Emma Corrin

Corrin's professional start was quiet, the way most actors' starts are. Their television debut came in 2019 on the British drama Grantchester, followed by a recurring role as Esme Winikus in Pennyworth (2019) — a DC-adjacent series that didn't exactly predict where their career was heading. Their feature film debut arrived with Misbehaviour (2020), in which they played Miss South Africa. Small roles. Building blocks. Then The Crown happened. Cast as Diana, Princess of Wales for season four of the Netflix historical drama, Corrin delivered a performance that critics couldn't stop writing about — and awards voters couldn't ignore. They won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama and a Critics' Choice Award, while also earning a Primetime Emmy nomination and an Actors Award nomination (Wikipedia). It's the kind of awards haul that changes what roles you get offered next. Post-Crown, Corrin made deliberate, interesting choices. My Policeman (2022) paired them with Harry Styles in a story about a closeted gay policeman in 1950s Brighton — a film that got complicated reviews but showed Corrin wasn't chasing easy prestige. Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022) followed, another literary adaptation with period setting. Then A Murder at the End of the World (2023), an FX thriller miniseries that let them stretch into genre territory. The real gear-shift, though, was 2024: Cassandra Nova in Deadpool & Wolverine marked their entry into the Marvel universe, and Nosferatu — directed by Robert Eggers, whose films don't exactly do subtle — cast them as Anna Harding in a reimagining of the classic horror story. Two films, two completely different registers. That's the career they're building.