Acting credits
24
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Emerald Fennell
Writing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
5.6
Moderate attention
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Movies: 16Series: 12Crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 1252934
IMDb ID: nm2193504
Known for: Writing
Born: October 1, 1985
Age: 40
Place of birth: Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.87
Wikidata: Q16207879
Also known as
Emerald Lilly Fennell
Other jobs
Writer (2)Director (1)Producer (1)Screenplay (1)
Biography
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Emerald Fennell.
6.8
“Wuthering Heights”
Director
2026 Movie
8.0
Prüdes Hollywood - Laster, Lust und Leidenschaft im Film
2025 Movie
10.0
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self
2024 Movie
7.0
Saltburn
Writer
2023 Movie
6.9
Barbie
as Midge
2023 Movie
7.4
Promising Young Woman
as Woman in Makeup Tutorial (uncredited)
2020 Movie
6.8
Vita & Virginia
as Vanessa Bell
2019 Movie
4.5
Careful How You Go
Screenplay
2018 Movie
5.8
The Darkest Universe
as Jess
2016 Movie
7.6
The Danish Girl
as Elsa
2015 Movie
6.0
Pan
as Commander
2015 Movie
6.5
Murder on the Home Front
as Issy Quennell
2013 Movie
6.4
The Lady Vanishes
as Odette
2013 Movie
6.7
Anna Karenina
as Princess Merkalova
2012 Movie
6.3
Albert Nobbs
as Mrs. Smythe-Willard
2011 Movie
6.1
Mr. Nice
as Rachel
2010 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Emerald Fennell.
Directors on Directors
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.9
Killing Eve
Writer • 6 eps
2018 Series
8.2
The Crown
as Camilla Shand / Camilla Parker Bowles • 7 eps
2016 Series
7.3
Victoria
as Lady Lovelace • 1 eps
2016 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.1
Drifters
as Lizzie • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.4
Chickens
as Agnes • 6 eps
2013 Series
6.0
Murder on the Home Front
as Issy Quennell • 2 eps
2013 Series
7.2
Blandings
as Monica Simmons • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.5
Call the Midwife
as Patsy Mount • 32 eps
2012 Series
6.0
Any Human Heart
as Lottie • 4 eps
2010 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series