Cast
Emma Thompson
Acting
Cast
Emma Thompson
Known for
Acting
Born
1959-04-15
From
Paddington, London, England, UK
Biography
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.
The Sheep Detectives
as Lydia Harbottle
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Sybill Trelawney
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Sybill Trelawney
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Sybill Trelawney
Brave
as Elinor (voice)
Cruella
as The Baroness
I Am Legend
as Dr. Alice Krippin
Beauty and the Beast
as Mrs. Potts
Love Actually
as Karen
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
as Nancy Stokes
Men in Black: International
as Agent O
Dolittle
as Poly (voice)
Men in Black 3
as Agent O
Treasure Planet
as Captain Amelia (voice)
Nanny McPhee
as Nanny McPhee
Dead of Winter
as Barb
Sense and Sensibility
as Elinor Dashwood
Johnny English Strikes Again
as Prime Minister
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
as Nanny McPhee
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
as Dr Rawlings
Beautiful Creatures
as Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes
Burnt
as Dr. Rosshilde
The Remains of the Day
as Miss Kenton
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
as Agatha Trunchbull
Bridget Jones's Baby
as Dr Rawlings
Men, Women & Children
as Narrator (voice)
In the Name of the Father
as Gareth Peirce
Howards End
as Margaret Schlegel
Last Christmas
as Petra Andrich
An Education
as Headmistress
Much Ado About Nothing
as Beatrice
The Boat That Rocked
as Charlotte
Missing Link
as Dora the Yeti Elder (voice)
Junior
as Dr. Diana Reddin
Stranger Than Fiction
as Karen Eiffel
Dead Again
as Margaret Strauss / Grace
Saving Mr. Banks
as P.L. Travers
Wit
as Vivian Bearing
Late Night
as Katherine Newbury
Primary Colors
as Susan Stanton
Henry V
as Katherine
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Everybody to Kenmure Street
as Van Guy
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
as Maureen Meyerowitz
The Children Act
as Fiona Maye
A Walk in the Woods
as Catherine Bryson
How to Build a Girl
as Amanda
Effie Gray
as Lady Eastlake
What's Love Got to Do with It?
as Cath Stevenson
King Lear
as Goneril
Imagining Argentina
as Cecilia Rueda
Last Chance Harvey
as Kate Walker
Impromptu
as Duchess D'Antan
Brideshead Revisited
as Lady Marchmain
My Father the Hero
as Isabel (uncredited)
Peter's Friends
as Maggie Chester
Alone in Berlin
as Anna Quangel
Slags
as Young Woman
Extinction
When Harry Left Hogwarts
as Self
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
Judas Kiss
as FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins
Maybe Baby
as Druscilla
Carrington
as Dora Carrington
An Audience with Adele
as Self
The Legend of Barney Thomson
as Cemolina
Junket Whore
as Self
Sea Sorrow
as Self
The Tall Guy
as Kate
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
as Self
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
as Self
The Winter Guest
as Frances
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
as Self
The Love Punch
as Kate
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Mrs. Lovett
Fry and Laurie Reunited
as Self
Merchant Ivory
as Self
Hospital!
as Elephant Woman
The Fringe, Fame and Me
as Self
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
as Self
The Song of Lunch
as She
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw
as Self
Royal Variety Performance 1984
The Real Mary Poppins
as Self
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty
as Self
Bad Tidings
as Self (archive footage)
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
as Self (archive footage)
The Blue Boy
as Marie Bonnar
Walking the Dogs
as The Queen
Hollywood's Dark Secret
as Self
Look Back in Anger
as Alison Porter
The Cellar Tapes
as various
The Winslow Boy
as Catherine Winslow
Tin Fish
Hear Me Roar
as Elizabeth Butler-Sloss
To the Ends of the Earth
as Narrator (voice)
The Doubt Machine: Inside the Koch Brothers' War on Climate Science
as Narrator (voice)
Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity
as Narrator (voice)
Die vielen Gesichter der Emma Thompson
as Elle-Même
Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility
as Self
How to Stop a Nuclear War
as Narrator (voice)
A Very Quiet Man
as Self
A Sense of Character
as Self
Colleagues From Hell
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility
as Self
Rabbit Ears - The White Cat
as Narrator (voice)
Greenpeace: There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom
as Narrator (voice)