Emily Watson Biography

Emily Watson is a British actress known for Breaking the Waves Hilary and Jackie Appropriate Adult and Chernobyl.
In 1992 she took a position with the Royal Shakespeare Company where she met her future husband Jack Waters. Continuing stage work Watson landed her first screen role as Bess McNeill in Breaking the Waves (1996) after Helena Bonham Carter pulled out of the role. For this initial foray into movies Watson was nominated for an Academy Award. She continued to gain success in Britain in the leading roles in Metroland (1997) and The Mill on the Floss (1997) but her first popular film in the United States came in 1997 when she played Daniel Day-Lewis's long-suffering love interest in The Boxer (1997).
In the next two years she won critical acclaim for her portrayal of cellist Jacqueline du Pré in Hilary and Jackie (1998) and landed a small part in the ensemble cast of Tim Robbins's Cradle Will Rock (1999). Critical acclaim and North American success came together for Watson in 1999 with the release of Angela's Ashes (1999) the film adaptation of Frank McCourt's bestselling book of the same name. She achieved top billing as Angela McCourt the hardworking mother of several children and wife of a drunken husband in depression-era Ireland. After less-celebrated roles in 2000's Trixie (2000) and The Luzhin Defence (2000) Watson again returned to an ensemble cast in Robert Altman's Gosford Park (2001).

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