Emily Watson

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RECENT CREDITS

Cold Souls (FILM) Aug. 7, 2009

Fireflies in the Garden (FILM) Jun. 26, 2009

Synecdoche, New York (FILM) Oct. 24, 2008

The Water Horse (FILM) Dec. 25, 2007

Miss Potter (FILM) Dec. 29, 2006

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2007 Co-starred in the fantasy film, "Water Horse" about the fabled Loch Ness Monster

2006 Cast in Richard E. Grant's directorial debut, the autobiographical "Wah-Wah," an account of his extraordinary childhood spent in Swaziland

2006 Cast as the intended sister-in-law to Renee Zellweger's Beatrix in "Miss Potter" a biopic of children's author Beatrix Potter

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2007 Co-starred in the fantasy film, "Water Horse" about the fabled Loch Ness Monster

2006 Cast in Richard E. Grant's directorial debut, the autobiographical "Wah-Wah," an account of his extraordinary childhood spent in Swaziland

2006 Cast as the intended sister-in-law to Renee Zellweger's Beatrix in "Miss Potter" a biopic of children's author Beatrix Potter

2005 Voiced Victoria Everglot in Tim Burton's animated feature "Corpse Bride"

2005 Cast opposite Tom Wilkinson in Julian Fellowes' directorial debut "Separate Lies"

2004 Played Peter Sellers' long-suffering first wife in "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers," which premiered at Cannes; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

2002 Reteamed with Christian Bale in "Equilibrium"

2002 Played the blind girl in "Red Dragon," the prequel to "Silence of the Lambs" (1991)

2002 Co-starred with Adam Sandler in "Punch-Drunk Love" which premiered at Cannes

2002 Starred opposite Christian Bale in the sci-fi thriller "Equilibrium" (lensed 2002)

2001 Starred opposite John Turturro in the period romance "The Luzhin Defence"

2001 Cast as the rebellious head housemaid in the Robert Altman-directed period mystery "Gosford Park"

2000 Had title role in Alan Rudolph's "Trixie" as an amateur detective

1999 Played Angela McCourt in the film version of "Angela's Ashes"

1998 Received raves for her portrayal of cellist Jacqueline du Pre in the biopic "Hilary and Jackie"; also earned second Best Actress Academy Award nomination

1997 Starred opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in "The Boxer"

1996 Film debut, starring in Lars Von Trier's "Breaking the Waves"; earned Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Best Actress

1996 TV debut in British production of "The Mill on the Floss"; shown theatrically in Europe; premiered at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival; shown on PBS' "Masterpiece Theatre" in the USA

1994 Breakthrough stage role, as Mary in revival of "The Children's Hour"

1994 Early British TV appearance in the film "Summer Day's Dream"

1992 Joined Royal Shakespeare Company, appeared in shows like "The Taming of the Shrew" and "The Changeling"

Born and raised in London