Emma Watson has celebrated her 33rd birthday by looking back at the last year of her life – after retreating from the limelight.
She has reflected on her time away where she made gin, surfed, started therapy and started a women’s environmental investment fund.
The actress, who is well-known for playing Hermione Granger in all eight of the Harry Potter films, said she “learned more about love and being a woman” over the last year.
The star, who was born on April 15 1990, has been taking a break on social media since a previous post seen on Instagram in December 2022.
But in a post about her birthday, Watson wrote: “I stepped away from my life – I learned to surf (badly), I rode some horses (that went better), I did a lot of therapy (YESS therapy!).
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Emma played Hermione Granger
Emma played Hermione Granger ( Image: Videograb/Warner Brothers)
“My brother and I figured out how to make a gin using recycled wine grapes!?”
Emma has also had quite a career away from Harry Potter, appearing in 2019’s period drama Little Women, 2017’s Disney live action musical Beauty And The Beast and 2012’s coming-of-age story The Perks Of Being A Wallflower.
She also said: “I felt really sad and really pissed off about a lot of things. I learned more about love and being a woman.”
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She added: “It took me three years but I have finally figured out a daily practice and can actually keep it for more than a few days in a row. I burned some things down. I eat green things now!”
Emma went on to talk about the filming of the reunion show Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return To Hogwarts, which was broadcast in January 2022.
The HBO special saw her admit that she had a crush on co-star Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy, and reunite with Daniel Radcliffe, who starred as Harry Potter, and Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley.