Emerald Fennell
Actor
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).
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Filmography
Barbie
as Midge 2023
The Danish Girl
as Elsa 2015
Promising Young Woman
as Woman in Makeup Tutorial (uncredited) 2020
Pan
as Commander 2015
Anna Karenina
as Princess Merkalova 2012
Albert Nobbs
as Mrs. Smythe-Willard 2011
Vita & Virginia
as Vanessa Bell 2019
Mr. Nice
as Rachel 2010
The Lady Vanishes
as Odette 2013
Murder on the Home Front
as Issy Quennell 2013
The Darkest Universe
as Jess 2016
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self 2024