Brief Bio (want the full bio?)
Emma was born in Paris, France on April 15, 1990, to two lawyers, Chris and Jacqueline Watson. She lived in France until the age of five, when Emma moved to England, where she now lives in Oxford with her mother, younger brother, and mother's partner. Emma began acting in school plays at a young age and won first place in the Daisy Pratt Poetry Competition at the Dragon School, which she attended at the time.
Emma had had no professional acting experience when, at the age of nine, she was chosen along with several other girls from her school to audition for a role in the Harry Potter films. Several months after the initial audition, Emma, along with future co-star Rupert Grint, was sat down in an office and told she'd gotten the part of Hermione Granger. Practically impossible to believe, but thrilling, and the beginning of a (very) new experience!
Emma has played Hermione in five films to date and is currently filming the sixth movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. She also played the role of Pauline Fossil in the BBC's Ballet Shoes, filmed during the summer of 2007 and to air this Christmas, and is scheduled to voice the role of the Princess in an adaption of Kate DiCamillo's The Tale of Desperaux. Whatever she does, we wish her luck!
Fact Sheet
Name: Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson
Nickname: Em
Age: Seventeen
Birthdate: April 15, 1990
Hair color: Brown, bleaching easily to blonde
Eye color: Brown
Hometown: Oxford, England
Born: Paris, France
Parents: Chris Watson and Jacqueline Duerre (divorced)
Siblings: Alex (3 years younger then Emma), Nina and Lucy (twin half-sisters, 14 years younger), Toby (half-brother)
Previous acting experience: School plays
