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{{Short description|English actress (born 1967)}}
{{for|the American philanthropist and patron of the arts|Emily Sibley Watson}}
{{Distinguish|Emma Watson}}
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{{Infobox person
| name             = Emily Watson
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=100%|OBE}}
| image            = Emily Watson at Berlinale 2024 (cropped).jpg
| image_size       =
| caption          = Watson in 2024
| birth_name       = Emily Margaret Watson
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|1|14}}
| birth_place      = [[Islington]], [[London]], England
| alma_mater       = [[University of Bristol]]<br>[[Drama Studio London]]
| occupation       = Actress
| years_active     = 1992–present
| spouse           = {{marriage|Jack Waters|1995}}
| children         = 2
}}
'''Emily Margaret Watson''' (born 14 January 1967)<ref>{{cite web|author=Piscini, Beatrice|url=http://trovacinema.repubblica.it/attori-registi/emily-watson/154603/|title=Emily Watson. Biografia e filmografia - Trovacinema|work=[[La Repubblica]]|language=it|access-date=24 August 2020|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430211206/http://trovacinema.repubblica.it/attori-registi/emily-watson/154603/|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' and ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' at the [[Donmar Warehouse]], and was nominated for the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress|Olivier Award for Best Actress]] for the latter. She was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for her debut film role as a newlywed in [[Lars von Trier]]'s ''[[Breaking the Waves]]'' (1996) and for her portrayal of [[Jacqueline du Pré]] in [[Anand Tucker]]'s ''[[Hilary and Jackie]]'' (1998).

Watson's other films include ''[[The Boxer (1997 film)|The Boxer]]'' (1997), ''[[Angela's Ashes (film)|Angela's Ashes]]'' (1999), ''[[Gosford Park]]'' (2001),  ''[[Punch-Drunk Love]]'' (2002), ''[[Red Dragon (2002 film)|Red Dragon]]'' (2002), ''[[The Life and Death of Peter Sellers]]'' (2004), ''[[Corpse Bride]]'' (2005), ''[[Miss Potter]]'' (2006), ''[[Synecdoche, New York]]'' (2008), ''[[Oranges and Sunshine]]'' (2010), ''[[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]'' (2011), ''[[The Theory of Everything (2014 film)|The Theory of Everything]]'' (2014), ''[[Kingsman: The Golden Circle]]'' (2017), ''[[God's Creatures (film)|God's Creatures]]'' (2022), and ''[[Small Things like These (film)|Small Things like These]]'' (2024). 

For her role in the [[HBO]] miniseries ''[[Chernobyl (miniseries)|Chernobyl]]'', she was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] and a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]]. She won the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress]] for playing [[Janet Leach (appropriate adult)|Janet Leach]] in the 2011 [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] television biopic ''[[Appropriate Adult]]'' and was nominated for the [[International Emmy Award for Best Actress]] for the 2017 [[BBC]] miniseries ''[[Apple Tree Yard]]''. In 2024, she portrayed the lead role of [[Valya Harkonnen]] in the HBO science fiction series ''[[Dune: Prophecy]]''.

==Early life==
Watson was born 14 January 1967 in [[London]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Mike|title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 14, 2023 includes celebrities Dave Grohl, Carl Weathers|work=The Plain Dealer|date=January 14, 2023|accessdate=January 14, 2023|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-14-2023-includes-celebrities-dave-grohl-carl-weathers.html|archive-date=14 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114153548/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-14-2023-includes-celebrities-dave-grohl-carl-weathers.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Her father, Richard Watson, was an architect, and her mother, Katharine (''née'' Venables), was an English teacher at St David's Girls' School, [[West London (sub region)|West London]].<ref name="graun" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/21/emily-watson-my-family-values|title=Emily Watson - My family values|author=Elaine Lipworth|newspaper=the Guardian|date=21 February 2014|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620181106/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/21/emily-watson-my-family-values|url-status=live}}</ref> She has an older sister, Harriet.<ref name="Guardian2023">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/20/there-was-cruelty-and-unpleasantness-emily-watson-on-school-stardom-and-sex-scenes-in-her-50s|title='There was cruelty and unpleasantness': Emily Watson on school, stardom and sex scenes in her 50s|author=Ann Lee|newspaper=the Guardian|date=20 March 2023|access-date=3 May 2023|archive-date=2 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502212842/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/20/there-was-cruelty-and-unpleasantness-emily-watson-on-school-stardom-and-sex-scenes-in-her-50s|url-status=live}}</ref> Watson was brought up as an [[Anglican]].<ref name="Metroactive"/> She has described her childhood self as "a nice middle-class English girl ... I'd love to say I was a rebellious teenager, but I wasn't."<ref name="indie"/> She is a childhood friend of actress and writer [[Clara Salaman]], and starred in the screen adaptation of Salaman's novel ''[[Too Close (TV series)|Too Close]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Too Close' bonds close friends Emily Watson, Clara Salaman|url=https://apnews.com/article/emily-watson-europe-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-4906e5ba29cf752465f1d236d541b123|author=Mark Kennedy|date=May 20, 2021|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|accessdate=2021-05-28|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520210309/https://apnews.com/article/emily-watson-europe-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-4906e5ba29cf752465f1d236d541b123|url-status=live}}</ref>

