Known for:	Breaking the Waves / Corpse Bride / Red Dragon
Birth name:	Emily Anita Watson
Birthday:	14 January 1967, Islington, London, England, UK
Height:	5' 8" (1.73 m)
Available Photos	139
Video Clips	4
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Emily has overcome extraordinary odds to become a Hollywood star. Rejected by two different drama schools, Emily was a 29-year-old welfare recipient when Lars von Trier cast her in Breaking the Waves in 1996. Her exceptional performance as Bess McNeill has since been named among Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time. Emily Watson burst onto the scene in 1996 with her Oscar-nominated performance in Breaking the Waves. She has since starred in Angela’s Ashes (1999), Gosford Park (2001), Red Dragon (2002), and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004).
CANNES, France (AP) - Samantha Morton says people sometimes confuse her with fellow British actress Emily Watson.


Film actors Dermot Mulroney and Emily Watson have been cast in the highly anticipated Lifetime Original Movie event, "The Memory Keeper's Daughter," based on Kim Edwards' best-selling, critically acclaimed novel of the same name.


Actress EMILY WATSON found herself blending into co-star RENEE ZELLWEGER on the set of new movie MISS POTTER - because they both had to trade accents.American Zellweger had to perfect an English accent, while Watson had to lose hers and develop American tones for their respective roles in the biopic of children’s author BEATRIX POTTER.Watson

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