Chris Watson: Facts About Emma Watson’s father?

Chris Watson is an English Lawyer and also the father of Harry Potter actress Emma Watson. Chris Watson’s daughter was famous from a young age for playing the role of Hermione Granger in all eight adaptations of the “Harry Potter” film series. With virtually no professional acting experience, the nine-year-old girl was selected to co-star in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (2001). After that, she also starred in movies including “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” (2012), the Biblical adventure fantasy “Noah” (2014), and Bill Condon’s blockbuster “Beauty and the Beast” (2017). Who is Emma Watcson’s father?

Chris Watson: Bio Summary

How old is Emma Watson’s father?

Chris Watson was born in 1959 in England to his parent Philip Watson and Freda Watson. As of 2023, he is 64 years old. He was married to Jacqueline Luesby who was also a Lawyer, together they had two children- Emma Watson and Alex Watson. Chris and Jackie had their children in Paris where the family lived in Maisons-Laffitte near Paris. When Emma was 5, the couple decided to call their marriage a quit. The family moved to England from France where Emma and her brother lived with her mother in Oxfordshire while spending weekends at Chris’s house in London.

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What does Emma Watson’s father?

As said earlier, Emma Watson’s father Chris Watson is a Lawyer. According to his LinkedIn, he is a partner at CMS UK. Per his LinkedIn about, he has worked in technology, communications, and competition law in the UK and France for about 30 years. He also stated his passion for digital including digital identity and the movement of legal principles and rights from the physical to the digital world.

Watson wrote in his about– “I have been recognized in The Legal 500 Hall of Fame as one of the elite leading lawyers for Telecommunications, an accolade celebrating standout lawyers who have been ranked in The Legal 500 for 10 years or more.“

According to some sources, Chris Watson re-married. The name of his second wife is Julie Watson. Watson and his new wife have three children- Toby Watson, Nina Watson, and Lucy Watson.

Chris Watson was supportive of his daughter’s career.

Chris Watson and his ex-wife Jacqueline Luesby were supportive of their daughter’s career choice. Emma Watson’s mother and father were very career-driven. Neither one of them was willing to quit their jobs to travel with Watson for Harry Potter promotion, so the Little Women actor went off on her own Cheatsheet reported. This gave her a very strong sense of independence at a very young age.

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The actress admits that her parents also did their level best to keep her grounded. In an interview with GQ UK, the Harry Potter star admitted that she wasn’t even cognizant of her own immense fame until the Wizardary world franchise that shot her to fame was nearing its end. “I think my parents were very focused on keeping me down to earth,” the actress shared.

Once, she even had to ask her parents if she still belonged to them. “‘Am I still your daughter?’ You know? It has felt so weird sometimes,” Watson admitted. Fortunately, Chris Watson and his ex-wife Jacqueline Luesby have helped root her in times of uncertainty. “My parents helped me a lot too, luckily they weren’t focused on my career,” Watson shared with Metro. “All that mattered to them was that I was happy.”

According to Famliytron, when the young Emma Watson landed the role of Hermione in the Harry Potter franchise, Chris Watson opened a fund for her daughter, where he put all the money she earned from the movie. On her 21st birthday, Ms. Watson got the right to operate her funds. She became the owner of $32 million. According to Celebritynetworth, Emma Waston has a net worth of $85 million.