In 1999, a nine-year-old girl with no professional acting experience walked into her first major audition—and changed film history forever.,That girl was Emma Watson.,She had only performed in school plays at Stagecoach,Theatre Arts in Oxford when she auditioned for Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, based on the book by J. K. Rowling.,While other kids had agents and résumés, Emma had raw talent and determination.,She went through eight intense auditions. Rowling knew

In 1999, a nine-year-old girl from Oxford walked into her first Hermione Granger audition carrying determination and a worn Harry Potter book she’d read eight times. That girl was Emma Watson. Over the next decade, while filming eight blockbuster movies, she insisted on continuing her education—studying between takes and later graduating from Brown University in English literature. At just 24, she became the youngest UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and launched the HeForShe campaign, turning fame i