Emerald Fennell

Emerald Lilly Fennell (/fɪˈnɛl/; born 1 October 1985) is an English actress, auteur filmmaker, and writer. She has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award.

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 (2013–2017) and for her portrayal of Camilla Parker-Bowles in the Netflix drama series The Crown (2019–2020), the latter of which garnered her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

As a writer-director, 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. She also wrote the book for Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cinderella (2021). Fennell went on to direct the psychological thriller Saltburn (2023) and the period romance Wuthering Heights (2026).