Emma Watson

36 Pages·2012·4.203 MB·English

by  Dale-Marie Bryan

Emma Watson
B y D a l e - M a r i e B r y a n
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Acknowledgments
The Child’s World®: Mary Berendes, Publishing Director
The Design Lab: Cover and interior design
Amnet: Cover and interior production
Red Line Editorial: Editorial direction
Photo credits
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Shutterstock Images, 6; Luboslav Tiles/Shutterstock Images, 8;
Clark Jones/Courtesy of Scholastic, Inc./AP Images, 11; Dave
Hogan/Getty Images, 13; Everett Collection, 15; Richard Lewis/
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Images, 25; Robert E. Klein/AP Images, 27
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ISBN 9781614732891
LCCN 2012933679
Printed in the United States of America
Mankato, Minnesota
July 2012
PA02128
Table of
Contents
Early Dreams, 4
Chapter 1
Family Life, 7
Chapter 2
Getting to Know Harry, 9
Chapter 3
The Big Break, 12
Chapter 4
Harry Potter Home, 16
Chapter 5
School Is Cool, 20
Chapter 6
Branching Out, 22
Chapter 7
New Opportunities, 26
Chapter 8
Glossary, 30
Further inForMation, 31
inDex, 32
aBout the author, 32
Chapter 1
Early Dreams
At age three, Emma Watson told her grandmother
she wanted to be a princess, a queen, a fairy, or a
mattress when she grew up. Of course, Emma meant
actress, not mattress. But she never could have guessed
that her dream would come true so quickly. Emma
was nine years old when she tried out for a role in
the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. She got
the role of Hermione. Emma went
on to play the part in seven more
Harry Potter films.
Emma loved watching
From early on, Emma liked
cartoons when she
was little. She liked to
being center stage. “I was
dress up as her favorite
probably a bit of a show-off in characters. She even
wore her Snow White
the sense that any chance to get
outfit into
stores.
up and be seen, I did it,” she said.
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Emma Watson dreamed of being an
actress when she was growing up.
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Emma played the role of Hermione in all eight
Harry Potter films.
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Chapter 2
Family Life
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris,
France, on April 15, 1990. Emma’s parents, Chris
and Jacqueline, are lawyers. Emma has a younger
brother named Alex. Emma’s parents divorced when
she was five. So she also has five stepsiblings and half
siblings. Emma’s parents moved home to England
after the divorce. She and her brother split their time
between their parents’ houses.
In England, Emma attended Lynams School. At
seven, she won a poetry prize at school. She recited a
poem called “The Sea.” Emma said she loved finding
out the real meanings of the words in poetry. She also
loved how the audience reacted to her performances.
“I just got really into it,” she said.
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Emma was born in Paris, France.
After Lynams, she attended the Dragon School.
Emma liked acting in her school’s plays. “I practiced
speeches in front of the mirror,” she said. “Whenever
there was a part at school, I went for it.”
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