We met her as Hermione, today she is an activist and a declared feminist.  Emma Watson turns 33

We met her as Hermione, today she is an activist and a declared feminist. Emma Watson turns 33

We met her as Hermione from the cult series of “Harry Potter” movies. Today, she is not only an actress, but above all an active activist and a declared feminist. Emma Watson turns 33.

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born on April 15, 1990 in Paris. He has a younger brother – Alexander. Until the age of five, she lived in France with her grandmother. After her parents divorced, she moved to Oxfordshire and lived with her mother. In 2000, at the suggestion of her teacher, Emma Watson went to the casting of the film “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”. Although the casting was supposed to be just fun for the girl, she unexpectedly got a role that completely changed her life.

She started her career when she was only nine years old. She grew up before our eyes. Today he turns 33

She began her career at the age of nine, appearing in the cult production of “Harry Potter”, in which she played Hermione. She grew up in front of the eyes of the whole world. Today, she is not only an actress, but, as she claims, primarily a feminist. She is recognized as one of the leading feminist activists in Hollywood.

For many years, Emma Watson has been involved in social campaigns aimed at drawing attention to the problem of discrimination against women

Emma Watson is recognized as one of Hollywood’s leading feminists. The actress regularly engages in social campaigns. In 2014, she gave a speech at the UN headquarters, in which she expressed, among other things, concern over the too frequent association of the fight for women’s rights with hatred of men.

I started questioning gender assumptions a long time ago. (…) When, at the age of 14, the press began to portray me as a sex object. When, at the age of 15, my friends started dropping out of sports teams because they didn’t want to look too muscular. When, at the age of 18, my friends were unable to express their own feelings.

she said during her speech. She also drew attention to the harmful stereotype of feminism.

I realized that fighting for women’s rights was too often associated with hatred of men. This has to change.

Emma Watson has been accused by a journalist of hypocrisy

Journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer on Twitter accused Emma Watson of hypocrisy:

Feminism, feminism, the pay gap, why no one takes me seriously, feminism, now look at my boobs (…) Fighting sexism and having a sexist photo shoot at the same time, in her opinion, is pure hypocrisy.

– she wrote, which caused a storm on the Internet. Emma Watson did not leave an entry without a comment. She commented on the matter in an interview:

Feminism is about giving women a choice. Feminism is not a stick to beat other women with. It’s about freedom, liberation, equality.

Watson emphasized.

In addition to her activist activities, Emma Watson has played in many film productions in recent years. In 2012, Watson began working on the set of the film “Charlie”, where she partnered Logan Lerman. She received a Teen Choice award for her performance in this picture. A year later, she starred in two productions: “It’s over” by Evan Goldberg and “Bling Ring” by Sofia Coppola. We could also admire her in such productions as: “Noah: Chosen by God” (2014) by Darren Aronofsky, “Colonia” (2015) by Florian Gallenberger, “Regression” (2015) by Alejandro Amenábar, “The Circle. The Circle (Teen Choice nomination, 2017) and Bill Condon’s Beauty and the Beast (2017), in which she played the lead role of Bella, for which she won three Teen Choice Awards and a Saturn Award nomination. In 2019, Emma appeared on the set of the film “Little Women”.

The actress was also the face of the collection of the British fashion house Burberry. She has participated in numerous photo sessions for such magazines as: “Marie Claire”, “Vanity Fair”, “Cosmopolitan”, “People” or “Elle”. She also signed a contract with the Italian designer Alberta Ferretti, with whom she created the clothing line “Pure Threads”. She was also a brand ambassador for Lancome and Chanel.

Source: Elle.pl, plejada.pl

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