Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson

EMMA
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson
“My greatest relaxation is to sit with a book.”
NATHAN
BECKER
CHANSKI
“
EMMA WATSON
ALL I CAN DO IS
FOLLOW MY
INSTINCTS, BECAUSE
I’LL NEVER PLEASE
EVERYONE.
BY NATHAN CHANSKI
Watson was born in Paris, France, the daughter of English lawyers Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson.
Watson lived in Paris until the age of five. Her parents
separated when she waws young; following their divorce, Watson moved back to England to live with her
mother in Oxfordshire while spending weekends at
her father’s house in London.Watson has stated that
she speaks some French, though “not as well” as she
used to. After moving to Oxford with her mother and
brother, she attended the Dragon School in Oxford,
remaining there until 2003. From the age of six, she
wanted to become an actress. and trained at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts, a part-time
theatre school where she studied singing, dancing,
and acting.
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EMMA WATSON
Watson was born in Paris, France, the daughter of
English lawyers Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson. Watson lived in Paris until the age of five. Her
parents separated when she was young; following
their divorce, Watson moved back to England to
live with her mother in Oxfordshire while spending weekends at her father’s house in London.
Watson has stated that she speaks some French,
though “not as well” as she used to. After moving to Oxford with her mother and brother, she
attended the Dragon School in Oxford, remaining
there until 2003. From the age of six, she wanted
to become an actress. and trained at the Oxford
branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts, a part-time
theatre school where she studied singing, dancing, and acting.
“I don’t want there to be a big separation between
the public and the private person. It’s definitely the harder road to tread, but without a doubt,
ultimately the most rewarding. It sounds like a
ridiculous thing to say, but I’m very interested in
truth, in finding ways to be messy and unsure and
flawed and incredible and great and my fullest
self, all wrapped into one.
INGENUE TO ICON
HARRY POTTER,
THE INDUSTRY,
AND FAME
Watson was born in Paris, France, the daughter of
English lawyers Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson. Watson lived in Paris until the age of five. Her
parents separated when she was young; following
their divorce, Watson moved back to England to
live with her mother in Oxfordshire while spending weekends at her father’s house in London.
“I want to feel fabulous and comfortable and sexy
and strong and beautiful. And if it’s making you
uncomfortable, don’t do it. It’s so sad if you need
to go home just because you need to sit down!
Moving forward, I’m prioritizing just feeling awesome.”
And with the world still revelling in her HeForShe
speech one year on, the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador must be feeling exactly that.
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“
I want to feel
fabulous and
comfortable and
sexy and strong
and beautiful. And
if it’s making you
uncomfortable,
don’t do it!
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ACTRESS,
TRAILBLAZER
AND FEARLESS
ICON: PLUS AN
EDUCATION
EMMA WATSON
F
FEMENISM
/’feme,nizem/
noun
the advocacy of women’s rights on the
grounds of political, social, and economic
equality to men.
IF YOU STAND FOR EQUALITY,
THEN YOU’RE A FEMINIST.
Watson was born in Paris, France, the daughter of
English lawyers Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson. Watson lived in Paris until the age of five. Her
parents separated when she was young; following
their divorce, Watson moved back to England to
live with her mother in Oxfordshire while spending weekends at her father’s house in London.
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EMMA WATSON
THE
ACTIVIST
AND HER CAMPAIGN
Watson was born in Paris, France, the daughter of English
lawyers Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson. Watson lived
in Paris until the age of five. Her parents separated when she
was young; following their divorce, Watson moved back to
England to live with her mother in Oxfordshire while spending weekends at her father’s house in London.
Watson has stated that she speaks some French, though “not
as well” as she used to. After moving to Oxford with her mother and brother, she attended the Dragon School in Oxford,
remaining there until 2003. From the age of six, she wanted
to become an actress. and trained at the Oxford branch of
Stagecoach Theatre Arts, a part-time theatre school where
she studied singing, dancing and acting.
#HEFORSHE
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LIFESTYLE
BRITAIN, Watson was born in Paris, France, the daughter of
EDUCATION, English lawyers Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Wat& ACTIVISM son. Watson lived in Paris until the age of five. Her
parents separated when she was young; following
their divorce, Watson moved back to England to
live with her mother in Oxfordshire while spending weekends at her father’s house in London.
Watson has stated that she speaks some French,
though “not as well” as she used to. After moving to Oxford with her mother and brother, she
attended the Dragon School in Oxford, remaining
there until 2003. From the age of six, she wanted
to become an actress. and trained at the Oxford
branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts, a part-time
theatre school where she studied singing, dance.
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Maintaining her commitment
to her education, Watson
enrolled as a freshman at
Brown University in Providence,
Rhode Island in the fall of 2009.
Watson claimed the American system allows students to
study many subjects at once.
Brown was also a place, Watson said,
where she could more easily blend in.
“I want to be normal,” she said. “I really
want anonymity.”
In March 2011 Watson announced that
she was deferring her schooling to work
on the Potter finale. In July 2011, Watson
announced plans to return to Brown for a
year to complete her degree after studying
at Oxford University in the fall. She graduated from Brown in 2014 with an English
degree. That same year, she was appointed a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador.
She continues to speak out for women’s
rights and equality.
Whatever Watson chooses to do in the
future, she has a head start on her peers,
having earned $15 million a piece from
just the two most recent Harry Potter
films. Watson starred in The Perks of Being
a Wallflower (2012), This Is The End (2013),
Noah (2014) -- a few of the many projects
that she’s taken on after the conclusion of
the Harry Potter series.
Though Watson’s been closely identified
with her Harry Potter character, as an
adolescent the young actress wanted to
be seen as more. In 2007 Emma Watson
starred in another film based on a children’s novel, Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield. The film was aired on BBC One, and
with Watson in the lead role, garnered decent, if not stellar, reviews.
In 2008, Watson branched out into animated work.
Though they spent their adolescence on
film sets, Watson and costars Radcliffe and
Grint kept up with their lessons, with five
hours of tutoring each day. She took high
school equivalency exams, and made high
scores in every subject. Watson took a year
off from school to film the final two Potter movies, but maintained that she was
committed to furthering her education.
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A look into the magical and brilliant life of Emma Watson--actress, model, activist, student, and most of all, influencer in an entertainment industry that cannot ignore her.
By Nathan Chanski