Watson was educated at [[St James Independent Schools]] in west London which were founded by the [[School of Philosophy and Economic Science|School of Economic Science]].<ref name="loony"/> Whilst there, she witnessed "incidents of extreme cruelty" that were "very scarring for people going forward in their lives".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Potton|first=Ed|title=Emily Watson: 'I saw incidents of cruelty that have been very scarring'|newspaper=[[The Times]]|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/emily-watson-i-saw-incidents-of-cruelty-that-have-been-very-scarring-6nckv722m|access-date=2020-09-05|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=5 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905053804/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/emily-watson-i-saw-incidents-of-cruelty-that-have-been-very-scarring-6nckv722m|url-status=live}}</ref> She attended the [[University of Bristol]], where she obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] (1988, English).<ref name="graun"/> Watson subsequently trained at [[Drama Studio London]].<ref name="Guardian2023"/> In 2003 she received an honorary [[Master of Arts|MA]] from Bristol University.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/my-perfect-weekend/9089070/My-perfect-weekend-Emily-Watson.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/my-perfect-weekend/9089070/My-perfect-weekend-Emily-Watson.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Anna | last=Tyzack | title=My perfect weekend: Emily Watson | date=18 February 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Watson was a member of the [[School of Philosophy and Economic Science|School of Economic Science]] until 1996, when aged 29 she was expelled following her part in ''[[Breaking the Waves]]''. She describes the organisation as a "very repressive regime"<ref name=":0" /> and a "system where you were supposed to think a certain way and you weren't really allowed to think any other way". Breaking out of it, she says, was a "very powerful release" in her life.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Emily Watson on her new TV drama, Chernobyl|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/emily-watson-her-new-tv-drama-chernobyl-1418375|access-date=2020-11-22|website=www.scotsman.com|date=4 May 2019|language=en|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111215925/https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/emily-watson-her-new-tv-drama-chernobyl-1418375|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==
Watson's career began on the stage. Her theatre credits include ''[[The Children's Hour (play)|The Children's Hour]]'' (at the [[Royal National Theatre]]), ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'', ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' and ''[[The Lady from the Sea]]''. Watson has also worked with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] in ''[[A Jovial Crew]]'', ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'', ''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]'' and ''[[The Changeling (play)|The Changeling]]''.<ref name="filmbug" />

Watson was virtually unknown until director [[Lars von Trier]] chose her to star in ''[[Breaking the Waves]]'' (1996) after [[Helena Bonham Carter]] dropped out.<ref name="industrycentral" /> Watson's performance as Bess McNeill won her the [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association|Los Angeles]], [[London Film Critics Circle|London]] and [[New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York]] Critics' Circle Awards for Best Actress, as well as the US National Society of Film Critics' Award for Best Actress and nominations at the [[Academy Awards]], the [[British Academy Film Awards]], and the [[Golden Globe Awards]].<ref name="acc" />

[[File:EmilyWatsonBAFTA07.jpg|thumb|upright|Watson at the [[British Academy Film Awards]] in the [[Royal Opera House]], February 2007]]
Watson came to public notice again in another controversial{{clarify|date=December 2018}} role, that of cellist [[Jacqueline du Pré]] in ''[[Hilary and Jackie]]'', for which she learned to play the [[cello]] in three months,<ref name="graun" /> and received another [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nomination. She also played a leading role in ''[[Cradle Will Rock]]'', a story of a theatre show in the 1930s, directed by [[Tim Robbins]]. Though she won the title role of [[Frank McCourt (author)|Frank McCourt]]'s mother in the adaptation of his acclaimed memoir, ''[[Angela's Ashes (film)|Angela's Ashes]]'', the film underperformed.<ref name="boxofficemojo" /> In 2001, she appeared with [[John Turturro]] in ''[[The Luzhin Defence]]'' and in [[Robert Altman]]'s ensemble piece ''[[Gosford Park]]''.<ref name="IVTR" /> 

Director [[Jean-Pierre Jeunet]] wrote the character ''[[Amélie]]'' for Watson to play (Amélie was originally named Emily) but she eventually turned the role down due to difficulties speaking [[French language|French]] and a desire not to be away from home.<ref name="efilmcritic" /> The role made a star of [[Audrey Tautou]]. She was also the first choice to play [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth&nbsp;I]] in [[Shekhar Kapur]]'s film ''[[Elizabeth (film)|Elizabeth]]'', the role that won [[Cate Blanchett]] an Academy Award nomination.<ref name="Archerd1999" />

The following year, she starred as Reba McClane in the adaptation of [[Thomas Harris]]'s ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (novel)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'' prequel, ''[[Red Dragon (2002 film)|Red Dragon]]'', as the romantic interest of [[Adam Sandler]] in [[Paul Thomas Anderson]]'s ''[[Punch-Drunk Love]]'' and in the sci-fi action thriller ''[[Equilibrium (film)|Equilibrium]]'' with [[Christian Bale]]. In 2002, she took time off from cinema to play two roles in [[Sam Mendes]]' [[repertory]] productions of ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' and ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', first at Mendes' [[Donmar Warehouse]] in London and later at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]]. Her performance was widely acclaimed on both sides of the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and she was nominated for an [[Olivier Award]] for ''Uncle Vanya''.<ref name="officiallondontheatre" />

