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Emma Thompson

Dame Emma Thompson (born April 15, 1959) is a British actress and screenwriter. Regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation, she has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2018, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama. Born to actors Eric Thompson and Phyllida Law, Thompson was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she became a member of the Footlights troupe, and appeared in the comedy sketch series Alfresco (1983–1984). In 1985, she starred in the West End revival of the musical Me and My Girl, which was a breakthrough in her career. In 1987, she came to prominence for her performances in two BBC TV series, Tutti Frutti and Fortunes of War, winning the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her work on both series. In the early 1990s, she often collaborated with then-husband, actor and director Kenneth Branagh, in films such as Henry V (1989), Dead Again (1991), and Much Ado About Nothing (1993). For her performance in the Merchant-Ivory period drama Howards End (1992), Thompson won the BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1993, she received two Academy Award nominations—Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress—for the respective roles of the housekeeper of a grand household in The Remains of the Day and a lawyer in In the Name of the Father, becoming one of the few actors to achieve this feat. Thompson wrote and starred in Sense and Sensibility (1995), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay—making her the only person in history to win Oscars for both acting and writing—and once again won the BAFTA. Further critical acclaim came for her roles in Primary Colors (1998), Love Actually (2003), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Late Night (2019), and Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022). Other notable film credits include the Harry Potter series (2004–2011), Nanny McPhee (2005), Stranger than Fiction (2006), An Education (2009), Men in Black 3 (2012) and the spin-off Men in Black: International (2019), Brave (2012), Beauty and the Beast (2017), Cruella (2021), and Matilda the Musical (2022). Her television credits include Wit (2001), Angels in America (2003), The Song of Lunch (2010), King Lear (2018) and Years and Years (2019). Authorised by the publishers of Beatrix Potter, Thompson has also written three Peter Rabbit children's books.


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Born:
Apr 15, 1959 In Paddington, London, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
137
First Appeared:
In the movie The Fisherwoman
Latest Project:
Movie Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie 2026-02-20
Known For
Poster of Cruella
Poster of Die vielen Gesichter der Emma Thompson
Poster of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Poster of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Filmography
Movie Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie 2026-02-20
Movie The Fisherwoman 2025
Series Down Cemetery Road Zoë Boehm 2025
Movie How to Stop a Nuclear War Narrator 2025
Movie Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Dr. Rawlings 2025-02-12
Movie James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty Self 2025
Movie Merchant Ivory Self 2024-08-30
Movie What's Love Got to Do with It? Cath 2023-01-26
Series Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Lady Marcham 2022-04-12
Movie The Fringe, Fame and Me Self 2022-08-08
Movie Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical Agatha Trunchbull 2022-11-25
Movie Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Nancy Stokes 2022-06-16
Movie The Laughter & Secrets of 'Love Actually': 20 Years Later Self 2022-11-29
Movie Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony Self (archive footage) 2021-03-26
Movie An Audience with Adele Self 2021-11-21
Movie Cruella The Baroness 2021-05-26
Movie Dolittle Poly (voice) 2020-01-02
Movie How to Build a Girl Amanda 2020-09-24
Movie Late Night Katherine Newbury 2019-01-25
Movie Missing Link Dora the Yeti Elder (voice) 2019-04-04
Series Years and Years Vivienne Rook 2019-05-14
Movie Men in Black: International Agent O 2019-06-12
Movie Last Christmas Petra Andrich 2019-11-07
Movie Extinction Unknown 2019-09-01
Movie Hollywood's Dark Secret Self 2019-07-09
Movie King Lear Goneril 2018-05-28
Movie The Children Act Fiona Maye 2018-08-01
Movie Johnny English Strikes Again Prime Minister 2018-09-13
Movie Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal Self (archive footage) 2018-08-21
Movie Greenpeace: There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom Narrator (voice) 2018-08-13
Movie Beauty and the Beast Mrs. Potts 2017-03-16
Movie The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) Maureen Meyerowitz 2017-05-21
Movie Sea Sorrow Self 2017-11-08
Movie Die vielen Gesichter der Emma Thompson Elle-Même 2016-11-20
Movie Alone in Berlin Anna Quangel 2016-02-15
Series Upstart Crow Queen Elizabeth I 2016-05-09
Movie To the Ends of the Earth Narrator (voice) 2016-10-29
Movie Bridget Jones's Baby Dr. Rawlings 2016-09-14
Series Funny Valentines Debbie 2015-02-13
Movie Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity Narrator (voice) 2015-12-01
Movie A Walk in the Woods Catherine Bryson 2015-09-02
Movie Burnt Dr. Rosshilde 2015-10-02
Movie The Legend of Barney Thomson Cemolina 2015-07-24
Series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015-09-08
Movie The Real Mary Poppins Self 2014-01-17
Movie And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014-02-01
Movie The Love Punch Kate Jones 2014-01-13
Series The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Unknown 2014-02-17
Movie Effie Gray Lady Eastlake 2014-03-08
Movie Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Mrs. Lovett 2014-09-26
Series Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014-02-25
Movie Men, Women & Children Narrator (voice) 2014-10-17
Movie Beautiful Creatures Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes 2013-02-13
Movie Saving Mr. Banks P.L. Travers 2013-11-29
Movie Brave Elinor (voice) 2012-06-21
Movie Walking the Dogs The Queen 2012-05-31
Movie Men in Black 3 Agent O 2012-05-23
Series The Jonathan Ross Show Self 2011-09-03
Movie When Harry Left Hogwarts Self 2011-11-11
Movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Sybill Trelawney 2011-07-12
Movie Fry and Laurie Reunited Self 2010-11-24
Movie The Song of Lunch She 2010-10-08
Movie Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Nanny McPhee 2010-03-26
Movie The Boat That Rocked Charlotte 2009-04-01
Movie An Education Headmistress 2009-10-29
Movie Last Chance Harvey Kate Walker 2008-12-25
Movie Brideshead Revisited Lady Marchmain 2008-07-25
Movie I Am Legend Dr. Alice Krippin 2007-12-12
Movie Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out Self 2007-08-11
Movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Sybill Trelawney 2007-07-08
Series The Graham Norton Show Self - Guest 2007-02-22
Movie Stranger Than Fiction Karen Eiffel 2006-09-09
Movie Nanny McPhee Nanny McPhee 2005-10-21
Movie Nos Bastidores de Hollywood Self 2005-03-01
Movie Hoodwinked! Lesa (voice) 2005-12-16
Movie A Tribute To Ismail Merchant Self (archive footage) 2005-10-30
Series The Tony Danza Show Self 2004-09-13
Movie Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Sybill Trelawney 2004-05-31
Movie Love Actually Karen 2003-09-07
Series QI Self 2003-09-11
Series Angels in America Homeless Woman / The Angel 2003-12-07
Movie Imagining Argentina Cecilia Rueda 2003-09-13
Series The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self 2003-09-08
Series Timeshift self 2002-10-10
Series Sucré salé Self 2002-06-03
Movie Treasure Planet Captain Amelia (voice) 2002-11-26
Series Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Self - Guest 2001-11-02
Movie The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey Self 2001-01-01
Movie Wit Vivian Bearing 2001-02-09
Movie Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw Self 2001-01-01
Movie Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' Self 2001-10-22
Movie Maybe Baby Druscilla 2000-06-02
Movie Junket Whore Self 1998-10-12
Movie Judas Kiss FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins 1998-09-16
Movie Primary Colors Susan Stanton 1998-03-20
Movie The Winter Guest Frances 1997-12-27
Movie Hospital! Elephant Woman 1997-03-30
Series Leute heute Self 1997-07-23
Series The View Self - Guest 1997-08-11
Series E! True Hollywood Story Unknown 1996-08-21
Movie Sense and Sensibility Elinor Dashwood 1995-12-13
Movie Carrington Dora Carrington 1995-05-25
Movie Junior Dr. Diana Reddin 1994-11-22
Movie The Blue Boy Marie Bonnar 1994-07-02
Series Ellen Emma Thompson 1994-03-29
Movie My Father the Hero Isabel (uncredited) 1994-02-04
Series GMTV Self 1993-01-01
Movie The Remains of the Day Miss Kenton 1993-11-05
Movie Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice 1993-05-07
Movie In the Name of the Father Gareth Peirce 1993-12-12
Series Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993-09-13
Movie Peter's Friends Maggie Chester 1992-09-18
Movie Howards End Margaret Schlegel 1992-03-13
Series The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Unknown 1992-05-25
Movie Dead Again Margaret Strauss / Grace 1991-08-23
Movie Impromptu Duchess D'Antan 1991-04-12
Movie The Tall Guy Kate 1989-02-01
Movie Henry V Katherine 1989-10-05
Movie The Winslow Boy Catherine Winslow 1989-04-30
Movie Look Back in Anger Alison Porter 1989-12-28
Series LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988-09-05
Series Thompson Self - Host 1988-11-10
Series Tutti Frutti Suzi Kettles 1987-03-03
Series Fortunes of War Harriet Pringle 1987-10-11
Movie Slags Young Woman 1984-02-11
Series The Crystal Cube Jackie Meld / Various Roles 1983-07-07
Series Alfresco Various 1983-05-01
Series There's Nothing to Worry About! Various 1982-10-06
Series The Young Ones Miss Money-Sterling 1982-11-09
Movie The Cellar Tapes various 1982-05-20
Series Cheers Nanny Gee 1982-09-30
Series The Comic Strip Presents... Young Woman 1982-11-02
Series Wetten, dass..? Self 1981-02-14
Series The Val Doonican Music Show Unknown 1977-04-09
Series Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975-10-11
Series The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self 1962-10-01
Series The Oscars Self 1953-03-19