| Net Worth: | $10 Million |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: | January 14, 1967 (57 years old) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Profession: | Movie Actress |
| Nationality: | British |
English actress well-known for her performance as Bess in the award-winning indie film Breaking the Waves. In 2017 she appeared in the National Geographic original TV series Genius. In 2019, she began starring in the HBO historical miniseries, Chernobyl.
She graduated from the University of Bristol with an English degree.
She was rejected from the first drama school she applied to.
Personal Life
She married Jack Waters in 1995. They have a son named Dylan and a daughter named Juliet.
Helena Bonham Carter turned down the role in Breaking the Waves that eventually went to Watson.
Quotes
“I think so, Silence of the Lambs was a great, suspenseful thriller and I would expect Red Dragon to be similar. And I think it’s very character driven.”
— Emily Watson
“I was a pretentious child. I grew up without a television. I read a lot of books and I loved Shakespeare. Still do.”
— Emily Watson
“I have to be a lot more calculating because I’m a very private person. I actually really struggle with the attention; I’m generally a pretty shy kind of a person. So it’s tough figuring out how to manage it. But there are ways of managing it, and you just have to be smart.”
— Emily Watson
“During Breaking The Waves, I was on my own in a hotel room. I think I would have been impossible to live with. When you go home, you have to pretend to be the person you are at home.”
— Emily Watson
“I was a normal, rather dutiful child. I didn’t even rebel as a teenager.”
— Emily Watson