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Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson, born 15 April 1990 is an English actress, model, and activist. Born in Paris and brought up in Oxfordshire, Watson attended the Dragon School and trained as an actress at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts. As a child artist, she rose to prominence after landing her first professional acting role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series, When she committed to the Harry Potter series, little did she know that her life would change forever. Having appeared in a couple of school dramas, her teachers suggested that she try-out for the first installment of the best-selling series. A couple of takes and a few lines later, her life turned completely as she became one of the most recognized and the most bankable Hollywood stars with a worth of over $10 million. Apart from her involvement in the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise, she has appeared in ‘The Tale of Despereaux’ and also starred in the film adaptation of ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ and ‘Noah’. Acting aside, she lived an extremely humble life in her earlier days and was selected for this role out of sheer, dumb luck. This doe-eyed beauty was a star student in her school, brilliant at academics and was interested in sports activities and theater productions. She has also forayed into modeling and has also begun to spread awareness about a number of humanitarian issues. Emma Watson can boast not only of stylish photo shoots and memorable roles in modern films but also of her social activities. ​Watson had been one of the biggest proponents of women’s rights. She took the word feminism out of disgrace and made it once again cool and empowering. Malala Yousafzai and Taylor Swift are two women who were inspired by Watson’s take on the word feminism and began using it following her lead. In her 28 years of life Watson had achieved more than women double her age. She had worked hard to make education available for girls all around the Globe. She has worked in distant and impoverished countries, like Bangladesh and Zambia, where educating girls is not a priority. Due to her work for educating women Watson had been appointed as the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador in July 2014. Using this platform to reach out to the public Watson initiated her HeForShe campaign which was focused on urging the men to take a stronger stance in the women-centered movements. She argued that the oppression of women hurt all parties and that men suffered the consequences as much as women. Moreover, she called it as a moral and ethical responsibility of men to support women in their struggle for freedom. Watson’s aim behind this campaign was to unite women and men in the struggle for equality and liberty. She criticized male-bashing and argued that it was important for both sexes to learn to live in harmony with each other without oppressing the other. Emma introduced this campaign in her speech for the UN headquarters. It was in this speech that Watson famously re-popularized the word feminism. She had been cautioned by many not to use that term but she went ahead and did it anyway. In one of her speeches Watson said ““Being asked to serve as UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador is truly humbling,” said Emma. “The chance to make a real difference is not an opportunity that everyone is given and is one I have no intention of taking lightly. Women’s rights are something so inextricably linked with who I am, so deeply personal and rooted in my life that I can’t imagine an opportunity more exciting. I still have so much to learn, but as I progress I hope to bring more of my individual knowledge, experience and awareness to this role.”” Thus, Emma Watson showed her solidarity with women and people all over the world. She showed that with great power also comes great responsibility and that one must take this as seriously as possible because artists have the rare opportunity to make their voices heard and have an impact on the world. ​As if being the UN Goodwill Ambassador was not enough Watson was also selected as the ambassador for Camfed International, and organization that aimed at promoting education and business in the rural areas of Africa. In addition to creating more support and awareness for women Watson also launched another campaign which was focused on bringing more representation and work opportunities for women in the corporate sector. This initiative is known as Impact 10*10*10. This particular campaign was designed to ensure a balance in hiring which meant that there were equal numbers of men and women in any given organization. This campaign of Watson, too got a great deal of attention and recognition with many reputable businesses joining hands such as, Twitter, Barclays, and Vodafone. Watson also runs a women’s book club known as Our Shared Shelf. This book club focuses on reading and discussing material regarding feminism and women in general. The readings for this book club are aimed at promoting values of equality. The club is hosted by the online website Goodreads and discusses a new book every month ​Watson has done a great deal of work for the liberation and support of women in the society. She had worked to get education across to many women across the world. But these are just her philanthropic and social activism. Besides this Watson is also a highly creative