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Emerald Fennell

Emerald Fennell

Known For Writing
Birthday Oct 01, 1985 (39)
Birthplace Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Jul 20, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Emerald Fennell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

Barbie

Barbie

2023

as Midge

Promising Young Woman

Promising Young Woman

2020

as Woman in Makeup Tutorial (uncredited)

Vita & Virginia

Vita & Virginia

2019

as Vanessa Bell

The Darkest Universe

The Darkest Universe

2016

as Jess

The Danish Girl

The Danish Girl

2015

as Elsa

Pan

Pan

2015

as Commander

Murder on the Home Front

Murder on the Home Front

2013

as Issy Quennell

The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

2013

as Odette

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

2012

as Princess Merkalova

Albert Nobbs

Albert Nobbs

2011

as Mrs. Smythe-Willard

Mr. Nice

Mr. Nice

2010

as Rachel

Saltburn

Saltburn

2023

Writer

Promising Young Woman

Promising Young Woman

2020

Writer

Careful How You Go

Careful How You Go

2018

Screenplay

Saltburn

Saltburn

2023

Director

Promising Young Woman

Promising Young Woman

2020

Director

Careful How You Go

Careful How You Go

2018

Director

Saltburn

Saltburn

2023

Producer

Promising Young Woman

Promising Young Woman

2020

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Academy Awards Best Director Promising Young Woman Nominated
Television Credits

Call the Midwife

as Patsy Mount

Episodes: 35

First Aired: Jan 15, 2012

The Crown

as Camilla Shand / Camilla Parker Bowles

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Nov 04, 2016

Chickens

as Agnes

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Aug 22, 2013

Any Human Heart

as Lottie

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 21, 2010

Murder on the Home Front

as Issy Quennell

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 09, 2013

Drifters

as Lizzie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 31, 2013

Victoria

as Lady Lovelace

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 28, 2016

Call the Midwife

as Nurse Patsy Mount

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 15, 2012

Blandings

as Monica Simmons

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 13, 2013

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 25, 2014

Variety Studio: Directors on Directors

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 03, 2021

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