Emma Watson
ALL ABOUT EMMA WATSON
Full Name: Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson
Date of Birth: April 15,1990
Place of Birth: Oxfordshire, England
Family: Father - Chris Watson (lawyer; divorced), Mother - Jacqueline Watson (lawyer), Brother - Alex (born in 1993), Grandmother - Freda Watson
Bio:
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Oxford, 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:
Said that she would do a nude scene if she was asked to during an interview when talkng about Daniel Radcliffe doing full frontal in next year’s stage production of Peter Shaffer’s “Equus”.
Emma was named after her paternal grandmother, who, after marriage, became Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson.
When a Harry Potter director asked Emma and her classmates to write essays about their on-screen characters, Daniel Radcliffe turned in one page, Rupert Grint never turned his in, and Emma turned in an impressive 16 pages.
At first Emma just went along for fun, but the more auditions she did, the more serious it became. Emma was up against literally thousands of other actresses, many of whom had a lot more acting experience than herself. Nevertheless, numerous auditions later she had a call at home saying she had received the part, and what a wonderful actress she has turned out to be.
Emma’s Favorite Music: Eminem, Norah Jones, Alanis Morissette, Katie Melua, Joss Stone, Eric Clapton, Suzanne Vega, Beyonce, Nelly Furtado, Usher and B.B King.
In the water sequence of Goblet of Fire, a wax figure was used instead of Emma. The same goes for the other “inactive” actors and actresses in that scene.
Emma’s Nicknames: Em and One-Take Watson
Emma is a big animal lover and would often be seen alone in between takes visiting all of the animals who work on the Harry Potter films.
During the filming of The Prisoner of Azkaban, Emma would play with Director Alfonso Cuaron’s hair between takes because it was so long! She would even put it in pigtails, declaring herself as “Alfonso’s unofficial Hair Stylist”.
If Emma had an Invisibility cloak she would sneak downstairs in the middle of the night and raid the Fridge.
While filming, Emma attends four different types of dance classes: breakdance, bodypopping, street dance, and modern.
Emma’s favorite Harry Potter scenes are: (In Sorcerer Stone): Troll scene (because she did all her own stunts); (In The Chamber Of Secrets): Gilderoy Lockheart classroom scene (Because Kenneth Brannagh is really nice & funny); (In Prizoner Of Azkaban): Punching Malfoy! (” Girl Power” - Emma)
Some of Emma’s favorite Foods are: Prawn Cocktail crisps, Smoothies, Mcoys salt & vinegar Crisps, Muffins with Chocolate spread, Crumpets, Walkers, TOAST! Mint Aero’s, and chocolate.
Emma’s Hobbies: Field hockey, Tennis, Rounders, Table tennis, Netball, Art, and Dancing.
When asked about a boyfriend, Emma said that she didn’t think of having one for she didn’t have enough time filming Harry Potter. The same was said by co-actor Rupert Grint when asked.
Emma Watson went to cast for the part after her teacher told her and the class to go and try the auditions for Hermione Granger. Her and some of her classmates went for the fun of it and to her shock she made it to the second and finally the end.
Emma has spent most of her life with her grandmother who helped her become an actress.
She was not born in Oxfordshire as stated. She was actually born in Paris and stayed there for five years before she moved to Oxfordshire with her two year old brother Alex
Emma’s birthday is the same as Emma Thompson, who plays Professor Sybil Trelawney in the Harry Potter movies.
Emma went along with Daniel Radcliffe, and Rupert Grint, to be on “Fridays”, and to talk about their newest movie “Harry Potter and the Prisioner of Azkaban”
Emma’s hair is dirty blonde. Though it appears brown in the movies.
Emma’s favorite Harry Potter book is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
At the age of 13 just being a teenager for 10 months, Emma is placed 10th in The Hottest Female Stars in February 2004.
Emma is the youngest actress to appear on the cover of Teen Vogue Magazine at the age of 15.
Emma has a younger brother named Alex Watson, who was born in 1993.
Emma speaks French, German, and Italian.
During the filming of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Emma broke her wrist. If you look hard you can see her cast during certain scenes.
Emma says that some of Heromine’s lines left her wondering what she was going on about.
Emma believes that Hermione will end up single.
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, when Heromine was petrified a wax figure of Emma was used.
Emma fancies Prince William.
Emma’s favorite candy are Crunchie Bars.
Emma’s favorite sports are hockey, tennis and rounders.
Emma loves her iPod.
Emma’s favorite color is Light Blue.
