Editing Emma Watson (section)

==Acting career==

=== 1999–2009: ''Harry Potter'' and worldwide recognition ===
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In 1999, casting began for ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', the film adaptation of British author [[J. K. Rowling]]'s best-selling [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|novel]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Markovitz |first=Adam |date=1 July 2011 |title=Harry Potter: Casting the spell |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/07/01/harry-potter-casting-spell/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626225231/https://ew.com/article/2011/07/01/harry-potter-casting-spell/ |archive-date=26 June 2022 |access-date=17 February 2025 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}</ref> Casting agents found Watson through her Oxford theatre teacher. She had acted in school plays, but had no film acting experience. Her first audition took place when she was nine years old.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<br><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QkJI123yI4c |title=Emma's auditioning experience |date=24 November 2023 |language=en |publisher=Harry Potter YouTube channel |access-date=22 August 2024 |via=YouTube |archive-date=22 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822041122/https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QkJI123yI4c |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="economictimes">{{Cite news |date=15 April 2023 |title=Emma Watson Birthday: 15 things to know about Hermione Granger from Harry Potter series |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/emma-watson-birthday-15-things-to-know-about-hermione-granger-from-harry-potter-series/articleshow/99513349.cms?from=mdr |access-date=22 August 2024 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389 |archive-date=22 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822041119/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/emma-watson-birthday-15-things-to-know-about-hermione-granger-from-harry-potter-series/articleshow/99513349.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Schwartz |first=Missy |date=17 December 2001 |title=Harry Potter's Hermione talks sequel and more |url=https://ew.com/article/2001/12/17/harry-potters-hermione-talks-sequel-and-more/ |access-date=22 August 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-date=15 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115154036/http://ew.com/article/2001/12/17/harry-potters-hermione-talks-sequel-and-more/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}} Although Watson had to audition a total of eight times before earning the role, Rowling supported her casting after her first [[screen test]].<ref name="economictimes" /> Prior to casting Watson, the producers considered [[Hatty Jones]] for the role.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Staff |date=22 July 2019 |title=This Little-Known Actress Very Nearly Played Hermione Granger Instead of Emma Watson |url=https://www.ohmymag.co.uk/entertainment/celebrities/this-little-known-actress-very-nearly-played-hermione-granger-instead-of-emma-watson_art4712.html |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Oh My Mag |archive-date=4 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204045144/https://www.ohmymag.co.uk/entertainment/celebrities/this-little-known-actress-very-nearly-played-hermione-granger-instead-of-emma-watson_art4712.html |url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Emma Watson GoF Premiere 2.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Watson at the premiere of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' in November 2005]]

The release of ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' in 2001 was Watson's debut screen performance. The film broke records for opening-day sales and opening-weekend takings and was the highest-grossing film of 2001.<ref name="shatter">{{cite news |title=Harry Potter magically shatters records |url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/Box_Office_Analysis_Harry_Potter_breaks_records/1097810 |access-date=21 September 2007 |date=18 November 2001 |work=Hollywood.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002035720/http://www.hollywood.com/news/Box_Office_Analysis_Harry_Potter_breaks_records/1097810 |archive-date=2 October 2007}}</ref><ref name="2001gross">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2001&p=.htm |title=2001 Worldwide Grosses |access-date=29 May 2007 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410133146/http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2001&p=.htm |archive-date=10 April 2007}}</ref> Critics singled out Watson for particular acclaim; ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' called her performance "admirable",<ref name="admirable">{{cite news |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |title=Magic is the only word for it |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1361526/Magic-is-the-only-word-for-it.html |access-date=23 September 2007 |date=4 November 2007 |first=John |last=Hiscock |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601223319/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1361526/Magic-is-the-only-word-for-it.html |archive-date=1 June 2008}}</ref> and ''[[IGN]]'' said she "stole the show".<ref name="stole">{{cite news |title=Review of ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' |work=IGN |first=Brian |last=Linder |date=17 November 2001 |url=http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/316/316273p1.html |access-date=23 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229044646/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/316/316273p1.html |archive-date=29 December 2007}}</ref> Watson was nominated for five awards for her performance in ''Philosopher's Stone'', winning the [[Young Artist Award]] for Leading Young Actress.<ref name="YAA">{{cite web |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms23A.htm |title=2002 nominations and winners |access-date=13 September 2007 |publisher=Young Artist's Awards |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903210759/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms23A.htm |archive-date=3 September 2014}}</ref> She was chosen as one of [[Entertainment Weekly]]'s Breakout Performers of 2001.<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |last=Schwartz |first=Missy |date=17 December 2001 |title=''Harry Potter'''s Hermione talks sequel and more |url=https://ew.com/article/2001/12/17/harry-potters-hermione-talks-sequel-and-more/ |access-date=22 August 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-date=15 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115154036/http://ew.com/article/2001/12/17/harry-potters-hermione-talks-sequel-and-more/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

A year later, Watson reprised her role as Hermione in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', the second installment of the series. Reviewers praised the lead actors' performances. The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' said Watson and her co-stars had matured between films,<ref name="LATCoS">{{cite news |title=Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-turan15nov15,0,1767241.story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228225730/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-turan15nov15%2C0%2C1767241.story |archive-date=28 December 2005 |access-date=22 September 2007 |date=15 November 2002 |author=Kenneth Turan |work=Los Angeles Times |url-status=dead}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' criticised director [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]] for "under-employing" Watson's hugely popular character.<ref name="underuse">{{cite news |title=Film of the week |first=Barbara |last=Ellen |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article828645.ece |access-date=23 September 2007 |date=14 November 2002 |work=The Times|location=UK |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517074505/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article828645.ece |archive-date=17 May 2011}}</ref> Watson received an Otto Award from the German magazine ''[[Bravo (magazine)|Bravo]]'' for her performance.<ref name="bravo-archiv-2003">{{cite web |url=http://www.bravo-archiv.de/auswahl.php?link=ottosieger2003.php |title=Bravo Otto&nbsp;– Sieger 2003 |access-date=22 September 2007 |language=de |work=Bravo magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011095017/http://bravo-archiv.de/auswahl.php?link=ottosieger2003.php |archive-date=11 October 2007}}</ref>

