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Emily Watson BIOGRAPHY
The daughter of an architect and an English professor, Emily Watson was born and raised in London. Watson landed her first screen role as Bess McNeill in Breaking the Waves (1996) after Helena Bonham Carter pulled out of the role. For this initial foray into movies Watson was nominated for an Academy Award. She continued to gain success in England in the leading roles in Metroland (1997) and The Mill on the Floss (1997) but her first popular film in the United States came in 1997 when she played Daniel Day-Lewis's long- suffering love interest in The Boxer (1997). After less celebrated roles in 2000's Trixie (2000) and The Luzhin Defence (2000), Watson again returned to an ensemble cast in Robert Altman's Gosford Park (2001). Watson's status as a leading lady in major Hollywood productions was cemented in 2002 with her roles in Red Dragon (2002), the third installment of Thomas Harris' Hannibal Lechter series, the futuristic Equilibrium (2002), and most notably in Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love (2002), playing opposite Adam Sandler.
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