At the age of ten she starred in her first Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone –the first one in the series of Harry Potter movies taken from the hugely popular books written by J.K Rowling. The movie was a huge hit worldwide and she got the kind of start for her career that she really deserves.
Even though J.K Rowling had not yet met Emma, she told in a phone conversation with her that Emma is absolutely perfect for the role of Hermione. She also won critical acclaim from movie critics all over the world for her performance in Harry Potter.
When her first Harry Potter movie released, she was ten years old and she has since appeared in all subsequent Harry Potter films: Chamber of Secrets (2002), Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), and Goblet of Fire (2005), and has finished filming Order of the Phoenix which is all set to release July 3 this year.
Earlier in 2007 some sources reported that she refused to sign contract to appear in the final two Harry Potter films but in late March this year her commitment to those final two films was confirmed by Warner brothers.
She is extremely committed to her character Hermione in the Harry Potter series "I could never let Hermione go--she is my hero! I love her too much and love what playing her has meant to me. I am excited and honoured to be finishing what I started and playing her in all seven of the films” she said in an interview.
Just like in the movie which made her so famous, her real life is also full of magical things. She loves art and poetry. She also loves sports like Hockey, netball, tennis, table tennis, rounders, and golf. Her favourite pass time activities are spending time with her family, dancing, singing and traveling. Her musical interests include singing, hip hop, blues, and classic rock, including Eminem, Eric Clapton, U2 and Nelly Furtado.
She also played Hermione in a special mini episode of Harry Potter named the ‘The Queen's Handbag’ in celebration of the queens 80th birthday.
At the age of fifteen she became the youngest person to appear on the cover of the Teen Vogue magazine by shattering the previous record of Willa Holland. She also served as one of the four juries to select the 2004 teen-aged filmmakers' "First Light" for the Film Award ceremony in Leicester Square in London along with Pierce Brosnan, Kenneth Branagh and Samantha Morton.
She won the Otto silver award for best female film star in 2003 and also won Best Female Child Artist: Phoenix Film Critics Society, for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. And in 2006 she won a best female film star gold award from Otto.
She loves watching movies and few of her favourite films are Shawshank Redemption, Dirty Dancing, Gladiator, Braveheart, Grease, Pride and Prejudice, Amelie, Shrek 1 & 2, Finding Nemo, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Pretty Women, Romeo and Juliet, Moulin Rouge and Closer.
May be you also wanting to know about her favourite snacks, well here it is, she loves Toast, Smoothies, and the Chocolate and Cream Starbucks Frappuccino. And do you know that she has got two pet cats named Bubbles and Domino.
She may be a big celebrity now but she still loves hanging out with friends and likes to be treated like a normal teenager.