In 2004, Watson received a [[Golden Globe]] nomination for her performance as [[Peter Sellers]]'s first wife, Anne Howe, in the [[HBO]] film ''[[The Life and Death of Peter Sellers]]''. 2005 saw Watson star in four films: ''[[Wah-Wah (film)|Wah-Wah]]'', [[Richard E. Grant]]'s autobiographical directorial debut; ''[[Separate Lies]]'', directed by ''Gosford Park'' writer [[Julian Fellowes]]; [[Tim Burton]]'s animated film ''[[Corpse Bride]]'', with [[Johnny Depp]] and [[Helena Bonham Carter]]; and [[John Hillcoat]]'s [[Australian Western]], ''[[The Proposition (2005 film)|The Proposition]]''.

In 2006, Watson took a supporting role in ''[[Miss Potter]],'' a biographical drama about children's author [[Beatrix Potter]], from ''[[Babe (film)|Babe]]'' director [[Chris Noonan]], with [[Ewan McGregor]] and [[Renée Zellweger]]; and also in an adaptation of [[Thea Beckman]]'s children's novel ''[[Crusade in Jeans]]''. In 2007, she appeared in ''[[The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep]]'', an adaptation of the [[Dick King-Smith]] children's novel about the origin of the [[Loch Ness Monster]].<ref name="comingsoon" /><ref name="black-magic" /> In 2007, ''Mood Indigo'', a script written by Watson and her husband, was optioned by [[Capitol Films]]. The film is a love story set during the [[World War II|Second World War]] and concerns a young woman who falls in love with a pilot.<ref name="Dawtrey" />

In 2008, Watson starred with [[Julia Roberts]] and [[Carrie-Anne Moss]] in ''[[Fireflies in the Garden]]'',<ref name="movieweb" /> the [[Lifetime Television]] movie ''[[The Memory Keeper's Daughter]]'' (based on the novel with the same name), and in screenwriter [[Charlie Kaufman]]'s directorial debut, ''[[Synecdoche, New York]].''<ref name="Synecdoche" /> In 2009 she appeared in the film ''[[Cold Souls]]'', from first-time director [[Sophie Barthes]],<ref name="hollywoodreporter" /> and ''[[Within the Whirlwind]]'', a biographical film of Russian poet and [[Gulag]] survivor [[Evgenia Ginzburg]] from ''The Luzhin Defence'' director [[Marleen Gorris]].<ref name="emanuellevy" /> Watson considers Ginzburg her best recent role; however, the film was not picked up for distribution.<ref name="Rees2011"/>

In 2010, she starred in ''[[Oranges and Sunshine]]'', a film recounting the true story of children sent into abusive care homes in [[Australia]], directed by [[Jim Loach]], and also the following year (2011) in ''[[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]'', an adaptation of [[Michael Morpurgo]]'s prizewinning novel, directed by [[Steven Spielberg]]. In 2011, she played Janet Leach in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] two-part film ''[[Appropriate Adult]]'', about serial killer [[Fred West]], for which she won a [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]].<ref name="graun" />

In 2014, Watson had supporting roles in ''[[The Book Thief (film)|The Book Thief]]'', alongside [[Geoffrey Rush]] and [[Sophie Nélisse]], and the [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-nominated film ''[[The Theory of Everything (2014 film)|The Theory of Everything]]'', portraying [[Jane Hawking|Jane Wilde, Hawking]]'s mother in law, alongside [[Eddie Redmayne]] and [[Felicity Jones]]. In 2015, she had supporting roles in ''[[Testament of Youth (film)|Testament of Youth]]'', alongside [[Alicia Vikander]] and [[Kit Harington]], [[Eduardo Verástegui]]'s ''[[Little Boy (film)|Little Boy]]'' and ''[[A Royal Night Out]]'', in which she portrayed [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]]. She also received rave reviews<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/jul/06/a-song-for-jenny-review-an-utterly-believable-exploration-of-grief-after-77|title=A Song for Jenny review – Utterly believable exploration of grief after 7/7|author=Sam Wollaston|newspaper=the Guardian|date=6 July 2015|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620231936/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/jul/06/a-song-for-jenny-review-an-utterly-believable-exploration-of-grief-after-77|url-status=live}}</ref> for her portrayal of Julie Nicholson in the BBC Drama ''A Song for Jenny'', with experts tipping her to win the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress]].

In 2019 she appeared as a nuclear scientist — a composite of several real scientists — in the miniseries ''[[Chernobyl (miniseries)|Chernobyl]]''.

