--- description: The Harry Potter star tweeted her support for Canada's new Prime Minister title: Emma Watson Shows Support for Canada’s Justin Trudeau image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c46bb3b18fe6e68/698867bbf887dc5ca8e92ce7/emma-watson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Emma Watson Shows Support for Canada’s Justin Trudeau by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 5, 2015 2:51 PM CUT  Emma Watson on Aug. 27, 2015 in Madrid. Emma Watson on Aug. 27, 2015 in Madrid.Europa Press/Getty Images by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 5, 2015 2:51 PM CUT Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has earned the attention of one of Hollwood’s most famous women by choosing to [appoint women to half the positions in his Cabinet](http://time.com/4099679/canada-justin-trudeau-cabinet-women-feminist/ "undefined"). Emma Watson took to Twitter Thursday to praise the newly elected Prime Minister, whose cabinet comments have earned the support of women everywhere. The _Harry Potter_ star tweeted a video of Trudeau being asked why it was a priority to have a gender balanced cabinet. To which he answers, quite frankly: “Because it’s 2015.” Watson’s known for her work on feminism, sexism and gender rights, working on HeForShe, a campaign she launched for the U.S. last year. > [](https://twitter.com/EmWatson/status/662273218221314048) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4101382/emma-watson-harry-potter-justin-trudeau/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4101382/emma-watson-harry-potter-justin-trudeau/"},"headline":"Emma Watson Shows Support for Canada’s Justin Trudeau","datePublished":"2015-11-05T14:51:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:22:42.130Z","description":"She praised his gender-balanced government","url":"https://time.com/4101382/emma-watson-harry-potter-justin-trudeau/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c46bb3b18fe6e68/698867bbf887dc5ca8e92ce7/emma-watson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"ashley Ross","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c46bb3b18fe6e68/698867bbf887dc5ca8e92ce7/emma-watson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Emma Watson","caption":"Emma Watson","creditText":"Europa Press/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4101382/emma-watson-harry-potter-justin-trudeau/","name":"Emma Watson Shows Support for Canada’s Justin Trudeau"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Emma Watson - He For She - Speech","description":"Emma Watson -He For She- Speech","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/0clamGjK/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-22T11:27:02.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0clamGjK.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4101382/emma-watson-harry-potter-justin-trudeau/","duration":"PT23S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4101382/emma-watson-harry-potter-justin-trudeau/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```