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Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson

Ema Watson
is an English actress, model, and
activist. She has gained
recognition for her roles in both
blockbusters and independent
films, as well as her women's
rights work
 Watson belongs to a English lawyers Chris
Watson and Jacqueline Luesby. Watson
lived in Maisons-Laffitte near Paris until age
five. Her parents divorced when she was
young, and Watson moved to England to
live with her mother in Oxfordshire while
spending weekends at her father's house in
London.
Watson attended the Stagecoach Theatre
Childhood Arts school at Oxford. She studied singing,
born on 15 April, 1990 acting and dancing, and performed in school
in Paris and raised in plays. Her natural instinct for acting first
Oxfordshire. came out when she won a poetry
competition for reciting James Reeves' "The
Sea" at age 7. Watson had never acted
professionally when her theater teachers
suggested her to agents looking to cast an
upcoming movie based on the first novel of
the best-selling Harry Potter series

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 A 9 years old Watson auditioned eight times
for the role that would make her an
international star. Harry Potter author J.K.
Rowling, who was deeply involved in the
film process to make sure it stayed true to
the book, wanted Watson for the role of
Hermione from her first screen test.
T he Little Emma, of course, expected
success, but she did not think she would win
among thousands of competitors for the
role of Hermione. Watson went through
eight auditions and, along with Daniel
Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, was approved for
Starting of the role. The choice of film producers was

acting career approved by Joan Rowling.

A 9 years old Watson The first part of the saga about Harry Potter
auditioned eight times for the was released in 2001. The movie was so
role that would make her an
successful that it broke all records at the
international star..
commercial box office. Emma Watson
became one of the most famous girls in
Britain and the world. But the glory did not
change it. Emma still loved spending time
with her classmates and shopping with
them. Unlike Hermione, Watson did not like
academic disciplines, but she liked sports. It
is noteworthy that she liked hockey 3
especially.
 During her school years, Watson fell in love with
sports, visual arts and contemporary music, in
particular Brian Adams , Dido and Suzanne
Vega. With classical music, as, indeed, with
opera, Emma's relationship did not work out.
But her dad instilled in her a love of rock and
roll: since childhood, the actress heard the
songs of Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry in the
Hobbies house . Emma admits that Julia Roberts is her
idol and one of her favorite actresses. She
enjoys watching films with Goldie Hawn and
Sandra Bullock . One of her favorite actors is
John Cleese, who played Nearly Headless Nick,
a Gryffindor ghost in the Potterian. The girl
loves Italian food (especially pizza) and
chocolate. Emma loves to read (her favorite
children's writer is American Roald Dahl), but
the girl is not as keen on literature as Hermione
Granger.

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 The filming of the first and the following
parts lasted almost all year, so Emma had to
move to the Headington School for girls
where she had the opportunity to study
part-time or in the distance. Even when the
filming process was underway, Watson and
his colleagues did their homework five
hours a day. In 2006, between the fourth

Education and fifth of "Potterian", the girl received a

certificate of school dropout. She had eight
she graduated from Brown "A +" and two "A" in her academic record.
University with a bachelor's
In 2008, Emma finished the summer course
degree in English literature
at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in
London and then continued her studies at
Brown University, USA. UU Geology and
literature were among her favorite courses.
In the spring of 2014, the actress graduated
from Brown University and obtained her
bachelor's degree in English literature.

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 Watson sufficiently impressed casting
agents and the film's producers, and won the
role of Hermione Granger, Harry Potter's
smart, bossy best friend and voice of reason.
Harry Potter was portrayed by Daniel
Radcliffe, and Rupert Grint was cast as Ron
Weasley, Harry's other best friend. The trio
of British child actors would become known
around the globe for their roles as young
wizards fighting a battle between good and
evil. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
was released in November 2001.
Watson's 11years old film debut was an
Start of action: enormous success. It grossed more than
HERMIONE $974 million worldwide. On opening day in
the United States, the film made a recor
GRANGER breaking $33.3 million. It was nominated for
Watson's 11years old film three Academy Awards, and seven BAFTA
debut was an enormous Awards. Watson's performance received
success
critical praise, and her status as an up and
coming young film star was made.
. In 2002 she reprised the role of Hermione
for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,
in 2004 for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban, and continued to star in the eight
part series through the final film, Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, in 6
2011.
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 . In 2007 Emma Watson starred in another
film based on a children's novel, Ballet
Shoes by Noel Streatfield. The film was
aired on BBC One, and with Watson in the
lead role, garnered decent, if not stellar,
reviews.
In 2008, Watson branched out into
animated work, voicing the character of
Princess Pea in The Tale of Despereaux.
Though they spent their adolescence on
film sets, Watson and costars Radcliffe and