In 2004, ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' was released. Watson was appreciative of the more assertive role Hermione played, calling her "charismatic" and "a fantastic role to play".<ref name="radcliffegrintwatson">{{cite web |first=Jonathon |last=Trout |date=1 June 2004 |title=Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/06/01/daniel_radcliffe_emma_watson_rupert_grint_azkaban_interview.shtml |access-date=3 August 2007 |publisher=BBC |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718145239/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/06/01/daniel_radcliffe_emma_watson_rupert_grint_azkaban_interview.shtml |archive-date=18 July 2007}}</ref> Critics lauded Watson's performance; [[A. O. Scott]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarked: "Luckily Mr. Radcliffe's blandness is offset by Ms. Watson's spiky impatience. Harry may show off his expanding wizardly skills ... but Hermione ... earns the loudest applause with a decidedly unmagical punch to [[Draco Malfoy]]'s deserving nose."<ref name="NYTPoA">{{cite news |title=Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Film review |work=The New York Times |author=A. O. Scott |date=3 June 2004 |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?&res=980DE2D81431F930A35755C0A9629C8B63&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin |access-date=23 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218233842/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?&res=980DE2D81431F930A35755C0A9629C8B63&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin |archive-date=18 February 2012}}</ref> Although ''Prisoner of Azkaban'' proved to be the lowest-grossing ''Harry Potter'' film in the entire series, Watson's performance won her two Otto Awards and the Child Performance of the Year award from ''[[Total Film]]''.<ref name="otto1">{{cite news |url=http://www.danradcliffe.com/news/fullnews.php?id=630 |access-date=13 September 2007 |title=Dan Wins Another Otto Award |publisher=DanRadcliffe.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011083639/http://danradcliffe.com/news/fullnews.php?id=630 |archive-date=11 October 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="otto2">{{cite press release |publisher=Presseportal.com |url=http://www.presseportal.de/story_rss.htx?nr=819426 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011091949/http://presseportal.de/story_rss.htx?nr=819426 |archive-date=11 October 2007 |access-date=13 September 2007 |title=Bravo Otto Awards 2005 |language=de}}</ref>

With ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' (2005), both Watson and the ''Harry Potter'' film series reached new milestones. The film set records for a ''Harry Potter'' opening weekend and opening weekend in the UK. Critics praised the increasing maturity of Watson and her teenage co-stars; ''The New York Times'' called her performance "touchingly earnest",<ref name=NYTGoF>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/17/movies/the-young-wizard-puts-away-childish-things.html |access-date=24 September 2007 |title=The Young Wizard puts away childish things |first=Manohla |last=Dargis |date=17 November 2005 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=29 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529184457/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/17/movies/the-young-wizard-puts-away-childish-things.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Peter Bradshaw]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote that "Watson's gutsy, confident performance nicely shows that inside and outside the world of magic there is a growing discrepancy between a teenage girl's status and her accelerating emotional and intellectual development."<ref>{{cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/nov/18/harrypotter |title=Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |work=The Guardian |date=18 November 2005 |access-date=23 September 2007 |archive-date=20 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920041140/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/nov/18/harrypotter |url-status=live}}</ref> For Watson, much of the film's humour sprang from the tension among the three lead characters as they matured. She said, "I loved all the arguing. ... I think it's much more realistic that they would argue and that there would be problems."<ref name=igngoblet>{{cite web |title=Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/667/667146p1.html |date=15 November 2005 |access-date=3 August 2007 |website=IGN |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107051958/http://movies.ign.com/articles/667/667146p1.html |archive-date=7 November 2007}}</ref> Nominated for three awards for ''Goblet of Fire'', Watson won a bronze [[Bravo Otto|Otto Award]].<ref name=bfc2>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfca.org/individual_movie.asp?id=1769 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071229055819/http://www.bfca.org/individual_movie.asp?id=1769 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 December 2007 |title=Goblet of Fire awards |publisher=Broadcast Film Critics Association |access-date=13 September 2007}}</ref><ref name=mtv1>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1529112/story.jhtml |title=Alba, Carell, 'Crashers,' 'Virgin' Big Nominees For MTV Movie Awards |date=24 April 2006 |access-date=22 September 2007 |last=Carroll |first=Larry |publisher=MTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219091809/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1529112/story.jhtml |archive-date=19 December 2007}}</ref> Watson almost quit the franchise after ''Goblet of Fire'', saying, "I think I was scared. I don’t know if you ever felt like it got to a tipping point where you were like, 'this is kind of forever now.'"<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 December 2021 |title=Emma Watson Wanted To Quit 'Harry Potter', Here's Why She Stayed. |url=https://www.elle.com.au/culture/celebrity/emma-watson-almost-quit-harry-potter-26438/ |access-date=2 April 2024 |website=ELLE |archive-date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402142922/https://www.elle.com.au/culture/celebrity/emma-watson-almost-quit-harry-potter-26438/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2006, Watson played Hermione in ''[[The Queen's Handbag]]'', a special mini-episode of ''Harry Potter'' in celebration of Queen [[Elizabeth II]]'s 80th birthday.<ref name=handbag>{{cite news |title=New Harry Potter scene for queen |date=12 June 2006 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5072118.stm |access-date=6 August 2007 |publisher=BBC News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921024306/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5072118.stm |archive-date=21 September 2007}}</ref> The fifth film in the ''Harry Potter'' series, ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', was released in 2007. A huge financial success, the film set a record worldwide opening-weekend gross of $332.7&nbsp;million.<ref name=mojoOotP>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/worldwideopenings.htm |title=All Time worldwide opening records |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=25 September 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623165250/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/worldwideopenings.htm |archive-date=23 June 2011}}</ref> Watson won the inaugural [[National Movie Award]] for Best Female Performance.<ref name=NFA>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7019374.stm |title=Potter wins film awards hat-trick |access-date=29 September 2007 |date=28 September 2007 |last=Pryor |first=Fiona |publisher=BBC News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016123337/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7019374.stm |archive-date=16 October 2007}}</ref> As the fame of the actress and the series continued to rise, Watson and her ''Harry Potter'' co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint left imprints of their hands, feet and wands in front of [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in Hollywood on 9 July 2007.<ref name=grauman>{{cite news |title=Stardom fades, but cement lives on |work=Toronto Star |date=11 January 2008 |access-date=22 January 2008 |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/293005 |first=Peter |last=Howell |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521154939/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/293005 |archive-date=21 May 2008}}</ref> That month, Watson's work on the ''Harry Potter'' series was said to have earned her more than £10&nbsp;million, and she acknowledged she would never have to work for money again.<ref name="money">{{cite news |last=Peck |first=Sally |title=Harry Potter's Sidekick 'Rich Enough To Retire' |work=[[Telegraph Media Group|The Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1557009/Harry-Potters-sidekick-rich-enough-to-retire.html |date=10 July 2007 |access-date=25 February 2014 |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331000934/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1557009/Harry-Potters-sidekick-rich-enough-to-retire.html |archive-date=31 March 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson & Rupert Grint colour.jpg|thumb|left|Watson with co-stars [[Daniel Radcliffe]] (''left'') and [[Rupert Grint]] (''right'') at the premiere of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]'' in July 2011|alt=Watson with Daniel Radcliffe (left) and Rupert Grint at the London premiere of Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in July 2011|205x205px]]

