Editing Emma Watson (section)

==Early life and education==
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson<ref name=letterman>{{cite episode |title=Emma Watson |series=Late Show with David Letterman |series-link=Late Show with David Letterman |network=CBS |airdate=8 July 2009 |number=3145}}</ref> was born on 15 April 1990 in Paris, to English lawyers Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson.<ref name=walker>{{cite news |last=Walker |first=Tim |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/emma-watson-is-there-life-after-hermione-8190401.html |date=29 September 2012 |access-date=12 January 2008 |title=Emma Watson: Is there Life After Hermione? |work=The Independent |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930001033/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/emma-watson-is-there-life-after-hermione-8190401.html |archive-date=30 September 2012}}</ref><ref name=emmanewbio>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmawatson.com/en/Emma/About/ |title=Life & Emma |publisher=Emma Watson official website |access-date=16 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421082835/http://www.emmawatson.com/en/Emma/About/ |archive-date=21 April 2010}}</ref><ref name=gofbio>{{cite web |work=[[Adobe Flash]] |publisher=harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk |title=Warner Bros. Official site |url=http://harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk/gobletoffire/master/index.html |access-date=28 March 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060410152155/http://harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk/gobletoffire/master/index.html |archive-date=10 April 2006}}&nbsp;(click appropriate actor's image, click "Actor Bio")</ref><ref name=lifeafterpotter>{{cite news |last=Barlow |first=Helen |title=A life after Harry Potter |url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/film/a-life-after-harry-potter/2007/07/01/1183228944244.html |access-date=16 March 2006 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703203404/http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/a-life-after-harry-potter/2007/07/01/1183228944244.html |archive-date=3 July 2007}}</ref> Watson lived in [[Maisons-Laffitte]] near Paris until age five. Her parents divorced when she was five, and Watson moved to England to live with her mother in [[Oxfordshire]] while spending weekends at her father's house in London.<ref name=emmanewbio /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Emma Watson |url=https://nationaltoday.com/birthday/emma-watson/ |access-date=14 July 2024 |website=National Today |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=NYTgrad>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/t-magazine/emma-watson-the-graduate.html |work=The New York Times |first=Will |last=Self |title=Emma Watson, The Graduate |date=17 August 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126092538/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/t-magazine/emma-watson-the-graduate.html |archive-date=26 January 2017}}</ref> Watson has said she speaks some French, though "not as well" as she used to.<ref name=thehour>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehour.com/entertainment/entertainment_news/q-a-with-emma-watson/article_adfb48ea-a4f6-596a-8f81-79543bf42e5a.html |title=Q&A with Emma Watson – The Hour Publishing Company: Entertainment News |publisher=Thehour.com |date=18 December 2008 |access-date=26 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903210804/http://www.thehour.com/entertainment/entertainment_news/q-a-with-emma-watson/article_adfb48ea-a4f6-596a-8f81-79543bf42e5a.html |archive-date=3 September 2014}}</ref> After moving to [[Oxford]] with her mother and brother, she attended the [[Dragon School]], remaining there until 2003.<ref name=emmanewbio /> From age six, she wanted to become an actress,<ref name="d096">{{cite web | last=Sager | first=Jessica | title=Inside Emma Watson's Net Worth and How She Earned It | website=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]] | date=1 January 2022 | url=https://parade.com/1315964/jessicasager/emma-watson-net-worth/ | access-date=15 May 2025}}</ref> and trained at the Oxford branch of [[Stagecoach Theatre Arts]], a part-time theatre school where she studied singing, dancing, and acting.<ref name=float>{{cite news |last=Reece |first=Damian |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2740527/Harry-Potter-drama-school-to-float.html |title=Harry Potter drama school to float |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=4 November 2001 |access-date=8 March 2010 |location=UK |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016065733/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2740527/Harry-Potter-drama-school-to-float.html |archive-date=16 October 2010}}</ref>

By age ten, Watson had performed in Stagecoach productions and school plays including ''Arthur: The Young Years'' and ''The Happy Prince'',<ref name=emmaminibio>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmawatson.com/en/Screen/Filmography |title=Emma & Screen |first=Emma |last=Watson |access-date=16 April 2010 |publisher=Official Website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507004001/http://www.emmawatson.com/en/Screen/Filmography/ |archive-date=7 May 2010}}</ref> but she had never acted professionally prior to the ''Harry Potter'' series. After the Dragon School, Watson moved on to [[Headington School]], Oxford.<ref name=emmanewbio /> While on film sets, she and her castmates were tutored for up to five hours a day.<ref name=timescastinterview>{{cite news |first=Kate |last=Muir |title=Cast Interviews |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article423860.ece |access-date=12 January 2008 |work=The Times|location=UK |date=15 May 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211205341/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article423860.ece |archive-date=11 February 2007}}</ref> In June 2006, she took [[GCSE]] school examinations in ten subjects, achieving eight A* and two A grades. In May 2007, she took [[Advanced Subsidiary level|AS levels]] in English, Geography, Art, and History of Art. The following year, she dropped History of Art to pursue the three [[GCE Advanced Level|A levels]], receiving an A grade in each subject.