--- title: Emma Watson Named United Nations Goodwill Ambassador description: Hermione would approve canonical: https://time.com/2964421/emma-watson-united-nations-goodwill-ambassador/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-08T00:55:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:01:09.434Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Emma Watson Named United Nations Goodwill Ambassador og:description: Hermione would approve og:url: https://time.com/2964421/emma-watson-united-nations-goodwill-ambassador/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cec5d28c7e0adf5/69868f72adae447d32543184/rtr3jdz5.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Emma Watson og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Emma Watson Named United Nations Goodwill Ambassador twitter:description: Hermione would approve twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cec5d28c7e0adf5/69868f72adae447d32543184/rtr3jdz5.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Actress Emma Watson Named U.N. 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Emma Watson will now take your questions._  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jul 8, 2014 12:55 AM UTC  Emma Watson Emma WatsonPaul Hackett—Reuters  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jul 8, 2014 12:55 AM UTC British actress Emma Watson is the new Goodwill Ambassador for the U.N.’s gender-equality arm, U.N. Women, the organization announced Monday. The _Harry Potter_ alumna and [recent graduate of Brown University](http://time.com/114963/emma-watson-graudates-from-brown/) is the first ambassador appointed under the leadership of Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Under Secretary-General and executive director of U.N. Women. “Women’s rights are something so inextricably linked with who I am, so deeply personal and rooted in my life that I can’t imagine an opportunity more exciting,” Watson, who will work on the organization’s women’s-empowerment campaign, HeForShe, said in a statement. Mlambo-Ngcuka said Watson’s “intellect and passion” as well as her experience promoting girls’ education in countries such as Bangladesh and Zambia will help the organization spread its messages around the world. “I still have so much to learn, but as I progress I hope to bring more of my individual knowledge, experience and awareness to this role,” Watson said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2964421/emma-watson-united-nations-goodwill-ambassador/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2964421/emma-watson-united-nations-goodwill-ambassador/"},"headline":"Actress Emma Watson Named U.N. 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