73 Facts About Emma Watson

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Emma Watson attended the Dragon School and trained in acting at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts.

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Emma Watson starred in the 2007 television adaptation of the novel Ballet Shoes and lent her voice to The Tale of Despereaux.

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That same year, Emma Watson was honoured by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, winning British Artist of the Year.

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Emma Watson was appointed to a G7 advisory body for women's rights in 2019, consulting with leaders on foreign policy.

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Emma Watson lent her name to a clothing line for the sustainable brand People Tree.

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Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born on 15 April 1990 in Paris, to English lawyers Chris Watson and Jacqueline Luesby.

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Emma Watson's parents divorced when she was young, and Watson moved to England to live with her mother in Oxfordshire while spending weekends at her father's house in London.

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Emma Watson has said she speaks some French, though "not as well" as she used to.

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Emma Watson was nominated for five awards for her performance in Philosopher's Stone, winning the Young Artist Award for Leading Young Actress.

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Emma Watson received an Otto Award from the German magazine Bravo for her performance.

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Emma Watson was appreciative of the more assertive role Hermione played, calling her "charismatic" and "a fantastic role to play".

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In 2006, Emma Watson played Hermione in The Queen's Handbag, a special mini-episode of Harry Potter in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday.

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Emma Watson won the inaugural National Movie Award for Best Female Performance.

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Emma Watson was considerably more ambivalent than her co-stars during renegotiations.

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Emma Watson explained that the decision was significant, as the films represented a further four-year commitment to the role, but eventually conceded that she "could never let [the role of] Hermione go", signing for the role on 23 March 2007.

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Principal photography for the sixth Harry Potter film began in late 2007, with Emma Watson's part being filmed from 18 December to 17 May 2008.

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The Washington Post felt Emma Watson had given "[her] most charming performance to date", while The Daily Telegraph described the lead actors as "newly liberated and energised, eager to give all they have to what's left of the series".

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Emma Watson's filming for the final instalment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, began on 18 February 2009 and ended on 12 June 2010.

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In May 2010, Emma Watson was reported to be in talks to star in Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower, based on the 1999 novel of the same name.

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Emma Watson starred opposite Logan Lerman as Sam, a high school senior who befriends a fellow student called Charlie, and helps him through his freshman year.

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In 2013, Emma Watson starred in the satirical crime film The Bling Ring.

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The Sofia Coppola-directed film is based on the real-life Bling Ring robberies, with Emma Watson playing a fictionalised version of Alexis Neiers, a television personality who was one of seven teenagers involved in the robberies.

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In June 2012, Emma Watson was confirmed for the role as Ila, Shem's wife, in Darren Aronofsky's Noah, which began filming the following month, and was released in March 2014.

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Emma Watson referred to the role as "physically very demanding" given the usage of special effects and did extensive research on childbirth to effectively portray a scene in the film.

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Emma Watson was offered the role, but turned it down because she did not connect with the character.

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Emma Watson was awarded British Artist of the Year and she dedicated the prize to Millie, her pet hamster who died as Emma Watson was filming Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

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Emma Watson starred in two 2015 releases, the thrillers Colonia, opposite Daniel Bruhl and Michael Nyqvist; and Regression by Alejandro Amenabar, alongside Ethan Hawke and her Harry Potter co-star David Thewlis.

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Emma Watson appeared in an episode of BBC's The Vicar of Dibley, in which she played Reverend Iris.

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In February 2016, Emma Watson announced she was taking a year-long break from acting.

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Emma Watson planned to spend the time on her "personal development" and her women's rights work.

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Emma Watson starred as Belle in the 2017 live-action Disney adaptation of Beauty and the Beast directed by Bill Condon, and starring opposite Dan Stevens as the Beast.

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Emma Watson was given autonomy within Belle's portrayal; she re-characterised her as an assistant to her inventor father and incorporated bloomers and boots into her wardrobe.

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Emma Watson later said "When I finished the film, it kind of felt like I had made that transition into being a woman on-screen".

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In 2019, Emma Watson starred as Meg March in Greta Gerwig's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women, co-starring with Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Laura Dern, Timothee Chalamet, and Meryl Streep.

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Emma Watson's choice is that she wants to be a full-time mother and wife.

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In 2020, Emma Watson discussed her future career plans, stating: "Having been so public in making films and being so active on social [media] in my activism, I am curious to embrace a role where I work to amplify more voices, to continue to learn from those with different experiences", adding that her work would include "fewer red carpets and more conference meetings".

