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Emerald Fennell

Emerald Fennell

Directing1985Hammersmith, 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).

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Acting History

2023
Barbie
as Midge
Saltburn
Writer
Saltburn
Producer
Saltburn
Director
2021
Directors on Directors
TVas Self1 eps
The Oscars
TVas Self1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TVas Self1 eps
2020
Promising Young Woman
as Woman in Makeup Tutorial (uncredited)
2019
Vita & Virginia
as Vanessa Bell
The Crown
TVas Camilla Shand / Camilla Parker Bowles7 eps
Killing Eve
TVWriter6 eps
Killing Eve
TVExecutive Producer8 eps
2017
Victoria
TVas Lady Lovelace1 eps
2016
Drifters
TVas Lizzie1 eps
2015
Pan
as Commander
2013
Call the Midwife
TVas Nurse Patsy Mount1 eps
Blandings
TVas Monica Simmons1 eps
2012
Anna Karenina
as Princess Merkalova
2011
Albert Nobbs
as Mrs. Smythe-Willard
2010
Mr. Nice
as Rachel
Any Human Heart
TVas Lottie4 eps

Social Media

Personal Info

Known For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
10/1/1985(40 years old)
Place of Birth
Hammersmith, London, England, UK