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Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 15 April 1990) is an English actress. Known for her roles in both blockbusters and independent films, she has received a selection of accolades, including a Young Artist Award and three MTV Movie Awards. Watson has been ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses by Forbes and Vanity Fair, and was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2015. Watson attended the Dragon School and trained in acting at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts. As a child, she rose to stardom after landing her first professional acting role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series, having previously acted only in school plays. Watson made her first major forays beyond the Potter franchise starring in Ballet Shoes (2007), and lent her voice to The Tale of Despereaux (2008). After the final Harry Potter film, she took on a supporting role in My Week with Marilyn (2011), before starring as Sam, a flirtatious, free-spirited student in The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), to critical success. Further acclaim came from portraying Alexis Neiers in Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring (2013) and the titular character's adoptive daughter in Darren Aronofsky's biblical epic Noah (2014). That same year, Watson was honoured by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, winning British Artist of the Year. She also starred as Belle in the live-action musical romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast (2017), and as Meg March in Greta Gerwig's coming-of-age drama Little Women (2019). From 2011 to 2014, Watson split her time between working on films and continuing her education, graduating from Brown University with a bachelor's degree in English literature in May 2014. That year, she was appointed a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and helped launch the UN Women campaign HeForShe, which advocates for gender equality. In 2018, she helped launch Time's Up UK as a founding member. Watson was appointed to a G7 advisory body for women's rights in 2019, consulting with leaders on foreign policy. Her modelling work has included campaigns for Burberry and Lancôme. She also lent her name to a clothing line for the sustainable brand People Tree. From 2020 to 2023, she sat on the board of directors of Kering, a luxury brand group, in her capacity as an advocate for sustainable fashion. Early life and education Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born on 15 April 1990 in Paris, to 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 has said she speaks some French, though "not as well" as she used to. After moving to Oxford with her mother and brother, she attended the Dragon School, remaining there until 2003. From age six, she wanted to become an actress, and trained at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts, a part-time theatre school where she studied singing, dancing, and acting. By age ten, Watson had performed in Stagecoach productions and school plays including Arthur: The Young Years and The Happy Prince, but she had never acted professionally prior to the Harry Potter series. After the Dragon School, Watson moved on to Headington School, Oxford. While on film sets, she and her castmates were tutored for up to five hours a day. In June 2006, she took GCSE school examinations in ten subjects, achieving eight A* and two A grades. In May 2007, she took AS levels in English, Geography, Art, and History of Art. The following year, she dropped History of Art to pursue the three A levels, receiving an A grade in each subject. Watson took a gap year after finishing secondary school, to film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Parts 1 & 2 beginning in February 2009, but asserted that she intended to continue her studies and later confirmed she had chosen Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. In March 2011, after 18 months at the university, Watson announced she was deferring her course for "a semester or two", though she attended Worcester College, Oxford during the 2011–12 academic year as part of the Visiting Student Programme. In a 2014 interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Watson said just before graduation that it took five years to finish her degree instead of four because, owing to her acting work, she "ended up taking two full semesters off". On 25 May 2014, she graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature. In 2023, she began a masters course in creative writing at Oxford University. Acting career 1999–2009: Harry Potter and worldwide recognition In 1999, casting began for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the film adaptation of British author J. K. Rowling's best-selling novel. Casting agents found Watson through her Oxford theatre teacher, and producers were impressed by her confidence. After eight auditions, producer David Heyman told Watson and fellow applicants Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint that they had been cast in the roles of the school friends Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, respectively. Rowling supported Watson from her first screen test. The release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 2001 was Watson's debut screen performance. The film broke records for opening-day sales and opening-weekend takings and was the highest-grossing film of 2001. Critics singled out Watson for particular acclaim; The Daily Telegraph called her performance "admirable", and IGN said she "stole the show". Watson was nominated for five awards for her performance in Philosopher's Stone, winning the Young Artist Award for Leading Young Actress. A year later, Watson reprised her role as Hermione in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second instalment of the series. Reviewers praised the lead actors' performances. The Los Angeles Times said Watson and her co-stars had matured between films, while The Times criticised director Chris Columbus for "under-employing" Watson's hugely popular character. Watson received an Otto Award from the German magazine Bravo for her performance. In 2004, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was released. Watson was appreciative of the more assertive role Hermione played, calling her "charismatic" and "a fantastic role to play". Critics lauded Watson's performance; A. O. Scott of The New York Times remarked: "Luckily Mr. Radcliffe's blandness is offset by Ms. Watson's spiky impatience. Harry may show off his expanding wizardly skills ... but Hermione ... earns the loudest applause with a decidedly unmagical punch to Draco Malfoy's deserving nose." Although Prisoner of Azkaban proved to be the lowest-grossing Harry Potter film in the entire series, Watson's personal performance won her two Otto Awards and the Child Performance of the Year award from Total Film..... Discover the Emma Books popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Emma Books books.