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In 2021, various reports surfaced stating that Emma Watson was engaged or retiring.

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In 2022, Emma Watson reunited with multiple cast members of the Harry Potter film series for an HBO Max special titled Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts.

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In 2005, Emma Watson began her modelling career with a photo shoot for Teen Vogue, which made her the youngest person to cover the magazine.

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Three years later, the British press reported that Emma Watson was to replace Keira Knightley as the face of Chanel, but this was denied by both parties.

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In February 2011, Emma Watson was awarded the Style Icon award from British Elle by Dame Vivienne Westwood.

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Emma Watson continued her involvement in fashion advertising when she announced she had been chosen as the face of Lancome in March 2011.

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In September 2009, Emma Watson announced her involvement with People Tree, a fair trade fashion brand.

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Emma Watson worked as a creative adviser for the company to create a spring line of clothing, which was released in February 2010; the range featured styles inspired by southern France and London.

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In 2013, Madame Tussauds in London unveiled a wax statue of Emma Watson wearing an Elie Saab haute couture design donated to the museum by the designer.

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Emma Watson was awarded Best British Style at the 2014 British Fashion Awards.

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Emma Watson has been described as "an early adopter of sustainable fashion" and is noted for dressing ethically on the red carpet.

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Emma Watson wore a Calvin Klein gown to the 2016 Met Gala made out of recycled plastic bottles.

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Emma Watson has supported Good On You, an app that acts as a directory for the sustainability level of fashion brands.

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Emma Watson guest-edited the March 2018 issue of Vogue Australia focusing on fashion sustainability, and was photographed by Peter Lindbergh for the magazine.

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In June 2020, Emma Watson was appointed the youngest member of the board of directors of Kering, the owner of various fashion brands such as Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent.

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Emma Watson starred in the beauty campaign for Prada Paradox fragrance where she was its director, writer, and narrator.

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Emma Watson has promoted education for girls, travelling to Bangladesh and Zambia to do so.

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In November 2014, Emma Watson designed a Paddington Bear statue, one of fifty located around London prior to the release of the film Paddington, which was auctioned to raise funds for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

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Emma Watson gave a speech about gender equality in January 2015, at the World Economic Forum's annual winter meeting.

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Emma Watson took the top spot on the AskMen "Top 99 Outstanding Women 2015" list on the strength of having "thrown her back" into women's rights issues.

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In January 2016, Emma Watson started a feminist Goodreads book club: Our Shared Shelf.

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On 2016 International Day of the Girl Child, Emma Watson visited Malawi to meet with traditional chiefs and girls who returned to school after being freed from child marriage.

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Emma Watson has partnered with organisations such as Book Fairies and Books on the Underground to leave literature on public transit for consumption.

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In March 2017, Emma Watson received backlash for a Vanity Fair photo shoot in which one of the shots had her breasts partly visible, for which some in the news media accused her of hypocrisy.

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Emma Watson is a founding member of Time's Up UK and coordinated its launch at the 71st British Academy Film Awards.

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Emma Watson assisted in the establishment of nationwide industry guidelines on bullying and harassment, implemented by the British Film Institute and British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

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Emma Watson has spoken out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement; in June 2020, she shared anti-racism educational resources on social media in support of the George Floyd protests after initially participating in Blackout Tuesday, and uploaded a podcast episode onto Spotify interviewing Reni Eddo-Lodge about her book Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race.

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Emma Watson was among the 400 signatories in a letter calling for the UK government to include women in "decision-making roles" at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.

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In June 2021, it was reported that Emma Watson was part of a group of investors funding $12.5 million into FabricNano, a startup developing sustainable alternatives to petrochemical products.

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In January 2022, Emma Watson showed support for the Palestine cause by posting an image of a pro-Palestinian protest with a "Solidarity is a verb" banner on Instagram.

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Emma Watson is an activist for environmental justice and climate change mitigation.

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At the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Emma Watson hosted a panel on climate change with guests including climate activist Greta Thunberg.

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Emma Watson has often been cited as a role model, though she shies away from the term, stating that "it puts the fear of god into [her]".

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Emma Watson was found to be the sixth most admired woman in the world in global surveys conducted by YouGov in 2020.

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In February 2016, Emma Watson was appointed visiting fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University.

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Emma Watson was listed among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2015.

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Emma Watson has received several recognitions for her style, from the Teen Choice Awards and British Fashion Awards.