Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is an English actress, activist and model, who is best known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter franchise, but has also branched into other roles, such as Princess Pea in the 2008 adaptation of The Tale of Despereaux, Samantha "Sam" Button in Stephen Chbosky's 2012 coming-of-age drama film The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Nicki Moore in Sofia Coppola's crime drama film The Bling Ring, a fictionalized version of herself in the apocalyptic comedy film This Is the End (both released in 2013), and as Meg March in Greta Gerwig's 2019 critically acclaimed coming-of-age period drama film Little Women.
For Disney, she portrayed Belle in Bill Condon's 2017 live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.
She also served as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and led the formation of the UN Women campaign HeForShe, which calls for men to advocate gender equality.
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- She was offered the role of Cinderella in the 2015 live-action film of the same name, but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts and also cited a lack of a personal connection with the character.[1] The role eventually went to Lily James.
- She was also set to star in a different film adaptation of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, directed by Guillermo del Toro, but later joined the Disney version when that project was put on indefinite hold.
- She was considered for the role of Crimson Widow/Yelena Belova in Black Widow alongside Saoirse Ronan,[citation needed] but the role ultimately went to Florence Pugh (who co-starred with Ronan and Watson in Greta Gerwig's 2019 coming-of-age period drama adaptation of Little Women).
- Emma Watson shares the following things with Dame Emma Thompson:
- Both of them are famous British actresses.
- Both of them were born on April 15.
- Their first names of both of them is Emma, and their respective surnames end in "-son".
- Both of them starred in the Harry Potter franchise. Also, both of them starred in the 2017 remake of Beauty and the Beast (Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts and Emma Watson as Belle).
- In reference to the movie, they also share the same birthday with Luke Evans, who portrayed Gaston and Nathan Mack, who portrayed Chip.
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Emma Watson on Wikipedia- Emma Watson on IMDb
