1959-04-15 Paddington, London, England
Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress, comedian and screenwriter. Her first major film role was in the 1989 romantic comedy The Tall Guy. In 1992, Thompson won multiple acting awards, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress, for her performance in the British drama Howards End. The following year Thompson garnered dual Academy Award nominations, as Best Actress for The Remains of the Day and as Best Supporting Actress for In the Name of the Father. In 1995, Thompson scripted and starred in Sense and Sensibility, a film adaptation of the Jane Austen novel of the same name, which earned her an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Other notable film and television credits have included the Harry Potter film series, Wit (2001), Love Actually (2003), Angels in America (2003), Nanny McPhee (2005), Stranger than Fiction (2006), Last Chance Harvey (2008), An Education (2009), and Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010). Thompson is also a patron of the Refugee Council and President of the Teaching Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Emma Thompson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Cruella | Baroness | 2021-05-26 |
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Dolittle | Poly (voice) | 2020-01-01 |
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How to Build a Girl | Amanda | 2019-09-07 |
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Late Night | Katherine Newbury | 2019-01-25 |
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Men in Black: International | Agent O | 2019-06-12 |
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Missing Link | Dora the Yeti Elder (voice) | 2019-04-04 |
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Last Christmas | Petra Andrich | 2019-11-07 |
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King Lear | Goneril | 2018-05-28 |
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Johnny English Strikes Again | Prime Minister | 2018-09-13 |
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Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal | Herself (archive footage) | 2018-08-21 |
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The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) | Maureen Meyerowitz | 2017-10-13 |
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The Children Act | Fiona Maye | 2017-09-09 |
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Sea Sorrow | Herself | 2017-11-08 |
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Beauty and the Beast | Mrs. Potts | 2017-03-16 |
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Bridget Jones's Baby | Dr. Rawlings | 2016-09-14 |
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Die vielen Gesichter der Emma Thompson | Elle-Même | 2016-11-20 |
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To the Ends of the Earth | Narrator (voice) | 2016-10-29 |
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Alone in Berlin | Anna Quangel | 2016-02-15 |
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A Walk in the Woods | Catherine Bryson | 2015-09-02 |
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Burnt | Dr. Rosshilde | 2015-10-02 |
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The Legend of Barney Thomson | Cemolina | 2015-07-24 |
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Men, Women & Children | Narrator (voice) | 2014-10-17 |
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Mrs. Lovett | 2014-09-26 |
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Effie Gray | Lady Eastlake | 2014-03-08 |
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And the Oscar Goes To... | 2014-02-01 | |
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Lennon or McCartney | Herself (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
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The Love Punch | Kate | 2013-09-12 |
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Beautiful Creatures | Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes | 2013-02-13 |
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Saving Mr. Banks | P.L. Travers | 2013-11-16 |
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Men in Black 3 | Agent O | 2012-05-23 |
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Brave | Elinor (voice) | 2012-06-21 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Sybill Trelawney | 2011-07-07 |
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The Song of Lunch | She | 2010-10-08 |
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Fry and Laurie Reunited | Herself | 2010-11-24 |
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Nanny McPhee | 2010-03-26 |
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The Boat That Rocked | Charlotte | 2009-04-01 |
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An Education | Headmistress | 2009-10-29 |
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Last Chance Harvey | Kate Walker | 2008-12-25 |
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Brideshead Revisited | Lady Marchmain | 2008-07-25 |
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Sybil Trelawney | 2007-06-28 |
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I Am Legend | Dr. Alice Krippin | 2007-12-12 |
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Stranger Than Fiction | Karen Eiffel | 2006-09-09 |
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Nanny McPhee | Nanny McPhee | 2005-10-21 |
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Sybill Trelawney | 2004-05-31 |
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Love Actually | Karen | 2003-09-07 |
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Imagining Argentina | Cecilia Rueda | 2003-09-13 |
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Treasure Planet | Captain Amelia (voice) | 2002-11-26 |
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Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' | Herself | 2001-10-22 |
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Wit | Vivian Bearing | 2001-02-09 |
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Maybe Baby | Druscilla | 2000-06-02 |
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Judas Kiss | FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins | 1998-09-16 |
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Primary Colors | Susan Stanton | 1998-03-20 |
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The Winter Guest | Frances | 1997-12-27 |
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Hospital! | Elephant Woman | 1997-03-30 |
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Sense and Sensibility | Elinor Dashwood | 1995-12-13 |
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Carrington | Dora Carrington | 1995-05-25 |
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The Blue Boy | Marie Bonnar | 1994-07-02 |
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My Father the Hero | Isabel (uncredited) | 1994-02-04 |
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Junior | Dr. Diana Reddin | 1994-11-22 |
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Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | 1993-05-07 |
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The Remains of the Day | Miss Kenton | 1993-11-05 |
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In the Name of the Father | Gareth Peirce | 1993-12-12 |
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Peter's Friends | Maggie Chester | 1992-09-18 |
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Howards End | Margaret Schlegel | 1992-03-13 |
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Impromptu | Duchess D'Antan | 1991-04-12 |
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Dead Again | Margaret Strauss / Grace | 1991-08-23 |
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The Winslow Boy | Catherine Winslow | 1989-04-30 |
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The Tall Guy | Kate | 1989-02-01 |
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Look Back in Anger | Alison Porter | 1989-01-01 |
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Henry V | Katherine | 1989-10-05 |
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The Crystal Cube | Jackie Meld | 1983-07-07 |
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Cambridge Footlights Revue | various | 1982-12-12 |
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Matilda | Miss Trunchbull | |
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Good Luck to You, Leo Grande |