Claim: Emma Watson stars in Beauty and the Beast.

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson -LRB- born 15 April 1990 -RRB- is a French-British actress , model , and activist . Born in Paris and brought up in Oxfordshire , Watson attended the Dragon School and trained as an actress at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts . She rose to prominence after landing her first professional acting role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series , having acted only in school plays previously . Watson appeared in all eight Harry Potter films from 2001 to 2011 , earning worldwide fame , critical accolades , and around $ 60 million .   Watson continued to work outside of the Harry Potter films , lending her voice to The Tale of Despereaux -LRB- 2008 -RRB- and appearing in the 2007 television adaptation of the novel Ballet Shoes . Since then , she has taken on starring roles in The Perks of Being a Wallflower -LRB- 2012 -RRB- and The Bling Ring -LRB- 2013 -RRB- , made a brief appearance as an exaggerated version of herself in This Is the End -LRB- 2013 -RRB- , and portrayed the title character 's adopted daughter in Noah -LRB- 2014 -RRB- . In 2017 , she portrayed Belle in a live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast . Her other releases include Regression -LRB- 2015 -RRB- , Colonia -LRB- 2015 -RRB- and The Circle -LRB- 2017 -RRB- .   From 2011 to 2014 , Watson split her time between working on film projects and continuing her education , studying at Brown University and Worcester College , Oxford and graduating from Brown with a bachelor 's degree in English literature in May 2014 . Her modelling work has included campaigns for Burberry and Lancôme . As a fashion consultant , she helped create a line of clothing for People Tree . She was honoured by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2014 , winning for British Artist of the Year . That same year , she was appointed as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and helped launch the UN Women campaign HeForShe , which calls for men to advocate gender equality .