Emma Watson

Emma Watson is a British actress, model and activist.

Watson was born on April 15, 1990, in Paris, France, to British parents. At age five, she moved to Oxfordshire, England. At age nine, she was cast as Hermione Granger in the "Harry Potter" movie series. She graduated from Brown University in 2014 with a degree in English literature.

In July 2014, Watson was appointed as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and helped launch the UN Women campaign HeForShe. In December, the Ms. Foundation for Women named Watson its Feminist Celebrity of 2014. On February 19, 2019 Watson attended the first meeting of the G7 Advisory Committee For Equality Between Women and Men. In August 2019 Watson worked with Rights of Women charity to launch a sexual harassment legal advice hotline in the United Kingdom.

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