Coming of age Grint kept up with their lessons, with five

hours of tutoring each day. She took high
school equivalency exams, and made high
scores in every subject. Watson took a year
Though Watson's been closely
identified with her Harry Potter off from school to film the final two Potter
character, as an adolescent the movies, but maintained that she was
young actress wanted to be committed to furthering her education.
seen as more.
Watson has tried hard to shed her child star
image, one that's so closely tied to the
Potter franchise. “I have lived in a complete
bubble. They found me and picked me for
the part. And now I’m desperately trying to
find my way through it,” she said in an
interview with Vogue.
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 The first role played by Emma Watson apart
from the Harry Potter saga was that of a
dancer Paulina Fossil in the television
adaptation of the novel "Zapatillas de
ballet" by Streatfeild Noel. The lyrical film
directed to the family was well received by
the spectators. The audience was
particularly moved by the twins that Nina
and Lucy played for Emma's stepsisters.

In 2009, Emma delighted the audience with

the movie "My Week with Marilyn." Emma's
Additional part, that of Lucy's assistant, was small but

carrer memorable. Emma Watson, of legal age,

was impressive not only as a girl.
"My Week with Marilyn." The following year, the film "The
Advantages of Being a Flower on the Wall"
was released (a screen version of Stephen
Chbosky's novel). The story was about a shy
and unpopular boy named Charlie who
finally met people who understood and
accepted him as part of their group. During
filming, Emma Watson became friends with
Logan Lerman (Charlie) and Ezra Miller
(Patrick).
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 The initiative and energetic Emma realized a
long time ago that her high social status in
society gives her the opportunity to speak on
behalf of those who can not talk about their
problems openly. She is more concerned about
the problems of inequality between men and
women. This was the theme to which she
dedicated her speech at the headquarters of the
United Nations. The actress has launched the
HeForShe campaign fighting against the
oppression of women. The project mentioned
above "Our Shared Shelf" is a club of thematic
virtual books for feminists that was founded
with the participation of Watson.
“Both men and women should feel free to be

