Emily Watson: movies and TV shows
Emily Watson has 87 credits in the archive: 71 films and 16 TV series, from 1953 to 2025. Highest rated: Chernobyl (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2025 · busiest year: 2015 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hamnet | Mary | Film | 7.7 | 58 |
| 2025 | The Legend of Ochi | Dasha | Film | 6.2 | 58 |
| 2025 | Steve | Jenny | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 2025 | Inside Look: Hamnet | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 58 |
| 2024 | Dune: Prophecy | Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 2024 | Small Things Like These | Sister Mary | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 2024 | Midas Man | Queenie Epstein | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 2023 | Fired on Mars | Sheila (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2022 | God's Creatures | Aileen O'Hara | Film | 6.1 | 55 |
| 2021 | Monster Family 2 | Emma Wishbone (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 2021 | Too Close | Dr. Emma Robinson | TV | 5.9 | 54 |
| 2021 | Too Close | TV | 5.9 | 54 | |
| 2020 | The Third Day | Mrs. Martin | TV | 6.5 | 53 |
| 2019 | Chernobyl | Ulana Khomyuk | TV | 8.7 | 52 |
| 2018 | King Lear | Regan | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 2018 | The Happy Prince | Constance Wilde | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 2018 | On Chesil Beach | Violet Ponting | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 2018 | Weinstein | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 2017 | Genius | Elsa Einstein | TV | 7.5 | 50 |
| 2017 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Chief of Staff Fox | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 2017 | Apple Tree Yard | Yvonne Carmichael | TV | 6.4 | 50 |
| 2017 | Little Women | Marmee March | TV | 7.1 | 50 |
| 2017 | Monster Family | Emma Wishbone (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 2015 | Everest | Helen Wilton | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 2015 | Testament of Youth | Mrs. Brittain | Film | 7.3 | 48 |
| 2015 | Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism | Miss Trinklebury | Film | 5.3 | 48 |
| 2015 | Little Boy | Emma Busbee | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 2015 | A Royal Night Out | Queen Elizabeth | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 2015 | The Dresser | Her Ladyship | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 2015 | The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe | Grace McKee | TV | 6.7 | 48 |
| 2015 | A Song for Jenny | Julie Nicholson | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 2014 | The Theory of Everything | Beryl Wilde | Film | 7.8 | 47 |
| 2013 | The Book Thief | Rosa Hubermann | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 2013 | Belle | Lady Mansfield | Film | 7.1 | 46 |
| 2013 | The Politician's Husband | Freya Gardner | TV | 6.8 | 46 |
| 2013 | Some Girl(s) | Lindsay | Film | 5.1 | 46 |
| 2012 | Anna Karenina | Countess Lydia Ivanova | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 2011 | War Horse | Rose Narracott | Film | 7.3 | 44 |
| 2011 | Appropriate Adult | Janet Leach | TV | 6.7 | 44 |
| 2011 | Meerkats 3D | Narrator | Film | 4.2 | 44 |
| 2010 | Oranges and Sunshine | Margaret Humphreys | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 2010 | Cemetery Junction | Mrs. Kendrick | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 2009 | Cold Souls | Claire | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 2009 | Within the Whirlwind | Evgenia Ginzburg | Film | 5.0 | 42 |
| 2008 | Synecdoche, New York | Tammy | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 2008 | Fireflies in the Garden | Jane Lawrence | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 2008 | The Memory Keeper's Daughter | Caroline Gil | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 2007 | The Water Horse | Anne MacMorrow | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 2006 | Miss Potter | Millie Warne | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 2006 | Crusade in Jeans | Mary Vega | Film | 5.9 | 39 |
| 2005 | Corpse Bride | Victoria Everglot (voice) | Film | 7.6 | 38 |
| 2005 | The Proposition | Martha Stanley | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 2005 | Wah-Wah | Ruby Compton | Film | 5.9 | 38 |
| 2005 | Separate Lies | Anne Manning | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Anne Sellers | Film | 6.6 | 37 |
| 2003 | Working Shakespeare | TV | — | 36 | |
| 2003 | A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' | Self | Film | 7.8 | 36 |
| 2002 | Equilibrium | Mary O'Brien | Film | 7.1 | 35 |
| 2002 | Punch-Drunk Love | Lena Leonard | Film | 7.1 | 35 |
| 2002 | Red Dragon | Reba McClane | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 2002 | Ballchewer | Self | Film | 5.0 | 35 |
| 2002 | The Making of Gosford Park | Self | Film | 5.3 | 35 |
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Elsie | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 2000 | Trixie | Trixie Zurbo | Film | 4.8 | 33 |
| 2000 | The Luzhin Defence | Natalia Katkov | Film | 6.2 | 33 |
| 1999 | The Early Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1999 | Angela's Ashes | Angela McCourt | Film | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock | Olive Stanton | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1998 | Hilary and Jackie | Jackie du Pré | Film | 6.6 | 31 |
| 1998 | In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema | Self | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1997 | The Boxer | Maggie Hamill | Film | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1997 | The Mill on the Floss | Maggie Tulliver | Film | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1997 | Metroland | Marion | Film | 5.8 | 30 |
| 1997 | Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier | Film | 7.4 | 30 | |
| 1996 | Breaking the Waves | Bess McNeill | Film | 7.5 | 29 |
| 1994 | A Summer Day's Dream | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1991 | Performance | Rosalie | TV | 6.3 | 24 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 13 |
| The Clockmaker’s Secret: Lost in Spindlewood | The Keeper of the Keys | Film | — | — | |
| London Fog: A Ruby Gale Mystery | (The Detective) | Film | — | — | |
| A Christmas Child | Emily Watson ( Self/Narrator ) | Film | — | — | |
| Amri | Marie Antoinette Gottesman | Film | — | — | |
| Holly Noel: The Winter Ball (Christmas 3) | ( Host ) | Film | — | — | |
| RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare | Self | Film | — | — | |
| Fado! | Film | — | — | ||
| Late in Summer | Film | — | — | ||
| Midday Sun | Sarah | Film | — | — |