Watson was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61092 |supp=y|page=N15|date=31 December 2014}}</ref><ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/391413/New_Year_Honours_List_2015.pdf 2015 New Year Honours List] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102104907/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/391413/New_Year_Honours_List_2015.pdf |date=2 January 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30633687|title=NY Honours for poppy duo, Joan Collins, and John Hurt|newspaper=BBC News|date=31 December 2014|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=23 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023142638/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30633687|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, she starred in the BBC mini-series ''[[Apple Tree Yard]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/apple-tree-yard-bbc1-cast-locations-and-three-other-things-to-know-about-the-emily-watson-thriller-a3445981.html|title=Five things to know about Apple Tree Yard|date=22 January 2017|newspaper=Evening Standard|access-date=2 April 2018|archive-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620234920/https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/apple-tree-yard-bbc1-cast-locations-and-three-other-things-to-know-about-the-emily-watson-thriller-a3445981.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
[[File:Emily Watson in 2014.jpg|thumb|upright|Watson in 2014]]
Watson married Jack Waters, whom she had met at the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], in 1995. Waters is a former actor who now works as a [[Pottery|potter]].<ref name="Guardian2023"/> They have a daughter born in 2005,<ref>{{cite web|title=Emily Watson welcomes a daughter|url=https://people.com/parents/emily_watson_we/|publisher=people.com|author=peoplestaff225|date=March 20, 2006|accessdate=2021-05-30|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215122/https://people.com/parents/emily_watson_we/|url-status=live}}</ref> and a son in 2009.<ref name="Rees2011" /> They live in [[Greenwich]], London.<ref>{{cite news|title=I had to put a lid on my grief… bury it deep down|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/mar/20/emily-watson-oranges-sunshine-interview|newspaper=The Guardian|date=20 March 2011|last1=Kellaway|first1=Kate|access-date=20 November 2016|archive-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620180729/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/mar/20/emily-watson-oranges-sunshine-interview|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Emily Watson on acting and family life|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/emily-watson-on-acting-and-family-life-1-3822045|website=scotsman|access-date=20 November 2016|archive-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620232013/https://www.scotsman.com/news/emily-watson-on-acting-and-family-life-1-3822045|url-status=live}}</ref>

Watson is a supporter of the children's charity the [[NSPCC]]. In 2004, she was inducted into the society's hall of fame for spearheading the successful campaign to appoint a [[Children's Commissioner for England]].<ref name="halloffame" /> Receiving her award in the crowded [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]], she spoke out against the possibility that the Children's Commissioner become a figurehead with little real power.<ref name="FullStop" /> She is also one of the patrons of the London children's charity Scene & Heard.<ref name="sceneandheard" /> In April 2018, Watson presented Maternity Worldwide as her chosen charity on the BBC Radio 4 Appeal.<ref name="BBC Radio 4 Appeal">{{cite episode| title= Maternity Worldwide |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b0m21x| series= BBC Radio Four Appeal | network= [[BBC]]| station= [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]]| airdate= 29 April 2018 }}</ref>

