Emma Watson shares adorable childhood photo of herself as she rings in her 30th birthday

She has spent almost two decades in the spotlight after first rising to fame in the Harry Potter film franchise.

And Emma Watson celebrated her achievements and thanked her fans as she turned 30 on Wednesday.

The Little Women star shared an adorable childhood photo of herself while reflecting on the ‘adventure’ her life had been so far.

In the snap, the future star, then a toddler, is asleep on a tiny mattress on the floor.

Emma looks sweet in a peach jumper and floral leggings, sporting tousled locks as she slumbers.    

The star captioned the snap: ‘Wow. 30! What an adventure that was…. You, out there – that have supported me – thank you. Thank you for all your kindness. Thanks for having my back.’

Emma shot to fame as the bookish Hermione Granger in the eight Harry Potter films, which she starred in from 2001-2011.   

Daniel Radcliffe played the lead role, and Rupert Grint completed the trio as Ron Weasley. 

Since then Emma has combined her acting with studying and her activism, starring in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women last year.   

Last year, the Harry Potter star hit the headlines when she announced she is not single but ‘self-partnered’ in an interview with British Vogue.  

Reflecting upon the term, Emma said: ‘There was no word for this kind of subliminal messaging and anxiety and pressure that I felt building up but couldn’t really name, so I used the word self-partnered.’

‘For me it wasn’t so much about coining a word; it was more that I needed to create a definition for something that I didn’t feel there was language for, and it was interesting because it really riled some people up.’

Emma went on to say it was ‘less for me about the word but more about what it meant’ and felt the term allowed her to express herself regarding her current situation.  

Despite insisting she is happy being ‘self-partnered’ Emma was spotted kissing a mystery man outside a London bakery two weeks before her British Vogue interview last year.   

The Beauty and The Beast star was last romantically linked to Dominic Piazza, with the pair spotted on several outings in August. She also had a brief fling with former Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe, 40. 

Last August, it was also rumoured Emma was dating her former Potter co-star Tom Felton, 32, who played villain Draco Malfoy.

The pair posted a snap on Instagram of them having an intimate guitar lesson in South Africa and social media followers quickly suggested they be referred to as ‘Dramione’ and ‘Feltson’.

But despite the swirling rumours, Planet Of The Apes star Tom denied this to MailOnline and called the Little Women actress an ‘incredibly smart and lovely young lady’, before admitting he was also ‘happily self-partnered.’ 

Emma previously dated Glee actor Chord Overstreet in 2018, but they split after six months.