Emma Watson

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was the daughter of British parents Jacqueline Luesby, a lawyer and Chris Watson, a teacher from Paris, France. When she was five years young, she moved to Oxfordshire where she went to Dragon School. Emma was aware of her desire to perform since the age of six. She was trained for a number of years at the Oxford Branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts. This part-time theatre school taught her singing, dancing and acting. She was a stagecoach actress and was the lead in several Stagecoach productions. In 1999 the casting process started for Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone (2001) it was the film adaptation of British author J.K. Rowling's bestselling novel. Emma was found by her Oxford theatre instructor and introduced casting agents to Emma. After eight auditions David Heyman informed Emma and Rupert Grint that they were selected to play Hermione Granger as well as Harry Potter. The film's release Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) was Emma's film debut. The film broke records in opening-day sales and opening-weekend takings and was also the highest-grossing feature of 2001. The film was praised by critics as well as the performance of its young actors. The Daily Telegraph, a British newspaper that is widely distributed, called Emma's performance "admirable." Emma received five awards later for her role in the movie, including the Young Artist Award, for the most outstanding Young Actress In the feature Film. Following the release of the first film of the highly popular franchise, Emma became one of the most famous actresses in the world. She continued to perform the character as Hermione Granger for more than ten years, in all of the subsequent Harry Potter films: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010), and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011). Emma received two Critics' Choice Awards nominations from Broadcast Film Critics Association.






 

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