• Emily Watson is a two-time Academy Award-nominated, Screen Actors Guild Award-winning British born actress.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: January 14, 1967
  2. Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
  3. Attended Drama Studio London
  4. Breakthrough Film: Breaking the Waves
  5. NSPCC Supporter
  6. Spouse: Jack Waters

• Breakthrough

  Virtually unknown until director Lars von Trier chose her to star in his controversial film Breaking the Waves. Her performance as Bess McNeill, her first in front of a camera, became the most critically acclaimed of 1996. She won the Los Angeles, London and New York Critics Circle Awards, the US National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress, and ultimately an Oscar nomination.

• Credits

  • Breaking the Waves]] (1996)
  • Metroland (1997)
  • The Boxer (1997)
  • Hilary and Jackie (1998)
  • Cradle Will Rock (1999)
  • Angela's Ashes (1999)
  • The Luzhin Defence (2000)
  • Gosford Park (2001)
  • Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
  • Red Dragon (2002)
  • Equilibrium (2002)
  • The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
  • Separate Lies (2005)
  • Wah-Wah (2005)
  • Corpse Bride (2005)
  • The Proposition (2005)
  • Miss Potter (2006)
  • The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2008)

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