Well-known currently active British actors and actresses include: Gemma Arterton, Rowan Atkinson, Christian Bale, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kate Beckinsale, Paul Bettany, Orlando Bloom, Emily Blunt, Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh, Jim Broadbent, Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, Keira Knightley, Hugh Laurie, Jude Law, James McAvoy, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Thandie Newton, Bill Nighy, Gary Oldman, Clive Owen, Robert Pattinson, Daniel Radcliffe, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Alan Rickman, Tim Roth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart, Alex Pettyfer, Gerard Butler, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet, Tom Hiddleston, Ray Winstone and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Von Trier's next film, Breaking the Waves ( 1996 ), the first film in von Trier's ' Golden Heart Trilogy ', won the Grand Prix at Cannes and featured Emily Watson, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

In his DVD commentary, Jeunet explains that he originally wrote the role of Amélie for the English actress Emily Watson ; in the original draft, Amélie's father was an Englishman living in London.

The Luzhin Defence is a 2000 film directed by Marleen Gorris, starring John Turturro and Emily Watson.

* Emily Watson, " Interview with Hilary du Pré and Emily Watson "

It stars Christian Bale, Emily Watson and Taye Diggs.

Together, they arrest Mary O ' Brien ( Emily Watson ), who is suspected of being a sense offender.

* Emily Watson as Mary O ' Brien

Well-known currently active performers include the likes of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ian McKellen, Clive Owen, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Ewan McGregor, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Craig, Emma Watson, Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Orlando Bloom, Tilda Swinton, Daniel Day-Lewis, Christian Bale, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Paul Bettany, Mischa Barton, Emma Thompson, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Sheen, Helena Bonham Carter, Hugh Laurie, Ben Kingsley, Christopher Lee, Alan Rickman, Jason Isaacs, John Hurt, Emily Blunt, Sienna Miller, Bill Nighy, Carey Mulligan, Ray Winstone, Peter O ' Toole, Jeremy Irons, Gary Oldman, Helen Mirren, Liam Neeson, Tim Roth, Robert Pattinson, Julie Andrews, Sean Bean, Gemma Arterton, Gerard Butler, Tom Hardy, Maggie Smith, Russell Brand, Andrew Garfield, Henry Cavill, Simon Pegg, Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Caine and Sacha Baron Cohen.

* 1997 — Judy Watson, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Emily Kngwarreye

Maggie Tulliver is portrayed by Emily Watson and Mr Tulliver by Bernard Hill.

Gerrard also scored the Jim Loach directed Oranges and Sunshine starring Emily Watson and Hugo Weaving released in April 2011 which garnered her with another nomination at the 2011 IF Awards for Best Music Score.

Adam Sandler, Paul Thomas Anderson, Emily Watson, and Philip Seymour Hoffman at 2002 Cannes Film Festival | Cannes in 2002

His next feature was the comedy / romance film Punch-Drunk Love ( 2002 ), partly based on David Phillips ( also called The Pudding Guy ), starring Adam Sandler with Emily Watson as his love interest.

Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman cast Morton as Hazel in Synecdoche, New York, with a cast featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michelle Williams and Emily Watson.

Later in 2012, Wright will start shooting her first leading role, a British nineteenth century period film In Want of a Wife as Lydia, opposite Emily Watson.

Griffiths received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of real-life flautist Hilary du Pré opposite Emily Watson as her sister, famed cellist Jacqueline " Jackie " du Pre, in Hilary and Jackie ( 1998 ).

Emily Watson ( born 14 January 1967 ) is an English actress who gave an acclaimed debut film performance in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves.

Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet wrote the character Amélie for Watson to play ( Amélie was originally named Emily ) but she eventually turned the role down due to difficulties speaking French and a desire not to be away from home.

* Adam Sandler and Emily Watson – Punch-Drunk Love

Punch-Drunk Love is a 2002 romantic comedy-drama written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson.

He has starred in more than fifty movies, including The Great Escape ( 1963 ), Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily ( 1964 ), Blake Edwards ' Victor Victoria ( 1982 ), Murphy's Romance ( 1985 ), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and The Notebook ( 2004 ).

With his wife Emily, and a colleague Orange Smalley, Davenport received the first American patent on an electric machine in 1837, U. S. Patent No. 132.

Emily Greene Balch ( January 8, 1867 – January 9, 1961 ) was an American academic, writer, and pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 ( the prize that year was shared with John Mott ), notably for her work with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom ( WILPF ).

An early example received much attention during the abortion trial of Emily Stowe ( 1879 ).

