She was born in Paris and lived there until she was five years old. Emma Watson first played Hermione Granger in "Harry Potter" and the "Philosopher's Stone" in 2000. She is also looking forward to new projects: "I am excited about the future".
The Harry Potter films have made Emma Watson the highest paid female star in Hollywood, she earned $20 million in 2009!
She also went to school in Oxfordshire and got excellent grades in English Literature, Geography and art. She never wanted to leave school to act full time: "school life keeps me in touch with my friends... with reality". Last year, Emma went to Brown University in the USA to study the arts. She wants her time at Brown to be "normal": "I want to do it properly, like everyone else".
Emma Watson helped to create a clothes collection for 16- to 24- years old and modelled some clothes. She went to Bangladesh to see how fair trade helps the people who work in clothing factories there: "you can help people by buying the clothes they make". Emma Watson also changed her image recently by cutting her hair. She has become a fashion icon, a cool student and a supporter of good causes.
