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Emerald Fennell

DirectorBritish Cinema6 credits
73Star power

35th of 173 in British Cinema

2 films led, $263M in reported gross.

Gross led
76
Consistency
84
Body of work
0
Momentum
97
Audience rating
48
The biggest British Cinema names
Born
1 October 1985
Birthplace
Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Nationality
United Kingdom
Industry
British Cinema
In their own file

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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The record

3Blockbuster2Hit1Average

6 of 6 credits have a verdict, together taking $1.86B. The biggest was Barbie at $1.45B. The rest are still counting, or never reported a budget.

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