Emily Watson

Emily Anita Watson (born January 14, 1967) is an English actress. She was born in Islington, London, England, UK; the daughter of an architect and an English professor. Although thrice refused a place in drama school, in 1992, she entered the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she met her husband, Jack Waters.

Subsequent Career

She came to public notice again in another controversial role; playing cellist Jacqueline du Pre in Hilary and Jackie, and received another Oscar nomination for that performance despite the fact that many of du Pre's friends and fans decried it as an inaccurate and unfair portrayal. She also played a leading role in Cradle Will Rock, a story of a theatre show in the 1930's directed by Tim Robbins. Though she won the title role of Frank McCourt's mother in the adaptation of his much-loved memoir, Angela's Ashes, the film underperformed. Later, she appeared as a member of Robert Altman's ensemble piece Gosford Park.

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Jacqueline du Pre - Hilary and Jackie - Oscar - Cradle Will Rock - Tim Robbins - Frank McCourt - Angela's Ashes - Robert Altman - Gosford Park

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2002 saw her star as Reba McClane in the adaptation of Thomas Harris's Silence of the Lambs prequel, Red Dragon, as the romantic interest of Adam Sandler in Paul Thomas Anderson's curious and quirky Punch-Drunk Love, and in the sci-fi action thriller Equilibrium alongside Christian Bale. The following year she took time off from the cinema to play two roles in Sam Mendes's dovetailed stage productions of Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night, which garnered her an Olivier Award nomination. In 2004 she received a Golden Globe nomination for her role as Peter Sellers's first wife, Anne Howe, in the HBO movie, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.

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Thomas Harris - Silence of the Lambs - Red Dragon - Adam Sandler - Paul Thomas Anderson - Punch-Drunk Love - Equilibrium - Christian Bale - Sam Mendes - Uncle Vanya - Twelfth Night - Olivier Award - 2004 - Golden Globe - Peter Sellers - HBO - The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

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In 2005, she starred in Richard E. Grant's autobiographical directorial debut Wah-Wah, (attending the premiere at the Edinburgh Festival), Separate Lies, directed by Gosford Park writer Julian Fellowes, and Tim Burton's animated film Corpse Bride, alongside Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. Her upcoming projects include Nick Cave's Australian-set The Proposition, an adaptation of Thea Beckman's children's novel Crusade in Jeans, and reteaming with Depp and Bonham Carter for the biographical drama Shantaram.

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Richard E. Grant - Wah-Wah - Edinburgh Festival - Separate Lies - Gosford Park - Julian Fellowes - Tim Burton - Corpse Bride - Johnny Depp - Helena Bonham Carter - Nick Cave - The Proposition - Thea Beckman - Crusade in Jeans - Shantaram

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