Emma Watson
Watson at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival excelentphoto/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Date of Birth: 15 April, 1990
Ethnicity: English, as well as 1/32 German, distant Welsh, remote Scottish
Emma Watson is an English actress, model, and activist. She is known for playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter world, as well as for her roles in the films The Tale of Despereaux, My Week with Marilyn, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Bling Ring, Noah (2014), Colonia, Regression, Beauty and the Beast, The Circle (2017), and Little Women (2019), and the BBC film Ballet Shoes. She has modeled for Burberry and Lancôme, promoted sustainable brand People Tree; and created Renais, a gin brand, with her brother Alex Watson. She has been a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, launched the UN campaign HeForShe, advocating for gender equality, and helped launch Time’s Up UK.
Emma was born in Paris, France, to English parents, Chris Watson and Jacqueline Luesby, both lawyers. Her father was born in Surrey South Western, Surrey, and her mother in Boston, Lincolnshire. She lived in Paris until the age of five, before moving to England, living in London and Oxfordshire. She can speak some French.
Emma has said that her father was born in Iran, where her paternal grandparents, who were English, spent some time; though his birth is registered in Surrey South Western.
One of Emma’s paternal great-great-great-grandfathers, Charles William Rudolph Duerre, was German, from Memel, Prussia. Charles was the son of Carl Gottlieb Dürre and Amalie Carolina Schroeder.
Emma’s paternal grandfather is Philip/Phillip James Watson (the son of Harry/Harold Kenneth Watson and Gwendoline Elsie Tiller). Philip was born in Brentford, Middlesex, England. Harry was the son of Thomas Watson and Ethel Louise Riley. Gwendoline was the daughter of James Tiller and Jennet/Janet Down, whose own mother was of Welsh origin.
Emma’s paternal grandmother is Freda E. Duerre (the daughter of Frederic E. Duerre and Susannah Martha Pannell). Freda was born in Lambeth, London, England. Frederic was the son of Ernest Frederick Duerre and Ellen Emma Soul. Susannah was the daughter of Albert Isaac Pannell and Susannah Sarah Hutchings.
Emma’s maternal grandfather is Colin Luesby (the son of Horace Luesby and Edith Speck). Colin was born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. Horace was the son of John Peake Luesby and Susan Ward. Edith was the daughter of Robert Speck and Fanny Smith.
Emma’s maternal grandmother is Greta M. Dickinson (the daughter of John George Dickinson and Winifred Jane Bonsor). Greta was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. John was the son of George Dickinson and Elizabeth Rebecca A. Walton. Winifred was the daughter of William Bonsor and Mary Jane Tanser.
Both of Emma’s maternal grandparents were from families that had lived in Lincolnshire for several generations.
Watson in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.comBirth
Sources: Family tree of Emma Watson – http://emmawatsonupdates.files.wordpress.com
Genealogy of Emma Watson (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
oh mty god, i didn’t know watson was a scottish name, well scottish, english and french is a hot debate what do you think???
i just think she’s sucha cutie and i remember how she was younger as a child on harry potter as hermione granger i just loved her <3 <3 <3
you had a pretty busy life moving from france at five years old and becoming an actress i also think she's very possitive and cool look at her interview on david letterman it's awesome!!!! i <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 her to DEATH!!!!! <3 <3
From what I always knew her mom is French, she was born in France and his dad is English.
Her mom is half French and half English. Her maternal grandmother is French. Her father is of English and Scottish heritage.
hi lily, do you have a link to that info?
Watson is a Scottish and English surname!
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Watson
This is the website i got the info from and i know a lot of Scottish people who have the surname Watson
She’s born and raised in france til she was 5 then moved to oxford(read that in wikipedia) so maybe her first language is both english and french, OR just french.
she can French at all just some words!! she speaks only English
who cares if she is a little bit france, shes mostly british, i mean her dad is complete british, her mum is half british, and english is emmas mother language, shes a english girl : )
She is English in the way people from South Louisiana or Quebec would be considered English
I have to disagree concerning using “british” as an ethnicity. To me that is the same as an a caucasian person calling him or herself “american”. That’s not defining ethnicity–that’s nationality. Ethnicity and nationality are not the same thing. I have to agree that it is true nationality–depending on the upbringing of the person in that particular country–can influence him or her to a degree they become close with and identify with the culture and call themselves “english british” making ethnicity and nationality go hand and hand.
if you dont know in the ancient times the nationality and ethnicity were the same thing thats why there is korea and japan and the asian countries