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An avid sports player, Watson enjoys [[field hockey]], [[tennis]] and [[rounders]]. The family owns two [[cat]]s, named Bubbles and Domino, which belong to her and her brother, respectively.<ref name="cats">{{cite web | title=SciFi.com | work=Watson Purrs for Potter | url=http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue238/news.html | accessdate=March 18 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><!-- EDITORS: DO NOT ADD information about any "hyperactivity" without a RELIABLE source. See Talk:Emma Watson for further explanation --> Watson shares her name with her grandmother, and with a [[fictional character]] in ''The Watsons'', an unfinished [[novel]] by English author [[Jane Austen]] (later completed by English writer [[Joan Aiken]] in her [[1996]] novel ''Emma Watson: The Watsons Completed''). |
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| Emma Watson |
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| File:EW GoF interview1.jpg Emma Watson during an interview for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
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| April 15, 1990 Oxford, England |
| Occupation |
| Actress |
| Famous for |
| Harry Potter film adaptations |
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 15 April, 1990) is an English actress known for playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series.
Biography
Early life
Watson was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, to two lawyers, Jacqueline Duerre and Chris Watson, who divorced in 1995. Her brother, Alex, was born in 1993. As a young girl, Watson attended The Dragon School, a renowned preparatory school in Oxford. By 2003, she was attending the all-girls Headington School in the city of Oxford.
Before being cast in the Harry Potter films, Watson's acting experience was limited, consisting only of leading roles in school plays, including Arthur: The Young Years and The Happy Prince. Other school activities included the Daisy Pratt Poetry Competition, in which she won first place for her year (age seven).
Career
Watson was cast to play Hermione Granger at age 10, and was 11 years old in 2001, when Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), her first film, was released. She has since appeared in all Potter sequels: Chamber of Secrets (2002), Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), and Goblet of Fire (2005).
Potter fans have expressed mixed opinions about Watson's portrayal of Granger: Some feel she is perfect for the role; others believe Watson fails to capture Hermione's insecurities and flaws, and complain that she is "too pretty" for the role[1] — a sentiment shared by some film critics[2] — since, in the book series, Granger was generally described as being very "plain" (neither "pretty" nor "ugly"). The screenplays for the films, however, have made her a more powerful and prominent character than originally written by J. K. Rowling, causing some fans to complain that it alters the chemistry and group dynamic of the three central characters.
At the age of fifteen, Watson was the youngest actress to appear on the cover of Teen Vogue magazine. She also served on a jury, along with Pierce Brosnan, Kenneth Branagh, and Samantha Morton, to select the 2004 teenaged filmmakers' "First Light Film Award" ceremony in Leicester Square in London.[3]
In February 2006, Watson began principal photography on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (set for release in Autumn, 2007), in which she reprises her role as "the brightest witch of [her] age."
Although the Harry Potter film series comprises her only professional acting experience, she has expressed interest in expanding her film career into other works.
Personal life
An avid sports player, Watson enjoys field hockey, tennis and rounders. The family owns two cats, named Bubbles and Domino, which belong to her and her brother, respectively.[4] Watson shares her name with her grandmother, and with a fictional character in The Watsons, an unfinished novel by English author Jane Austen (later completed by English writer Joan Aiken in her 1996 novel Emma Watson: The Watsons Completed).
Awards
Nominated:
- Best Young Actress: Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, 2005
- Best Youth Performance: Phoenix Film Critics Society, 2002
- Best Ensemble in a Feature Film: Young Artists Awards, 2002
- Outstanding Supporting Actress: American Moviegoer Awards, 2002
- Saturn Award: for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Empire Award: for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Won:
- Best Female Film Star (Silver): Otto Awards, 2003
- Leading Young Actress Feature Film: Young Artists Awards, March 2002
- Best Female Child Artist: Phoenix Film Critics Society, for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Best Ensemble in Feature Film: Young Artist Awards, for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Best Performance in Feature Film: Young Artist Awards, for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Total Film Magazine "Child Performance of the Year", 2004
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Hermione Granger | Filming |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Hermione Granger | |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Hermione Granger | |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Hermione Granger | |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Hermione Granger | U. S. title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
See also
References
Footnotes
- ^ "Guardian Unlimited Film". Is Hermione Too Pretty?. Retrieved March 16.
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{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Buzzle.com". Emma Watson – New Teenage Sensation!!. Retrieved March 16.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "SciFi.com". Watson Purrs for Potter. Retrieved March 18.
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