Happy birthday, Emma Watson!
In honor of her 25th birthday this week, here are 10 reasons we’re celebrating the life of Emma Watson, actress and women’s rights leader.
10. Let’s begin with a look at her big break at age 10, when she was cast as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series. Watch her screen test with Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint:
9. In 2007, Watson could be seen in another sort of screen test, in character, within the movie Ballet Shoes, her first non-Harry Potter gig.
8. Now let’s cover a bunch of wonderful facts about the actress very quickly, care of Buzzfeed:
7. One more precious fact: while being honored last fall as British Artist of the Year, Watson dedicated her Britannia Award to her pet hamster Millie, who died of a heart attack during the filming of the first Harry Potter movie.
6. Here is Watson’s movie career in 5 great gifs:
5. Ten years ago, Watson began modeling. Five years later, she became a creative adviser for the Fair Trade brand People Tree. Here’s a behind-the-scenes video on her collaboration for a good cause:
4. Her next movie is called Regression, and it hits theaters on August 28. Here’s the international trailer:
3. She was recently cast as Belle in a live-action version of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Fans have already begun creating art of the actress in the role, and here are three of our favorite fan-made drawings.
2. Watson is the object of many celebrity crushes, and she was a great sport when the Smosh guys involved her in a prank on one of her adoring fans.
1. Last year, Watson was appointed as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and bravely addressed the United Nations with the following speech on gender equality:
