EMMA WATSON JOINS OXFORD ROWING TEAM, RIVAL CREW TROLLS HER WITH HARRY POTTER SONG

Hermoine aka Emma Watson has swapped wands for oars! The Harry Potter star was spotted yelling into a mic while steering a boat at Oxford University’s Summer Eights rowing competition. She is officially part of her college’s rowing team and took on the role of coxswain (the one who shouts directions and steers, not rows).

The 35-year-old joined Oxford last year for a grad program. Emma helped lead her team in four races — and while they only won one, she was all in, shouting instructions like a total pro.

However, one of the rival teams beat Emma’s squad and cheekily played the Harry Potter theme song after their win which was a subtle (or not-so-subtle) dig.

Emma hasn’t been on our screens much lately, and that’s been intentional. She’s been on a bit of a career pause, choosing to focus on studies and personal growth. In fact, she made a rare red carpet return earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival after more than a decade away.

Talking about her break from acting, Emma once said she needed to step back and do things on her own terms. “It gave me a sense of autonomy and creative freedom,” she said in a December 2023 interview.

Emma Watson didn’t waste any time breaking out of the Harry Potter mould once the series wrapped. Her first big move post-Hermione came with Ballet Shoes in 2007, followed by lending her voice to the animated film The Tale of Despereaux in 2008. After bidding Hogwarts goodbye, she took on a string of diverse roles starting with a supporting part in My Week with Marilyn (2011), and then impressing audiences as the vibrant and rebellious Sam in The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012).

Watson then portrayed Alexis Neiers in Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring (2013), and took a dramatic turn in Darren Aronofsky’s Noah (2014), playing the adopted daughter of the titular character. That same year, she received a major nod from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, winning the British Artist of the Year award.

Emma charmed audiences as Belle in Disney’s live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast (2017), and later joining Greta Gerwig’s star-studded cast in Little Women (2019) as the grounded and practical Meg March.

Watson managed to juggle film shoots and college life between 2011 and 2014. She eventually graduated from Brown University in May 2014 with a degree in English literature.

Emma Watson’s last acting role was in the 2020 film Little Women, where she played Meg March.

2025-06-15T04:47:41Z