1. Emerald Lilly Fennell is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer.
30 Facts About Emerald Fennell
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Emerald Fennell has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.
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Emerald Fennell gained prominence for her starring role in the BBC One drama series Call the Midwife and for her portrayal of Camilla Parker-Bowles in the Netflix drama series The Crown, the latter of which garnered her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
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Emerald Fennell made her feature film directorial debut with the thriller Promising Young Woman, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and received nominations for Best Picture and Best Director.
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Emerald Fennell wrote the book for Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cinderella and directed her second film, the psychological thriller Saltburn.
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Emerald Fennell was educated at Marlborough College, a public school in Marlborough, Wiltshire.
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Emerald Fennell then studied English at Greyfriars, Oxford, where she acted in university plays.
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In 2008, Emerald Fennell was commissioned to write a film script, co-produced by Madeleine Lloyd Webber.
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Emerald Fennell went on to guest star in episodes of the comedy drama New Tricks and the period drama Any Human Heart, both in 2010.
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Emerald Fennell starred as Agnes in the Channel 4 sitcom Chickens, alongside Simon Bird, Joe Thomas and Jonny Sweet.
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Emerald Fennell had supporting roles in a number of period drama films, including Albert Nobbs and Anna Karenina.
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In 2013, Emerald Fennell appeared in the comedy series Blandings and the television film The Lady Vanishes.
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Emerald Fennell then gained prominence for her starring role as Nurse Patsy Mount in the BBC One period drama series Call the Midwife, dyeing her blonde hair red for the role.
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Emerald Fennell then released the novel Monsters in September 2015, her first adult horror book.
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In 2016, Emerald Fennell wrote two episodes of the sitcom Drifters and appeared in an episode as Lizzie.
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In July 2018, it was announced that Emerald 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.
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Emerald Fennell wrote six episodes for the season and became one of the show's executive producers.
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At the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, Emerald 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".
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Emerald Fennell 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.
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In January 2019, it was announced Emerald Fennell would produce, write and direct the comedy thriller film Promising Young Woman, starring Carey Mulligan.
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Emerald Fennell produced the film with, amongst others, Margot Robbie and her LuckyChap Entertainment production company.
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Emerald Fennell became one of only seven women, and the first British woman, to earn a nomination in the directing category.
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On 22 March 2021, Emerald Fennell was attached to write a Zatanna film for Warner Brothers, set in the DC Extended Universe.
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On 18 May 2021, Mark Millar revealed that Emerald Fennell had written the latest screenplay of the film adaptation of his comic Nemesis.
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In 2023, Emerald Fennell told The New Yorker Radio Hour that she is no longer attached to either film.
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In July 2022, Cuban-Spanish actress Ana de Armas stated in an interview with Elle that Emerald Fennell was hired to contribute to the script of the John Wick spin-off film Ballerina as one of its writers.
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In 2023, Emerald Fennell had a brief role as Midge in Greta Gerwig's fantasy comedy film Barbie.
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Also in 2023, Fennell wrote, produced, and directed her second feature film, Saltburn, a black comedy and psychological thriller starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike and Richard E Grant.
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Emerald Fennell's husband is film and advertising director and producer Chris Vernon.
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Emerald Fennell confirmed that she was pregnant with their second child at the 93rd Academy Awards in April 2021.