Prior to the release of ''Order of the Phoenix'', the future of the ''Harry Potter'' series was in jeopardy, as all three lead actors were hesitant to sign on to continue their roles for the final installments.<ref name="mtv-radcliffe">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1553722/20070302/story.jhtml |title=Harry Potter Will Be Played By Daniel Radcliffe in Final Two Flicks |date=2 March 2007 |publisher=MTV |access-date=18 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510132047/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1553722/20070302/story.jhtml |archive-date=10 May 2009}}</ref> Watson was considerably more ambivalent than her co-stars during renegotiations.<ref name="NWWatson">{{cite news |work=Newsweek |title=Will Harry Potter lose one of its stars? |date=2 October 2006 |access-date=25 September 2007 |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14966267/site/newsweek/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005101208/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14966267/site/newsweek/ |archive-date=5 October 2006}}</ref> She explained that the decision was significant, as the films represented a further four-year commitment to the role, but eventually conceded that she "could never let [the role of] Hermione go",<ref name="Hermback">{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,21447024-5005368,00.html |access-date=12 April 2009 |date=25 March 2007 |title=Hermione is back |publisher=news.com.au |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511061909/http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0%2C21598%2C21447024-5005368%2C00.html |archive-date=11 May 2009}}</ref> signing for the role on 23 March 2007.<ref name="NYTlast2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/24/arts/24arts.html |title=Gang's all here |work=The New York Times |date=24 March 2007 |access-date=12 April 2009 |first=Peter |last=Edidin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903210838/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/24/arts/24arts.html |archive-date=3 September 2014}}</ref>

Watson's first non-''Potter'' role was the 2007 BBC film ''[[Ballet Shoes (film)|Ballet Shoes]]'', a [[television adaptation]] of the [[Ballet Shoes (novel)|1936 novel of the same name]] by [[Noel Streatfeild]].<ref name="BShoes1">{{cite news |title=Dancing towards their dreams |first=Matt |last=Warman |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/12/21/nosplit/bvtvballet21.xml |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |date=21 December 2007 |access-date=12 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124132754/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2007%2F12%2F21%2Fnosplit%2Fbvtvballet21.xml |archive-date=24 January 2008}}</ref><ref name="BShoes2">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/12/26/baheidi126.xml |access-date=1 January 2008 |title=''Ballet Shoes'' saw me through |first=Adriaane |last=Pielou |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |date=26 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080523051114/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2007%2F12%2F26%2Fbaheidi126.xml |archive-date=23 May 2008}}</ref> The film's director, [[Sandra Goldbacher]], commented that Watson was "perfect" for the starring role of aspiring actress Pauline Fossil: "She has a piercing, delicate aura that makes you want to gaze and gaze at her."<ref name="BalletShoesBBC">{{cite press release |title=A Christmas treat for all the family |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk52/feature_balletshoes.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130080712/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk52/feature_balletshoes.shtml |archive-date=30 November 2007 |access-date=1 January 2008 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> ''Ballet Shoes'' was broadcast in the UK on [[Boxing Day]] to 5.7&nbsp;million viewers, to mixed reviews.<ref name="BShoesBBC">{{cite press release |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk52/trans_bbc1.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209071634/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk52/trans_bbc1.shtml |archive-date=9 December 2007 |access-date=1 January 2008 |publisher=BBC |title=BBC One Transmission Details, weeks 52/1}}</ref><ref name="BShoesGuardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/dec/27/tvratings.television |access-date=1 January 2008 |date=27 December 2007 |title=Viewers sold on Old Curiosity Shop |first=Chris |last=Tryhorn |work=The Guardian |location=UK |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821030911/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/dec/27/tvratings.television |archive-date=21 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="BShoesTT">{{cite news |title=Last Night's TV |first=Tim |last=Teeman |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article3097342.ece |access-date=1 January 2008 |date=27 December 2007 |work=The Times|location=UK |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517074523/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article3097342.ece |archive-date=17 May 2011}}</ref> The following year, she voiced the character Princess Pea in the [[animation]] ''[[The Tale of Despereaux (film)|The Tale of Despereaux]]'', a children's comedy, based on [[The Tale of Despereaux|the 2003 novel of the same name]], by [[Kate DiCamillo]], starring [[Matthew Broderick]], with ''Harry Potter'' co-star [[Robbie Coltrane]] also starring in the film.<ref name="emmafilmography">{{cite web |url=http://www.emmawatson.com/en/Screen/Filmography/Filmography-Continued/ |first=Emma |last=Watson |title=Filmography |access-date=16 April 2010 |publisher=Official website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510071258/http://www.emmawatson.com/en/Screen/Filmography/Filmography-Continued/ |archive-date=10 May 2010}}</ref> ''The Tale of Despereaux'' was released in December 2008 and grossed $87&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref name="mojodespereaux">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=taleofdespereaux.htm |title=The Tale of Despereaux |access-date=16 April 2010 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205113606/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=taleofdespereaux.htm |archive-date=5 February 2010}}</ref>

