Emma Watson
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in
Paris, France, to British parents Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson who were
both lawyers. She relocated to Oxfordshire when she was five and attended the
Dragon School. At the age of six, Emma knew that she was going to become an
actor and, for a period of years, she trained at the Oxford branch of
Stagecoach Theatre Arts, a part-time theatre school in which she studied
singing, dancing and acting. The stagecoach was her main performer and played
the role of lead in various Stagecoach productions. In 1999 the casting process
started for Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone (2001) it was the film
adaptation of British author J.K. Rowling's bestselling novel. Casting agents
came across Emma through her Oxford theatre teacher. After eight continuous
auditions David Heyman informed Emma and Rupert Grint that they were chosen to
play Hermione Granger and Harry Potter. Emma's first appearance on screen in
cinema was in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001). The film set
records for opening-day sales and opening-weekend takings and was the
highest-grossing film of 2001. The film was praised by critics and the
performances of three young actors who were the most prominent. The Daily
Telegraph, a British newspaper with a substantial circulation, praised her
performance as "admirable". Emma was awarded the Young Artist Award
as Leading Young Actress in the Feature Film in the same year, and was
nominated for five prizes. Emma was one of the most well-known actors following
the movie's success. She continued to play the character as Hermione Granger
for nearly ten years, in all the following Harry Potter films: Harry Potter and
the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002),
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire (2005), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Harry Potter and
the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
(2010) as well as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011). Emma has
been nominated twice for Critics Choice Awards by the Broadcast Film Critics
Association.
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