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BIOGRAPHY OF EMMA WATSON
Birth name
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson
Nickname
Em
Height
5' 6½" (1.69 m)
(1.73 m)
Mini biography
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Oxfordshire, England on April 15, 1990. At school, she took the lead role in several plays, including 'Arthur: The Young Years' and 'The Happy Prince'. Along with plays, Emma participated in many other school productions, including the Daisy Pratt Poetry Competition, in which she won first place for her year at age seven. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), is Emma's debut into the world of professional acting. Competing against many other girls for the role of Hermione Granger, she didn't expect to get the part.
Away from the cinematic world, Emma enjoys playing hockey most of all, and she also likes debating. Although her hair is brown in the movie, she's naturally a blonde. She once dressed up as a witch for Halloween, but she had no idea that years later, she would be playing one in the Harry Potter movie. Her parents, Jacqueline and Chris, who are lawyers, are divorced. Emma lives with her mother and younger brother Alex. Her role models are Julia Roberts, Goldie Hawn, John Cleese and Sandra Bullock.
Trivia
She has a younger brother named Alex, who is three years younger (b. 1993).
On other roles: "Now that I've played the snotty, bossy, posh Hermione Granger, I'd like to play some American high school girl. I want to play something totally different. I want to play every kind of character and every point of view, but I'm probably going to be playing Hermione for a while."
Has two cats named Bubbles and Domino.
Her favorite sports are hockey, tennis and rounders.
Favorite Harry Potter book is "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban".
She served on a jury to select the 2004 teenaged film-makers' "First Light Film Awards" ceremony held in London's Leicester Square. Other jurors included Pierce Brosnan, Kenneth Branagh, and Samantha Morton.
At 13, after being a teenager for just ten months, she placed tenth in the hottest teen female stars, February 2004.
She was named after her paternal grandmother, who, after marriage, became "Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson."
Broke her wrist while filming the second Harry Potter film. She can be spotted wearing a cast on her wrist during the Polyjuice Potion scene.
Shares birthday with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) co- star Emma Thompson.
Personal Quotes
"I never wear pigtails, I wear PLAITS" (in response to a reporter asking her whether she always wore pigtails)
Hardest scene: "Neville comes up to me with his toad, Trevor, and says,"Do you want to kiss Trevor goodnight?" Every time he did this I burst into laughter. I was supposed to give him an "I hate you" look, but I couldn't help myself. It took me about eight takes to get it."
"It was unbelievable seeing me as an action figure! In a few months, toddlers all around the country will be biting my head off!"
On kissing her co-stars: "Oh my God, no, no chance, no chance. That's not in my contract!"
"My friends are all really nice about my fame, they're just curious really, they ask lots of questions..."
"She's rock and roll. She's feisty. Girl power!" - on how her character, Hermione Granger, has matured.
"That's the good thing about them! They all ask exactly the same questions and you can say exactly the same answers! You don't have to think, you can just stand there like a broken record going LALALA..." (On reporters asking the same questions over and over)
[on working with boys] "I like being around mixed company. Dan and Rupert definitely make their fair share of cheeky comments about me being girlie, but it's all in good fun."
"It took me three films to get Hermione in jeans. To get out of the robes with the tights and the itchy jumpers. Whoo-hoo!"
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
(May 2003) Currently filming in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(April 2004) Filming "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
(March 2005) Completed filming of Goblet of Fire.
FILMOGRAPHY
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) (filming) .... Hermione Granger
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) .... Hermione Granger
... aka Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) .... Hermione Granger
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) .... Hermione Granger
... aka Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (International: English title) (UK)
... aka Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (USA)
NOTABLE GUEST APPEARANCES
- "GMTV" playing "Herself" 19 November 2004
- "Fridays" playing "Herself" in episode: "Fridays Goes to the Premiere of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (episode # 1.36) 4 June 2004
- "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" playing "Herself" 4 June 2004
- "Today" playing "Herself" 3 June 2004
- "Ministry of Mayhem" playing "Herself" 29 May 2004
- "Total Request Live" playing "Herself" 28 May 2004
- "Richard & Judy" playing "Herself" 27 May 2004
- "HBO First Look" playing "Herself" in episode: "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" 25 May 2004
- "Total Request Live" playing "Herself" 24 May 2004
- "E! News Daily" playing "Herself" 13 November 2003
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" playing "Herself" 14 November 2002
- "The Caroline Rhea Show" playing "Herself" 13 November 2002
- "The Early Show" playing "Herself" 12 November 2002
- "The Oprah Winfrey Show" playing "Herself" 29 October 2002
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