EMILY WATSON
Name: Emily Anita Watson
Born: 14 January 1967 London, England
Emily Anita Watson (born 14 January 1967) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated,
Screen Actors Guild Award-winning English actress known for her 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 in the Anglican
religion. Watson trained at Drama Studio London and holds a BA (1988, English)
as well as an MA (2003, honorary) from Bristol University, UK. Watson married
Jack Waters, whom she had met at the Royal Shakespeare Company, in 1995; their
daughter, Juliet, was born in autumn 2005.
Watson was virtually unknown until director Lars von Trier chose her to star in
his controversial Breaking the Waves after the first choice, Helena Bonham
Carter, dropped out over the uncompromisingly bleak eroticism and the graphic
nudity demanded for the role. Her performance as Bess McNeill was her first in
front of a camera, and became the most critically acclaimed of 1996. She won the
Los Angeles, London and New York Critics Circle Awards, the US National Society
of Film Critics Award for Best Actress, and ultimately an Oscar nomination.
Name: Emily Anita Watson
Born: 14 January 1967 London, England
Emily Anita Watson (born 14 January 1967) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated,
Screen Actors Guild Award-winning English actress known for her 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 in the Anglican
religion. Watson trained at Drama Studio London and holds a BA (1988, English)
as well as an MA (2003, honorary) from Bristol University, UK. Watson married
Jack Waters, whom she had met at the Royal Shakespeare Company, in 1995; their
daughter, Juliet, was born in autumn 2005.
Watson was virtually unknown until director Lars von Trier chose her to star in
his controversial Breaking the Waves after the first choice, Helena Bonham
Carter, dropped out over the uncompromisingly bleak eroticism and the graphic
nudity demanded for the role. Her performance as Bess McNeill was her first in
front of a camera, and became the most critically acclaimed of 1996. She won the
Los Angeles, London and New York Critics Circle Awards, the US National Society
of Film Critics Award for Best Actress, and ultimately an Oscar nomination.