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I Am Malala
Malala Yousafzai & Christina LambA MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE As seen on Netflix with David Letterman"I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was ju...
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Beautiful Bombshell
Christina LaurenIn this sexy novella, the gentlemen from Beautiful Bastard, Beautiful Stranger, and Beautiful Player are out for a wild night on The Strip. A beautiful bastard of a groomtobe. A ba...
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Jane Austen & John PasdenClever, rich, and single, the beautiful An Mo (Emma) is focused on her career as fashion designer in the glamor of 21stcentury Shanghai. Seeing no need for romance in her life, she...
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Jane AustenAn Apple Books Classic edition.Emma Woodhouse may just be Jane Austen’s most controversial character. Some see her as a spoiled narcissist who’s deluded about reality, while others...
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Mona IngramNew Cover July 2020How do you survive the greatest tragedy of all?When Emma's perfect life turns into a nightmare beyond her control she withdraws into herself, eventually quitting...
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Jane AustenHer matchmaking maps out relationships that Jane Austen ironically tweaks into a clearer perspective. Judgement and imagination are matched in games , and the end is a triumph of u...
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Kelly HunterHome is where you make it Lady Emmaline Lewellyn Grayson has never felt at home in her stuffy, aristocratic world. She might look the part of a Lady and play it to perfection, but ...
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Jane AustenEmma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first published in December 1815. As in her other novels, Austen explor...
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Emma y la gallina Catalina
Paco LaraEn el jardín de Emma había un gallinero. Con un techo rojo y una gran puerta por la que entraban y salían corriendo los dos pollitos que vivían allí con su mamá, la gallina Catalin...
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Jeremy Fisher - Read Aloud Edition
Beatrix PotterYour preschooler will delight at the beautifully restored images and charming ReadAloud narration of this classic. From the Series Preface: When I was three years old m...
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky“A timeless story for every young person who needs to understand that they are not alone.” Judy Blume“Once in a while, a novel comes along that becomes a generational touchstone. T...
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Jane AustenWhen her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse one of Jane Austen's immortal creations flatters herself tha...
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Jane AustenEL señor Weston era natural de Highbury, y había nacido en el seno de una familia honorable que en el curso de las dos o tres últimas generaciones había ido acrecentando su nobleza...
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Peter Rabbit - Read Aloud Edition
Beatrix PotterYour preschooler will delight at the beautifully restored images and charming ReadAloud narration of this classic. From the Series Preface: When I was three years old m...
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Emma
Jane Austen, Margaret Drabble & Sabrina JeffriesA fascinating, humorous, and timeless comingofage tale featuring one of Jane Austen's most memorable characters.“Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home...
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Jane AustenEmma vit avec son père, un vieil homme veuf et malade. Elle est belle intelligente et riche. Avec le mariage de sa gouvernante qui la quitte, Emma décide de s'occuper du mariage de...
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Jane AustenWhen her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse one of Jane Austen’s immortal creations flatters herself tha...
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Jane AustenExtrait : "Emma Woodhouse, belle, intelligente, douée d'un heureux naturel, disposant de larges revenus, semblait réunir sur sa tête les meilleurs dons de l'existence ;...
