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Acting

Emily Watson

Career: Active from 1996 to 2025, busiest in 2015 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 49
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: Chernobyl
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 62 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Emily Watson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.4, average 5.4
Adrenaline
3.5, average 4.8
Physical Comedy
1.4, average 2.4
Violence
3.2, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 8
Character Study 8
Biographical Drama 6
Psychological Thriller 6
Social Commentary 6
Character-Driven 6
Coming-of-Age 5
Period Piece 4
Tragic Romance 4
Emotional Journey 4
Moral Dilemma 4
Melancholy Tone 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

75

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

7 titles

Holly Noel: The Winter Ball (Christmas 3)

as ( Host )

The Clockmaker’s Secret: Lost in Spindlewood

as The Keeper of the Keys

as Judith Pillinger

as Sarah

London Fog: A Ruby Gale Mystery

as (The Detective)

as Marie Antoinette Gottesman

A Christmas Child

as Emily Watson ( Self/Narrator )

2020s

11 titles · average score 67

Hamnet

82

as Mary

The Legend of Ochi

64

as Dasha

Steve

68

as Jenny

Dune: Prophecy

65

TV show · as Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen

Small Things Like These

78

as Sister Mary

Midas Man

59

as Queenie Epstein

Fired on Mars

76

TV show · as Sheila (voice)

God's Creatures

69

as Aileen O'Hara

Too Close

72

TV show · as Dr. Emma Robinson

Monster Family 2

36

as Emma Wishbone (voice)

The Third Day

68

TV show · as Mrs. Martin

2010s

29 titles · average score 65

Chernobyl

90

TV show · as Ulana Khomyuk

King Lear

76

as Regan

The Happy Prince

63

as Constance Wilde

Monster Family

27

as Emma Wishbone (voice)

Apple Tree Yard

78

TV show · as Yvonne Carmichael

Little Boy

49

as Emma Busbee

A Royal Night Out

63

as Queen Elizabeth

The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

50

TV show · as Grace McKee

The Theory of Everything

76

as Beryl Wilde

The Book Thief

62

as Rosa Hubermann

War Horse

71

as Rose Narracott

Appropriate Adult

71

TV show · as Janet Leach

2000s

20 titles · average score 64

Cold Souls

65

as Claire

Fireflies in the Garden

44

as Jane Lawrence

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

65

as Caroline Gil

Synecdoche, New York

72

as Tammy

The Water Horse

68

as Anne MacMorrow

Miss Potter

65

as Millie Warne

Corpse Bride

79

as Victoria Everglot (voice)

Wah-Wah

59

as Ruby Compton

Separate Lies

64

as Anne Manning

Equilibrium

54

as Mary O'Brien

Punch-Drunk Love

77

as Lena Leonard

Trixie

31

as Trixie Zurbo

1990s

8 titles · average score 68

Angela's Ashes

63

as Angela McCourt

Cradle Will Rock

65

as Olive Stanton

Hilary and Jackie

78

as Jackie du Pré

Metroland

51

as Marion

The Boxer

74

as Maggie Hamill

The Mill on the Floss

62

as Maggie Tulliver

Breaking the Waves

82

as Bess McNeill

Performance

TV show · as Rosalie