If Emma Watson has grown up in front of the cameras, the actress who celebrates her 36th birthday on April 15, 2026 has always taken care to protect her love life. In 2017, in Vanity Fair, the star of the Harry Potter saga explained: “I noticed that in Hollywood, the people you date are inexorably linked to the promotion of your films and enter this media circus. I would hate for someone I am with to feel like they are participating in a performance.”
Even by clearly establishing a barrier between personal life and professional life, the public’s attention to the love life of the one who played Hermione Granger for more than ten years has always been significant. Over the years, Emma Watson’s relationships have been revealed in the press through paparazzi pictures or confidences from “close” friends of the actress. What are the stories that have marked her life?
2008 – Francis Boulle
In 2008, Emma Watson was photographed dancing with one of the protagonists of the show Made in Chelsea, Francis Boulle (who bears a striking resemblance to Tom Felton). Their relationship reportedly did not last long, with the young man wanting to make a name for himself. In the press, he said about her: “I really like Emma. She’s a really nice person.”
2008 – 2010 – Jay Barrymore
While starting her studies at Brown University, Emma Watson dated Jay Barrymore, a British financier. But the distance reportedly eventually ended their love story.
2019 – 2021 – Leo Robinton
Rumors surrounded Emma Watson and businessman Leo Robinton, even going as far as speculating about an engagement between the two lovebirds. Finally, the actress spoke up on X to put an end to the rumors: “If I have news, I promise I will share it.”
2024 – Kieran Brown
Emma Watson was caught kissing Kieran, a fellow Oxford student, in 2024. But a year later, on the Jay Shetty podcast, the actress hinted that she is now single. She also addressed the pressure to get married for women of her generation: “I think it’s a violence and cruelty to make people believe that they have no value, or that they have not yet succeeded in their lives, simply because they are not married.”
2026 – Gonzalo Hevia Baillères
Her most recent known relationship. In 2026, Emma Watson was photographed at the airport kissing this Mexican businessman, heir to one of the richest families in the country.
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