== Credits ==
=== Film ===
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| scope="row" | 1996
| ''[[Breaking the Waves]]''
| Bess McNeill
| 
|-
| scope="row" rowspan=2 | 1997
| ''[[Metroland (1997 film)|Metroland]]''
| Marion
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|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Boxer|The Boxer (1997 film)}}''
| Maggie
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|-
| scope="row" | 1998
| ''[[Hilary and Jackie]]''
| [[Jacqueline du Pré]]
| 
|-
| scope="row" rowspan=2| 1999
| ''[[Cradle Will Rock]]''
| Olive Stanton
| 
|-
| ''[[Angela's Ashes (film)|Angela's Ashes]]''
| Angela McCourt
| 
|-
| scope="row" rowspan=2| 2000
| ''[[Trixie (film)|Trixie]]''
| Trixie Zurbo
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Luzhin Defence}}''
| Natalia Katkov
| 
|-
| scope="row" | 2001
| ''[[Gosford Park]]''
| Elsie
| 
|-
| scope="row" rowspan=3 | 2002
| ''[[Punch-Drunk Love]]''
| Lena Leonard
| 
|-
| ''[[Red Dragon (2002 film)|Red Dragon]]''
| Reba McClane
| 
|-
| ''[[Equilibrium (film)|Equilibrium]]''
| Mary O'Brien
|
|-
| scope="row" rowspan=2| 2004
| ''[[Boo, Zino & the Snurks]]''
| Atlanta
| Voice role
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Life and Death of Peter Sellers}}''
| Anne Sellers
| 
|-
| scope="row" rowspan=4| 2005
| ''[[Separate Lies]]''
| Anne Manning
| 
|-
| ''[[Wah-Wah (film)|Wah-Wah]]''
| Ruby Compton
| 
|-
| ''[[Corpse Bride]]''
| Victoria Everglot
| Voice role
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Proposition|The Proposition (2005 film)}}''
| Martha Stanley
| 
|-
| scope="row" rowspan=2|2006
| ''[[Miss Potter]]''
| Amelia "Millie" Warne
|
|-
| ''[[Crusade in Jeans (film)|Crusade in Jeans]]''
| Mary Vega
|
|-
| scope="row" | 2007
| ''{{sortname|The|Water Horse: Legend of the Deep}}''
| Anne MacMorrow
|
|-
| scope="row" rowspan=2| 2008
| ''[[Fireflies in the Garden]]''
| Adult Jane Lawrence
|
|-
| ''[[Synecdoche, New York]]''
| Tammy
| 
|-
| scope="row" rowspan=2| 2009
| ''[[Cold Souls]] ''
| Claire
| 
|-
| ''[[Within the Whirlwind]]''
| [[Evgenia Ginzburg]]
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|-
| scope="row" | 2010
| ''[[Cemetery Junction (film)|Cemetery Junction]]''
| Mrs. Kendrick
|
|-
| scope="row" rowspan=2 | 2011
| ''[[Oranges and Sunshine]]''
| [[Margaret Humphreys]]
| 
|-
| ''[[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]''
| Rose Narracott
|
|-
| scope="row" | 2012
| ''[[Anna Karenina (2012 film)|Anna Karenina]]''
| Countess Lydia
|
|-
| scope="row" rowspan=3| 2013
| ''[[Some Girl(s) (film)|Some Girl(s)]]''
| Lindsay
|
|-
| ''[[The Book Thief (film)|The Book Thief]]''
| Rosa Hubermann
| 
|-
| ''[[Belle (2013 film)|Belle]]''
| Lady Mansfield
|
|-
| scope="row" rowspan=2 | 2014
| ''[[The Theory of Everything (2014 film)|The Theory of Everything]]''
| Beryl Wilde
| 
|-
| ''[[Testament of Youth (film)|Testament of Youth]]''
| Mrs. Brittain
|
|-
| scope="row" rowspan=4| 2015
| ''[[Little Boy (film)|Little Boy]]''
| Emma Busbee
| 
|-
| ''[[A Royal Night Out]]''
| [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Everest (2015 film)|Everest]]''
| Helen Wilton
|
|-
| ''[[Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism]]''
| Miss Trinklebury
|
|-
| scope="row" rowspan=3 | 2017
| ''[[Kingsman: The Golden Circle]]''
| [[White House Chief of Staff]] Fox
|
|-
| ''[[On Chesil Beach (film)|On Chesil Beach]]''
| Violet Ponting
|
|-
| ''[[Monster Family]]''
| Emma Wishbone
| Voice role
|-
| scope="row" rowspan=1 | 2018
| ''[[The Happy Prince (2018 film)|The Happy Prince]]''
| [[Constance Lloyd]]
| 
|-
| scope="row" | 2021
| ''[[Monster Family 2]]''
| Emma Wishbone
| Voice role
|-
| scope="row" | 2022
| ''[[God's Creatures (film)|God's Creatures]]''
| Aileen O'Hara
|
|-
| scope="row" rowspan=2 | 2024
| ''[[Small Things Like These (film)|Small Things Like These]]''
| Sister Mary
| 
|-
| ''[[Midas Man]]''
| Malka Epstein
| <ref name="TJFF2024">{{Cite web |title=Toronto Jewish Film Festival - Midas Man, Opening Night Film, Canadian Premier |url=https://tjff.com/films/midas-man/ |website=Toronto Jewish Film Foundation |language=en-US |accessdate=1 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524073351/https://tjff.com/films/midas-man/ |archive-date=24 May 2024}}</ref>
|-
|scope="row" rowspan=3 |2025
|''[[The Legend of Ochi]]''
|Dasha
|
|-
|''[[Steve (2025 film)|Steve]]''
|
|
|-
| ''[[Hamnet (film)|Hamnet]]''
| [[Mary Shakespeare]]
|
|}

===Television===
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! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| scope="row" | 1994
| ''A Summer Day's Dream''
| Rosalie
| rowspan="3" | Television film
|-
| scope="row" | 1997
| ''{{sortname|The|Mill on the Floss}}''
| Maggie Tulliver
|-
| scope="row" | 2008
| ''{{sortname|The|Memory Keeper's Daughter|The Memory Keeper's Daughter#Adaptation}}''
| Caroline Gil
|-
| scope="row" | 2011
| ''[[Appropriate Adult]]''
| Janet Leach
| 2 episodes
|-
| scope="row" | 2013
| ''[[The Politician's Husband]]''
| Freya
| 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" scope="row" | 2015
| ''[[The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe]]''
| Grace McKee
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[A Song for Jenny]]''
| Julie Nicholson
| rowspan="2" | Television film
|-
| ''[[The Dresser (2015 film)|The Dresser]]''
| Her Ladyship
|-
| rowspan="3" scope="row" | 2017
| ''[[Apple Tree Yard]]''
| Yvonne Carmichael
| rowspan="2" | 4 episodes
|-
| ''[[Genius (American TV series)|Genius]]''
| [[Elsa Einstein]]
|-
| ''[[Little Women (2017 TV series)|Little Women]]''
| Marmee
| 3 episodes
|-
| scope="row" | 2018
| ''[[King Lear (2018 film)|King Lear]]''
| [[Regan (King Lear)|Regan]]
| Television film
|-
| scope="row" | 2019
| ''[[Chernobyl (miniseries)|Chernobyl]]''
| Ulana Khomyuk
| 4 episodes
|-
| scope="row" | 2020
| ''[[The Third Day (TV series)|The Third Day]]''
| Mrs. Martin
| 6 episodes
|-
| scope="row" | 2021
| ''[[Too Close (TV series)|Too Close]]''
| Dr. Emma Robertson
| 3 episodes
|-
| scope="row" | 2024
| ''[[Dune: Prophecy]]''
| [[Valya Harkonnen]]
| Lead role
|-
|}