Emma’s favorite actresses are Julia Roberts, Emma Thompson and Renee Zellwegger.
Emma’s favorite movies are Gladiator, Dirty Dancing, Braveheart and Grease.
Emma’s favorite artists are Eminem, Nelly Furtado, Norah Jones, Joss Stone and Natalie Imbruglia.
Emma’s celebrity crushes are Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom.
Emma likes to spend time in the sun.
Emma likes to dance.
Emma likes to play field hockey and tennis.
Emma has brown eyes.
Emma’s nickname is Em.
Emma is right-handed.
Emma was named after her grandmother.
Emma has two cats named Bubbles and Domino.
Emma’s role models includes Julia Roberts, Goldie Hawn, John Cleese and Sandra Bullock.
Emma lives with her mother and younger brother Alex.
Emma is naturally a blonde.
Emma loves debating.
Emma considers herself very lucky to be in the business she is currently in.
Emma considers her two best friends in Harry Potter as her brothers.
Emma attends Oxford primary school.
Emma is most known for her role as Hermione in Harry Potter.
Emma’s favorite Simpsons character is Lisa because she reminds her a lot of Hermione.
Emma’s grandparents have a home in South Carolina, which Emma visits in the summer.
As of October 2003, Emma is 5′ 3″. Emma’s agent asked for someone who looked like Emma and was her height to be an acting double for Hermione during the scenes where she falls and does time travel and sees herself.
Quotes:
“I rang my best friend, just as I’d been told, literally minutes after I’d been told, I rung my friend and she answered and she said: ‘So have you got it?’ And I said: ‘Yes!!’ And she screamed, she literally just went arghhh - it was like five minutes, I had to hold the phone here, not to be able to break my ear and she was so excited she was almost more excited than me. — They actually brought me to the studio and sat me down with Rupert and told me “You got the part” and I just stood there going blank for like 5 minutes until it really sunk in. I was like oh my gosh, is this a dream? Someone pinch me.”
“It’s the scariest thing that’s ever happened to me, it’s the biggest thing that’s ever happened to me, and it’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me! I really enjoyed making the film and I’d love to think that people would look up to me. That’s very flattering. — I might as well have been in the army. It was really hard work. I think that day I swallowed 50% dust and 50% food, it was that tough.”
“Hermione is a saucy teacher’s pet who’s obsessed with school, very mommy’s girl. She’s a bit of a nerd, but is very - she’s a real bookworm. — It was sort of hard being the only girl in a film for six months. Hermione’s got to be very ‘nose up’. I think that’s the whole of her charisma. If she didn’t have that, she’d be normal and it’s what creates her really. The fact that she’s so ‘Well, I’m right and you’re wrong’. I love that in her. — Some of Hermione’s lines left me wondering what on earth she was going on about !! — Hermione will do something really clever, like she’ll be a doctor or something, or she’ll be really academic. — I believe that Hermione will end up single. — Fossy boots.. and an addict to school. She bosses Ron and Harry around all the time. And really, I think she enjoys it. It’s a lot of fun being the only girl. — Hermione just kicks ass!”
“Most people are really nice but some stare, like you’re some kind of zoo exhibit and not a real person with real feelings. Even when you take away all the glamour and attention and premieres and everything, it still comes down to the fact that I’m acting.”
“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.”
On kissing her co-stars:
“Oh my God, no, no chance, no chance. That’s not in my contract!”
“I met Brad Pitt, that was really good. That really made my day!”
“It was unbelievable seeing me as an action figure! In a few months, toddlers all around the country will be biting my head off!”
“I’m very, very sporty - I ski, I fish, I do field hockey and tons of stuff.”
“I think I could be 100 years old and in my rocker, but I’ll still be very proud to say I was in the ‘Harry Potter’ films.”
“This REALLY bugs me!” says Emma of her character’s unusual name. “I go around saying, ‘Everyone repeat it with me: Her-MY-oh-nee’, because everyone says Her-my-WON, Her-my-OWN.”
“I would like Voldemort to be properly killed– dead– so that Harry won’t have anymore problems. For Ron’s dad to get really, really, super-duper rich. For the Malfoys to go broke.”
Filmography:
Emma Watson Filmography as an Actress:
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
2009 Napoleon and Betsy
2008 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2007 Ballet Shoes
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Emma Watson Awards:
Broadcast Film Critics Association
2005 Best Young Actress Harry POtter and the Goblet
2004 Best Young Actress Harry potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
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