• Name: Emily Watson
  
• Birth Name: Emily Anita Watson
  
• Height: 5'8"
  
• Sex: F
  
• Nationality: British
  
• Birth Date: January 14, 1967
  
• Birth Place: Islington, London, England, UK
  
• Profession: actress
  
• Education: London Drama Studio, Ealing, England (majored in acting)
  
•   : Bristol University, Bristol, England (majored in literature)
  
• Husband/Wife: Jack Waters (actor; married in 1995)
  

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• On her sudden success and America's award shows: "The first Oscarcast, I was definitely functioning in a surreal mode. It was like I was watching myself watch the ceremony. Yet I had a good time. Hey, wearing a beautiful dress and being surrounded by beautiful people is not a terrible way to spend an evening. And I had a great time at all the parties. The second Oscarcast, I just went and planned on enjoying myself. People think of me as such a serious actress, but I find myself behaving like a gadabout."
• On her two 1999 roles, ANGELA'S ASHES and CRADLE WILL ROCK, which had Oscar-potential: "I wasn't prepared for the way people responded to 'Breaking the Waves.' Suddenly, I was being interviewed and being asked all sorts of questions. All my life, I've loved movies, but I didn't foresee the glamour of the Academy Awards. In England, the awards are reported as straight news. In America, they're considered the height of glamour."
• On her childhood preparing her for an acting career: "I was taught the value of imagination at an early age. I didn't have a television. I read a lot of books and developed a good sense of storytelling. I was happy as well, and I think that helped. The more secure you feel, the more unbalanced you can let yourself become."
• On Hollywood's perception of women as beauty objects: "I'm lucky I don't do the kind of work where the main thing is that you're the girl and you look gorgeous. I don't look like that. I'm a funny-looking bugger. I don't feel that I can compete, and I wouldn't want to. Life's too short to spend seven hours a day in the gym and starving yourself."
• "The challenge in playing Bess [in Breaking the Waves] is that, in physical, psychological, intellectual, moral, ethical and political terms, she's a disaster - part saint, part clown. But she has an infinite capacity to love and believe. I tried to make the logic of that transcend those judgements."

• London Critics Circle Film Awards: British Supporting Actress of the Year, RED DRAGON (2003)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture, GOSFORD PARK (2002)
• Toronto Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Performance, Female, PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002)
• London Critics Circle Film Awards: British Actress of the Year, ANGELA'S ASHES (2000)
• British Independent Film Awards: Best Actress, HILARY AND JACKIE (1999)
• European Film Awards: Best Actress, BREAKING THE WAVES (1999)
• Bodil Awards: Best Actress, BREAKING THE WAVES (1997)
• Evening Standard British Film Awards: Most Promising Newcomer, BREAKING THE WAVES (1997)
• London Critics Circle Film Awards: British Newcomer of the Year, BREAKING THE WAVES (1997)
• National Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actress, BREAKING THE WAVES (1997)
• Robert Festival: Best Actress, BREAKING THE WAVES (1997)
• Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival: President Award - Best Actress, BREAKING THE WAVES (1996)
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: New Generation Award, BREAKING THE WAVES (1996)
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actress, BREAKING THE WAVES (1996)

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