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Emma Watson

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is a British actress, model and activist, best known
for having played the character of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film
series. Watson was cast as Hermione at the age of nine, after having participated
previously only in school plays Born on April 14, 1990 in Paris, France, currently 31
years old, I study at Brown University

Daughter of British lawyers Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson, both Oxford
University graduates, Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris (France),
where she lived until the age of five, when her parents divorced and she moved in
with her mother and her younger brother, Alex, to Oxford (England). Watson and
her brother spent weekends at her father's house in London She also has a brother
named Toby and two sisters named Nina and Lucy, both twins, the fruits of her
father's second marriage. Having lived a time in her life in France, Watson speaks
a little French, though not as well as before. Before starting school, Watson was
diagnosed as hyperactive. She has been taking Ritalin ever since.After moving,
Watson began her studies at the private Dragon School in Oxford, where she
remained until 2003. At the age of six, she began to take an interest in becoming
an actress and began parallel studies in singing, dance and theater at Stagecoach.
Theater arts

He for She brought together 10 universities worldwide, including Oxford and


Sciences Po in Paris, to implement short and medium-term projects to close the
gender gap in educational institutions. The renowned and young actress, who acts
as an ambassador for this UN Women initiative, highlighted the importance that the
10 universities played in promoting transformations for the benefit of all
women.Thanks to the campaign, "significant changes" have been achieved, as in
the University of Hong Kong, with a scholarship program for women from less
developed countries, or in Leicester, where the number of women in management
positions increased by 30% . "The idea is that students change their mentality and
thus generate a generational change," said the president of the University of
Leicester, Paul Boyle at the same press conference.

However, both Watson and the representatives of the 10 educational institutions


assured that there is still a long way to go to achieve true gender equality.
Therefore, according to the actress, universities should be consolidated as a place
of refuge and a "think tank".
Since her appearance in Harry Potter, actress Emma Watson has become the
quintessential generational icon. Not only because of her roles in films like "The
Advantages of Being Invisible", but also because of her work as a UN ambassador
and her simplicity

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