- Born
- Birth nameEmerald Lilly Fennell
- Emerald Lilly Fennell is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer. She has received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Fennell first gained attention for her roles in period drama films, such as Albert Nobbs (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), The Danish Girl (2015), and Vita and Virginia (2018). She went on to receive wider recognition for her starring roles in the BBC One period drama series Call the Midwife (2013-17) and for her portrayal of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in the Netflix period drama series The Crown (2019-20).- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseChris Vernon(? - present) (2 children)
- ParentsTheodore Alister FennellEmma Shirley Fennell Louise
- RelativesCoco Poppy Fennell(Sibling)Alasdair MacGregor(Grandparent)Jenifer MacGregor(Grandparent)
- When she was seven she told her parents when she grew up she wanted to write stories about murder and to live in America.
- Was eight months pregnant with her son when she completed filming Promising Young Woman (2020) and was pregnant with her second child while accepting an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the movie.
- She is the seventh woman and first British woman to be nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards.
- Graduated from Oxford.
- Directed 1 actor to an Oscar nomination: Carey Mulligan, who was nominated for Promising Young Woman (2020).
- [on her role in Call the Midwife (2012)] I feel, possibly delusionally, that I could deliver a baby in real life. Although, of course, I would have no idea what I was doing and I would be a danger to society.
- [on Promising Young Woman (2020)] How dedicated and brilliant every single person was who came on board, and they all did it because they believed in it. It was a low-budget, 23-day shoot with a first-time director. Their hard work has been rewarded. I'm especially so proud of Carey Carey Mulligan, who is truly the best person in the world. She is the film.
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