Emily Anita Watson (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She made an acclaimed debut film performance in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves.
Watson was born in Islington, London, England, the daughter of an architect father and an English professor mother. She was raised as an Anglican. Watson trained at Drama Studio London and holds a B.A. (1988, English) as well as an M.A. (2003, honorary) from Bristol University. Watson married Jack W...
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Emily Anita Watson (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She made an acclaimed debut film performance in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves.
Watson was born in Islington, London, England, the daughter of an architect father and an English professor mother. She was raised as an Anglican. Watson trained at Drama Studio London and holds a B.A. (1988, English) as well as an M.A. (2003, honorary) from Bristol University. Watson married Jack Waters, whom she had met at the Royal Shakespeare Company, in 1995. Their daughter, Juliet, was born in autumn 2005. The couple are currently expecting their second child together.
Watson is a committed supporter of the British children's charity, the NSPCC. In 2004, she was inducted into the society's hall of fame for spearheading the successful campaign to appoint a Children's Commissioner for England. Receiving her award in the crowded House of Commons, she actively spoke out against the possibility that the Children's Commissioner become a...
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