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3	Emily Margaret Watson [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (born 14 January 1967 in Islington, London) is a British actress. No relation to (and not to be confused with) Creator/EmmaWatson. Though when people do, she is flattered to be mixed up with someone twenty years younger.
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5	!! Filmography
6	* ''Film/BreakingTheWaves'' (1996) as Bess [=McNeil=]
7	* ''Literature/AngelasAshes'' (1999) as Angela [=McCourt=]
8	* ''Film/GosfordPark'' (2001) as Elsie
9	* ''Film/PunchDrunkLove'' (2002) as Lena Leonard
10	* ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'' (2002) as Mary O'Brien
11	* ''Film/RedDragon'' (2002) as Reba [=McClane=]
12	* ''Film/TheProposition'' (2005) as Martha Stanley
13	* ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' (2005) as Victoria Everglot
14	* ''Film/MissPotter'' (2006) as Amelia "Millie" Warne
15	* ''Film/TheWaterHorseLegendOfTheDeep'' (2007) as Anne [=MacMorrow=]
16	* ''Film/ColdSouls'' (2009) as Claire Giamatti
17	* ''Film/WarHorse'' (2011) as Rose Narracot
18	* ''Literature/AnnaKarenina'' (2012) as Countess Lydia
19	* ''Film/TheBookThief'' (2013) as Rosa Hubermann
20	* ''Film/{{Belle\|2013}}'' (2013) as Lady Mansfield
21	* ''Series/ThePoliticiansHusband'' (2013) as Freya
22	* ''Film/TheTheoryOfEverything'' (2014) as Beryl Wilde
23	* ''Film/TestamentOfYouth'' (2014) as Mrs Brittain
24	* ''Film/ARoyalNightOut'' (2015) as Queen Elizabeth[[note]]the wife of King George VI and mother of Queen Elizabeth II[[/note]]
25	* ''Film/{{Everest\|2015}}'' (2015) as Helen Wilton
26	* ''Series/AppleTreeYard'' (2017) as Yvonne Carmichael
27	* ''Series/{{Little Women\|2017}}'' as "Marmee" March
28	* ''Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle'' (2017) as White House Chief of Staff Fox
29	* ''Film/OnChesilBeach'' (2017) as Violet Pointing
30	* ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'' (2019) as Ulyana Khomyuk
31	* ''Series/TheThirdDay'' (2020) as Mrs Martin
32	* ''Series/DuneProphecy'' (2024) as Valya Harkonnen
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34	!!Related Tropes
35	* BreakTheCutie: Watson typically plays [[TheCutie adorable and innocent]] characters who are often [[WideEyedIdealist wide-eyed idealists]] or even [[WaifProphet waif prophets]], but are ultimately savagely brought down [[KillTheCutie or worse]] by the [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth uncaring horribleness of the world]].
36	* CharacterTic: Watson's [[QuiveringLip quivering lower lip]] has become a staple of her acting arsenal.
37	* [[FakeNationality Fake Nationality]]: Watson is English, but [[FakeScot played a Scot]] in her debut film role. She would go on to play a Scot again (in ''Film/TheWaterHorseLegendOfTheDeep''), [[FakeIrish two Irish people]], [[FakeRussian four Russians]], and [[FakeAmerican five Americans]].
38	* FanDisservice: Watson is known for going nude in many of her roles, though not usually in particularly arousing contexts.
39	* InnocentBlueEyes: Watson has large, expressive blue eyes and most filmmakers know how to take advantage of them to highlight the kinds of characters she usually plays.
40	* [[SirSwearsalot Lady Swearsalot]]: While her characters are not typically known for their foul mouths, Emily herself had by far the foulest mouth on the set of ''The Proposition'', according to the DVD interviews with the cast, none of whom are slouches in the bad language themselves.
41	* MethodActing: Required role recovery therapy after "A Song For Jenny".
42	* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: She bears a striking resemblence to Creator/SamanthaMorton, and played an actress portraying her character in ''Film/SynecdocheNewYork.''
43	* ShakespeareanActors: Began her career at the RSC, and named her first child Juliet in memory of that time.
44	* WhatBeautifulEyes: Arguably her killer app. Much of her performance in ''Film/BreakingTheWaves'' was conveyed solely through her eyes. Actually invoked by a character in ''Series/TooClose''.
45	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JeanPierreJeunet wrote the character Film/{{Amelie}} for Watson, and originally named her Emily. She eventually turned the role down because she couldn't get her French good enough. She was the original choice to play UsefulNotes/ElizabethI in ''Film/{{Elizabeth}}'', which made a star of Creator/CateBlanchett.
46	* TheWoobie: Most of her characters are this, much to her annoyance.

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