Emerald Fennell
Emerald Fennell | |
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Born | Emerald Lilly Fennell 1 October 1985 Hammersmith, London, England |
Education | Greyfriars, Oxford (BA) |
Occupations |
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Years active | 2007–present |
Spouse | Chris Vernon |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Theo Fennell (father) |
Emerald Lilly Fennell (/fɪˈnɛl/;[1] born 1 October 1985)[2][3] is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer. She has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Fennell first gained attention for her roles in period drama films, such as Albert Nobbs (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), The Danish Girl (2015), and Vita and Virginia (2018). She went on to receive wider recognition for her starring role in the BBC One period drama series Call the Midwife (2013–2017) and for her portrayal of Camilla Parker-Bowles in the Netflix period drama series The Crown (2019–2020), the latter of which garnered her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
As a writer-director, Fennell is known as the showrunner for season two of the BBC spy thriller series Killing Eve (2019), which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She made her feature film directorial debut with the thriller Promising Young Woman (2020), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and received nominations for Best Picture and Best Director, becoming one of only seven women, and the first British woman, to be nominated for the latter.[4][5]
Early life and education
Fennell was born in Hammersmith in London to jewellery designer Theo Fennell and author Louise Fennell (née MacGregor).[6] Her sister, Coco Fennell, is a fashion designer.[7][8]
Fennell was educated at Marlborough College, a private school in Marlborough, Wiltshire.[9] She then studied English at Greyfriars, Oxford, where she acted in university plays. There she was spotted by Lindy King of United Agents.[10]
Career
Acting
Fennell appeared in the Channel 4 sitcom Chickens with Simon Bird, Joe Thomas and Jonny Sweet. She then joined the cast of the BBC One period drama series Call the Midwife as Patsy Mount,[11] after dyeing her blonde hair red.[12] She also had roles in a number of period drama films, including Albert Nobbs (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), The Danish Girl (2015), and Vita & Virginia (2019).
On 23 October 2018, it was announced that Fennell would play Camilla Shand in the third season of the Netflix period drama series The Crown. She continued playing the role in the fourth season, which earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.[13] Fennell made a brief uncredited appearance in her directorial debut film Promising Young Woman as the host of a 'blowjob lip' make-up tutorial video.
Writing and directing
In 2008, Fennell was commissioned to write a film script, co-produced by Madeleine Lloyd Webber. Titled Chukka, it was a romantic comedy about a group of teenagers who fight the closure of their school by taking on the rich kids at polo.[10]
Fennell's first novel, a children's fantasy titled Shiverton Hall, was published by Bloomsbury Children's Books in January 2013.[14][15] In December 2012, it was released as an ebook by Bloomsbury USA.[15]
A sequel, titled The Creeper, was published mid-2014. ISFDB catalogues them as the Shiverton Hall series.[15] It was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize in 2014. She then released the novel Monsters in September 2015,[16] her first adult horror book.[17]
In July 2018, it was announced that Fennell was hired by her close friend Phoebe Waller-Bridge as head writer for the second season of the BBC spy thriller series Killing Eve, replacing Waller-Bridge, who remained as a producer. Fennell wrote six episodes for the season and also became one of the show's executive producers.[18] Speaking to The New York Times, Fennell said "Phoebe [Waller-Bridge] and I had worked together in the past, and we’ve been friends for nearly 10 years. We met on a film — Albert Nobbs — which we both had tiny parts in. I started in the very early days as a writer in the Season 2 writer's room. Because it's such an unusual show, they did a very loose writers' room for a week just to see, and then wonderfully and luckily for me they promoted me to head writer."[19] The second season began broadcast in April 2019.[20] At the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, Fennell was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series as a producer and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for the episode "Nice and Neat".[21]
