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Emma Watson

Emma WatsonAKA Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson

Born: 15-Apr-1990
Birthplace: Paris, France [1]

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Hermione in Harry Potter films

Emma Watson played the bookish, brassy Hermione Granger in the films based on J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books. Watson's parents, both lawyers, are divorced, and she was raised by her mother. Prior to the Harry Potter films, she had only acted in school plays. Watson's drama teacher suggested that she try out for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, some of which was filmed in Watson's home town of Oxford.

Her parents kept her in the dark about her earnings from the films, until her father sat her down for "the money talk" between the release of the sixth and seventh Potter films. She says she knew she had been well-paid and that the series had been wildly successful, but that she was startled to learn the size of the payday awaiting her at her 21st birthday (reportedly about $32M).

All grown up, Watson remains a major movie star, and graduated from Brown University in 2014 with a degree in English Literature.


[1] Many sources list Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. A video exists where Emma (speaking in French) gives her country of birth as France, but not any specific city. No truly authoritative source for her birth city other than this video is known to us. It is true that she spent some of her very early years in Paris. A possibility remains however, that she was born at Oxford.

Father: Chris Watson (lawyer, b. 1959)
Mother: Jacqueline Luesby Watson (lawyer, b. 1959)
Brother: Alex Watson (model, b. 1993)
Boyfriend: Jay Barrymore (financier, b. 1982, dated 2008-09)
Boyfriend: George Craig (model/musician, b. 11-Jul-1990, dated 2010)
Boyfriend: Johnny Simmons (actor, b. 28-Nov-1986, dated 2011)
Boyfriend: Will Adamowicz (college student, dated 2012-13)
Boyfriend: Matt Janney (college student, dated 2014)

    High School: The Dragon School, Oxford, England
    High School: Headington School, Oxford, England (2009)
    University: BA English Literature, Brown University (2014)

    Endorsement of People Tree fair-trade fashion (2009-)
    Endorsement of Lancôme (2011-)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Circle (26-Apr-2017)
    Beauty and the Beast (23-Feb-2017)
    The Red Pill (7-Oct-2016) · Herself
    Regression (18-Sep-2015)
    The Colony (13-Sep-2015)
    Noah (10-Mar-2014)
    This Is the End (3-Jun-2013)
    The Bling Ring (16-May-2013)
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower (8-Sep-2012)
    My Week with Marilyn (9-Oct-2011) · Lucy
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (7-Jul-2011) · Hermione Granger
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (11-Nov-2010) · Hermione Granger
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (6-Jul-2009) · Hermione Granger
    The Tale of Despereaux (19-Dec-2008) · Princess Pea [VOICE]
    Ballet Shoes (26-Dec-2007) · Pauline Fossil
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (3-Jul-2007)
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (6-Nov-2005)
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (31-May-2004) · Hermione Granger
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (3-Nov-2002) · Hermione Granger
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (4-Nov-2001) · Hermione Granger

Official Website:
http://www.emmawatson.com/



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