Emerald Fennell is an English actress, writer, and director.
She began her career as an actress with small parts in film and television. Her best-known acting roles are as Patsy Mount on Call the Midwife and Camilla Shand in The Crown (2016).
Fennell was the head writer/showrunner on Killing Eve's second season. She made her theatrical directorial debut with the 2020 film Promising Young Woman, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Filmography:
As Actor
- Any Human Heart (2010): Lottie
- Mr Nice (2010): Rachel
- Albert Nobbs (2011): Mrs Smythe-Willard
- Chickens (2011-2013): Agnes
- The Lady Vanishes (2013): Odette
- Call the Midwife (2013-2017): Patsy Mount
- The Danish Girl (2015): Elsa
- Pan (2015): Commander
- Vita And Virginia (2018): Vanessa Bell
- The Crown (2019-2020): Camilla Shand
- Barbie (2023): Midge
As Writer
- Killing Eve (2019, season 2)
- Promising Young Woman (2020) - also as director
- Cinderella (Lloyd Webber) (2021, book)
- Saltburn (2023) - also as director
- Ballerina (TBA)
As Director
- Promising Young Woman (2020) - also as writer
- Saltburn (2023) - also as writer