Emma Watson Bio: The Tale of Despereaux Actor

release date:	Friday December 19, 2008 Tuesday April 7, 2009 (dvd/video)
genre:	Family
running time:	93 min.
director:	Sam Fell, Rob Stevenhagen
studio:	Universal Pictures
producer(s):	Allison Thomas, Gary Ross
screenplay:	Gary Ross
cast:	Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Watson, Tracey Ullman, Kevin Kline, William H. Macy, Stanley Tucci, Ciarán Hinds, Robbie Coltrane, Tony Hale, Frances Conroy, Frank Langella, Richard Jenkins, Christopher Lloyd, James Nesbitt, Sigourney Weaver
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Emma Watson Biography

EMMA WATSON

Date of Birth: April 15, 1990

Prior to landing the role of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson had only appeared in school plays. She had also taken first place in a school poetry recital at age seven, but had never acted professionally. Emma was up against stiff competition for the much-coveted role, as literally thousands of young actresses, many with much more experience, auditioned for the part. After 11 auditions, she finally won the role.

Now that she has experienced working in a film, Emma would like to appear in other roles as well. She said in an interview, "I'd like to play some American high school girl. I want to play something totally different. I want to play every kind of character and every point of view, but I'm probably going to be playing Hermione for a while."

Emma admits to having been a Harry Potter fan before landing the role. Signed to play bossy Hermione (Her-my-own-nee) in the first three films, she expressed interest in continuing on in more. However, when asked about kissing her co-stars in future films at the time, she replied, "Oh my God, no, no chance, no chance. That's not in my contract!" However, she finds kissing toads not quite as disgusting as kissing boys, as she revealed that when she had to do a scene in the first film where a boy asks her, "Do you want to kiss Trevor goodnight," meaning his toad, she was supposed to give him a scornful look, but kept bursting into laughter.

Proving that she's just as feisty as her character, she told a reporter who asked her if she always wore pigtails, "I never wear pigtails, I wear PLAITS."

Emma's lawyer parents are divorced, and she and her younger brother Alex live with their mother and their two cats, Bubbles and Domino. She enjoys playing field hockey and tennis and excelled at school, getting all As in her GSCE exams (taken during the last year of high school). Having graduated, she will enter college soon and hopes to film the final Harry Potter film during a school break.

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