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Emerald Fennell

Emerald Fennell

Directing
Born: 1985-10-01
Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Biography

Emerald Lilly Fennell (born 1 October 1985) is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer. She has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Fennell first gained attention for her roles in period films, such as Albert Nobbs (2011),  Anna Karenina (2012), and The Danish Girl (2015). She gained prominence for her starring role in the BBC One drama series Call the Midwife (2013–2017) and for her portrayal of Camilla Parker-Bowles in the Netflix drama series The Crown (2019–2020), the latter of which garnered her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. As a writer-director, Fennell is known as the showrunner for season two of the BBC spy thriller series Killing Eve (2019), which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She 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. Fennell also wrote the book for Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cinderella (2021) and directed her second film, the psychological thriller Saltburn (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Emerald Fennell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.2

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

tv

The Crown
8.2

The Crown

2016

tv

Call the Midwife
7.5

Call the Midwife

2012

tv

Barbie
6.9

Barbie

2023

movie

Victoria
7.4

Victoria

2016

tv

The Oscars
7.0

The Oscars

1953

tv

The Danish Girl
7.5

The Danish Girl

2015

movie

Promising Young Woman
7.4

Promising Young Woman

2020

movie

Pan
6.0

Pan

2015

movie

Anna Karenina
6.7

Anna Karenina

2012

movie

Directors on Directors

Directors on Directors

2021

tv

Blandings
7.2

Blandings

2013

tv