Emma Thompson
Acting
Dame Emma Thompson (born April 15, 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.
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
as Nanny McPhee
Age 50 (now 67)
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
as Dr Rawlings
Age 65 (now 67)
What's Love Got to Do with It?
as Cath Stevenson
Age 63 (now 67)
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
as Self
Age 63 (now 67)
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
as Agatha Trunchbull
Age 63 (now 67)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
Age 61 (now 67)
Johnny English Strikes Again
as Prime Minister
Age 59 (now 67)
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
Age 59 (now 67)
Greenpeace: There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom
as Narrator (voice)
Age 59 (now 67)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
as Maureen Meyerowitz
Age 58 (now 67)
Die vielen Gesichter der Emma Thompson
as Elle-Même
Age 57 (now 67)The Doubt Machine: Inside the Koch Brothers' War on Climate Science
as Narrator (voice)
Age 57 (now 67)
Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity
as Narrator (voice)
Age 56 (now 67)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Mrs. Lovett
Age 55 (now 67)
Beautiful Creatures
as Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes
Age 53 (now 67)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Sybill Trelawney
Age 52 (now 67)
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Executive Producer
Age 50 (now 67) Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
as Nanny McPhee
Age 50 (now 67)
Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility
as Self
Age 49 (now 67)Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility
as Self
Age 49 (now 67)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Sybill Trelawney
Age 48 (now 67)
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
as Self (archive footage)
Age 46 (now 67)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Age 45 (now 67)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Sybill Trelawney
Age 45 (now 67)
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
as Self
Age 42 (now 67)
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw
as Self
Age 41 (now 67)
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
as Self
Age 41 (now 67)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Age 56 (now 67) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Age 56 (now 67)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
Age 54 (now 67)
Angels in America
as Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel
Age 44 (now 67)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self - Guest
Age 42 (now 67)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Age 34 (now 67)
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Young Woman
Age 23 (now 67)
There's Nothing to Worry About!
as Various
Age 23 (now 67) There's Nothing to Worry About!
Writer
Age 23 (now 67)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Age 3 (now 67)
Gathering insights...
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