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Emerald Fennell
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Born October 1, 1985 (38 years)
Emerald Lilly Fennell (born October 1, 1985) is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer. She has received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Fennell first gained attention for her roles in period drama films, such as Albert Nobbs (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), The Danish Girl (2015), and Vita and Virginia (2018). She went on to receive wider recognition for her starring roles in the BBC One period drama series Call the Midwife (2013–17) and for her portrayal of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in the Netflix period drama series The Crown (2019–20).
As a writer-director, Fennell is known as the showrunner for season two of the BBC thriller series Killing Eve (2019), which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 2020, Fennell 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, becoming one of only seven women, and the first British woman, to be nominated for the latter.
As a writer-director, Fennell is known as the showrunner for season two of the BBC thriller series Killing Eve (2019), which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 2020, Fennell 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, becoming one of only seven women, and the first British woman, to be nominated for the latter.
Filmography
| 2023 | Barbie · as Midge |
| 2020 | Promising Young Woman · as Woman In Makeup Tutorial (uncredited) |
| 2018 | Vita & Virginia · as Vanessa Bell |
| 2017 | Call the Midwife: The Casebook · as Nurse Patsy Mount |
| 2016 | The Darkest Universe · as Jess |
| 2016 | The Crown (TV Series) · as Camilla Shand / Camilla Parker Bowles |
| 2016 | Victoria (TV Series) · as Lady Lovelace |
| 2015 | The Danish Girl · as Elsa |
| 2015 | Pan · as Commander |
| 2013 | Drifters (TV Series) · as Lizzie |
| 2013 | Murder on the Home Front · as Issy Quennell |
| 2013 | The Lady Vanishes · as Odette |
| 2013 | Blandings (TV Series) · as Monica Simmons |
| 2012 | Anna Karenina · as Princess Merkalova |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife (TV Series) · as Patsy Mount |
| 2011 | Albert Nobbs · as Mrs. Smythe-Willard |
| 2011 | Chickens (TV Series) · as Agnes |
| 2010 | Any Human Heart (TV Series) · as Lottie |
| 2010 | |
| 2007 | Comedy Showcase (TV Series) · as Agnes |
| 2003 | New Tricks (TV Series) · as Vicky The Receptionist |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution (TV Series) · as Sheena |