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Emerald Fennell

Emerald Fennell

Director · Born 1985-10-01 · Hammersmith, London, England, UK

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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 Salt…

Directed

  1. Promising Young Woman (2020) — Director
  2. Saltburn (2023) — Director
  3. "Wuthering Heights" (2026) — Director
  4. Careful How You Go (2018) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Barbie (2023) — Midge
  2. The Danish Girl (2015) — Elsa
  3. Promising Young Woman (2020) — Woman in Makeup Tutorial (uncredited)
  4. Pan (2015) — Commander
  5. Anna Karenina (2012) — Princess Merkalova
  6. The Crown (2016) — Camilla Shand / Camilla Parker Bowles
  7. Albert Nobbs (2011) — Mrs. Smythe-Willard
  8. Victoria (2016) — Lady Lovelace
  9. Call the Midwife (2012) — Patsy Mount
  10. Vita & Virginia (2019) — Vanessa Bell
  11. Mr. Nice (2010) — Rachel
  12. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) — Self
  13. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  14. The Lady Vanishes (2013) — Odette
  15. Murder on the Home Front (2013) — Issy Quennell
  16. Drifters (2013) — Lizzie
  17. Blandings (2013) — Monica Simmons
  18. The Darkest Universe (2016) — Jess
  19. Chickens (2013) — Agnes
  20. Any Human Heart (2010) — Lottie
  21. Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out (2024) — Self
  22. Prüdes Hollywood - Laster, Lust und Leidenschaft im Film (2025)
  23. Murder on the Home Front (2013) — Issy Quennell
  24. Directors on Directors (2021) — Self
  25. Movies with Ali Plumb (2016) — Self