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Jane AustenI never have been in love;it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall.Emma Woodhouse is certain of one thing: that she’s an excellent matchmaker . . . even thou...
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Jane AustenEmma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and romantic misunderstandings. It is set in the fictional country village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfie...
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Love and Other Words
Christina LaurenAfter a decade apart, childhood sweethearts reconnect by chance in New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren’s touching, romantic novel Love and Other Words…how many words...
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Emma in the Night
Wendy Walker"Both twisted and twisty, this smart psychological thriller sets a new standard for unreliable narrators." –Booklist, Starred ReviewOne night three years ago, the Tanner sisters di...
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Jane AustenThe Author There was nothing of the literary woman in the external affairs of her life and its conduct. Born on 16 December, 1775, at Steventon in Hampshire, of which her father wa...
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A Stolen Life
Jaycee DugardIn the summer of 1991 I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I had friends and a mother who loved me. I was just like you. Until the day my life was stolen. For eighteen years I ...
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The Trouble with Being Wicked
Emma LockeHE PUT HER ON A PEDESTAL... When Celeste Gray arrives in the sleepy village of BrixcombeontheBay, she thinks she's one step closer to leaving her notorious past behind. She even su...
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The Dovekeepers
Alice HoffmanAn ambitious and mesmerizing novel from the bestselling author of Rules of Magic. The Dovekeepers is “striking….Hoffman grounds her expansive, intricately woven, and deepest new no...
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Wallbanger
Alice ClaytonSoon to be a Passionflix original film!“An instant classic…highly recommended!” New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Jennifer Probst USA TODAY bestselling indie author A...
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Emma and the Blue Genie
Cornelia Funke, Oliver Latsch & Kerstin MeyerThe beloved and bestselling author of Inkheart brings her signature imagination, adventure, and humor to a magical fullcolor chapter book for young readers! One night, Emma ...
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Nancy Butler & Janet LeeMarvel continues its bestselling graphic novel adaptations of Jane Austen's classics! Awardwinning author Nancy Butler, adapter of Marvel's bestselling adaptations Sense and Sensib...
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Jane AustenEmma is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The story takes place in the fictional village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, R...
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The Pursuit of Emma
Chris DohertyOne day, everything Tom Sharpe knew was turned upside down when his wife inexplicably disappeared. As he digs a little deeper, more and more secrets emerge and soon he finds himsel...
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El mundo de Emma
Paco LaraLos cuadernillos de la serie Aprendiendo a leer con Emma y sus amigos son un recurso para que los niños y niñas que siguen las Historias de Emma, practiquen sus primeros pasos en l...
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Emma
Rosie ClarkeAll she has is her reputation…When Emma Robinson discovers she is carrying Paul Greenslade’s child, there are harsh consequences after he disappears rather than marry a common shop...
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Flowers in the Attic
V.C. AndrewsA major Lifetime movie eventthe novel that captured the world's imagination and earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fanbase. Book One of the Dollanganger Family series.At the to...
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Jane Austen'Her masterpiece, mixing the sparkle of her early books with a deep sensibility' Robert McCrum, ObserverAlthough described by Jane Austen as a character 'whom no one but myself wil...
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Jane AustenEmma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first published in December 1815. As in her other novels, Austen explor...
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Jane AustenWhen her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse one of Jane Austen’s immortal creations flatters herself tha...
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Jane AustenAn enchanting comedy of errors, Emma remains a classic two centuries after it was first published. Emma Woodhouse is a privileged young woman whose greatest pleasure in life lies i...
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The Vacationers
Emma Straub"Delicious . . . richly riveting . . . The Vacationers offers all the delights of a fluffy, readitwithsunglassesonthebeach read, made substantial by the exceptional wit, insight, i...
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The Circle
Dave EggersINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A bestselling dystopian novel that tackles surveillance, privacy and the frightening intrusions of technology in our livesa “compulsively readable parable...