Height: 5’5″ (1.68 m)
Born: April 15, 1990 (Aries), Paris, France
Education: Dragon School (Oxford), Headington School (Oxford), Brown University- Literature Degree (Providence, USA), Worcester College (Oxford)
Occupation: Actress (since 1999), model, social activist
Parents: Jacqueline Luesby, Chris Watson
Husband: Single
Children: No Children
Religion: Spiritual Universalist
Social Media: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

Who is Emma Watson?

Early life:

Emma Watson, to give her real name – Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson – was born to a married couple of British attorneys, Jacqueline Lues and Chris Watson, in Paris, France. Her paternal grandmother gave her the name Duerre as her middle initial. Emma was born in Paris and lived there until she turned five years old when her parents filed a divorce, and her mother took her to England, Oxford.

Growth:

She attended the Dragon School in Oxford and studied there till 2003. Emma realized she wanted to be an actor when she was six. She attended Stagecoach Theatre Arts, an extracurricular theatre institution where she learned vocals, choreography, and acting. At seven, Emma won a poem recitation competition and discovered her innate talent for performing. Before the Harry Potter franchise, she had never performed commercially. Watson transferred to Headington School after attending the Dragon School.

Family:

Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson, both English attorneys, are her parents. Given her British background, she would require for the Harry Potter role. Alex, her younger brother, was conceived three years later. When Emma Watson’s parents split at five years old, she relocated to Oxfordshire, UK, with her mom and brother. Her parents were wedded following his divorce, and her siblings were born into their new relationship. Emma is the eldest of seven kids, with her younger brother Alex, two half-maternal brothers, and three half-brothers from her dad’s subsequent marriage completing the family.

Hermione Granger:

Watson, who had previously mainly performed in school plays, was cast as Hermione when she was nine. Watson tried out for the part that would bring her worldwide fame eight times. Rowling, who was heavily involved in the filmmaking process to ensure that it kept faithful to the books, wanted Watson to be a part of it. Rowling has been a fan of Watson since her first screen test.

Watson kept busy filming the Harry Potter series for the following decade. She remained in the eight-part series until the last Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film: Part 2, 2011. She and her co-stars were schooled for four or five hours daily during production. Watson passed all of her post-secondary examinations with excellent grades.

About Personal Life:

The actress avoids discussing her intimate life to save her relationships from being pushed away by the paparazzi. Despite this, specific details about her romances were leaked to the media. Emma Watson revealed that she fell in love with her colleague Tom Felton when she was ten. Emma told in early interviews that she had a crush on Prince Harry when she was young. She has been dating Leo Robinton, an American businessman, since 2019. Watson isn’t betrothed to Robinton right now, but she intends to have a long-term relationship with him and name him her husband.

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Interesting Facts

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• A meticulous record of her daily life has been diligently maintained since her rise to fame in the film industry, with as many as 30 journals accumulated over time.

• Her favorite book in the Harry Potter series is “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.”

• Having grown up with her Harry Potter co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint on set, she considers them her ‘brothers’ and shares a close friendship with them.

• While she was offered the leading role in Cinderella (2015), she ultimately declined the offer.

• At the age of fifteen, she made history by becoming the youngest person to grace the cover of Teen Vogue magazine.

• Recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the ‘Highest Grossing Actress of the Decade,’ her films have collectively earned over 5.4 billion dollars worldwide between 2009 and the present.

• Her parents are British and lived in Paris during Emma’s early years. She spent her first five years in France before the family returned to the United Kingdom.

• She prefers signing autographs for her fans rather than taking pictures with them.

• During her GCSEs (exams taken in the final compulsory year of secondary school in Britain), she achieved an impressive eight A* and two A grades.

• Auditioning eight times at the age of nine for the role of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, she acted opposite five potential Harrys before finally securing the part.

• Johnny Depp and Russell Crowe are among her favorite actors.

• Despite being offered the role of Mia in La La Land (2016), she chose to play Belle in Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast (2017). Subsequently, Emma Stone took on the role of Mia, earning an Academy Award for her performance. Ironically, Emma Watson later replaced Stone as Meg March in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women (2019) due to scheduling conflicts with Stone’s prior commitments.

