10.0
10.0
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Emma Thompson
Also known as: Dame Emma Thompson
Acting
Born:April 15, 1959(age 67)
Birthplace:Paddington, London, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Newnham College, University of Cambridge, The Camden School for Girls
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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.
Notable Works
Sense and SensibilityBeauty and the BeastSaving Mr. BanksBrave
Filmography (102 movies)
9.0
9.0
Look Back in Anger
1989
as Alison Porter
9.0
9.0
Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
8.4
8.4
An Audience with Adele
2021
as Self
8.1
8.1
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2014
as Mrs. Lovett
8.0
8.0
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
as Sybill Trelawney
8.0
8.0
Cruella
2021
as The Baroness
7.9
7.9
The Sheep Detectives
2026
as Lydia Harbottle
7.9
7.9
In the Name of the Father
1993
as Gareth Peirce
7.7
7.7
Merchant Ivory
2024
as Self
7.7
7.7
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Sybill Trelawney
7.6
7.6
Treasure Planet
2002
as Captain Amelia (voice)
7.4
7.4
Sense and Sensibility
1995
Screenplay
7.4
7.4
The Remains of the Day
1993
as Miss Kenton
7.3
7.3
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
as P.L. Travers
7.3
7.3
Wit
2001
Writer
7.3
7.3
Stranger Than Fiction
2006
as Karen Eiffel
7.2
7.2
The Boat That Rocked
2009
as Charlotte
7.2
7.2
Last Christmas
2019
Producer
7.2
7.2
I Am Legend
2007
as Dr. Alice Krippin
7.2
7.2
Henry V
1989
as Katherine
7.1
7.1
Love Actually
2003
as Karen
7.0
7.0
Brave
2012
as Elinor (voice)
7.0
7.0
Howards End
1992
as Margaret Schlegel
7.0
7.0
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
2022
as Nancy Stokes
7.0
7.0
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
as Self
7.0
7.0
Beauty and the Beast
2017
as Mrs. Potts
6.9
6.9
An Education
2009
as Headmistress
6.9
6.9
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
as Beatrice
6.9
6.9
Missing Link
2019
as Dora the Yeti Elder (voice)
6.8
6.8
Fry and Laurie Reunited
2010
as Self
6.8
6.8
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
2022
as Agatha Trunchbull
6.8
6.8
The Cellar Tapes
1982
Writer
6.7
6.7
Alone in Berlin
2016
as Anna Quangel
6.7
6.7
The Song of Lunch
2010
as She
6.7
6.7
Nanny McPhee
2005
Screenplay
6.6
6.6
Dolittle
2020
as Poly (voice)
6.6
6.6
The Children Act
2018
as Fiona Maye
6.6
6.6
Peter's Friends
1992
as Maggie Chester
6.5
6.5
Men in Black 3
2012
as Agent O
6.5
6.5
Burnt
2015
as Dr. Rosshilde
6.5
6.5
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017
as Maureen Meyerowitz
6.5
6.5
Men, Women & Children
2014
as Narrator (voice)
6.4
6.4
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016
Screenplay
6.4
6.4
Dead Again
1991
as Margaret Strauss / Grace
6.4
6.4
The Winter Guest
1997
as Frances
6.4
6.4
Sold
2016
Executive Producer
6.4
6.4
Late Night
2019
as Katherine Newbury
6.4
6.4
Dead of Winter
2025
Executive Producer
6.3
6.3
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
Screenplay
6.3
6.3
Last Chance Harvey
2008
as Kate Walker
6.3
6.3
Brideshead Revisited
2008
as Lady Marchmain
6.3
6.3
Primary Colors
1998
as Susan Stanton
6.3
6.3
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
as Prime Minister
6.1
6.1
Carrington
1995
as Dora Carrington
6.1
6.1
A Walk in the Woods
2015
as Catherine Bryson
6.1
6.1
The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015
as Cemolina
6.1
6.1
King Lear
2018
as Goneril
6.0
6.0
The Love Punch
2014
as Kate Jones
6.0
6.0
What's Love Got to Do with It?
2023
as Cath Stevenson
6.0
6.0
Beautiful Creatures
2013
as Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes
6.0
6.0
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
2001
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Winslow Boy
1989
as Catherine Winslow
6.0
6.0
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw
2001
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
2001
as Self
6.0
6.0
Impromptu
1991
as Duchess D'Antan
5.9
5.9
Effie Gray
2014
Screenplay
5.9
5.9
Men in Black: International
2019
as Agent O
5.7
5.7
How to Build a Girl
2020
as Amanda
5.7
5.7
The Tall Guy
1989
as Kate
5.6
5.6
Judas Kiss
1998
as FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins
5.5
5.5
Imagining Argentina
2003
as Cecilia Rueda
5.4
5.4
Maybe Baby
2000
as Druscilla
5.3
5.3
Sea Sorrow
2017
as Self
5.3
5.3
The Blue Boy
1994
as Marie Bonnar
5.2
5.2
Junior
1994
as Dr. Diana Reddin
5.0
5.0
Hospital!
1997
as Elephant Woman
4.5
4.5
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
as Self (archive footage)
4.0
4.0
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
2022
as Self
3.5
3.5
The Real Mary Poppins
2014
as Self
2.0
2.0
Slags
1984
as Young Woman
Hollywood's Dark Secret
2019
as Self
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty
TBA
as Self
Hear Me Roar
TBA
as Elizabeth Butler-Sloss
A Sense of Character
2009
as Self
A Very Quiet Man
2009
as Self
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility
2009
as Self
Twelve Nights
2021
as Narrator
How to Stop a Nuclear War
TBA
as Narrator
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
as Self
Tin Fish
1990
The Doubt Machine: Inside the Koch Brothers' War on Climate Science
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Junket Whore
1998
as Self
Die vielen Gesichter der Emma Thompson
2016
as Elle-Même
To the Ends of the Earth
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - The White Cat
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007
as Self
Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility
2009
as Self
Walking the Dogs
2012
as The Queen
Extinction
2019
Greenpeace: There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Mediha
2024
Executive Producer
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