individual. With her work in the Harry Potter series she received much acknowledgment and many accolades for her performance. Watson had been awarded the Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor for her work in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Watson. Watson has also played the iconic character of Belle in the classic children’s fairytale Beauty and the Beast. Watson is also a model and a secret musician. She can play the piano as well as sing. She had been one of the performers on the soundtrack for the movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. She had also appeared in a music video by the indie band One Night Only called Say You Don’t Want It. ​Watson is also a certified yoga and meditation instructor and practitioner. She is a very humble individual who has remained accessible to people despite her popularity and status. Perhaps it is this reason why people feel so much attracted to her as an individual. She is a great example of a humanitarian artist who is as focused on their creative work and life as they are concerned about the real-world issues. She wants people to have a good life and wants the women across the world to find more self-worth and opportunities which would make them equal members of the community in which they live. Watson has amazing charm and grace and is respected and adored by her peers in the world of show business as well as outside of it. Emma Watson is has won quite a few awards at such a young age, in fact, she has been one of the most established and achieved actress of Hollywood, at such a young age. Some of the awards that Emma Watson has won include the following, in 2007, Emma Watson won the ITV National Film Award for ‘Best Female Performance’ for Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix. In 2010 Emma Watson had been declared the highest paid female star of Hollywood, at just the young age of 19, when she had earned an estimated of 19 million United States Dollars in 2009. In the year 2011, Emma Watson had earned the teen choice awards in three categories, ‘Choice Movie: Actress Sci-Fi/Fantasy’, ‘Choice Movie Liplock’ and ‘Choice Summer Movie: Female’ for ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1’. Other than this Emma Watson had also won countless other awards and achievements. In the year 2011, Emma Watson won the ‘San Diego Film Critics Society Award’ for ‘Best Ensemble Performance’ and ‘Best Supporting Actress’ for ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 2’. In the year 2013, Emma Watson won the 'People's Choice Awards' in the category of Favorite Drama Movie Actress for Perks of Being a Wallflower. These awards show the amount of recognition and appreciation that Emma Watson had achieved at such a young age. The actress have won several other awards since that time as well. Being awarded such heavily at such a young age is the dream of any Hollywood actress, or a wannabe actress. Emma Watson has achieved that dream quite effortlessly. Apart from her recognition as an actress and her achievements because of it, the actress has also achieved countless other things. Emma Watson is an actress that has achieved quite a lot at such a young age, and continues to have more achievements after that time. Emma Watson does a lot of work as an activist, as well as an actress. Her achievements show how passionate and dedicated the actress had been from such a young age, since she had been selected as the role of Hermione Granger, in the Harry Potter movie series. Emma Watson’s has lived a famous and a recognized life since the time she had stepped into Hollywood, as just a little child. Her awards and her achievements mark how recognized and how appreciated the actress actually is. The place that Emma Watson has now achieved in the public eye now, is not only as a loved actress, but it is a place of respect and appraisal, she has won the hearts and the respect of her fans through her activities. To sum up, Emma Watson had begun a life of achievement through a very young age, once she had been selected for the role of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series as a child artist. She had been well recognized for her acting performance in the film, and the Harry Potter film series went on to reshape the entire life of the young artist. Emma Watson has been well recognized and well awarded for her acting career since then, and she has also won the hearts and minds of countless of her fans through her activities outside of her acting career. Emma Watson is also a humanitarian, a women’s rights activist and a lot other things. She is one of the most loved, respected and recognized Hollywood actress in the current times, not only for her acting activities but also for the achievements that she has won outside of that. Works Cited Batterson, Courtney. "" Feminism" and Feminism: A Rhetorical Criticism of Emma Watson's Address to the UN." Quest: A Journal of Undergraduate Research (2016): 1-12. Bell, Christopher E. Hermione Granger saves the world: Essays on the feminist heroine of Hogwarts. McFarland, 2012. Mercier, Meghan. "It’s Not Easy Being Hermione: Harry Potter and the Paradox of Girl Power." Selected Papers from Nimbus-2003 Compendium (2003). Nolan, David. Emma Watson: The Biography. John Blake Publishing, 2011. UN Women. "UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson." UN Women (2018). Watson, Emma. "A day in the life of a peer support worker: a visit." Mental Health and Social Inclusion (2014): 59-60.