| NET WORTH: | $75 million |
|---|---|
| Source of Wealth: | Actress, Model, Activist |
| Born: | April 15, 1990 |
| Age: | 30 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Birth Name: | Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson |
| Height: | 1.65 m |
Emma Watson is an English actress, model and activist. She had her big break as an actress when she starred in a fantasy novel series Harry Potter. Watson also showed and proved his ability in acting as she starred in films like My Week with Marilyn, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Beauty and the Beast and Little Women.
Emma Watson's Early Life
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson, professionally known as Emma Watson was born on April 15, 1990 in Paris, France. Her parents, namely Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson are both English lawyers. When she was young, her parents divorced and she moved to England with her mother and brother. At the age of six, she decided to train at Stagecoach Theater Arts, where she studied singing, dancing and acting.
Watson never really had professionally acted unless in school plays prior to Harry Potter. She split her time between working and studying. She attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and earned her Bachelor's Degree in English Literature.
Emma Watson's Career
In 1999, Emma Watson got her big break when she was chosen to cast the role of Hermione Granger in the film adaptation of J.K Rowling's best-selling novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The film later on became the highest-grossing film of 2001. Watson received praises, positive reviews and was nominated for five awards, winning the Young Artist Award for Leading Young Actress.
Years later, Emma Watson again starred as Hermione until the eight chapter of the series. The second to eight chapter was named Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows which has divided into two parts. The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2 became Watson's most successful film that it grossed an estimated of $1.2 billion worldwide. Watson was then again praised for her popular character and received numerous awards for her performance on the films.
Besides Emma Watson's grossing film Harry Potter, she has also starred in her many successful films like The Perk's of Being a Wallflower, which her performance was described by David Sexton as "plausible and touching". She appeared in The Bling Ring on 2013 and starred as Belle in Disney's adaptation of Beauty and the Beast in which it earned over $1.2 billion and ranked as the second highest-grossing film in 2017.
In 2005, Emma Watson began her modelling career and became the youngest person to be featured on Teen Vogue. She also appeared as the face of Burberry and fashion brands like People Tree and a Fair trade. Watson has also been appointed as a UN Goodwill Ambassador in July 2014. She is a feminist who advocate for gender equality.
Emma Watson's Net Worth
As of 2020, Emma Watson's worth is roughly $75 million dollars. With the success of her films Harry Potter, she earned an estimated of $60 million for the film alone. Beside acting, she is a model, a Goodwill Ambassador and also worked as a creative adviser of a fashion brand.
