About

Known credits:
30
Birthday:
1985-10-01
Place of birth:
Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Website:
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Emerald Fennell

Overview

Emerald Lilly Fennell (born October 1, 1985) is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer. She has received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Fennell first gained attention for her roles in period drama films, such as Albert Nobbs (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), The Danish Girl (2015), and Vita and Virginia (2018). She went on to receive wider recognition for her starring roles in the BBC One period drama series Call the Midwife (2013–17) and for her portrayal of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in the Netflix period drama series The Crown (2019–20).

As a writer-director, Fennell is known as the showrunner for season two of the BBC thriller series Killing Eve (2019), which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 2020, Fennell made her feature film directorial debut with the thriller Promising Young Woman (2020), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and received nominations for Best Picture, and Best Director, becoming one of only seven women, and the first British woman, to be nominated for the latter.

Known for

Acting
2024 Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out Actor Self N/A
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2023 Barbie Actor Midge 69
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2020 Promising Young Woman Actor Woman in Makeup Tutorial (uncredited) 72
Good
2019 Vita & Virginia Actor Vanessa Bell 61
Fair
2016 The Darkest Universe Actor Jess 59
Average
2015 The Danish Girl Actor Elsa 74
Good
2015 Pan Actor Commander 59
Average
2013 Chickens Actor Agnes 69
Fair
2013 Murder on the Home Front Actor Issy Quennell 59
Average
2013 Murder on the Home Front Actor Issy Quennell N/A
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2013 The Lady Vanishes Actor Odette 59
Average
2012 Anna Karenina Actor Princess Merkalova 65
Fair
2011 Albert Nobbs Actor Mrs. Smythe-Willard 60
Fair
2010 Any Human Heart Actor Lottie 69
Fair
2010 Mr. Nice Actor Rachel 59
Average
2010 Any Human Heart Actor Lottie 59
Average

Directing
2023 Saltburn Directing Director 67
Fair
2020 Promising Young Woman Directing Director 72
Good
2018 Careful How You Go Directing Director N/A
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Wuthering Heights Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2023 Saltburn Writing Writer 67
Fair
2020 Promising Young Woman Writing Writer 72
Good
2020 Cinderella Writing Book N/A
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2018 Careful How You Go Writing Screenplay N/A
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Wuthering Heights Writing Screenplay N/A
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Nemesis Writing Screenplay N/A
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Zatanna Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2023 Saltburn Production Producer 67
Fair
2020 Promising Young Woman Production Producer 72
Good
Wuthering Heights Production Producer N/A
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