Emerald Fennell Biography

Emerald Fennell is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer who has received many awards such as two BAFTA Awards, an Academy Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, and three Golden Globe Awards nominations. She gained fame for starring in BBC One’s Call the Midwife from 2013 to 2017 and portraying Camilla Parker-Bowles in Netflix’s The Crown from 2019 to 2020.

Emerald Fennell Education

Fennell studied at Marlborough College in Marlborough, Wiltshire. Next, she joined Greyfriars, Oxford where she majored in English and acted in university plays. During her time in Oxford, Lindy King of United Agents spotted her.

Emerald Fennell Career

Fennell first attained recognition for her roles in period films like Albert Nobbs, Anna Karenina, and The Danish Girl. She gained fame for starring in BBC One’s Call the Midwife from 2013 to 2017 and portraying Camilla Parker-Bowles in Netflix’s The Crown from 2019 to 2020. For her performance, she received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.

As a writer-director, Fennell starred as the showrunner in BBC’s Killing Eve (2019), for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She debuted as a director with the thriller Promising Young Woman (2020). She won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and received nominations for Best Director and Best Picture. In 2021, she wrote the book for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cinderella. In 2023, she directed her second film, Saltburn in 2023.

Emerald Fennell Age

Fennell was born on October 1, 1985, in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. She is 38 years old as of 2023. Fennell celebrates her birthday every October 1st.

Emerald Fennell Height

Fennell stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 6 inches.

Emerald Fennell Family

Fennell was born Emma Shirley Louise MacGregor and Alister Theodore “Theo Fennell. Theo works as a jewellery designer while Louise works as an author. Aside from Fennell, they had another daughter named Coco Poppy who works as a fashion designer. Theo was born in 1951 in Egypt and is 73 years old as of 2024. Louise was born in 1957 and is 67 years old as of 2024.

Coco was born in June 1988 and is 35 years old as of 2023. During her 18th birthday, the event was documented by Tatler, a British high-society magazine. Influential figures like Poppy Delevingne, Lady Alexandra Gordon Lennox, and Alice Rugge-Price attended her event.

Emerald Fennell Husband

Fennell married Chris Vernon, film and advertising director and producer. They have two children. Their son was born in 2019 and is 5 years old as of 2024. During the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021, she revealed that she was pregnant with their child.

Emerald Fennell Net Worth

Fennell has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through being an actress, filmmaker, and writer.

Emerald Fennell Barbie/Midge

In 2023, Fennell briefly starred as Midge in the fantasy comedy film, Barbie. Midge alongside Sasha, Weird Barbie, Allan, and the discontinued dolls helps to deprogram the other Barbies from indoctrination through Gloria’s speech. During the meta post-credits scene, Mirren walks in on Midge as she gives birth.

Emerald Fennell The Crown/Camila Parker Bowles

From 2019 to 2020, Fennell starred in the role of Camilla Parker Bowles in the historical drama TV show, The Crown for 7 episodes. Camilla is the second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. For her performance, she won a Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Award in 2021. That same year, she received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Award.

Emerald Fennell Call The Midwife

From 2013 to 2017, Fennell starred in the role of Nurse Patience “Patsy” Elizabeth Mount in BBC’s Call The Midwife for 27 episodes. From 1959 to 1962, Patience worked as a nurse and midwife at Nonnatus House.

Emerald Fennell Saltburn

Fennell wrote, produced, and directed the psychological thriller, Saltburn. Saltburn follows Oliver Quick(Barry Keoghan), an Oxford student, who develops a fixation on Felix Catton(Jacob Elordi), a popular and noble fellow student at Oxford. Things turn sour after Felix invites Oliver to his unorthodox family’s estate for the summer. Generally, the film received positive reviews from critics as they commended the performances and cinematography. The film received two Golden Globe Award nominations and five BAFTA Film Award nominations.

Emerald Fennell Bad Cinderella

Fennell wrote the script and book for Bad Cinderella. The film follows a new retelling of Cinderella with the events starting after the death of Prince Charming.

Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman

Fennell worked as the director, writer, and producer of Promising Young Woman. The film served as her directorial debut. Also, she appeared in the film as a Video Tutorial Host. The film follows 30-year-old Cassie Thomas who tries to exact vengeance on the people who sexually assaulted her friend which led her to commit suicide.

Emerald Fennell Books

Fennell has authored several books including

• Shiverton Hall
• Shiverton Hall: The Creeper
• Rollercoasters Shiverton Hall
• Monsters

Emerald Fennell Movies and TV Shows

Fennell has starred in a number of films and TV shows such as;

• Mr Nice
• Albert Nobbs
• New Tricks
• Drifters
• Any Human Heart
• The Lady Vanishes
• Anna Karenina
• Killing Eve
• The Danish Girl
• Pan
• Vita & Virginia
• Barbie
• The Crown