[[Principal photography]] for the sixth ''Harry Potter'' film began in late 2007, with Watson's part being filmed from 18 December to 17 May 2008.<ref name=HBPfilming1>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmawatsonofficial.com/#news/show/220 |access-date=12 April 2009 |title=Ballet Shoes interviews |publisher=Emma Watson's official website news |first=Emma |last=Watson |date=28 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414192235/http://www.emmawatsonofficial.com/ |archive-date=14 April 2009}}</ref><ref name=HBPfilming2>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmawatsonofficial.com/#news/show/330 |access-date=12 April 2009 |title=Ballet Shoes interviews |publisher=Emma Watson's official website news |first=Emma |last=Watson |date=22 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414192235/http://www.emmawatsonofficial.com/ |archive-date=14 April 2009}}</ref> ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' premiered on 15 July 2009,<ref name=HBPopen>{{cite web |title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Global Release Dates |url=http://harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk/releasedates/ |publisher=Warner Bros. Pictures |access-date=14 August 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816070521/http://harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk/releasedates/ |archive-date=16 August 2010}}</ref> having been delayed from November 2008.<ref name=HBPdelay>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7562557.stm |access-date=28 July 2009 |title=Potter film release date delayed |publisher=BBC News |date=15 August 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218073005/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7562557.stm |archive-date=18 February 2009}}</ref> With the lead actors in their late teens, critics were increasingly willing to review them on the same level as the rest of the franchise's all-star cast, which the ''Los Angeles Times'' described as "a comprehensive guide to contemporary UK acting".<ref name=comprehensive>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/reviews/movies/la-et-potter14-2009jul14,0,1421215.story |access-date=28 July 2009 |date=14 July 2009 |first=Kenneth |last=Turan |work=Los Angeles Times |title=Review: 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718004039/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/reviews/movies/la-et-potter14-2009jul14%2C0%2C1421215.story |archive-date=18 July 2009}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' felt Watson had given "[her] most charming performance to date",<ref name=WPcharming>{{cite news |last=Kois |first=Dan |newspaper=The Washington Post|title=Critic Review for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |date=14 July 2009 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince,1145253/critic-review.html#reviewNum1 |access-date=28 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216203313/http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince%2C1145253/critic-review.html |archive-date=16 February 2011}}</ref> while ''The Daily Telegraph'' described the lead actors as "newly liberated and energised, eager to give all they have to what's left of the series".<ref name=DTenergised>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/harry-potter/5841004/Harry-Potter-and-the-Half-Blood-Prince-review.html |title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, review |first=Sukhdev |last=Sandhu |date=16 July 2009 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202115756/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/harry-potter/5841004/Harry-Potter-and-the-Half-Blood-Prince-review.html |archive-date=2 December 2014}}</ref>

Watson's filming for the final installment, ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'', began on 18 February 2009<ref name=DHfilming>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmawatsonofficial.com/#news/show/376 |access-date=12 April 2009 |title=Filming begins |publisher=Emma Watson's official website news |first=Emma |last=Watson |date=17 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414192235/http://www.emmawatsonofficial.com/ |archive-date=14 April 2009}}</ref> and ended on 12 June 2010.<ref name=DHfilmend>{{cite web |first=Alison |last=Schwartz |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20393867,00.html |title=Daniel Radcliffe Calls Wrapping Up Harry Potter Devastating |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=14 June 2010 |access-date=9 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208021622/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20393867%2C00.html |archive-date=8 February 2011}}</ref> For financial and scripting reasons, the original book was divided into two films which were shot consecutively.<ref name=times>{{cite news |title=Longer spell at box office for Harry Potter |date=14 March 2008 |author=Jack Malvern |work=The Times|location=UK}}</ref><ref name=empireheyman>{{cite news |url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22200 |title=Potter Producer Talks Deathly Hallows |access-date=14 March 2008 |date=14 March 2008 |author=Olly Richards |work=Empire |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710192807/http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22200 |archive-date=10 July 2011}}</ref> ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' was released in November 2010 while the second film was released in July 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110713/REVIEWS/110719994 |title=Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 |first=Roger |last=Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=13 July 2011 |access-date=15 November 2018 |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |archive-date=13 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013012136/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20110713%2FREVIEWS%2F110719994 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' became a commercial and critical success. The [[List of highest-grossing films|highest-grossing film]] in the franchise, it grossed more than $1.3 billion worldwide and proved to be Watson's most commercially successful film to date.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1201607/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=25 May 2020 |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622021035/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1201607/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2010–2016: Independent films and mainstream work ===

Watson appeared in a music video for [[One Night Only (band)|One Night Only]], after meeting lead singer [[George Craig (musician)|George Craig]] at the 2010 Winter/Summer Burberry advertising campaign. The video, "[[Say You Don't Want It]]", was screened on [[Channel 4]] on 26 June 2010 and released on 16 August.<ref name=SYDWI>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmawatson.com/en/Latest/Emma/One-Night-Only-Say-You-Dont-Want-It-Single/ |title=Say You Don't Want It |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818155143/http://www.emmawatson.com/en/Latest/Emma/One-Night-Only-Say-You-Dont-Want-It-Single/ |archive-date=18 August 2010}}</ref> In her first post-''Harry Potter'' film, Watson appeared in ''[[My Week with Marilyn]]'' (2011) as Lucy, a wardrobe assistant who briefly dates protagonist Colin Clark, portrayed by [[Eddie Redmayne]].<ref name=MWwM1>{{cite web |url=http://emma-watson.net/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1286571816&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1& |title=Emma in My Week With Marilyn |date=8 October 2010 |publisher=emma-watson.net |access-date=3 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028055758/http://emma-watson.net/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1286571816&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1& |archive-date=28 October 2010}}</ref><ref name=MWwM2>{{cite web |url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEMHhodgThnZQM |title=Emma Watson Joins My Week with Marilyn |work=MovieWeb |date=24 September 2010 |publisher=movieweb.net |access-date=23 December 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929175732/http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEMHhodgThnZQM |archive-date=29 September 2010}}</ref>
[[File:Emma Watson 2, 2013.jpg|thumb|266x266px|Watson attending the 2013 [[Cannes Film Festival]] ]]
In May 2010, Watson was reported to be in talks to star in [[Stephen Chbosky]]'s ''[[The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film)|The Perks of Being a Wallflower]],''<ref name=VarietyPBW>{{cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |title=Watson, Lerman in talks for 'Perks' |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/markets-festivals/watson-lerman-in-talks-for-perks-1118019620/ |work=Variety |access-date=16 July 2010 |date=19 May 2010}}</ref> based on the [[The Perks of Being a Wallflower|1999 novel of the same name]]. Filming began in summer of 2011, and the film was released in September 2012.<ref>{{cite news |author=Mark Olsen |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1 November 2012 |title='The Perks of Being a Wallflower' steadily blossoms |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-1101-perks-wallflower20121101,0,5415057.story |access-date=17 April 2020 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108022014/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-1101-perks-wallflower20121101,0,5415057.story |url-status=live}}</ref> Watson starred opposite [[Logan Lerman]] as Sam, a high school senior who befriends a fellow student called Charlie (Lerman), and helps him through his [[freshman]] year. The film opened to favourable reviews; David Sexton of the ''[[Evening Standard]]'' opined that Watson's performance was "plausible and touching",<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Perks of Being a Wallflower – review |url=http://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/film/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-review-8199092.html |last=Sexton |first=David |date=5 October 2012 |website=Evening Standard|location=London |access-date=25 May 2020 |archive-date=29 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529002558/https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/film/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-review-8199092.html |url-status=live}}</ref> while ''[[The Atlantic]]'' reviewer thought that Watson "sheds the memory of a decade playing Hermione in the ''Harry Potter'' series with an about-face as a flirtatious but insecure free spirit.<ref>{{cite web |last=Buckwalter |first=Ian |title=How 'Perks of Being a Wallflower' Breaks an Old Filmmaking Curse |date=21 September 2012 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/09/how-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-breaks-an-old-filmmaking-curse/262671/ |work=[[The Atlantic]] |access-date=7 December 2012 |archive-date=26 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126023159/http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/09/how-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-breaks-an-old-filmmaking-curse/262671/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Watson joined the cast of the satirical crime film ''[[The Bling Ring]]'' on 29 February 2012,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emma-watson-sofia-coppola-bling-ring-harry-potter-somewhere-296019 |title=Sofia Coppola Recruits Emma Watson for 'The Bling Ring' |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |first=Borys |last=Kit |date=29 February 2012 |access-date=2 March 2012 |archive-date=28 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228142918/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emma-watson-sofia-coppola-bling-ring-harry-potter-somewhere-296019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Sofia Coppola]]-directed film is based on the real-life [[Bling Ring]] robberies, with Watson playing a fictionalised version of [[Alexis Neiers]], a television personality who was one of seven teenagers involved in the robberies. The film was released in 2013. While the film mostly received mixed reviews, critics gave almost unanimous praise for Watson's performance. Adam White of ''[[The Independent]]'' later stated that "She prove[d] remarkable.... Watson oozes casual disdain. Her sticky American vocal fry is clipped and monotone, as if she's swallowed a Kardashian for breakfast."<ref name="Independent" /> Watson also had a supporting role in the apocalyptic comedy ''[[This Is the End]]'' (2013), in which she, [[Seth Rogen]], [[James Franco]] and many others played "exaggerated versions of themselves"<ref name=TItE1>{{cite news |last=Puig |first=Claudia |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/06/11/this-is-the-end-review/2367017/ |title=This Is the End – and It's Hilarious |work=USA Today |date=11 June 2013 |access-date=18 November 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005112534/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/06/11/this-is-the-end-review/2367017/ |archive-date=5 October 2015}}</ref> and Watson memorably dropped the "[[Fuck#F-bomb|f-bomb]]".<ref name=TItE2>{{cite news |last=Lombardi |first=Ken |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/this-is-the-end-emma-watson-takes-on-the-boys-in-new-red-band-tv-spot/ |title=''This Is the End'': Emma Watson Takes on the Boys in a New Red-Band TV Spot |publisher=CBS News |date=29 May 2013 |access-date=18 November 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129045153/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/this-is-the-end-emma-watson-takes-on-the-boys-in-new-red-band-tv-spot/ |archive-date=29 November 2014}}</ref> She said she could not pass up the opportunity to make her first comedy and "work with some of the best comedians [...] in the world right now".<ref name=TItE3>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zgk8B6BayE&t=2m57s |title=Inside Look: ''This Is the End'' with Seth Rogen and Emma Watson |via=YouTube ([[Movieline]] official) |at=2:57–3:14 |date=11 June 2013 |access-date=18 November 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206115052/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zgk8B6BayE&t=2m57s |archive-date=6 December 2015}}</ref>

In June 2012, Watson was confirmed for the role as Ila, [[Wives aboard Noah's Ark|Shem's wife]], in [[Darren Aronofsky]]'s ''[[Noah (2014 film)|Noah]]'', which began filming the following month, and was released in March 2014.<ref name=indiewire>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/emma-watson-gets-biblical-with-darren-aronofskys-noah-20120607 |title=Emma Watson Gets Biblical With Darren Aronofsky's 'Noah' |date=7 June 2012 |publisher=indiewire.com |access-date=24 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616004656/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/emma-watson-gets-biblical-with-darren-aronofskys-noah-20120607 |archive-date=16 June 2012}}</ref> Watson referred to the role as "physically very demanding" given the usage of [[special effect]]s and did extensive research on [[childbirth]] to effectively portray a scene in the film.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelsey |first1=Eric |title=Style Emma Watson on how 'Harry Potter' prepped her for 'Noah' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/emma-watson-on-how-harry-potter-prepped-her-for-noah/2014/03/27/ce750dce-b4eb-11e3-8cb6-284052554d74_story.html |access-date=28 December 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=29 March 2014 |archive-date=31 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331111104/http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/emma-watson-on-how-harry-potter-prepped-her-for-noah/2014/03/27/ce750dce-b4eb-11e3-8cb6-284052554d74_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The film, a box office success, received mixed reviews for its direction and casting; ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' wrote that "Watson anchors the film's rawest emotional scenes.... Sitting on an Icelandic beach with [[Russell Crowe]], her hair wild and eyes burning, Watson is quiet but ferocious."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Emma Watson Leaves Hermione Behind With Her Mammoth Noah Performance |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/03/emma-watson-noah |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=28 March 2014 |access-date=28 December 2020 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112035734/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/03/emma-watson-noah |url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2013, it was reported that Watson was in negotiations to star as the title character in [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s [[Cinderella (2015 Disney film)|live-action Disney adaptation]] of ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kroll |first=Justin |title=Cinderella's Glass Slipper Doesn't Fit Emma Watson |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/emma-watson-trying-on-glass-slipper-for-disneys-cinderella-exclusive-821290/ |work=Variety |access-date=28 February 2013 |date=20 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304031708/http://variety.com/2013/film/news/emma-watson-trying-on-glass-slipper-for-disneys-cinderella-exclusive-821290/ |archive-date=4 March 2013}}</ref> Watson was offered the role, but turned it down because she did not connect with the character.<ref name=TFCinderella>{{cite news |last=Graser |first=Marc |title=Cinderella's Glass Slipper Doesn't Fit Emma Watson |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/cinderellas-glass-slipper-didnt-fit-emma-watson-1200007282/ |work=Variety |access-date=12 March 2013 |date=29 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314202726/http://variety.com/2013/film/news/cinderellas-glass-slipper-didnt-fit-emma-watson-1200007282/ |archive-date=14 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=GugLiemli |first=Jodi |title=Beauty and the Beast's Emma Watson Reveals She Was Once Offered the Part of Cinderella for 2015 Live-Action Film |url=http://people.com/movies/emma-watson-cinderella-live-action-beauty-and-the-beast/ |work=People |access-date=20 February 2017 |date=18 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220180240/http://people.com/movies/emma-watson-cinderella-live-action-beauty-and-the-beast/ |archive-date=20 February 2017}}</ref> The role ultimately went to [[Lily James]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Alexandra |last=Cheney |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/04/30/downton-abbey-star-is-new-cinderella/ |title='Downton Abbey' Star Is New Cinderella |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=30 April 2013 |access-date=17 August 2017 |archive-date=2 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502233929/https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/04/30/downton-abbey-star-is-new-cinderella/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Watson performed the background vocals in the second chorus of the song "Pantomime" by singer Ben Hammersley, alongside [[Ólafur Arnalds]]. The song was released on 20 January 2014.<ref>{{Citation |title=Ben Hammersley – Pantomime (feat. Emma Watson & Ólafur Arnalds) with Lyrics |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTmpPYlWssQ |access-date=30 August 2023 |archive-date=30 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830195536/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTmpPYlWssQ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Watson joined [[Judi Dench]], [[Robert Downey Jr.]], [[Mike Leigh]], [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]], and [[Mark Ruffalo]] as recipients of the 2014 [[Britannia Awards]], presented on 30 October in Los Angeles. Watson was awarded British Artist of the Year and she dedicated the prize to Millie, her pet hamster who died as Watson was filming ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''.<ref name=2014Britannia>{{cite news |last=King |first=Susan |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-judi-dench-tattoo-emma-watson-hamster-20141031-story.html |title=At BAFTA Event, Emma Watson Dedicates Award to Her Long Dead Hamster |work=Los Angeles Times |date=31 October 2014 |access-date=31 October 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031180233/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-judi-dench-tattoo-emma-watson-hamster-20141031-story.html |archive-date=31 October 2014}}</ref> Watson starred in two 2015 releases, the thrillers ''[[Colonia Dignidad (film)|Colonia]]'', opposite [[Daniel Brühl]] and [[Michael Nyqvist]];<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/emma-watson-daniel-bruhl-to-star-in-thriller-colonia-1201316157/ |title=Emma Watson, Daniel Bruhl to Star in Thriller 'Colonia' |access-date=11 January 2015 |work=Variety |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224215119/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/emma-watson-daniel-bruhl-to-star-in-thriller-colonia-1201316157/ |archive-date=24 December 2014 |date=29 September 2014}}</ref> and ''[[Regression (film)|Regression]]'' by [[Alejandro Amenábar]], alongside [[Ethan Hawke]] and her ''Harry Potter'' co-star [[David Thewlis]].<ref name=MTMRegression>{{cite web |url=http://www.moviethatmatters.com/emma-watson-starring-with-ethan-hawke-for-new-thriller-movie/ |title=Emma Watson starring with Ethan Hawke for New Thriller Movie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140206183252/http://www.moviethatmatters.com/emma-watson-starring-with-ethan-hawke-for-new-thriller-movie/ |archive-date=6 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Earp |first=Catherine |title=Emma Watson joins Ethan Hawke film Regression |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a549268/emma-watson-joins-ethan-hawke-film-regression.html |access-date=19 May 2014 |publisher=Digital Spy |date=5 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419025544/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a549268/emma-watson-joins-ethan-hawke-film-regression.html |archive-date=19 April 2014}}</ref> Both of these films received generally negative reviews;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/colonia/ |title=Colonia (2016) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |date=15 April 2016 |access-date=5 March 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306040255/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/colonia/ |archive-date=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/regression/ |title=Regression (2016) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |date=5 February 2016 |access-date=5 March 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206111759/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/regression |archive-date=6 February 2017}}</ref> ''The Daily Telegraph'' critic blamed ''Regression''{{'}}s script for her "pure dramatic cardboard" role.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Collin |first=Robbie |date=8 October 2015 |title=Regression review: 'gory and corny' |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/regression/review/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/regression/review/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=21 October 2020 |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She also appeared in an episode of BBC's ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'', in which she played Reverend Iris.<ref name=Vicar>{{cite web |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/the_vicar_of_dibley/episodes/2015/1/ |title=''The Vicar of Dibley'' – Comic Relief Special: The Bishop of Dibley |website=[[British Comedy Guide]] |access-date=22 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409024915/http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/the_vicar_of_dibley/episodes/2015/1 |archive-date=9 April 2015}}</ref> In February 2016, Watson announced she was taking a year-long break from acting. She planned to spend the time on her "personal development" and her women's rights work.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hooks |first=Bell |url=http://www.papermag.com/emma-watson-bell-hooks-conversation-1609893784.html |title=In Conversation with Bell Hooks and Emma Watson |work=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]] |date=18 February 2016 |access-date=21 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220123219/http://www.papermag.com/emma-watson-bell-hooks-conversation-1609893784.html |archive-date=20 February 2016}}</ref>

=== 2017–present: Recent career and hiatus ===
[[File:Emma Watson Circle 5.png|thumb|upright|left|Watson promoting ''[[The Circle (2017 film)|The Circle]]'' in 2017]]
Watson starred as [[Belle (Disney character)|Belle]] in the [[Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)|2017 live-action Disney adaptation]] of ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' directed by [[Bill Condon]], and starring opposite [[Dan Stevens]] as the [[Beast (Disney character)|Beast]].<ref name=Stevens>{{cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disneys-beauty-beast-casts-dan-779323 |title=Disney's ''Beauty and the Beast'' Casting Dan Stevens as the Beast |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=4 March 2015 |access-date=5 March 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305215127/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disneys-beauty-beast-casts-dan-779323 |archive-date=5 March 2015}}</ref><!-- Source cites Watson interview with Total Film magazine, which requires purchase. --> She was given autonomy within Belle's portrayal; she re-characterised her as an assistant to her inventor father and incorporated [[bloomers]] and [[boot]]s into her wardrobe.<ref name="Vanity Fair">{{cite magazine |last1=Blasberg |first1=Derek |title=Cover Story: Emma Watson, Rebel Belle |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/02/emma-watson-cover-story |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=28 February 2017 |access-date=27 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712094840/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/02/emma-watson-cover-story |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film grossed over $1.2&nbsp;billion at the worldwide box office and emerged as the [[2017 in film|second-highest-grossing film of 2017]] and the 17th-highest-grossing film of all time.<ref name="BeautyandtheBeastReception" /> Her reported fee was $3&nbsp;million upfront with [[Profit sharing|profit participation]], bringing her salary up to $15&nbsp;million.<ref name=BatB-pay>{{cite news |last=Sager |first=Rebekah |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/how-emma-watson-is-getting-paid-beauty-beast-986316 |title=''Beauty and the Beast'' breaks records: Is Emma Watson now Hollywood's most sought after actress? |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=21 March 2017 |access-date=3 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426020601/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/how-emma-watson-is-getting-paid-beauty-beast-986316 |archive-date=26 April 2017}}</ref> The film garnered positive reviews; [[Richard Roeper]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' thought her performance was "all pluck and spunk and sass and smarts and fierce independence as Belle".<ref name="BeautyandtheBeastReception">{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beauty_and_the_beast_2017 |title=Beauty and the Beast (2017) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |date=17 March 2017 |access-date=11 December 2017 |archive-date=11 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211204754/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beauty_and_the_beast_2017/ |url-status=live}}<br>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beautyandthebeast2017.htm |title=Beauty and the Beast (2017) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=18 September 2017 |archive-date=26 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826163452/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beautyandthebeast2017.htm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-reviews/beauty-and-the-beast-review-9971177 |title=Beauty and the Beast review: Irresistible charm shows no one casts a spell quite like Disney |author=Chris Hunneysett |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=17 March 2017 |access-date=27 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170910200005/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-reviews/beauty-and-the-beast-review-9971177 |archive-date=10 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lavish 'Beauty and the Beast' true as it can be to original |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2017/3/15/18322097/lavish-beauty-and-the-beast-true-as-it-can-be-to-original |last=Roeper |first=Richard |date=15 March 2017 |website=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=25 May 2020 |archive-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170910202458/http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/lavish-beauty-and-the-beast-true-as-it-can-be-to-original/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Watson later said "When I finished the film, it kind of felt like I had made that transition into being a woman on-screen".<ref name="Vanity Fair" />

