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Actress, activist, and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador
She starred as Hermione Granger in all eight Harry Potter films from 2001 to 2011, becoming one of the most recognizable actresses of her generation.
Emma Watson, born April 15, 1990, is an Aries actress from the United Kingdom who rose to stardom as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. Forbes and Vanity Fair ranked her among the world's highest-paid actresses in the 2010s, and Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in 2015. Beyond Harry Potter, she starred in The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), The Bling Ring (2013), Beauty and the Beast (2017), and Little Women (2019), while graduating from Brown University with a degree in English literature in 2014 and serving as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador.
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris to English lawyers Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson, living there until age five before her parents divorced and she moved to Oxfordshire with her mother and brother. She trained at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts from age six, studying singing, dancing, and acting, and performed in school plays like Arthur: The Young Years and The Happy Prince. At age nine, casting agents found her through her Oxford theatre teacher for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and after eight auditions with author J.K. Rowling's support, she landed the role of Hermione Granger despite having no professional film experience.
Watson is not married and has kept her dating life largely private, with past relationships remaining mostly unconfirmed by the actress herself. She graduated from Brown University in May 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature after five years of balancing film work and studies, and began a Master of Studies in creative writing at Oxford University in 2023. She serves as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, launched the HeForShe campaign for gender equality, co-founded Time's Up UK in 2018, and sat on the board of Kering luxury brand group from 2020 to 2023 as an advocate for sustainable fashion.
Won the Young Artist Award for Leading Young Actress in 2002 for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015.
Graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature in May 2014 after five years.
Speaks some French, having lived in Paris until age five.
Launched the UN Women HeForShe campaign in 2014, advocating for gender equality and male allyship.
If not me, who? If not now, when?
I don't want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself.
Young girls are told you have to be the delicate princess. Hermione taught them that you can be the warrior.
Cast as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone after eight auditions.
Made her film debut in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the highest-grossing film of 2001.
Won Young Artist Award for Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Began studying at Brown University in Rhode Island for a Bachelor of Arts in English literature.
Won three Teen Choice Awards for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , Part 1.
Starred as Sam in The Perks of Being a Wallflower to critical acclaim.
Graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature in May.
Appointed UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and launched the HeForShe campaign for gender equality.
Won British Artist of the Year from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.
Starred as Belle in Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast, a major box office success.
Co-founded Time's Up UK as a founding member to combat workplace harassment.
Starred as Meg March in Greta Gerwig's Little Women and appointed to a G7 advisory body for women's rights.
Began Master of Studies in creative writing at the University of Oxford.