Editing Emily Watson (section)

==Early life==
Watson was born 14 January 1967 in [[London]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Mike|title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 14, 2023 includes celebrities Dave Grohl, Carl Weathers|work=The Plain Dealer|date=January 14, 2023|accessdate=January 14, 2023|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-14-2023-includes-celebrities-dave-grohl-carl-weathers.html|archive-date=14 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114153548/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-14-2023-includes-celebrities-dave-grohl-carl-weathers.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Her father, Richard Watson, was an architect, and her mother, Katharine (''née'' Venables), was an English teacher at St David's Girls' School, [[West London (sub region)|West London]].<ref name="graun" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/21/emily-watson-my-family-values|title=Emily Watson - My family values|author=Elaine Lipworth|newspaper=the Guardian|date=21 February 2014|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620181106/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/21/emily-watson-my-family-values|url-status=live}}</ref> She has an older sister, Harriet.<ref name="Guardian2023">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/20/there-was-cruelty-and-unpleasantness-emily-watson-on-school-stardom-and-sex-scenes-in-her-50s|title='There was cruelty and unpleasantness': Emily Watson on school, stardom and sex scenes in her 50s|author=Ann Lee|newspaper=the Guardian|date=20 March 2023|access-date=3 May 2023|archive-date=2 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502212842/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/20/there-was-cruelty-and-unpleasantness-emily-watson-on-school-stardom-and-sex-scenes-in-her-50s|url-status=live}}</ref> Watson was brought up as an [[Anglican]].<ref name="Metroactive"/> She has described her childhood self as "a nice middle-class English girl ... I'd love to say I was a rebellious teenager, but I wasn't."<ref name="indie"/> She is a childhood friend of actress and writer [[Clara Salaman]], and starred in the screen adaptation of Salaman's novel ''[[Too Close (TV series)|Too Close]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Too Close' bonds close friends Emily Watson, Clara Salaman|url=https://apnews.com/article/emily-watson-europe-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-4906e5ba29cf752465f1d236d541b123|author=Mark Kennedy|date=May 20, 2021|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|accessdate=2021-05-28|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520210309/https://apnews.com/article/emily-watson-europe-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-4906e5ba29cf752465f1d236d541b123|url-status=live}}</ref>

Watson was educated at [[St James Independent Schools]] in west London which were founded by the [[School of Philosophy and Economic Science|School of Economic Science]].<ref name="loony"/> Whilst there, she witnessed "incidents of extreme cruelty" that were "very scarring for people going forward in their lives".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Potton|first=Ed|title=Emily Watson: 'I saw incidents of cruelty that have been very scarring'|newspaper=[[The Times]]|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/emily-watson-i-saw-incidents-of-cruelty-that-have-been-very-scarring-6nckv722m|access-date=2020-09-05|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=5 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905053804/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/emily-watson-i-saw-incidents-of-cruelty-that-have-been-very-scarring-6nckv722m|url-status=live}}</ref> She attended the [[University of Bristol]], where she obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] (1988, English).<ref name="graun"/> Watson subsequently trained at [[Drama Studio London]].<ref name="Guardian2023"/> In 2003 she received an honorary [[Master of Arts|MA]] from Bristol University.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/my-perfect-weekend/9089070/My-perfect-weekend-Emily-Watson.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/my-perfect-weekend/9089070/My-perfect-weekend-Emily-Watson.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Anna | last=Tyzack | title=My perfect weekend: Emily Watson | date=18 February 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Watson was a member of the [[School of Philosophy and Economic Science|School of Economic Science]] until 1996, when aged 29 she was expelled following her part in ''[[Breaking the Waves]]''. She describes the organisation as a "very repressive regime"<ref name=":0" /> and a "system where you were supposed to think a certain way and you weren't really allowed to think any other way". Breaking out of it, she says, was a "very powerful release" in her life.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Emily Watson on her new TV drama, Chernobyl|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/emily-watson-her-new-tv-drama-chernobyl-1418375|access-date=2020-11-22|website=www.scotsman.com|date=4 May 2019|language=en|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111215925/https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/emily-watson-her-new-tv-drama-chernobyl-1418375|url-status=live}}</ref>