Social activity sensitive. Both men and women should feel

free to be strong ... It is time that we all
“Both men and women should perceive gender in a spectrum instead of two
feel free to be sensitive. Both sets of opposite ideals.”
men and women should feel In addition to acting, Watson has modeled for
free to be strong ... It is time
Burberry in 2009 and 2010 and for Lancome in
that we all perceive gender in a
spectrum instead of two sets 2011. In 2010, she was named Elle's style icon of
of opposite ideals.” the year. She also worked with fashion brand
Fair Trade People Tree to design a spring
- EMMA WATSON collection in 2010. She graduated from Brown
University in 2012 with a degree in English
literature. She is active in feminist causes and
women's rights. Watson was named UN
Goodwill Ambassador in 2014 and the following
year she appeared on the TIME list of the 100
most influential people in the world as a result 9
of her activism
 Watson is an outspoken feminist. She has
promoted education for girls, travelling to
Bangladesh and Zambia to do so. In July 2014, she
was appointed a UN Women Goodwill
ambassador.That September, an admittedly
nervous Watsondelivered an address at UN
Headquarters in New York City to launch the UN
Women campaign HeForShe, which aims to urge
men to advocate for gender equality. In that
speech she said she began questioning gender-
based assumptions at age eight when she was
called "bossy" (a trait she has attributed to her
being a "perfectionist")whilst boys were not, and
at 14 when she was "sexualised by certain
elements of the media". Further, Watson's speech
described feminism as "the belief that men and
Activism and women should have equal rights and
opportunities" and declared that the perception
advocacy of "man-hating" is something that "has to
Watson made her first country stop".The speech made worldwide headlines from
visit as a UN Women Goodwill both major news outlets and fashion blogs; the
ambassador to Uruguay where organisation's website crashed after press
she gave a speech highlighting coverage of the event. Watson later said she
the need for women's political received threats within less than twelve hours of
participation making the speech, which left her "raging. If they
were trying to put me off [women's rights work],
it did the opposite." Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,
the Executive Director of UN Women, stated, "For
a time, there was a conversation about whether
'feminism' was a good thing or a bad thing... [Her
speech] gave us the word back In 2015, Malala
Yousafzai told Watson she decided to call herself 10
a feminist after hearing her speech.
 The actress does not like to expand her
personal life trying to prevent her boyfriends
from getting scared by the media. However,
some information about their boyfriends was
leaked in the press. Emma Watson admitted
that at the age of 10 she was in love with her
colleague Tom Felton (also known as Draco
Malfoy).
The press paid close attention to the
relationships of Emma Watson and Prince
Harry. But the actress's manager said that
people should not believe everything the
newspapers write. Recently, a scandal erupted
Personal life around the name of Emma Watson. The photos
of a nude Emma appeared on the internet. It
“Both men and women should was a hacker attack. But after a while it turned
feel free to be sensitive. Both
out that the photos are just a good Photoshop,
men and women should feel
free to be strong ... It is time
and the star did not participate in the erotic
that we all perceive gender in a photo shoot. Fans of the actress often discuss
spectrum instead of two sets her haircut. A recognized style icon is used to be
of opposite ideals.” a fashionable girl. After filming the Potter saga,
Hermione's curls were replaced by a short
- EMMA WATSON
haircut, which made the star's fans compare the
beauty before and after the radical changes. In
2016, the paparazzi caught Emma Watson
walking with an unknown young man. The man
turned out to be William Knight, 35, a
programmer and entrepreneur, a person far
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from the world of cinema
 • 2001 - "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's
Stone"
• 2002 - "Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets"
• 2004 - "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban"
• 2005 - "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
• 2007 - "Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix"
• 2008 - "Ballet slippers"
Filmography • 2009 - "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Harry Potter Prince"
• 2010 - "Harry Potter and the relics of death"
• 2012 - "The advantages of being a vase"
• 2013 - "This is the end"
• 2014 - "Noah"
• 2015 - "Eclipse“
• 2017- "Beauty and the Beast"
• 2017- "The Circle"
• 2019 - "Little Women"

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 Emma Watson has described herself as a
spiritual universalist – preferring a spiritual
approach which sees the unity of all main
religions and spiritual paths. She does not
belong to a particular religion..

Spiritual “I already, before I did [Noah], had a sense that

beliefs I was someone that was more spiritual, than
specifically religious. I had a sense that I
believed in a higher power, but that I was more
of a Universalist, I see that there are these
unifying tenets between so many religions.”
- EMMA WATSON

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 Watson is an outspoken feminist. She has
promoted education for girls, travelling to
Bangladesh and Zambia to do so. In July 2014, she
was appointed a UN Women Goodwill
ambassador.That September, an admittedly
nervous Watsondelivered an address at UN
Headquarters in New York City to launch the UN
Women campaign HeForShe, which aims to urge
men to advocate for gender equality. In that
speech she said she began questioning gender-
based assumptions at age eight when she was
called "bossy" (a trait she has attributed to her
being a "perfectionist")whilst boys were not, and
at 14 when she was "sexualised by certain
elements of the media". Further, Watson's speech
described feminism as "the belief that men and
Influence women should have equal rights and
opportunities" and declared that the perception
Her impact on teenage girls' of "man-hating" is something that "has to
view of women's rights has stop".The speech made worldwide headlines from
been referred to as the "Emma
both major news outlets and fashion blogs; the
Watson effect"
organisation's website crashed after press
coverage of the event. Watson later said she
received threats within less than twelve hours of
making the speech, which left her "raging. If they
were trying to put me off [women's rights work],
it did the opposite." Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,
the Executive Director of UN Women, stated, "For
a time, there was a conversation about whether
'feminism' was a good thing or a bad thing... [Her
speech] gave us the word back In 2015, Malala
Yousafzai told Watson she decided to call herself 14
a feminist after hearing her speech.
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