=== Theatre ===
{{BLP unsourced section|date=May 2012}}
* ''School for Mothers'' and ''The Mistake'' (double-bill of one-act plays), [[White Bear Theatre]], London, 1991
* ''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]'' ([[Royal Shakespeare Company]], [[Swan Theatre (Stratford)|Swan Theatre]], [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] 1992, later Pit Theatre, London, 1993) as Marianna
* ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' (Royal Shakespeare Company, [[Barbican Theatre]], London, 1993) as Mrs. Ruth Banks-Ellis
* ''The Changeling'' (Royal Shakespeare Company, Pit Theatre, 1993)
* ''[[A Jovial Crew]]'' (Royal Shakespeare Company, Pit Theatre, 1993) as Amie
* ''[[The Lady from the Sea]]'' ([[Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)|Lyric Theatre]], London, 1994) as Hilde Wangel
* ''[[The Children's Hour (play)|The Children's Hour]]'' ([[Royal National Theatre]], London, 1994) as Mary Tilford
* ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' ([[Out of Joint]], 1995)
* ''[[Othello]]'' (1996, theatre)
* ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' / ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' (Donmar Warehouse, 2002 / BAM, 2003)

=== Radio ===
* ''The Wolves of Willoughby Chase'' (1994, radio)
* ''Wuthering Heights'' (1995, radio series)
* ''The Glass Piano'' (2010, radio drama about [[Princess Alexandra of Bavaria]])<ref name="BBC Radio 3 The Glass Piano">{{cite episode| title= The Glass Piano |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s4xrx| series= Between the Ears | credits= Writer: [[Deborah Levy]], Contributors: [[Susie Orbach]], Erin Sullivan, Fiona Lecky, Composer & arranger: Chris O'Shaughnessy | network= [[BBC]]| station= [[BBC Radio 3|Radio 3]]| airdate= 24 April 2010 }}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Award
!Result
|-
| rowspan=16| 1996
| rowspan=16| ''[[Breaking the Waves]]''
| [[Bodil Awards|Bodil Award for Best Actress]]
| {{won}}
|-
|[[European Film Award for Best Actress]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Evening Standard British Film Awards|Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer]]
| {{won}}
|-
|Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival President Award for Best Actress
| {{won}}
|-
|[[London Film Critics' Circle|London Film Critics' Award for Best British Newcomer of the Year]]
| {{won}}
|-
|[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association|Los Angeles Film Critics Association's New Generation Award]]
| {{won}}
|-
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress]]
| {{won}}
|-
|[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress]]
| {{won}}
|-
|[[Robert Award|Robert Award for Best Actress]]
| {{won}}
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award|Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[London Film Critics' Circle|London Film Critics' Award for Best British Actress of the Year]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=9|1998
| rowspan=9| ''[[Hilary and Jackie]]'' 
|[[British Independent Film Awards|British Independent Film Award for Best Actress]]
| {{won}}
|-
|[[London Film Critics' Circle|London Film Critics' Award for Best British Actress of the Year]] <small>(also for ''Angela's Ashes'')</small>
| {{won}}
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=4|1999
|''[[Cradle Will Rock]]'' 
|[[London Film Critics' Circle|London Film Critics' Award for Best British Supporting Actress of the Year]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=3|''[[Angela's Ashes (film)|Angela's Ashes]]''
|[[London Film Critics' Circle|London Film Critics' Award for Best British Actress of the Year]] <small>(also for ''Hilary and Jackie'')</small>
|{{won}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| {{nom}}
|- 
|[[Irish Film and Television Awards|IFTA Award for Best Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|rowspan=2|''{{sortname|The|Luzhin Defence}}''
| [[British Independent Film Awards|British Independent Film Award for Best Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[London Film Critics' Circle|London Film Critics' Award for Best British Actress of the Year]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=8|2001
|rowspan=8|''[[Gosford Park]]''
|[[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Satellite Award for Best Cast&nbsp;– Motion Picture]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[European Film Awards|European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Satellite Award for Best Actress&nbsp;– Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=7|2002
|rowspan=3|''[[Punch-Drunk Love]]''
|[[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss]] <small>(shared with [[Adam Sandler]])</small>
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=4|''[[Red Dragon (2002 film)|Red Dragon]]''
|Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actress <small>(2nd place)</small>
|{{won}}
|-
|[[London Film Critics' Circle|London Film Critics' Award for Best British Supporting Actress of the Year]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|- 
|[[Empire Awards|Empire Award for Best Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|2003
|''[[Uncle Vanya]]''
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
|rowspan=2|''{{sortname|The|Life and Death of Peter Sellers}}''
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress&nbsp;– Series, Miniseries or Television Film]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress&nbsp;– Series, Miniseries or Television Film]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=4|2005
|''[[Separate Lies]]''
|[[London Film Critics' Circle|London Film Critics' Award for Best British Actress of the Year]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|''[[Wah-Wah (film)|Wah-Wah]]''
|[[British Independent Film Awards|British Independent Film Award for Best Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|''{{sortname|The|Proposition|The Proposition (2005 film)}}''
|[[IF Awards|IF Award for Best Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[London Film Critics' Circle|London Film Critics' Award for Best British Supporting Actress of the Year]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|rowspan=2| ''[[Synecdoche, New York]]''
|[[Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Award's Robert Altman Award]]
|{{won}}
|-
|2009
|''[[Cold Souls]] ''
|[[Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=8|2011
|rowspan=2| ''[[Oranges and Sunshine]]''
||[[AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=6|''[[Appropriate Adult]]''
|[[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Monte-Carlo Television Festival|Golden Nymph]] for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Royal Television Society|RTS Television Award]] for Best Actor (Female)
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|2013
|''[[The Book Thief (film)|The Book Thief]]''
|[[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Drama]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|2014
|''[[The Theory of Everything (2014 film)|The Theory of Everything]]''
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|2017
|''[[Apple Tree Yard]]''
|[[46th International Emmy Awards|International Emmy Award]] for Best Performance by an Actress	
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=5|2019
|rowspan="5"|''[[Chernobyl (miniseries)|Chernobyl]]''
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| ''[[Too Close (TV series) |Too Close]]''
| [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| ''[[God's Creatures (film)|God's Creatures]]''
| [[British Independent Film Awards 2022|British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Performance]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Small Things like These (film)|Small Things like These]]''
| [[Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance]]
| {{won}}
|}

