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Emma Thompson
Born · April 15, 1959 (65 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Paddington, London, England, UK
Bio
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.
An Audience with Adele
Self
8.3
2021
The Real Mary Poppins
Self
3.5
2014
Saving Mr. Banks
P.L. Travers
7.3
2013
Brave
Elinor (voice)
7.0
2012
Men in Black 3
Agent O
6.5
2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Sybill Trelawney
8.1
2011
The Song of Lunch
She
6.8
2010
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Nanny McPhee
6.3
2010
An Education
Headmistress
6.9
2009
The Boat That Rocked
Charlotte
7.2
2009
Last Chance Harvey
Kate Walker
6.3
2008
Brideshead Revisited
Lady Marchmain
6.4
2008
I Am Legend
Dr. Alice Krippin
7.2
2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Sybill Trelawney
7.7
2007
Stranger Than Fiction
Karen Eiffel
7.3
2006
Nanny McPhee
Nanny McPhee
6.7
2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Sybill Trelawney
8.0
2004
Imagining Argentina
Cecilia Rueda
5.6
2003
Love Actually
Karen
7.1
2003
Treasure Planet
Captain Amelia (voice)
7.6
2002
Wit
Vivian Bearing
7.4
2001
Judas Kiss
FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins
5.6
1998
Primary Colors
Susan Stanton
6.3
1998
The Winter Guest
Frances
6.5
1997
Sense and Sensibility
Elinor Dashwood
7.4
1995
Carrington
Dora Carrington
6.2
1995
Junior
Dr. Diana Reddin
5.2
1994
In the Name of the Father
Gareth Peirce
7.9
1993
The Remains of the Day
Miss Kenton
7.4
1993
Much Ado About Nothing
Beatrice
6.9
1993
Peter's Friends
Maggie Chester
6.5
1992
Howards End
Margaret Schlegel
7.0
1992
Dead Again
Margaret Strauss / Grace
6.4
1991
Henry V
Katherine
7.2
1989
The Tall Guy
Kate
5.7
1989
How to Stop a Nuclear War
Narrator
0.0
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie
0.0
2026
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Dr. Rawlings
0.0
2025
Merchant Ivory
Self
7.5
2024
The Laughter & Secrets of 'Love Actually': 20 Years Later
Self
0.0
2022
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Self
0.0
2022
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
4.3
2021
Extinction
0.0
2019
Hollywood's Dark Secret
Self
0.0
2019
Greenpeace: There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom
Narrator (voice)
0.0
2018
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Maureen Meyerowitz
6.5
2017
Beauty and the Beast
Mrs. Potts
7.0
2017
Bridget Jones's Baby
Dr. Rawlings
6.4
2016
Alone in Berlin
Anna Quangel
6.7
2016
Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity
Narrator (voice)
9.0
2015
Burnt
Dr. Rosshilde
6.5
2015
A Walk in the Woods
Catherine Bryson
6.1
2015
The Legend of Barney Thomson
Cemolina
6.1
2015
Men, Women & Children
Narrator (voice)
6.5
2014
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Mrs. Lovett
8.1
2014
Effie Gray
Lady Eastlake
5.9
2014
The Love Punch
Kate Jones
6.0
2014
Beautiful Creatures
Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes
6.0
2013
Walking the Dogs
The Queen
0.0
2012
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Self
6.6
2011
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Self
0.0
2007
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
Self (archive footage)
10.0
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self
0.0
2005
Junket Whore
Self
0.0
1998
The Blue Boy
Marie Bonnar
5.3
1994
My Father the Hero
Isabel (uncredited)
5.3
1994
Impromptu
Duchess D'Antan
6.0
1991
Look Back in Anger
Alison Porter
9.0
1989
Slags
Young Woman
0.0
1984
The Cellar Tapes
various
6.8
1982
The Fisherwoman
0.0
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty
Self
0.0
The Untold Story of Mary Poppins: A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
5.7
2024
What's Love Got to Do with It?
Cath
6.0
2023
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
Agatha Trunchbull
6.8
2022
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Nancy Stokes
6.9
2022
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Lady Marcham · (1 episode)
6.5
2022
Cruella
The Baroness
8.0
2021
How to Build a Girl
Amanda
5.8
2020
Dolittle
Poly (voice)
6.6
2020
Last Christmas
Petra Andrich
7.2
2019
Men in Black: International
Agent O
5.9
2019
Years and Years
Vivienne Rook · (6 episodes)
7.6
2019
Missing Link
Dora the Yeti Elder (voice)
7.0
2019
Late Night
Katherine Newbury
6.4
2019
Johnny English Strikes Again
Prime Minister
6.3
2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self (archive footage)
5.7
2018
The Children Act
Fiona Maye
6.6
2018
King Lear
Goneril
5.9
2018
Sea Sorrow
Self
5.3
2017
Die vielen Gesichter der Emma Thompson
Elle-Même
0.0
2016
To the Ends of the Earth
Narrator (voice)
0.0
2016
Upstart Crow
Queen Elizabeth I · (1 episode)
7.2
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (3 episodes)
6.6
2015
Funny Valentines
Debbie · (1 episode)
6.0
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
5.5
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(1 episode)
5.8
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2014
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self · (1 episode)
4.8
2011
Fry and Laurie Reunited
Self
6.8
2010
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (4 episodes)
7.2
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
7.2
2007
Hoodwinked!
Lesa (voice)
6.2
2005
The Tony Danza Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.1
2004
Angels in America
Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel · (6 episodes)
7.6
2003
QI
Self · (1 episode)
8.0
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (3 episodes)
5.8
2003
Timeshift
self · (1 episode)
7.0
2002
Sucré salé
Self · (1 episode)
9.3
2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
5.9
2001
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
Self
6.0
2001
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw
Self
6.0
2001
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
Self
6.0
2001
Maybe Baby
Druscilla
5.4
2000
Parkinson
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1998
The View
Self · (2 episodes)
4.4
1997
The View
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
Leute heute
Self · (1 episode)
3.0
1997
Hospital!
Elephant Woman
5.0
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
8.0
1996
Ellen
Emma Thompson · (1 episode)
6.4
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
7.1
1993
GMTV
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(2 episodes)
5.4
1992
Rabbit Ears - The White Cat
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1991
The Winslow Boy
Catherine Winslow
0.0
1989
Thompson
Self - Host · (6 episodes)
1.0
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(1 episode)
5.2
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.2
1988
Fortunes of War
Harriet Pringle · (7 episodes)
6.4
1987
Tutti Frutti
Suzi Kettles · (6 episodes)
7.1
1987
The Crystal Cube
Jackie Meld / Various Roles · (1 episode)
6.5
1983
Alfresco
Various · (13 episodes)
6.0
1983
The Young Ones
Miss Money-Sterling · (1 episode)
7.9
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
Young Woman · (1 episode)
7.3
1982
There's Nothing to Worry About!
Various · (3 episodes)
5.0
1982
Cheers
Nanny Gee · (1 episode)
7.6
1982
Wetten, dass..?
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
1981
The Val Doonican Music Show
(1 episode)
0.0
1977
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1962
The Oscars
Self · (3 episodes)
7.0
1953
Down Cemetery Road
Zoë Boehm · (1 episode)
0.0