Emma Watson Awards For Harry Potter

He only turned 23 today, but Harry Potter actress Emma Watson has been recognised for her work in film and fashion at the MTV Movie Awards.

She collected the trailblazer award at the Los Angeles ceremony and, after spending her formative years in the spotlight, admitted: “Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing.”

Dressed in a Maxime Simoens graphic-print dress, she was presented the award by fellow British actor Eddie Redmayne and said: “I look back at all of the work I have done over the past 14 years and many things come to mind, notably how bad my hair was in the first Harry Potter film.

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“Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it’s a process. I was completely the eager beaver in school, I was the girl in the front of the class who was the first person to put her hand up.

“It’s often not cool to be the person that puts themselves out there, and I’ve often gotten teased mercilessly, but I found that ultimately if you truly pour your heart into what you believe in — even if it makes you vulnerable — amazing things can and will happen.”

The award was introduced last year when it was given to actress Emma Stone, and Watson said following in her footsteps was a daunting task.

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She added: “I was actually here last year when Emma Stone won the trailblazer award, and she gave this awesome speech and I felt really inspired”. She sat in the audience with boyfriend Will Adamowicz.

Tom Hiddleston was the other British winner of the night, with best villain award as Loki in The Avengers. The superhero film scooped the movie of the year prize as well as best fight.

Justin Bieber’s latest gaffe when he suggested Anne Frank would be a fan of his, The Avengers writer/director Joss Whedon said: “What’s the opposite of humbled? We’re Biebered to be standing here.”

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Bradley Cooper won best male performance for Silver Linings Playbook, and co-star Jennifer Lawrence won best female performance. Anchorman and Elf star Will Ferrell won the comic genius award. And Jamie Foxx and Samuel L Jackson got the WTF Moment award for a fire scene in Django Unchained.

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Star and U.N. Women Goodwill Ambassador onstage to present. She's proud to call herself a feminist, but we all know she's a witch.

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Author J.K. Rowling has been in the news recently because of comments made about Scotland's Gender Recognition Reform Bill, a piece of legislation that will make it easier for transgender people in the country to change the sex listed on their birth certificate. Last week, Rowling tweeted about the likely negative consequences of this legislation for women and girls, which prompted renewed accusations of transphobia.

Rowling's views have been under scrutiny for years now, with a string of transphobic tweets made by the author in 2020 prompting various members of the

Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they aren’t who they say they are, Watson wrote on Twitter following the author's tweets. I want my trans followers to know that I and so many other people around the world see you, respect you and love you for who you are.

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I want my trans followers to know that I and so many other people around the world see you, respect you and love you for who you are.— Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) June 10, 2020

I donate to @Mermaids_Gender and @mamacash. If you can, perhaps you’ll feel inclined to do the same. ❤️— Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) June 10, 2020

Watson's name has been trending on Twitter in the hours since her BAFTAs comments, with over 15, 000 tweets at the time of writing.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for . He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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