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Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Birthday: 1959-04-15 | Place of Birth: 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
2022
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

as    Nancy Stokes

2021
An Audience with Adele

as    Self

2021
Cruella

as    The Baroness

2020
Dolittle

as    Poly (voice)

2019
Men in Black: International

as    Agent O

2019
Missing Link

as    Dora the Yeti Elder (voice)

2019
Late Night

as    Katherine Newbury

2019
Last Christmas

as    Petra Andrich

2019
Years and Years

as    Vivienne Rook

2018
The Children Act

as    Fiona Maye

2018
King Lear

as    Goneril

2018
Johnny English Strikes Again

as    Prime Minister

2017
Alone in Berlin

as    Anna Quangel

2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

as    Maureen Meyerowitz

2017
Sea Sorrow

as    Self

2016
Bridget Jones's Baby

as    Dr. Rawlings

2015
A Walk in the Woods

as    Catherine Bryson

2015
The Legend of Barney Thomson

as    Cemolina

2014
The Love Punch

as    Kate Jones

2014
Effie Gray

as    Lady Eastlake

2014
Men, Women & Children

as    Narrator (voice)

2013
Beautiful Creatures

as    Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes

2013
Saving Mr. Banks

as    P.L. Travers

2012
Men in Black 3

as    Agent O

2012
Brave

as    Elinor (voice)