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.
Filmography
all 137
Movies 100
self 40
TV Shows 37
Narrator 6
Producer 2
Writer 1
Merchant Ivory (2023)
What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)
The Laughter & Secrets of 'Love Actually': 20 Years Later (2022)
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical (2022)
The Fringe, Fame and Me (2022)
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (2022)
An Audience with Adele (2021)
Cruella (2021)
Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony (2021)
How to Build a Girl (2020)
What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? (2020)
Dolittle (2020)
Last Christmas (2019)
Extinction (2019)
Hollywood's Dark Secret (2019)
Men in Black: International (2019)
Years and Years (2019)
Missing Link (2019)
Ponyboi (2019)
Late Night (2019)
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018)
Greenpeace: There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom (2018)
The Children Act (2018)
King Lear (2018)
Sea Sorrow (2017)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Die vielen Gesichter der Emma Thompson (2016)
To the Ends of the Earth (2016)
Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
Sold (2016)
Alone in Berlin (2016)
Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity (2015)
Burnt (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
A Walk in the Woods (2015)
The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015)
Funny Valentines (2015)
Men, Women & Children (2014)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2014)
Effie Gray (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
The Real Mary Poppins (2014)
The Love Punch (2014)
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
Beautiful Creatures (2013)
Brave (2012)
Walking the Dogs (2012)
Men in Black 3 (2012)
Playhouse Presents (2012)
When Harry Left Hogwarts (2011)
The Jonathan Ross Show (2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Fry and Laurie Reunited (2010)
The Song of Lunch (2010)
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)
An Education (2009)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Last Chance Harvey (2008)
Brideshead Revisited (2008)
I Am Legend (2007)
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out (2007)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant (2005)
Nanny McPhee (2005)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005)
The Tony Danza Show (2004)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Angels in America (2003)
Imagining Argentina (2003)
QI (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Love Actually (2003)
Treasure Planet (2002)
Timeshift (2002)
Sucré salé (2002)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001)
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' (2001)
Wit (2001)
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw (2001)
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey (2001)
Maybe Baby (2000)
Eight (1998)
Judas Kiss (1998)
Primary Colors (1998)
The Winter Guest (1997)
The View (1997)
Leute heute (1997)
Hospital! (1997)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Carrington (1995)
Junior (1994)
The Blue Boy (1994)
My Father the Hero (1994)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
GMTV (1993)
Peter's Friends (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Howards End (1992)
Dead Again (1991)
Impromptu (1991)
Look Back in Anger (1989)
Henry V (1989)
The Winslow Boy (1989)
The Tall Guy (1989)
Thompson (1988)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Fortunes of War (1987)
Tutti Frutti (1987)
Theatre Night (1985)
Slags (1984)
The Crystal Cube (1983)
The Crystal Cube (1983)
Alfresco (1983)
The Young Ones (1982)
The Comic Strip Presents (1982)
There's Nothing to Worry About! (1982)
The Cellar Tapes (1982)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
The Val Doonican Music Show (1977)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Oscars (1953)
The Doubt Machine: Inside the Koch Brothers' War on Climate Science
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty
How to Stop a Nuclear War
The Fisherwoman
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1959-04-15 (65 years old)
Birth NameEmma Thompson
Birth PlacePaddington, United Kingdom
Religionunbelief
Height
RelationshipsKenneth Branagh (1989-01-01 - 1995-01-01)
SpouseGreg Wise
ChildrenTindyebwa Agaba Wise, Gaia Wise
FatherEric Thompson
MotherPhyllida Law
SiblingsSophie Thompson
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesWest Hampstead, United Kingdom
Also Known As엠마 톰슨, Эмма Томпсон, Емма Томпсон, 艾玛·汤普森
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Emmy Award, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, Audie Award for Narration by the Author, Academy Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
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