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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

167

Gender

Female

Birthday

1959-04-15 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Paddington, London, England, UK

Also Known As

اما تامپسون

艾瑪湯普遜

Emma Thompson

Biography

Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include 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 her contributions 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 became famous for her performances in two BBC 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). Thompson won the BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the Merchant-Ivory period drama Howards End (1992). 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). She portrayed Mrs. Lovett in a Lincoln Center production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in 2014. Authorised by the publishers of Beatrix Potter, Thompson has also written three Peter Rabbit children's books. Description above from the Wikipedia article Emma Thompson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Love Actually

2003

Love Actually

as

Karen

The Remains of the Day

1993

The Remains of the Day

as

Miss Kenton

Stranger Than Fiction

2006

Stranger Than Fiction

as

Karen Eiffel

Henry V

1989

Henry V

as

Katherine

Sense and Sensibility

1995

Sense and Sensibility

as

Elinor Dashwood

I Am Legend

2007

I Am Legend

as

Dr. Alice Krippin

Nanny McPhee

2005

Nanny McPhee

as

Nanny McPhee

The Tall Guy

1989

The Tall Guy

as

Kate

Peter's Friends

1992

Peter's Friends

as

Maggie Chester

In the Name of the Father

1993

In the Name of the Father

as

Gareth Peirce

Junior

1994

Junior

as

Dr. Diana Reddin

Dead Again

1991

Dead Again

as

Margaret Strauss / Grace

An Education

2009

An Education

as

Headmistress

Howards End

1992

Howards End

as

Margaret Schlegel

Treasure Planet

2002

Treasure Planet

as

Captain Amelia (voice)

Primary Colors

1998

Primary Colors

as

Susan Stanton

Brideshead Revisited

2008

Brideshead Revisited

as

Lady Marchmain

Wit

2001

Wit

as

Vivian Bearing

Imagining Argentina

2003

Imagining Argentina

as

Cecilia Rueda

The Winter Guest

1997

The Winter Guest

as

Frances

Men in Black 3

2012

Men in Black 3

as

Agent O

Judas Kiss

1998

Judas Kiss

as

FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins

Brave

2012

Brave

as

Elinor (voice)

Last Chance Harvey

2008

Last Chance Harvey

as

Kate Walker

Carrington

1995

Carrington

as

Dora Carrington

The Boat That Rocked

2009

The Boat That Rocked

as

Charlotte

Saving Mr. Banks

2013

Saving Mr. Banks

as

P.L. Travers

Beautiful Creatures

2013

Beautiful Creatures

as

Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes

Merchant Ivory

2024

Merchant Ivory

as

Self

Effie Gray

2014

Effie Gray

as

Lady Eastlake

The Cellar Tapes

1982

The Cellar Tapes

as

various

The Love Punch

2014

The Love Punch

as

Kate Jones

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

2021

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

as

Self (archive footage)

Look Back in Anger

1989

Look Back in Anger

as

Alison Porter

Men, Women & Children

2014

Men, Women & Children

as

Narrator (voice)

A Walk in the Woods

2015

A Walk in the Woods

as

Catherine Bryson

A Tribute To Ismail Merchant

2005

A Tribute To Ismail Merchant

as

Self (archive footage)

Slags

1984

Slags

as

Young Woman

Walking the Dogs

2012

Walking the Dogs

as

The Queen

My Father the Hero

1994

My Father the Hero

as

Isabel (uncredited)

Alone in Berlin

2016

Alone in Berlin

as

Anna Quangel

Beauty and the Beast

2017

Beauty and the Beast

as

Mrs. Potts

Burnt

2015

Burnt

as

Dr. Rosshilde

The Blue Boy

1994

The Blue Boy

as

Marie Bonnar

Impromptu

1991

Impromptu

as

Duchess D'Antan

Junket Whore

1998

Junket Whore

as

Self

Bridget Jones's Baby

2016

Bridget Jones's Baby

as

Dr Rawlings

The Winslow Boy

1989

The Winslow Boy

as

Catherine Winslow

Hoodwinked!

2005

Hoodwinked!

as

Lesa (voice) (uncredited)

To the Ends of the Earth

2016

To the Ends of the Earth

as

Narrator (voice)

Hospital!

1997

Hospital!

as

Elephant Woman

Maybe Baby

2000

Maybe Baby

as

Druscilla

Sea Sorrow

2017

Sea Sorrow

as

Self

The Children Act

2018

The Children Act

as

Fiona Maye

King Lear

2018

King Lear

as

Goneril

Johnny English Strikes Again

2018

Johnny English Strikes Again

as

Prime Minister

Late Night

2019

Late Night

as

Katherine Newbury

Missing Link

2019

Missing Link

as

Dora the Yeti Elder (voice)

Last Christmas

2019

Last Christmas

as

Petra Andrich

Cruella

2021

Cruella

as

The Baroness

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as

Self (archive footage)

Dolittle

2020

Dolittle

as

Poly (voice)

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

2022

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

as

Agatha Trunchbull

Rabbit Ears -  The White Cat

1991

Rabbit Ears - The White Cat

as

Narrator (voice)

Hear Me Roar

Hear Me Roar

as

Elizabeth Butler-Sloss

Twelve Nights

2021

Twelve Nights

as

Narrator

Tin Fish

1990

Tin Fish

as

Alfresco

Alfresco

as

Various

QI

QI

as

Self

The View

The View

as

Self

The Young Ones

The Young Ones

as

Miss Money-Sterling

Angels in America

Angels in America

as

Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel

Tutti Frutti

Tutti Frutti

as

Suzi Kettles

Fortunes of War

Fortunes of War

as

Harriet Pringle

Thompson

Thompson

as

Self - Host

GMTV

GMTV

as

Self

The View

The View

as

Self - Guest

Years and Years

Years and Years

as

Vivienne Rook

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

as

Self - Host

Down Cemetery Road

Down Cemetery Road

as

Zoë Boehm

Cheers

Cheers

as

Nanny Gee

Ellen

Ellen

as

Emma Thompson

The Crystal Cube

The Crystal Cube

as

Jackie Meld / Various Roles

Timeshift

Timeshift

as

self

Parkinson

Parkinson

as

Self

Creating the World of Harry Potter

Creating the World of Harry Potter

as

Self - 'Professor Trelawney'

Production

Crew

Eight

1998

Eight

as

Directing