In January 2019, it was announced Fennell would produce, write, and direct the comedy thriller film Promising Young Woman, starring Carey Mulligan.[22] Production began in March 2019.[23] Fennell was seven months pregnant during the 23-day shoot.[24] The movie premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim[25] with, as of August 2023, a 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and a critical consensus of "A boldly provocative, timely thriller, Promising Young Woman is an auspicious feature debut for writer-director Emerald Fennell -- and a career highlight for Carey Mulligan."[25] She produced the film with, amongst others, Margot Robbie and her LuckyChap Entertainment production company. The film went on to earn five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay for Fennell. She became one of only seven women, and the first British woman, to earn a nomination in the directing category. As well, Fennell's directing nomination alongside that of Chloé Zhao marked the first instance of two women earning directing nominations in the same year.[26] For the film, she received Best Original Screenplay awards at the Critics Choice Awards, the Writers Guild of America Awards, and the Academy Awards.[4]
In January 2020, Andrew Lloyd Webber announced he would collaborate with Fennell on the musical Cinderella, which opened in London in August 2021.[27] The West End production received generally positive reviews from critics.[28] It made the transfer to Broadway in 2023, entitled Bad Cinderella, with Fennell's original book adapted by playwright Alexis Scheer. Naveen Kumar for Variety criticized the revised book, writing, "[it's] an illogical head-scratcher, despite being based on a story most everyone knows".[29] The show closed in June 2023.[30]
In January 2022, it was announced that Fennell had set her next project as director with Media Rights Capital, with plans to shoot during the summer.[31] In May 2022, Rosamund Pike, Barry Keoghan, and Jacob Elordi joined the project, which was revealed to be titled Saltburn.[32][33] The psychological thriller film premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival.[34]
Upcoming projects
On 22 March 2021, Fennell was attached to write a Zatanna film for Warner Brothers, set in the DC Extended Universe.[35] On 18 May 2021, Mark Millar revealed that Fennell had written the latest screenplay of the film adaptation of his comic Nemesis.[36]
Personal life
Fennell's husband is film and advertising director and producer Chris Vernon. The couple have a son, born in 2019.[37][24][8][38] She confirmed she was pregnant with their second child at the 93rd Academy Awards in April 2021.[39][40]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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2018 | Careful How You Go | Yes | Yes | No | Short film |
2020 | Promising Young Woman | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2023 | Saltburn | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2024 | Ballerina | No | Yes | No | Post-production |
Acting roles
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Mr Nice | Rachel | |
2011 | Albert Nobbs | Mrs Smythe-Willard | |
2012 | Anna Karenina | Princess Merkalova | |
2015 | The Danish Girl | Elsa | |
Pan | Commander | ||
2018 | Vita & Virginia | Vanessa Bell | |
2020 | Promising Young Woman | Video Tutorial Host | Cameo |
2023 | Barbie | Midge |
Television
Year | Title | Writer | Executive Producer |
Notes |
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2016 | Drifters | Yes | No | 2 episodes |
2019 | Killing Eve | Yes | Yes | 8 episodes |
Acting roles
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Trial & Retribution | Sheena | Episode: "Sins of the Father - Part 1" |
2010 | New Tricks | Vicky the Receptionist | Episode: "Coming Out Ball" |
Any Human Heart | Lottie | 3 episodes | |
2011–2013 | Chickens | Agnes | 7 episodes |
2013 | Blandings | Monica Simmons | Episode: "Problems with Drink" |
The Lady Vanishes | Odette | Television film | |
Murder on the Home Front | Issy Quennell | ||
2013–2017 | Call the Midwife | Nurse Patsy Mount | 27 episodes |
2016 | Drifters | Lizzie | Episode: "Halloween" |
2017 | Victoria | Ada Lovelace | Episode: "The Green Eyed Monster" |
2019–2020 | The Crown | Camilla Parker Bowles | Main role (Seasons 3–4) 7 episodes |
Theatre
Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
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2021–2023 | Cinderella | Book by | West End; Broadway |
Bibliography
- Shiverton Hall. A&C Black. 2013. ISBN 978-1-4088-2778-9.
- Shiverton Hall: The Creeper. A&C Black. 2014. ISBN 978-1-4088-2779-6.
- Fennell, Emerald (2014). Rollercoasters Shiverton Hall. ISBN 978-0-19-834086-7.
- Fennell, Emerald (2015). Monsters. ISBN 978-1-4714-0462-7.
Awards and nominations
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External links
- Emerald Fennell at IMDb
- Emerald Fennell at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Emerald Fennell at Library of Congress, with 1 library catalogue record (under 'Fennell, Emerald' without '1985–', previous page of browse report)
- 1985 births
- Living people
- 21st-century British screenwriters
- 21st-century English actresses
- 21st-century English women writers
- Actresses from Hammersmith
- Alumni of Greyfriars, Oxford
- Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winners
- British women film directors
- British women screenwriters
- English children's writers
- English film actresses
- English television actresses
- Film directors from London
- People educated at Marlborough College
- Writers from London
- Writers Guild of America Award winners