• Among her favorite movies are Notting Hill (1999), Love Actually (2003), Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), About Time (2013), Giant (1956), Breathless (2008), Amélie (2001), Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), The Fountain (2006), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Gladiator (2000), Braveheart (1995), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Philomena (2013), Blue Jasmine (2013), Rush (2013), 12 Years an enslaved person (2013), The Great Beauty (2013), The Woodmans (2010), Closer (2004), Pretty Woman (1990), Chicago (2002), Romeo + Juliet (1996), Moulin Rouge! (2001), Dirty Dancing (1987), Grease (1978), Shrek (2001), Ice Age (2002), and Finding Nemo (2003).

• She holds a certification as a yoga and meditation instructor.

• Both of her parents are lawyers.

• After completing the Harry Potter film series, she enrolled at Brown University in Rhode Island, USA, to pursue a degree in literature.

• She enjoys playing field hockey, netball, and tennis for school and local teams, skiing, painting, cooking, singing, and dancing. Emma competed with her school in Rock Challenge in 2006 and 2007.

• Her parents divorced in 1995, and each remarried. She has a younger half-brother named Toby, born in 2003, and identical twin half-sisters named Lucy and Nina, born in 2004, on her father’s side. Lucy and Nina portrayed the younger version of her character Pauline in Ballet Shoes (2007). Additionally, she has two stepbrothers through her mother’s remarriage.

• She desires to work with directors Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro.

• Emma’s favorite actresses include Julia Roberts, Renée Zellweger, Sandra Bullock, Rebel Wilson, Goldie Hawn, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Natalie Portman, and Meryl Streep.
• A fan of The Golden Compass (2007) and Philip Pullman’s fantasy trilogy ‘His Dark Materials.’

• She was the former roommate and current best friend of America’s Next Top Model (2003) Cycle 18 winner, Sophie Sumner.

• Emma attended The Dragon School, a prestigious preparatory school in Oxford, from September 1995 to July 2001. She then continued her education at Headington School, an all-girls private school, from September 2001 to July 2006.

• During the summer of 2008, she enrolled in a Shakespeare course at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.

• She graduated from Brown University with a bachelor’s degree in English literature on May 25, 2014.

• Her favorite television shows include Friends (1994), Sex and the City (1998), Girls (2012), Gossip Girl (2007), America’s Next Top Model (2003), Mad Men (2007), House of Cards (2013), Pride and Prejudice (1995), and The Crown (2016).

• Emma has two cats named Bubbles and Domino.

• Since her audition at nine and throughout the completion of 8 Harry Potter films by the age of 22, she has stated that the busy and educational experience occupied more than half of her life.

• She was named after her paternal grandmother, Freda Emma Duerre Watson, who became Freda Emma Duerre Watson after marriage.

• Emma took legal action after private photos of her trying on various outfits were stolen and posted online (as of March 2017).

• From 2012 to 2013, she was in a relationship with Will Adamowicz, whom she met while studying at Oxford University in 2011.

• She took AS levels in English, Geography, Art, and History of Art in May 2007 and dropped History of Art to pursue her three A levels.

• During a promotional appearance on a Dutch TV talk show for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), she participated in a magic act with the Dutch illusionists Magic Unlimited, who famously ‘sawed her in half.’

• She shares the same birthday as her Beauty and the Beast co-stars, Luke Evans, and her Harry Potter colleague Emma Thompson.

• Empire Magazine ranked her as the 3rd ‘Sexiest Movie Star.’

• In 2005, she and her Harry Potter co-starred Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint were named #9 on Entertainment Weekly’s Best Entertainers of the Year.

• She has been recognized as having one of the most beautiful famous faces by “The Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World,” ranking #2 in 2010, #12 in 2009, #27 in 2008, #30 in 2007, and #54 in 2006.

• She was the sixth highest-paid actress in 2017, earning $14 million.

• Radio One’s movie critic James King ranked “Ron Weasley” and “Hermione Granger,” portrayed by Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, as the number 4 Movie Couple on The Colin and Edith Show (2006).

• In 2008, BoyDestiny wrote and performed the song “You Got Me Going,” also known as The Emma Watson Song.

• She was named the face of the 2009 Fall/Winter Burberry Campaign.

