Emerald Fennell
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Emerald Fennell is an English director born in Hammersmith, London, celebrated for darkly comic, visually stylish films examining sexual politics and class privilege. Promising Young Woman, her remarkable feature debut following a woman exacting elaborate revenge against predatory men in the wake of her friend's assault, won her the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and established her taste for candy-colored visual style wrapped around genuinely disturbing subject matter. Saltburn, a lurid, class-conscious thriller following a working-class student's obsessive infiltration of a wealthy family's aristocratic estate, extended her fascination with desire, class resentment, and moral transgression rendered through opulent, unsettling visual excess. Fennell's combination of glossy visual style with dark, provocative examination of privilege and sexual power has made her one of the most distinctive new voices in contemporary British cinema.
Emerald Fennell
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8 Series
Emerald Fennell is an English director born in Hammersmith, London, celebrated for darkly comic, visually stylish films examining sexual politics and class privilege. Promising Young Woman, her remarkable feature debut following a woman exacting elaborate revenge against predatory men in the wake of her friend's assault, won her the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and established her taste for candy-colored visual style wrapped around genuinely disturbing subject matter. Saltburn, a lurid, class-conscious thriller following a working-class student's obsessive infiltration of a wealthy family's aristocratic estate, extended her fascination with desire, class resentment, and moral transgression rendered through opulent, unsettling visual excess. Fennell's combination of glossy visual style with dark, provocative examination of privilege and sexual power has made her one of the most distinctive new voices in contemporary British cinema.
Movies
Director
"Wuthering Heights"
2026
Plays Midge
Barbie
2023
Director
Promising Young Woman
2020
Director
Saltburn
2023
Plays Commander
Pan
2015
Plays Elsa
The Danish Girl
2015
Plays Princess Merkalova
Anna Karenina
2012
Plays Mrs. Smythe-Willard
Albert Nobbs
2011
Plays Vanessa Bell
Vita & Virginia
2019
Plays Rachel
Mr. Nice
2010
Plays Odette
The Lady Vanishes
2013
Plays Issy Quennell
Murder on the Home Front
2013
Plays Jess
The Darkest Universe
2016
TV Shows
Plays Patsy Mount
Call the Midwife
2012
Plays Camilla Shand / Camilla Parker Bowles
The Crown
2016
Plays Agnes
Chickens
2013
Plays Lottie
Any Human Heart
2010
Plays Issy Quennell
Murder on the Home Front
2013
Plays Lizzie
Drifters
2013
Plays Lady Lovelace
Victoria
2016
Plays Monica Simmons
Blandings
2013
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Full Filmography
"Wuthering Heights"
Director
2026
Film
Saltburn
Director
2023
Film
Barbie
Midge
2023
Film
The Crown
Camilla Shand / Camilla Parker Bowles · 7 episodes
2019–2020
TV
Promising Young Woman
Woman in Makeup Tutorial (uncredited) · Director
2020
Film
Vita & Virginia
Vanessa Bell
2019
Film
Careful How You Go
Director
2018
Film
Victoria
Lady Lovelace · 1 episode
2017
TV
Drifters
Lizzie · 1 episode
2016
TV
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Emerald Fennell and where are they from?
Emerald Fennell is 40 years old, born on October 1, 1985 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
What are the most famous roles of Emerald Fennell?
Emerald Fennell is best known for roles in Barbie, The Danish Girl, Promising Young Woman.
How many movies has Emerald Fennell been in?
Over a 16-year career (since 2010), Emerald Fennell has appeared in 11 movies and 8 TV shows.
What was Emerald Fennell's first movie?
The career of Emerald Fennell began with Mr. Nice (2010).
What is Emerald Fennell's most recent movie or series?
Emerald Fennell's most recent release is Prüdes Hollywood - Laster, Lust und Leidenschaft im Film, which premiered on April 8, 2025.
What TV shows has Emerald Fennell appeared in?
On television, Emerald Fennell has appeared in The Crown, Victoria, Call the Midwife, Late Night with Seth Meyers.
Emerald Fennell
1985-10-01 · Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Emerald Lilly Fennell (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).Emerald Fennell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.