of the Phoenix, the future of the Harry Potter
franchise
became surrounded in doubt, as all three lead actors were hesitant to sign on
to continue their roles for the final two episodes.[41]
Radcliffe eventually signed for the final films on 2 March 2007,[41]
but Watson was considerably more hesitant.[42] She
explained that the decision was significant, as the films represented a further
four-year commitment to the role, but eventually conceded that she "could
never let [the role of] Hermione go",[43]
signing for the role on 23 March 2007.[44]
In
return for committing to the final films, Watson's pay was doubled to £2 million per
film;[45]
she concluded that "in the end, the pluses outweighed the minuses". Principal photography for the sixth film
began in late 2007, with Watson's part being filmed from 18 December to 17 May
2008.[46][47
Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince
premiered on 15 July 2009,[48]
having been delayed from November 2008.[49]
With the lead actors now in their late teens, critics were increasingly willing
to review them on the same level as the rest of the film's all-star cast, which
the Los Angeles Times described as "a comprehensive guide to
contemporary UK acting".[50] The Washington Post felt Watson to have
given "[her] most charming performance to date",[51]
while The Daily Telegraph described the lead
actors as "newly-liberated and energised, eager to give all they have to
what's left of the series".[52]
Watson's
filming for the final instalment of the Harry Potter series, Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows, began on 18 February 2009[53] and
ended on 12 June 2010.[54] For
financial and scripting reasons, the original book has been divided into two
films which were shot consecutively.[55][56]
Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows part 1 was released in November 2010 while the second film was
released in July 2011.
Other acting work
Watson's
first non-Potter role was the 2007 BBC film Ballet Shoes, an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Noel
Streatfeild.[57][58] The
film's director, Sandra Goldbacher, commented that Watson was
"perfect" for the starring role of aspiring actress Pauline Fossil:
"She has a piercing, delicate aura that makes you want to gaze and gaze at
her."[59]
Ballet Shoes was broadcast in the UK on Boxing Day
2007 to an audience of 5.7 million viewers, to mixed reviews.[60][61][62][63][64]
Watson also lent her voice to the role of Princess Pea in the animated film The Tale of Despereaux, a
children's comedy starring Matthew
Broderick with Harry Potter co-star Robbie
Coltrane (playing the character of Rubeus Hagrid) also starring in the
film.[65]
The Tale of Despereaux was released in December 2008 and grossed
$87 million worldwide.[5]
In December 2008, Watson stated she wanted to go to university after she
completed the Potter series.[66]
She
appeared in a music video for One Night Only, after meeting lead singer George Craig at the 2010 Winter/Summer
Burberry advertising campaign. The video, "Say You Don't Want It", was screened on Channel 4
on 26 June 2010 and released on 16 August.[67] In
her first post-Harry Potter film, Watson appeared in 2011's My Week with Marilyn as Lucy, a wardrobe
assistant who has a few dates with the main character, Colin Clark.[68][69] In
May 2010, Watson was reported to be in talks to star in a film adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.[70] Filming
began in summer 2011 and the movie was released in September 2012.[71]
Watson
has also expressed interest in being in a musical film. In June 2012, Watson
was confirmed for the role of Ila in Darren
Aronofsky's Noah.[6]
and in August 2012, she confirmed that she would begin filming Guillermo del Toro's Beauty and the Beast
in the summer of 2013.[72]
Modelling
In
2008, the British press reported that Watson was to replace Keira
Knightley as the face of the fashion house Chanel, but this
was denied by both parties.[73][74] In
June 2009, following several months of rumours, Watson confirmed that she would
be partnering with Burberry as the face of their Autumn/Winter 2009 campaign,
for which she received an estimated six-figure fee.[75][76][77] She
also appeared in Burberry's 2010 Spring/Summer campaign alongside her brother
Alex, musicians George Craig and Matt Gilmour, and model
Max Hurd.[78]
In February 2011, Watson was awarded the Style Icon award from British Elle
by Dame Vivienne Westwood.[79][80]
Watson continued her involvement in fashion advertising when she announced she
had been chosen as the face of Lancôme in
March 2011.[81]
In
September 2009, Watson announced her involvement with People Tree, a Fair Trade
fashion brand.[82]
Watson worked as a creative advisor for People Tree to create a spring line of
clothing, which was released in February 2010;[82][83]
the range featured styles inspired by southern France and London.[83][84] The
collection, described by The Times as "very clever" despite their
"quiet hope that [she] would become tangled at the first hemp-woven
hurdle",[85]
was widely publicised in magazines such as Teen Vogue,[86]
Cosmopolitan, and People. Watson, who was not paid for the
collaboration,[87]
admitted that competition for the range was minimal,[85]
but argued that "Fashion is a great way to empower people and give them
skills; rather than give cash to charity you can help people by buying the
clothes they make and supporting things they take pride in";[88]
adding, "I think young people like me are becoming increasingly aware of
the humanitarian issues surrounding fast fashion and want to make good choices
but there aren't many options out there."[85]
Watson continued her involvement with People Tree, resulting in the release of
a 2010 Autumn/Winter collection.[89]
Watson
has appeared for six years running in men's magazine FHM's 100 Sexiest
Women list. She first appeared in the list, voted for by readers, in 2007,
placing 98th.[90] The
following years saw her placed 33rd, 47th, 29th, 23rd and in 2012, 64th.[91]
Personal life
After
moving to Oxford with her mother and brother, Watson attended The
Dragon School until June 2003 and then moved to Headington
School, also in Oxford.[7]
While on film sets, Watson and her peers were tutored for up to five hours a
day.[92]
In June 2006, Watson took GCSE examinations in 10 subjects, achieving eight A* and two A
grades.[7][93]
After leaving school, Watson took a gap year[94]
to film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows beginning in February 2009,[56]
but said she "definitely want[ed] to go to university".[66]
The Providence Journal reported that Watson had confirmed
that she had chosen Brown University, located in Providence, Rhode
Island.[95]
In March 2011, after 18 months at the university, Watson announced that she was
deferring her course for "a semester or two",[96]
to give her more time to participate in the advertising buildup for the release
of the second Deathly Hallows
film, and other projects.[97]
Watson continued her studies reading English at Worcester
College, Oxford University.[98]
Watson was due to return to Brown for her senior year, but has postponed her
studies until further notice to work on film projects.[99]
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