Emerald Fennell

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.

Most Known For

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

The Crown

as Camilla Shand / Camilla Parker Bowles

Call the Midwife

as Patsy Mount

Call the Midwife

as Nurse Patsy Mount

Victoria

as Lady Lovelace

Barbie

as Midge

The Oscars

as Self

Promising Young Woman

as Woman in Makeup Tutorial (uncredited)

Directors on Directors

as Self

The Danish Girl

as Elsa

Anna Karenina

as Princess Merkalova

Pan

as Commander

Blandings

as Monica Simmons

Any Human Heart

as Lottie

Albert Nobbs

as Mrs. Smythe-Willard

Drifters

as Lizzie

Vita & Virginia

as Vanessa Bell

Chickens

as Agnes

Mr. Nice

as Rachel

The Lady Vanishes

as Odette