Emma Watson
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was the
daughter of British parents Jacqueline Luesby (a lawyer) and Chris Watson (a
French mother). They moved to Oxfordshire at the age of five years old, and
attended the Dragon School. From the age of six, Emma knew that she was going
to become an actor and for a long period of years, she was a student at the
Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts, a part-time theatre school in which
she studied singing, dancing and acting. By the time she reached the age of 10,
she had appeared and taken the lead in numerous Stagecoach productions as well
as school plays. Casting began in 1999 Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
2001 the film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's bestselling book. Emma was found by
her Oxford theatre instructor, who introduced casting agents to Emma. After
eight continuous auditions David Heyman informed Emma and Rupert Grint that
they were cast as Hermione Granger as well as Harry Potter. The release of
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) was Emma's film debut. It was the
highest-grossing movie of 2001, breaking records for opening-day sales and
opening weekend runs. Critics have praised the film, as well as the performance
of its young actors. The Daily Telegraph, a British newspaper widely distributed,
praised Emma's performance as "admirable." Emma received the Young
Artist Award as Leading Young Actress in the Film Film and was nominated for
five prizes. After the release of the first film in the highly successful Harry
Potter franchise, Emma became one of the most well-known actresses in the
world. In the ten years that followed, she was the part of Hermione Granger in
the 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
and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005. Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix 2007 and 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 has been nominated twice for Critics' Choice Awards from the
Broadcast Film Critics Association.
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