In 2007 she received an honorary Doctor of Letters from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

In addition to his roles in the theatre, Firth has acted in cinematic films and radio dramas, narrated audiobooks, and has also made notable television appearances, such as Linton Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights ( 1992 ); Fred Vincy in Middlemarch ( 1994 ); Sergeant Troy in Far from the Madding Crowd, for which he received a nomination for best actor ; Lord Arthur Goring in An Ideal Husband ( 2000 ); and Prince Albert in Victoria & Albert ( 2001 ), which he considered one of his most difficult roles.

In 2001 he received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver.

Two WILPF leaders have received the Nobel Peace Prize for their peace efforts and international outlook and work with WILPF: Jane Addams, in 1931 and Emily Greene Balch in 1946.

She studied at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design, in 1990, graduated from the Sculpture / Installation department at the Ontario College of Art & Design in 1996, and received her MFA from York University in 1998.

In 2012 she received the Emily Couric Women's Leadership Award, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Visser also, in 2007, received the Emily Couric Leadership Award — previously given to Sandra Day O ' Connor, Caroline Kennedy and Donna Brazile — and in 2007, she was honored at the 22nd Annual Sports Legend Dinner, along with Magic Johnson, Gary Player and John Elway to benefit the Buoniconti fund to cure paralysis.

Her best known and most controversial performance was the lead role in the erotic film Emily

His best friend, Yale ( Michael Murphy ), married to Emily ( Anne Byrne ), is having an affair with Mary Wilkie ( Diane Keaton ); her ex-husband and former teacher, Jeremiah ( Wallace Shawn ), also appears.

Other episodes include Sheriff McCombs deputy growing marijuana, Darnell ’ s daughter being kidnapped, a wife who kills her husband for beating her, a doctor who kills his wife and his mistress to keep them from talking to each other, a real estate developer being killed in an insurance scam, the return of Emily Trundel, and one of the best episodes of the series “ Family Reunion ” in which, an insurance investigator is on the trail of stolen money and is murdered.

* Say " Cheese " ( 1985 )-Summer vacation is about to begin, but Emily is lonely and depressed because she doesn't have a best friend.

In an August 2010 interview with guest presenter Emily Maitlis on The Andrew Marr Show, he said he found it ' flattering ' playing evil characters, saying that the best actors took on the roles of villains.

For her role as Emily in this short film, Allen was nominated for best supporting actress.

Emily Jean Perkins ( born May 4, 1977 ) is a Canadian actress, known best for her role as Brigitte Fitzgerald in the Ginger Snaps trilogy and her role as Crystal Braywood in Hiccups.

Ellison is perhaps best known for playing Emily Shadwick in the television soap opera Brookside until 2003, and as Meg Giry in the 2004 film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera.

" We wish Rob, Cosmic Debris, Emily and her fans all the very best.

Emily Mallory Procter ( born October 8, 1968 ) is an American actress best known for her leading role as Calleigh Duquesne in CSI: Miami and her recurring role as Ainsley Hayes in The West Wing.

She is best known for her roles as Emily Ann Sago on All My Children, Captain Liberty in The Tick, and Wendy Simms in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

After the couple had a second child, their daughter, Emily, they decided to quit their jobs because they had missed all the best times of Ross growing up and wasn't going to make the same mistake with Emily.

Carole " Kelly " Bishop ( born February 28, 1944 ) is an American actress and dancer, best known for her roles as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the series Gilmore Girls, and as the mother of Jennifer Grey's character in the film Dirty Dancing.

Emily Olivia Leah Blunt ( born 23 February 1983 ) is an English actress best known for her roles in The Devil Wears Prada ( 2006 ), The Young Victoria ( 2009 ), and The Adjustment Bureau ( 2011 ).

The roles for which VanCamp is perhaps best known is her character Amy Abbott in the WB Television Network's drama Everwood and as Emily Thorne in the blockbuster ABC drama series Revenge.

Caroline does her best to break up the relationship between Mac and Emily, but it is Emily who breaks up with Mac.

Her best known role is that of Emily Prentiss on CBS's Criminal Minds.

She is best known for her role as Emily Quartermaine ( for which she won an Emmy Award ) and Rebecca Shaw on ABC's General Hospital and the role of Taylor Walker on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives.

Her best known roles include Lana Lang on Superboy, Katherine Hitchcock on seaQuest DSV, Hannah Nichols on All My Children, and most notably Patty Williams and Emily Peterson on The Young and the Restless.

Eileen Derbyshire, MBE ( born 6 October 1930 in Urmston, Lancashire ) is an English actress, best known for her role as Emily Bishop in the soap opera Coronation Street.

Emily Carr is one of Canada's best known Art and Design institutions specializing in sustainable design, photography, new media, visual arts, media, interactive media, animation, industrial design, product design, ceramics, sculpture, communication design and general fine arts.