Emma Watson
English actress · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1990 · age 36
She was cast as Hermione Granger before she'd done anything but school plays, then spent a decade inside the most lucrative film franchise in history - a pressure cooker that made her both extraordinarily wealthy and permanently tied to a single role she's spent her adult career trying to step beyond.
Emma Watson is read about 13,816 times a day, in 121 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 10 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 401 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to HogwartsFilm2021
(K)nox: The Rob Knox StoryFilm2018
HowardFilm, Belle (archive footage)2017“Feminism can be humorous, and we all have a different way of approaching that. I often wonder what mischief I can make to spread the word in a playful way.”In their wordsAs much as Watson has been lauded for her activism, she has been attacked and threatened as well. In early 2017, she told Elle that her
Beauty and the BeastFilm, 2017Belle2016“Women and girls have always faced hurdles. But that's never stopped us. We've sacrificed, fought, campaigned, succeeded, been knocked back, and succeeded again.”In their wordsSeptember 2016In September 2016, the actress lent her voice to a short film, Hurdles, narrating over footage of female athletes.2015Time 100Award
RegressionFilm, 2015Angela Gray2014“Here's what I think. Feminism is not here to dictate to you. It's not prescriptive, it's not dogmatic.”In their wordsDecember 2014In December 2014, Watson appeared on the cover of Elle U.K. as "The Fresh Face of Feminism." In that interview, she spoke about what it“I started questioning gender-based assumptions a long time ago.”In their words20 September 2014"Speech as UN Goodwill Ambassador at a special event for the HeForShe campaign, United Nations Headquarters, New York (20 September 2014) ·“In 1997, Hillary Clinton made a famous speech in Beijing about women’s rights. Sadly many of the things she wanted to change are still true today.”In their words20 September 2014"Speech as UN Goodwill Ambassador at a special event for the HeForShe campaign, United Nations Headquarters, New York (20 September 2014) ·“You might be thinking who is this Harry Potter girl? And what is she doing speaking at the UN. And it’s a really good question. I've been asking myself the same thing.”In their words20 September 2014The "Burke quote" she uses here is a common but disputed attribution.
NoahFilm, 2014Ila2012
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry PotterFilm2011Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress - Sci-Fi/FantasyAwardTeen Choice Award for Choice Movie: LiplockAwardTeen Choice Award for Choice Summer Movie Star: FemaleAward
50 Greatest Harry Potter MomentsFilm, 2011Hermione Granger (archive footage)2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceFilm, Hermione Granger2008
Ballet ShoesFilm, Pauline Fossil2006
The Children's Party at the PalaceFilm, Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireFilm, Hermione Granger2004
Holly & Stephen's Saturday ShowdownSeries2003
The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSeries2002Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature FilmAward
Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsFilm, 2002Hermione Granger2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneFilm, Hermione Granger1999
The Early ShowSeries1997
Elle Style AwardsSeries
TaffSeries, 19971993
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSeries
Late Show with David LettermanSeries, 19931992
MTV Movie & TV AwardsSeries1990Born15 April 1990People around Emma
Close ties
Tom Felton Also in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
J. K. Rowling Produced Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010)
Daniel Radcliffe Also in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Alan Rickman Also in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Rupert Grint Also in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Robbie Coltrane Also in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Bonnie Wright Also in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Chris Columbus Directed Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
David Yates Directed Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Warwick Davis Also in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Matthew Lewis Also in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
David Heyman Produced Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Steve Kloves Wrote Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2003)
Devon Murray Also in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Geraldine Somerville Also in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Oliver Phelps Also in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
James Phelps Also in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
David Barron Produced Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Julie Walters Also in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Mark Williams Also in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2022)
Maggie Smith Also in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Alfred Enoch Also in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
David Bradley Also in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Joshua Herdman Also in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004
Little Women 2019
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2001
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2012
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 31
40 credits on file
Television 8
Media & music
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Watson at the premiere of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in November 2005
Watson with co-stars Daniel Radcliffe (left) and Rupert Grint (right) at the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 in July 2011
Watson attending the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Watson promoting The Circle in 2017
Watson's wax figure at Madame Tussauds wearing an Elie Saab design
Watson's butterfly themed "Flutterby Bear" (right), one of fifty Paddington Bears along 'The Paddington Trail' in London, auctioned for the NSPCC
Watson delivering an address at the Legislative Palace of Uruguay as a UN Women Ambassador in 2014In their own words 4
, Empathy and the ability to use your imagination should have no limits.
Today we are launching a campaign called “HeForShe.” I am reaching out to you because we need your help.
I decided that I was a feminist and this seemed uncomplicated to me. But my recent research has shown me that feminism has become an unpopular word.
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About this person
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born 15 April 1990 and trained at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts. Landing Hermione Granger as a child launched her into the Harry Potter juggernaut, and by the time the final film wrapped she was already testing other ground: Ballet Shoes in 2007, The Tale of Despereaux in 2008. After Potter ended she took smaller parts - My Week with Marilyn in 2011 - before breaking through as the flirtatious Sam in The Perks of Being a Wallflower in 2012, then Alexis Neiers in Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring and a supporting turn in Darren Aronofsky's Noah, both in 2013 and 2014. That same stretch she split time with Brown University, graduating with a degree in English literature in May 2014, and was named a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador to help launch the HeForShe campaign. She played Belle in the 2017 live-action Beauty and the Beast and Meg March in Greta Gerwig's Little Women in 2019. By the 2010s Forbes and Vanity Fair ranked her among the highest-paid actresses in the world, and in 2015 Time named her one of its 100 most influential people.
