Emerald Fennell

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 20132017 and for her portrayal of Camilla ParkerBowles in the Netflix drama series The Crown 20192020 the latter of which garnered her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination As a writerdirector 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 Webbers musical Cinderella 2021 and directed her second film the psychological thriller Saltburn 2023 Description above from the Wikipedia article Emerald Fennell licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia