Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born on 15 April 1990, in Paris, France, and is an actress and model usually recognized as Hermione Granger from the film series ‘Harry Potter’, as she has appeared in all eight films released under the Harry Potter franchise. .
So just how rich is Emma Watson? Authoritative sources indicate that Emma has an estimated net worth of $60 million as of mid-2016, accumulated during her career which began in the late ’90s, including $10 million for her roles in the Harry Potter films, for which Watson has also won a number of awards.
Emma Watson Net Worth $60 Million
Emma was born into the family of lawyers Chris Watson and Jacqueline Luesby. As her parents divorced, the girl with her mother moved to England, and then to Oxford where she was educated at the Dragon School. She loved acting and dreamed of becoming an actress while performing in school plays, and then while studying at Stagecoach Theatre Arts. Being nine years old Emma Watson opened her net worth account as she was chosen for the role in the fantasy film ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ directed by Chris Columbus. After the film was released it received positive reviews from critics and the box office grossed $974 million. In 2002 ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ was released which continued the success of the previous film. The cast was praised by critics; Emma and her charismatic acting attracted the attention of critics. Emma has starred in all eight films of the Harry Potter franchise, and was nominated for a long list of awards winning eight of them.
In addition, Emma has increased her net worth starring in the television film ‘Ballet Shoes’ directed by Sandra Goldbacher, and a drama film ‘My Week with Marilyn’ directed by Simon Curtis. Afterwards, Watson further increasing her net worth co-starring with Logan Lerman and Ezra Miller in Stephen Chbosky-directed film ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ which has brought her two San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, MTV Movie Award and Teen Choice Award as well as the long list of nominations.
Emma Watson has also played roles in the films ‘This Is the End’ directed and written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, ‘The Bling Ring’ written, produced and directed by Sofia Coppola, and ‘Noah’ directed by Darren Aronofsky. Most recently she is starring in the film ‘Regression’ written and directed by Alejandro Amenabar.
In addition to being a great actress, Emma Watson has put a significant amount of money into her net worth from modelling. Emma was the face of Burberry for Autumn-Winter 2009 collection and Spring-Summer 2010 collection, the face of Lancome in 2011. Moreover, Dame Vivienne Westwood awarded Emma the Style Icon in 2011. In 2007 she was listed in the 100 Sexiest Women list by FHM. With her busy routine, Emma finally graduated from Brown University with a degree in English literature in 2014. The same year she became an ambassador of a UN Women Goodwill.
In her personal life, Emma Watson dated fellow student Will Adamowiczis, and was in a relationship with rugby player Matt Janney which ended in 2015.