<ref name=emmanewbio /><ref name=gcse>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/5280906.stm |title=Pupils 'sitting too many GCSEs' |publisher=BBC News |date=24 August 2006 |access-date=27 May 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618132828/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/5280906.stm |archive-date=18 June 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-08-17/a-level-results-of-the-stars-emma-watson-benedict-cumberbatch-matt-smith-jenna-coleman-and-the-doctor/ |title=A-Level results of the stars: Emma Watson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman – and the Doctor... |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=17 August 2017 |access-date=25 January 2019 |archive-date=14 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114090137/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-08-17/a-level-results-of-the-stars-emma-watson-benedict-cumberbatch-matt-smith-jenna-coleman-and-the-doctor/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Watson took a [[gap year]] after finishing secondary school,<ref name=Telegraph20080814>{{cite news |first=Graham |last=Tibbetts |title=A-levels: Harry Potter actress Emma Watson gets straight As |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/article2559694.ece |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205093953/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/article2559694.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 December 2012 |access-date=10 December 2008 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |date=14 August 2008}}</ref> to film ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Parts 1]]'' ''&'' ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2|2]]'' beginning in February 2009,<ref name=empireheyman /> but asserted that she intended to continue her studies<ref name=Times20081207>{{cite news |first=Camilla |last=Long |title=What next in life for Emma Watson |url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article5279807.ece |work=The Times|date=7 December 2008 |access-date=10 December 2008 |location=UK |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615193631/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article5279807.ece |archive-date=15 June 2011}}</ref> and later confirmed she had chosen [[Brown University]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]].<ref name=PJBrown>{{cite news |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/07/catching-up-with-emma-watson.html |access-date=15 July 2009 |date=14 July 2009 |title=Catching up with Emma Watson |work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |first=James |last=Ford |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716020527/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/07/catching-up-with-emma-watson.html |archive-date=16 July 2009}}</ref> In March 2011, after 18 months at the university, Watson announced she was deferring her course for "a semester or two",<ref name="emma-defer">{{cite web |url=http://www.emmawatson.com/en/Latest/Emma/Message-from-Emma/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308175421/http://www.emmawatson.com/en/Latest/Emma/Message-from-Emma/ |access-date=15 September 2013 |date=7 March 2011 |title=Message from Emma |publisher=Emma Watson Official |archive-date=8 March 2011}}</ref> though she attended [[Worcester College, Oxford]] during the 2011–12 academic year as part of the [[Visiting Student Programme]].<ref name=Worcester>{{cite web |title=Harry Potter Star Emma Watson begins her year at Oxford University! |work=Oxford Summer School from Oxford Royale Academy |url=http://www.oxford-royale.co.uk/articles/harry-potter-star-emma-watson-begins-her-year-at-oxford-university.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003063559/http://www.oxford-royale.co.uk/articles/harry-potter-star-emma-watson-begins-her-year-at-oxford-university.html |publisher=Oxford Royale Academy |archive-date=3 October 2012 |access-date=8 July 2013 |date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Visiting Student Programme |url=https://www.worc.ox.ac.uk/applying/visiting-student-programme |access-date=26 November 2019 |publisher=Worcester College, Oxford University |archive-date=10 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210080704/http://www.worc.ox.ac.uk/applying/visiting-student-programme |url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2014 interview on ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'', Watson said just before graduation that it took five years to finish her degree instead of four because, owing to her acting work, she "ended up taking two full semesters off".<ref name=Ellen>{{Cite episode |title=Interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmk6THwG5L0 |date=24 March 2014 |access-date=3 May 2014 |series=Ellen ''(video posted to official YouTube channel)'' |network=Syndicated |time=02:12–02:58 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502042206/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmk6THwG5L0 |archive-date=2 May 2014}}</ref> On 25 May 2014, she graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature.<ref name=grad>{{Cite news |location=''The Telegraph'' (UK) |title=Emma Watson Graduates from Brown University |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10855882/Emma-Watson-graduates-from-Brown-University.html |date=25 May 2014 |access-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526025720/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10855882/Emma-Watson-graduates-from-Brown-University.html |archive-date=26 May 2014}}</ref> In 2023, she began a course of [[Master of Studies]] in creative writing at the University of Oxford, where she matriculated at [[Lady Margaret Hall]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23808965.emma-watson-enrols-oxford-university-creative-writing-course |title=Emma Watson enrols on Oxford University creative writing course |last=Seaward |first=Tom |date=23 September 2023 |work=Oxford Mail |access-date=24 September 2023 |archive-date=24 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924140724/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23808965.emma-watson-enrols-oxford-university-creative-writing-course/ |url-status=live}}</ref>