
Emma Thompson
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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.
Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Night Live

Cheers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

E! True Hollywood Story

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Oscars

The Jonathan Ross Show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Creating the World of Harry Potter

My Father the Hero

Hoodwinked!

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Beauty and the Beast

Burnt

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

An Education

Men in Black: International

I Am Legend

Dolittle

Beautiful Creatures

Missing Link

Bridget Jones's Baby

Men, Women & Children

Men in Black 3

Stranger Than Fiction

Last Christmas

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

Brideshead Revisited

Junior

Love Actually

Angels in America

Treasure Planet

In the Name of the Father

The Remains of the Day

Last Chance Harvey

Cruella

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

Brave

King Lear

Nanny McPhee

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Sense and Sensibility

Down Cemetery Road

Howards End

Years and Years

The Children Act

Saving Mr. Banks

Late Night

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

Fortunes of War

The Love Punch
Production Credits
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