In the same year, she starred opposite [[Tom Hanks]] in the [[The Circle (2017 film)|film adaptation]] of [[Dave Eggers]]' novel ''[[The Circle (Eggers novel)|The Circle]]'' as Mae Holland, who begins working at a powerful tech corporation and enters a perilous situation concerning [[surveillance]] and freedom.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/24/emma-watson-the-circle-tom-hanks |title=Emma Watson to star in ''The Circle'' opposite Tom Hanks |work=Entertainment Weekly's EW.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626003401/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/24/emma-watson-the-circle-tom-hanks |archive-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> The film received negative reviews but was a moderate box office success.<ref name=NUM>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Circle-The-(2016)#tab=summary |title=''The Circle'' (2017) |work=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=28 November 2017 |archive-date=3 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803194103/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Circle-The-(2016)#tab=summary |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, Watson starred as [[Meg March]] in [[Greta Gerwig]]'s [[Little Women (2019 film)|adaptation]] of [[Louisa May Alcott]]'s novel ''[[Little Women]]'', co-starring with [[Saoirse Ronan]], [[Florence Pugh]], [[Laura Dern]], [[Timothée Chalamet]], and [[Meryl Streep]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/972647-emma-watson-replacing-emma-stone-in-sonys-little-women-movie |title=Emma Watson Replacing Emma Stone in Sony's Little Women Movie |work=Comingsoon.net |author=Spencer Perry |date=24 August 2018 |access-date=24 August 2018 |archive-date=25 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825062622/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/972647-emma-watson-replacing-emma-stone-in-sonys-little-women-movie |url-status=live}}</ref> On the premise, Watson has stated "I think [''Little Women''] was good literary device to explain that there's not one way to be a feminist.... [Meg's] way of being a feminist is making the choice – because that's really, for me anyway, what feminism is about. Her choice is that she wants to be a full-time mother and wife."<ref>{{cite web |title=Emma Watson on turning 30, Little Women and becoming a voice for change |url=https://www.vogue.com.au/celebrity/interviews/emma-watson-on-turning-30-little-women-and-becoming-a-voice-for-change/image-gallery/90482f3feb644ba18b71ba17a23390a3 |website=Vogue Australia |date=30 January 2020 |access-date=28 December 2020 |archive-date=26 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926093044/https://www.vogue.com.au/celebrity/interviews/emma-watson-on-turning-30-little-women-and-becoming-a-voice-for-change/image-gallery/90482f3feb644ba18b71ba17a23390a3 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Forbes]]'' stated that "Watson has perhaps the most challenging [...] role, as the proverbial [[Straight man|straight woman]] of the sisters who is put on the defensive when her dreams end up being the most conventional of the lot."<ref>{{cite web |title='Little Women' Review: Greta Gerwig Makes An Old Story Feel New Again |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/11/25/little-women-review-greta-gerwig-saoirse-ronan-emma-watson-florence-pugh-timothee-chalamet/ |website=Forbes |access-date=28 December 2020 |archive-date=29 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229191742/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/11/25/little-women-review-greta-gerwig-saoirse-ronan-emma-watson-florence-pugh-timothee-chalamet/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The film was critically acclaimed and grossed over $218 million against its $40 million budget.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/little_women_2019 |title=Little Women (2019) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=9 December 2019 |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116175328/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/little_women_2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Carras |first1=Christi |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-02-09/oscars-2020-little-women-greta-gerwig-costume-design |title=The only Oscar 'Little Women' won was for costume design |work=Los Angeles Times |date=9 February 2020 |access-date=5 July 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210090147/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-02-09/oscars-2020-little-women-greta-gerwig-costume-design |archive-date=10 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Moreau |first1=Jordan |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/little-women-100-million-box-office-international-1234643991/ |title='Little Women' Crosses $100 Million at the International Box Office |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=21 June 2020 |access-date=5 July 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622013238/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/little-women-100-million-box-office-international-1234643991/ |archive-date=22 June 2020}}</ref>
In 2020, Watson discussed her future career plans, stating: "Having been so public in making films and being so active on social [media] in my activism, I am curious to embrace a role where I work to amplify more voices, to continue to learn from those with different experiences", adding that her work would include "fewer red carpets and more conference meetings".<ref name="Kering" />

In 2021, various reports surfaced stating that Watson was engaged or retiring.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mastroianni |first=Bianca |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/emma-watson-retires-from-acting-to-spend-time-with-boyfriend-leo-robinton/HF6QKIGHLZBSDE43EAD4IG2EHY/ |title=Emma Watson retires from acting to spend time with boyfriend Leo Robinton |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=23 February 2021 |access-date=24 February 2021 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224005623/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/emma-watson-retires-from-acting-to-spend-time-with-boyfriend-leo-robinton/HF6QKIGHLZBSDE43EAD4IG2EHY/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Romano |first=Nick |url=https://ew.com/celebrity/emma-watson-not-retiring-from-acting/ |title=Emma Watson isn't retiring from acting {{mdash}} despite what you may have heard online |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=25 February 2021 |access-date=26 February 2021 |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226000841/https://ew.com/celebrity/emma-watson-not-retiring-from-acting/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Watson and her representatives refuted these reports; she later labelled the speculation as [[clickbait]] and cited her relative public absence to continued [[social distancing]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Respers France |first1=Lisa |title=Emma Watson sets the record straight on work and love life |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/18/entertainment/emma-watson-addresses-rumors/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=18 May 2021 |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519210457/https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/18/entertainment/emma-watson-addresses-rumors/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, Watson reunited with multiple cast members of the ''Harry Potter'' film series for an [[HBO Max]] special titled ''[[Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harry Potter cast return to Hogwarts to mark 20th anniversary of first film |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/17/harry-potter-cast-return-to-hogwarts-to-mark-20th-anniversary-of-first-film |access-date=24 December 2021 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121024928/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/17/harry-potter-cast-return-to-hogwarts-to-mark-20th-anniversary-of-first-film |url-status=live}}</ref> The following year, Watson revealed in an interview with the ''[[Financial Times]]'' that a reason why she had not acted in almost five years was because she "wasn't very happy" with the profession and that she felt "a bit caged". However, she went on to say that she would "absolutely" return to acting while also saying, "But I'm happy to sit and wait for the next right thing. I love what I do. It's finding a way to do it where I don't have to fracture myself into different faces and people. And I just don't want to switch into robot mode any more."<ref>{{cite news |title=Emma Watson Hasn't Acted in Nearly Five Years Because She 'Wasn't Very Happy' and 'Felt a Bit Caged': I Will 'Absolutely' Act Again |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/emma-watson-acting-break-five-years-caged-1235600852/ |access-date=5 May 2023 |work=Variety |date=2 May 2023 |first=Zack |last=Sharf |archive-date=5 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505014729/https://variety.com/2023/film/news/emma-watson-acting-break-five-years-caged-1235600852/ |url-status=live}}</ref>