Emerald Fennell

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Female

Birthday 1985-10-01 (39 years old)

Place of Birth Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Also Known As Emerald Lilly Fennell

Emerald Fennell

Biography

Emerald Lilly Fennell (/fɪˈnɛl/; 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Emerald Fennell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Writer

Nemesis

as Screenplay

2026
Wuthering Heights

as Screenplay

2023
Saltburn

as Writer

2020
2018
Careful How You Go

as Screenplay

2018
Killing Eve

as Writer

Actor

2023
Barbie

as Midge

2020
Promising Young Woman

as Woman in Makeup Tutorial (uncredited)

2019
Vita & Virginia

as Vanessa Bell

2016
The Crown

as Camilla Shand / Camilla Parker Bowles

2016
Victoria

as Lady Lovelace

2015
2015
Pan

as Commander

2013
Murder on the Home Front

as Issy Quennell

2013
2013
Drifters

as Lizzie

2013
Chickens

as Agnes

2013
Murder on the Home Front

as Issy Quennell

2013
Blandings

as Monica Simmons

2012
Anna Karenina

as Princess Merkalova

2012
Call the Midwife

as Patsy Mount

2012
Call the Midwife

as Nurse Patsy Mount

2011
Albert Nobbs

as Mrs. Smythe-Willard

2010
Mr. Nice

as Rachel

2010
Any Human Heart

as Lottie

1953
The Oscars

as Self

Director

2026
Wuthering Heights

as Director

2023
Saltburn

as Director

2020
2018
Careful How You Go

as Director

Producer

2026
Wuthering Heights

as Producer

2023
Saltburn

as Producer

2020
2018
Killing Eve

as Executive Producer