== References ==

<references>
<ref name="acc">{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001833/awards |title=IMDB: Awards for Emily Watson |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=29 June 2018 |archive-date=21 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421125947/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001833/awards |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="graun">{{cite news
 |title        = Emily Watson: 'I had to put a lid on my grief… bury it deep down'
 |author       = Kate Kellaway
 |url          = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/mar/20/emily-watson-oranges-sunshine-interview
 |access-date  = 30 March 2011
 |location     = London
 |work         = The Guardian
 |date         = 20 March 2011
 |archive-date = 20 June 2018
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20180620180729/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/mar/20/emily-watson-oranges-sunshine-interview
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Metroactive">{{cite web
| url = http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/11.27.96/watson-9648.html
| title = Metroactive Movies &#124; Emily Watson
| publisher = Metroactive.com
| date = 4 December 1996
| access-date = 7 March 2010
| archive-date = 4 September 2009
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090904093217/http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/11.27.96/watson-9648.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="indie">{{cite news
| title = Emily Watson – A woman of substance who's still making waves
| author = James Mottram
| work = The Independent
| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/emily-watson--a-woman-of-substance-whos-still-making-waves-2252168.html
| access-date = 30 March 2011
| location = London
| date = 25 March 2011
| archive-date = 6 September 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120906103429/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/emily-watson--a-woman-of-substance-whos-still-making-waves-2252168.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="loony">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4729694/Not-a-total-jumping-loony.html "Not a total jumping loony" Catherine Shoard, The Telegraph, 19 January 2003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804172023/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4729694/Not-a-total-jumping-loony.html |date=4 August 2019 }} From ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' Newspaper.</ref>

<ref name="filmbug">{{cite web
| url = http://www.filmbug.com/db/772
| title = Emily Watson at Film Bug
| publisher = Filmbug.com
| access-date = 7 March 2010
| archive-date = 13 March 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100313165530/http://www.filmbug.com/db/772
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="officiallondontheatre">
[http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/awards/news/display?contentId=73534 London Theatre Guide: Paltrow and Watson nominated for Best Actress Olivier]
 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927202928/http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/awards/news/display?contentId=73534 |date=27 September 2007 }}</ref>

<ref name="industrycentral">{{cite web
 |author       = Transcribed from Sight & Sound Magazine, October 1996 issue. – Translated by Alexander Keiller
 |url          = http://www.industrycentral.net/director_interviews/LVT01.HTM
 |title        = Lars Von Trier (Breaking The Waves)
 |publisher    = Industrycentral.net
 |access-date   = 7 March 2010
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100301005744/http://www.industrycentral.net/director_interviews/LVT01.HTM
 |archive-date = 1 March 2010
 |url-status     = dead
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref>

<ref name="boxofficemojo">{{cite web
| title = Angela's Ashes
| publisher = boxofficemojo.com
| url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=angelasashes.htm
| access-date = 30 March 2011
| archive-date = 21 October 2011
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111021060055/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=angelasashes.htm
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="IVTR">
{{cite news
| url = http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_1_29/ai_53567013
| archive-url = http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090628212838/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_1_29/ai_53567013/
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 28 June 2009
| title = Emily Watson&nbsp;– IVTR
| publisher = Findarticles.com
| date = 2 June 2009
| access-date = 7 March 2010}} 
</ref>

