Emerald Fennell
Born: 1985-10-01 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2026
- "Wuthering Heights" ... (Director)
2024
- Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out as Self
2021
- Directors on Directors as Self
2020
- Promising Young Woman as Woman in Makeup Tutorial (uncredited)
2019
- Vita & Virginia as Vanessa Bell
2018
- Killing Eve ... (Writer)
- Careful How You Go ... (Screenplay)
2016
- The Crown as Camilla Shand / Camilla Parker Bowles
- Victoria as Lady Lovelace
- The Darkest Universe as Jess
2015
- The Danish Girl as Elsa
- Pan as Commander
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2013
- Blandings as Monica Simmons
- Drifters as Lizzie
- Murder on the Home Front as Issy Quennell
- Chickens as Agnes
- The Lady Vanishes as Odette
- Murder on the Home Front as Issy Quennell
2012
- Call the Midwife as Patsy Mount
- Anna Karenina as Princess Merkalova
2011
- Albert Nobbs as Mrs. Smythe-Willard
2010
- Any Human Heart as Lottie
- Mr. Nice as Rachel
1953
- The Oscars as Self