• She obtained her U.S. driving license in 2008 and drove a Toyota Prius.

• Emma has collaborated closely with the organic and fair trade pioneer People Tree.

• Her style icons include Jean Seberg, Mia Farrow, Kate Bosworth, Diane Kruger, Jane Birkin, Edie Sedgwick, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Lauren Bacall, Sofia Coppola, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Françoise Hardy, Charlotte Rampling, and Michelle Obama.

• In 2009, she announced her collaboration with People Tree, a Fair Trade Fashion Company, as a creative advisor for the new Spring/Summer collection.

• She served on the jury to select the 2004 teenaged filmmakers’ First Light Film Awards in London’s Leicester Square. Other jurors included Pierce Brosnan, Kenneth Branagh, and Samantha Morton.

• Forbes Magazine estimated her earnings for the year 2007 at $4 million.

• She has spoken at the United Nations Organization to support Women’s Rights, including abortion.

• Emma’s favorite filmmakers include Richard Curtis, Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro, Sofia Coppola, Darren Aronofsky, Danny Boyle, David Fincher, Lynne Ramsay, Ang Lee, and Tom Hooper.

• Portrait Magazine ranked her #8 in their ‘Top 30 Under 30’ list in 2009.

• Her favorite singers include Justin Timberlake and Alanis Morissette.
• She was ranked #15 on Forbes List of The 20 Top-Earning Young Superstars in 2007.

• Emma Watson has been diagnosed with combined/hyperactive type ADHD, for which she has been drugged since age 5.

• Her Harry Potter co-star, Bonnie Wright was ranked #5 by Portrait Magazine for favorite celebrities by fans’ vote.

• While she was the front-runner for the role of Yelena Belova in Black Widow (2021), the part eventually went to Florence Pugh.

• She was #3 on Moviefone’s ’25 Hottest Actors Under 25′ 2008.

• In 2011, her publicist, Vanessa Davies, announced that Emma would transfer to another school in Fall 2011, moving from Brown University.

• She was ranked #3 on ‘Yahoo! List of the 10 Most Popular Stars of 2007.’

• Maxim magazine ranked her #69 on their Hot 100 Women of 2011 list.

• She once accidentally mistook Jimmy Fallon for Jimmy Kimmel.

• She was born at 6:00 pm (GMT + 1 hour) on a Sunday.

• Emma Watson was voted #17 on Ask Men’s top 99 ‘most desirable’ women of 2012.

• She ranked #94 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.

• Entertainment Weekly named her “Entertainer of the Month” for July 2009.

• She was #8 on Portrait Magazine’s ‘Top 30 Under 30’ list in 2009.

• In 2013, she ranked #29 on AskMen’s Top 99 Desirable Women list.

• Teen Vogue’s list of the Best Dressed Celebrities of 2009 included Emma at #3.

• She was ranked #15 in the 2011 FHM Australia’s “100 Sexiest Women.”

• Forbes List of The Celebrity 100 ranked her at #97 in 2007.

• She ranked #23 in the 2011 FHM list of “100 Sexiest Women in the World.”

• MSN’s ‘Best Dressed Stars of 2009’ list included her at #6.

• Entertainment Weekly’s ’30 Under 30′ actress list in 2008 placed her at #28.

• She ranked #29 in the 2010 FHM UK list of “100 Sexiest Women in the World.”

• Empire Magazine’s ‘100 Sexiest Movie Stars’ list 2007 ranked her at #26.

• She was voted #1 on the ‘Sexiest Movie Stars” Poll by Empire Magazine, receiving votes from over 50,000 worldwide.

• She was considered for the voice role of Coraline Jones in “Coraline,” which was eventually given to Dakota Fanning.

Quotes

“It’s a journey, and the sad thing is you only learn from experience, so as much as someone can tell you things, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn.”

“Feminism is about giving women a choice. Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women with. It’s about freedom; it’s about liberation. It’s about equality.”

“I feel like young girls are told that they have to be a princess and fragile. It’s bullshit. I identify much more with being a warrior – a fighter. If I was going to be a princess, I’d be a warrior princess.”

“I don’t see my face on the cover of magazines as much as I’d like because I can’t do that thing. I can’t do that thing with my face that makes me look like someone else.”

Filmography