Emma Watson

Full Name: Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson
Age: 17
Birthday: April 15, 1990
IMDB Profile: http://imdb.com/name/nm0914612/
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown (Originally a dirty blonde)
Parents: Jacqueline Watson (lawyer), Chris Watson (lawyer) - divorced.
Hometown: Oxfordshire, England
Siblings: Brother - Alex (3 years younger)
Pets: two cats - Bubbles and Domino
Favorite Movies: Julia Roberts films
Favorite Bands: Bryan Adams, Suzanne Vega, Dido, Samantha Mumba
Sports: Hockey, tennis and rounders.
Favorite HP book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Astrological sign: Aries
Favorite school subjects: Art, history and english
Least favorite school subjects: Math and geography
Favorite extracurricular subjects: Debating and poetry
Favorite magical power: Invisibility
Favorite HP character: Hagrid
Favorite HP house: Gryffindor (of course!)

Biography

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is the youngest of her Harry Potter co-stars. Born on the 15th April 1990 in a busy town of Oxfordshire, England, Emma's parents Chris and Jaqueline (now divorced) are both lawyers. Emma moved to France with her parents shortly after she was born, and lived there until the age of five, when she moved back to England.

Although Emma possesses many of the qualities of her Harry Potter character Hermione, the one thing she has which Hermione does not is a younger brother, Alex, who is three years her junior. Bright, intelligent, funny and charming, Emma often enthuses about her role of Hermione in the films. She has taken the character to heart, and has also made Hermione the heroine of the trio, making her wildly popular amongst fans.

Emma started out acting in school plays like Dan and Rupert. She starred in school productions of "Arthur: The Younger Years," "The Swallow and The Prince," "The Happy Prince" and "Alice in Wonderland." Attending the Dragon school, which is one of the top boarding and day prep schools in the UK, gave Emma the advantage of a rigorous schedule, so she was well prepared for the schedule of the Harry Potter films.

In school Emma gained accolades such as first prize in The Daisy Pratt Poetry Competition at the young age of seven. Minus the acting experience at school, Emma had no professional training and so was just another hopeful when she first went to audition for the role of Hermione. The casting directors must have noticed the unique qualities that Emma possessed and must have known that she was the only young actress who would be able play the character of Hermione.

Though she may have been the natural choice for the casting directors, Emma couldn't believe her luck when she learned she had successfully landed the part of Hermione. She describes when she found out: "I rang my best friend, just as I'd been told, literally minutes after I'd been told, I rung my friend and she answered and she said: 'So have you got it?' And I said: 'Yes.' And she screamed - she literally just went arghhh - it was like five minutes, I had to hold the phone here, not to be able to break my ear and she was so excited she was almost more excited than me."