Emma Thompson

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1959-04-15 (65 years old)

Place of Birth Paddington, London, England, UK

Also Known As 엠마 톰슨, Эмма Томпсон, 艾玛·汤普森

Emma Thompson

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

Down Cemetery Road

as Zoë Boehm

2024
2022
2022
2022
2021
Cruella

as The Baroness

2021
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

as Self (archive footage)

2020
2020
Dolittle

as Poly (voice)

2019
Last Christmas

as Petra Andrich

2019
Missing Link

as Dora the Yeti Elder (voice)

2019
Late Night

as Katherine Newbury

2019
Years and Years

as Vivienne Rook

2018
2018
The Children Act

as Fiona Maye

2018
King Lear

as Goneril

2017
Sea Sorrow

as Self

2017
Beauty and the Beast

as Mrs. Potts

2016
To the Ends of the Earth

as Narrator (voice)

2016
Bridget Jones's Baby

as Dr. Rawlings

2016
Alone in Berlin

as Anna Quangel

2016
Upstart Crow

as Queen Elizabeth I

2015
Burnt

as Dr. Rosshilde

2015
A Walk in the Woods

as Catherine Bryson

2015
2014
Men, Women & Children

as Narrator (voice)

2014
Effie Gray

as Lady Eastlake

2014
And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2014
The Love Punch

as Kate Jones

2013
Saving Mr. Banks

as P.L. Travers

2013
Beautiful Creatures

as Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes

2012
Brave

as Elinor (voice)

2012
Walking the Dogs

as The Queen

2012
Men in Black 3

as Agent O

2010
2009
An Education

as Headmistress

2009
2008
Last Chance Harvey

as Kate Walker

2008
Brideshead Revisited

as Lady Marchmain

2007
I Am Legend

as Dr. Alice Krippin

2007
The Graham Norton Show

as Self - Guest

2006
Stranger Than Fiction

as Karen Eiffel

2005
Hoodwinked!

as Lesa (voice)

2005
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant

as Self (archive footage)

2005
Nanny McPhee

as Nanny McPhee

2003
Imagining Argentina

as Cecilia Rueda

2003
Love Actually

as Karen

2003
Angels in America

as Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel

2003
QI

as Self

2002
Treasure Planet

as Captain Amelia (voice)

2002
Timeshift

as self

2002
Sucré salé

as Self

2001
Wit

as Vivian Bearing

2000
Maybe Baby

as Druscilla

1998
Junket Whore

as Self

1998
Judas Kiss

as FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins

1998
Primary Colors

as Susan Stanton

1998
Parkinson

as Self

1997
The Winter Guest

as Frances

1997
Hospital!

as Elephant Woman

1997
The View

as Self

1997
The View

as Self - Guest

1997
Leute heute

as Self

1995
Sense and Sensibility

as Elinor Dashwood

1995
Carrington

as Dora Carrington

1994
Junior

as Dr. Diana Reddin

1994
The Blue Boy

as Marie Bonnar

1994
My Father the Hero

as Isabel (uncredited)

1994
Ellen

as Emma Thompson

1993
In the Name of the Father

as Gareth Peirce

1993
The Remains of the Day

as Miss Kenton

1993
1993
1993
GMTV

as Self

1992
Peter's Friends

as Maggie Chester

1992
Howards End

as Margaret Schlegel

1991
Rabbit Ears - The White Cat

as Narrator (voice)

1991
Dead Again

as Margaret Strauss / Grace

1991
Impromptu

as Duchess D'Antan

1989
Look Back in Anger

as Alison Porter

1989
Henry V

as Katherine

1989
The Winslow Boy

as Catherine Winslow

1989
The Tall Guy

as Kate

1988
Thompson

as Self - Host

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

1987
Fortunes of War

as Harriet Pringle

1987
Tutti Frutti

as Suzi Kettles

1984
Slags

as Young Woman

1983
The Crystal Cube

as Jackie Meld / Various Roles

1983
Alfresco

as Various

1982
The Cellar Tapes

as various

1982
The Young Ones

as Miss Money-Sterling

1982
1982
Cheers

as Nanny Gee

1981
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1953
The Oscars

as Self

Writer

2019
Last Christmas

as Screenplay

2016
Bridget Jones's Baby

as Screenplay

2014
Effie Gray

as Screenplay

2005
Nanny McPhee

as Screenplay

2001
Wit

as Writer

2001
Wit

as Teleplay

1995
Sense and Sensibility

as Screenplay

1983
Alfresco

as Writer

1982

Producer

Down Cemetery Road

as Executive Producer

2024
Mediha

as Executive Producer

2019
Ponyboi

as Co-Producer

2019
Last Christmas

as Producer

2016
Sold

as Executive Producer

2010
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

as Executive Producer

Crew

1998
Eight

as Thanks

Creator