In 1999, casting began for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States), the film adaptation of British author J. "I had no idea of the scale of the film series", she said in a 2007 interview with Parade "if I had I would have been completely overwhelmed". By age 10, she had performed in various Stagecoach productions and school plays, including Arthur: The Young Years and The Happy Prince, but she had never acted professionally before the Harry Potter series. She moved with her mother and younger brother, Alex, to Oxfordshire, following her parents' divorce.įrom the age of six, Watson wanted to become an actress, and for a number of years, she trained at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts, a part-time theatre school where she studied singing, dancing and acting. Watson has one French grandmother, and lived in Paris until the age of five. Ballet Shoes was broadcast on 26 December 2007 to an audience of 5.2 million, and The Tale of Despereaux, based on the novel by Kate DiCamillo, was released in 2008 and grossed over US $70 million dollars in worldwide sales.Įmma Watson was born in Paris, the daughter of British lawyers Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson.
In 2007, Watson announced her involvement in two non-Harry Potter productions: the made-for-television adaptation of the novel Ballet Shoes and an animated film, The Tale of Despereaux.
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Watson's work on the Harry Potter series has earned her several awards and more than £10 million. From 2001 to 2009, she starred in six Harry Potter films alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint she will return for the final two installments: the two parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Watson was cast as Hermione at the age of nine, having previously only acted in school plays. Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 15 April 1990) is a British actress who rose to prominence playing Hermione Granger, one of three starring roles in the Harry Potter film series.