Emma Watson

Emma Watson Biography

Emma Watson, born Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson on 15 April 1990 in Paris (France), is an actress and model UK, famous for playing the role of Hermione Granger, one of three starring roles in the film series Harry Potter.

She was born in France, in Paris to parents of British origin who work at this time, Christopher "Chris" Watson and Jacqueline Luesby, both lawyers. However, his maternal grandmother is French. She has a brother, Alexander "Alex", three years younger than her, a half-brother, Toby, and half twin sisters, Nina and Lucy. She lived in Paris until the age of 5 years, and then went to Oxford, in England with his mother and brother when his parents divorced.

She spent her elementary school years first at the Lynams School, kindergarten the Dragon School in September 1995 to June 1998, when an attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity is diagnosed him - it is turning on Ritalin, a drug she continued to use and then to the Dragon School, a school of Oxford, September 1998 until June 2003.

As a teenager, she played field hockey club in Oxford. After studying at the Dragon School, she enrolled from 2003 to Headington School, Oxford private school reserved for girls. Having passed his exams in the A-level in 2008, Emma made ​​a year off before going to Brown University in the fall of 2009 for purposes of study of letters a. At the start of 2011, she joined the University of Oxford to continue his studies in English literature.

Before she plays in the Harry Potter film, his acting experience was limited to a few minor roles in school plays, including Arthur: The Young Years and The Happy Prince. Among his other activities at school include the Daisy Pratt Poetry Competition, where, at the age of seven, she won first place.

In 1999 starts the casting for the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Emma Watson was contacted by a casting agent who discovered through his drama teacher. To win his role in movies of Harry Potter, she spent eight hearings before knowing if it was chosen, and was finally selected among thousands of candidates. The producers were impressed by his insurance.

Emma Watson was chosen to play Hermione Granger at the age of ten years to shoot Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which exploded at the box office. Critics found her performance "admirable" The Daily Telegraph, and IGN even said that she has bitten the show from her co-stars. Since then she has appeared in all the films in the series: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, (2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Parts 1(2010) and 2 (2011)).

At fifteen, Emma became the youngest person to appear on the cover of Teen Vogue. She also participated in a panel, with Pierce Brosnan, Kenneth Branagh, and Samantha Morton, to select young directors "First Light" of 2004 for the awards to films in Leicester Square in London. She also played Hermione in The Queen's Handbag (Purse The Queen's), a special mini-episode of Harry Potter for the 80 th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

In 2007, Emma plays in "Ballet Shoes", a BBC TV movie in which she plays the leading role of Pauline Fossil. The director tells Emma that she was perfect for the role. "She has a delicate aura that makes you want to watch it again and again." Ballet Shoes was attended by an audience of 5.7 million viewers despite bad reviews.

July 9, 2007, the young actress leaves her handprints and feet before the Grauman's Chinese Theatre, located in the capital of cinema, Hollywood, along with two other young players in the saga, Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint.

She also lends her voice to Princess Pea in the film adaptation of The Tale of Despereaux.
In 2009 she became the face of the famous British brand Burberry for autumn / winter campaign. She was also in 2010 for the Spring / Summer Burberry. The same year she made ​​her return to Brown University.

It ranks first actresses of the most profitable of the decade (2000-2009) 7 through the saga Harry Potter, the first six components, released between 2001 and 2009, reported $ 5.4 billion.

In 2010, she created a clothing line for teens called Love from Emma along with Safia Minney, founder of People Tree.

In 2010, she turns in the video Say you do not want it 's a group of his friends, One Night Only .
Emma prepares for the November 2010 movie My Week With Marilyn, where she plays the role of Lucy costume designers of one of Marilyn, output in 2011.

In December 2010, Emma Watson made ​​the cover of December issue of Marie Claire, this being the first animated version for iPad.

In 2011, she became the new face of Lancôme with the Treasury Midnight Rose perfume and lipstick "Red in Love". In May 2011 she was elected first in the ranking of best dressed women by Glamour Magazine at Cheryl Cole and Kristen Stewart. In December 2011, Emma is the top spot in Candler "The 100 most beautiful faces of 2011" (the 100 most beautiful faces of 2011) to Camilla Belle and Rihanna.