<ref name="comingsoon">{{cite web
| url = https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=12953
| title = Emily Watson joins Miss Potter and Shantaram
| publisher = Comingsoon.net
| access-date = 7 March 2010
| archive-date = 9 August 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100809110228/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=12953
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="black-magic">
[http://www.black-magic.co.nz/home/?page_id=85 Black Magic: The Waterhorse]
 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116213617/http://www.black-magic.co.nz/home/?page_id=85 |date=16 November 2008 }}</ref>

<ref name="movieweb">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.movieweb.com/news/julia-roberts-and-carrie-anne-moss-plant-fireflies-in-the-garden
| title = Julia Roberts and Carrie-Anne Moss Plant Fireflies in the Garden
| publisher = Movieweb.com
| date = 9 February 2007
| access-date = 26 December 2012
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Synecdoche">{{cite web
| title = First Synecdoche Pic
| work = joblo.com
| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgcl5K1HHDE
| access-date = 25 February 2008
| archive-date = 26 March 2007
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070326031009/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgcl5K1HHDE
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="hollywoodreporter">{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/international/news/e3ia9be1b78b3cdc76e2f89e2c618a0e490 |title=Watson, Giamatti join ARTE Cinema's 'Souls' |publisher=Hollywoodreporter.com |date=23 January 2008 |access-date=7 March 2010 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
</ref>

<ref name="emanuellevy">{{cite web
| title = Emily Watson to Star as Russian Dissident Eugenia Ginsburg in Gorris' Within the Whirlwind
| work = Emmanuel Levy
| url = http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=8516
| access-date = 25 February 2008
| archive-date = 19 September 2015
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150919191512/http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=8516
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Rees2011">{{cite news
| last = Rees
| first = Jasper
| title = Emily Watson: 'I'm a character actor – who gets laid'
| work = The Telegraph
| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8406563/Emily-Watson-Im-a-character-actor-who-gets-laid.html
| access-date = 30 March 2011
| location = London
| date = 26 March 2011
| archive-date = 29 October 2021
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211029174736/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8406563/Emily-Watson-Im-a-character-actor-who-gets-laid.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Dawtrey">{{cite news
| last = Dawtrey
| first = Adam
| title = 'Enemies,' 'Ranch' lead Capitol slate
| date = 24 October 2007
| work = Variety
| url = https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/enemies-ranch-lead-capitol-slate-1117974607/
| access-date = 1 November 2007
| archive-date = 24 October 2007
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071024234529/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117974607.html?categoryid=19&cs=1
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="efilmcritic">{{cite web
| url = http://www.efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=487
| title = Amelie Director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet&nbsp;– Je Voudrais Une Oscar
| publisher = Efilmcritic.com
| date = 24 October 2006
| access-date = 7 March 2010
| archive-date = 20 March 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120320073745/http://www.efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=487
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Archerd1999">
{{cite magazine
| last = Archerd
| first = Army
| url = https://variety.com/1999/voices/columns/jackie-thesp-sez-she-s-no-elizabeth-1117491396/
| title = 'Jackie' thesp sez she's no 'Elizabeth'
| magazine = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]
| date = 18 February 1999
| access-date = 7 March 2010
}}
</ref>

<ref name="halloffame">{{cite web
| title = NSPCC Hall of Fame 2004: Emily Watson
| publisher = Nspcc.org.uk
| url = http://www.nspcc.org.uk/whatwedo/celebritysupporters/halloffame/emilywatson2004_wda39843.html
| access-date = 7 March 2010
| archive-date = 23 August 2009
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090823034618/http://www.nspcc.org.uk/whatwedo/celebritysupporters/halloffame/emilywatson2004_wda39843.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="FullStop">
{{cite web
| title = Celebrating five years of FULL STOP campaign
| publisher = nspcc.org.uk
| date = 13 October 2004
| url = http://www.nspcc.org.uk/whatwedo/mediacentre/ourcampaigns/nspcc_full_stop_campaign_wda33321.html
| access-date = 7 March 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080503090036/http://www.nspcc.org.uk/whatwedo/mediacentre/ourcampaigns/nspcc_full_stop_campaign_wda33321.html
| archive-date = 3 May 2008
}}
</ref>

<ref name="sceneandheard">
{{cite web
 |url=http://sceneandheard.org/about_whoweare.html 
 |title=Scene & Heard – Who We Are 
 |publisher=sceneandheard.org 
 |year=2010 
 |access-date=19 June 2010 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210015720/http://sceneandheard.org/about_whoweare.html 
 |archive-date=10 February 2009 
}}
</ref>
</references>

== External links ==
* {{commonscatinline}}
* {{iMDb name}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081025091147/http://www.premiere.com/actresses/3338/scene-stealer-emily-watson.html Premiere Magazine: Emily Watson Q&A and podcast]
* [https://archive.today/20070725220607/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-1731949,00.html Emily Watson at the Edinburgh Festival]
* [http://www.filmbug.com/db/772 Emily Watson at ''Film Bug'']

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{{Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer}}
{{London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year}}
{{London Film Critics Circle Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year}}
{{National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress}}
{{New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress}}
{{RTS Programme Award for Best Performance by a Female Actor}}
{{Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance}}
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