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For fans of Emily Watson, Trixie is a must see. Without doubt, this picture is fluffy stuff, light and tasty and perhaps easily forgotten. But this film marks a breakthrough in Watson career. A screwball comedy! Reviewers agree that Watson is luminescent and adorable as Trixie. It's the smartest career move she could take.
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Emily Watson was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company prior to hitting it big on the big screen. Since her breakthrough role in "Breaking the Waves," Watson has tackled such roles as Jackie in "Hilary and Jackie" and Angela in "Angela's Ashes."
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Emily Watson has a knack for stealing scenes. Beginning with her incredible star turn in Breaking the Waves -- as the emotionally brutalized Bess McNeil in the 1996 performance that made Lars Von Trier's name -- Watson's career has surged as smart directors point cameras in her direction and co-stars get out of her forceful way. In her latest performance, Watson plays Millie Warne, children book author Beatrix Potter's confidante and aspiring sister-in-law, in Chris Noonan's Miss Potter. Warne was an early feminist in early 20th century London, and with her swift wit, winningness at whist, and tweed-driven wardrobe, Watson unsurprisingly outshines men and women alike in each scene.
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In less than five years' time, Emily Watson has already drawn two Oscar nominations and a host of critics' awards. She seems destined for more of the same with her new film, Angela's Ashes. Born in London, Watson, 32, didn't begin acting professionally until her mid-20s. After drama school and stage work in London, she was spotted by Danish director Lars Von Trier and cast as Bess McNeil in Breaking The Waves, a role Helena Bonham Carter found too sexually explicit. The movie, which Watson describes as "a little Danish film I thought no one would ever see," became an international hit. And the role, as a faith-obsessed woman who goes to the limit to please her paralyzed husband, won her an Oscar nomination and roles in The Boxer, Metroland and Hillary and Jackie.
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It was a decade ago that Emily Watson received her first Oscar nomination. She sits down with Harry Smith to discuss her latest movie, Miss Potter. Thirty years old and single, Beatrix Potter lives in London with her social-climbing parents, who are exasperated that she has turned down any number of eligible young men. Her only real friends are the animals which since childhood she has lovingly drawn and made up stories about. She finally succeeds in selling a book of the stories, and it becomes Norman Warne's first project. He quickly falls in love with both the book and Beatrix and together they carefully arrange publication.
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The daughter of an architect and an English professor, Emily Watson was born and raised in London. After a self-described "sheltered" upbringing, Watson attended university for three years in Bristol, studying English literature. She applied to drama school and was rejected on her first attempt. After three years of working in clerical and waitressing jobs she was finally accepted. In 1992, she took a position with the Royal Shakespeare Company where she met her future husband, 'Jack Waters (I)' . Continuing stage work, 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.
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