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'' and '' The Electrical Life of Louis Wain''.

Career

Watson's first acting appearance was in a short film in

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when she was 5 years old. The six-minute film ''Who Are You?'' was commissioned by

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. After this she auditioned for the second series of television drama '' The Missing'' and was cast in the role of Lucy. The series was first screened in the UK in October 2016 and was a critical success. Her next role was in the crime drama '' Sherlock'' with

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and

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. She played the young Eurus Holmes (as "Little Eurus"), Sherlock's younger sister, winning praise for her performance from the ''

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''. She spent three months filming the espionage thriller ''

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'' in Morocco and Southern England. The eight-part series was released in April 2018. Watson's first performance in a leading role was in the BFI-funded

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short film ''Martyrs Lane'', written and directed by Ruth Platt. This was followed by her second leading role in the short independent film ''Nurtured''. In April 2019 it was announced that Watson had been cast alongside

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, Kristen Wiig,

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and

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in '' A Boy Called Christmas'', a feature film adaptation of the novel by

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about the origins of Father Christmas. Filming began in August 2019 for '' The Electrical Life of Louis Wain'' in which Watson plays Young Felicie Wain. In October 2019 she performed on stage with the punk group The Damned at the

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for A Night of a Thousand Vampires. The concert was released as a film in October 2022. In November 2019 she appeared as Charlotte Day in BBC drama

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'' with Julia Ormond and Ben Barnes. Watson was cast in

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's film ''

'' as the young Irene Curie; the film was originally due out in cinemas in spring 2020. Owing to the

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its release was delayed until the summer when it was released on

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. Watson received praise for her role from the

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. In 2020 Watson narrated the audiobook ''Moojag and the Auticode Secret'' by N.E. McMorran. Adapted for television by David Farr from

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's 1957 novel of the same name, '' The Midwich Cuckoos'' was released in June 2022. Watson played the character of Evie Stone, for which she was nominated for a

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.
Watson spent six months living in Barcelona during 2022 while filming the

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series '' Who Is Erin Carter?'' with Evin Ahmad and

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. She played Erin Carter’s troubled daughter, Harper. Her performance drew praise from ''

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'' who described Watson as "a preternaturally gifted actor". The series premiered on

on 24 August 2023, going on to be the most watched Netflix show in the world the following week.

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Television

Filmography

Audiobooks

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Indica 2010 births Living people 21st-century English actresses Actresses from London British people of English descent English film actresses British television actresses English television actresses English child actresses English voice actresses