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Emma Watson

Emma Watson
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born on the 15th April 1990 in Paris.
She has performed at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts including Arthur: The Young Years and The Happy Prince.
The Stagecoach Theatre Arts is a part-time theatre school where Emma studied singing, dancing and acting.
Emma is perhaps best known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter book series created by J K Rowling.
Hermione is a Muggle-born Gryffindor student and the best friend of Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. The daughter of two dentists, she is an overachiever who shows considerable academic prowess when compared to her friends and classmates.
The films are - Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (but was released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States), Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ( Deathly Hallows is divided into two parts filmed back-to-back for scripting reasons). Emma plays Hermione alongside Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, Julie Walters as Mrs Molly Weasley and Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley.
Other "Harry Potter" cast members include Gary Oldman as Sirius Black, Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort, the late Richard Harris then Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore, Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge, Alan Rickman as Severus Snape, Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange, Katie Leung as Cho Chang, Brendan Gleeson as Alastor Moody, Dame Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall, Zoe Wanamaker as Madam Hooch, Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley, Emma Thompson as Sybill Trelawney, Miriam Margolyes as Pomona Sprout, Bonnie_Wright.html">Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley, Kenneth Branagh as Gilderoy Lockhart and Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid to name but a few.
She also played Hermione in The Queen's Handbag, a special mini-episode of Harry Potter in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday.
Another role of Emma's was playing Pauline Fossil in an adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's novel called Ballet Shoes alongside Marc Warren, Lucy Boynton, Richard Griffiths, Yasmin Paige, Emilia Fox and Eileen Atkins and also as the voice of Princess Pea in the The Tale of Despereaux opposite Sigourney Weaver, Matthew Broderick, Tracey Ullman, Dustin Hoffman, Robbie Coltrane and Christopher Lloyd.











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Emma Watson - news / articles


  • Watson's Granger casts a spell over Potter fans - 15 July 2009
    -Emma Watson's swotty character Hermione Granger has been named as the most beloved character in the Harry Potter franchise, according to a new poll.- -Fans of the wizard tales voted the bushy-haired academic as their favourite member of the Harry Potter gang.- - An


  • Grint and Radcliffe share a crush on Watson - 4 July 2009
    -Harry Potter star Rupert Grint has been harbouring a crush on co-star Emma Watson for years - confessing both he and Daniel Radcliffe battle to win favour with the pretty actress during filming.- -The trio met as kids when they were cast as the leading stars of the


  • Watson to film Harry Potter during uni breaks - 23 April 2009
    -Actress Emma Watson will continue her movie career when she starts university - she will film Harry Potter scenes during term time holidays.- -The 20-year-old vowed to put acting on hold to concentrate on her degree, which she'll begin later this year (09).- - But

Emma Watson - what members say


  • Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
  • Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets review by A customer from England
    Rated - 2 stars Not as good as the book! 11 April 2004
    ...ers of the book, I think that it will be a big disappointment. On the up side, Emma Watson (Hermione) is great, but I guess she, like the film, had already done it in the...  
  • Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
  • Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban review by feelinglistless from Liverpool, England
    Rated - 5 stars The new Harry Potter film is brilliant 3 June 2004
    ...s even though on this occasion he's mainly the fall guy. The real revelation is Emma Watson who given the chance to relax and probably offers the performance of the film a...  
  • Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
  • Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, England
    Rated - 3 stars Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 24 November 2005
    ...m the kids come the familliar beats but its clear, again, that Rupert Grint and Emma Watson are both growing as actors from film to film. The film, generally speaking, loo...  

Emma Watson - filmography


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