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.
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.
External links
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168724
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Filmography (Movies)
The Sheep Detectives
Character:
Release Date:07/05/2026
Dead of Winter
Character:Barb
Release Date:23/09/2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Character:Dr. Rawlings
Release Date:12/02/2025
Bad Tidings
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/12/2024
Merchant Ivory
Character:Self
Release Date:30/08/2024
What's Love Got to Do with It?
Character:Cath Stevenson
Release Date:26/01/2023
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Character:Self
Release Date:29/11/2022
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
Character:Agatha Trunchbull
Release Date:25/11/2022
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Character:Self
Release Date:08/08/2022
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Character:Nancy Stokes
Release Date:16/06/2022
Twelve Nights
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:02/12/2021
An Audience with Adele
Character:Self
Release Date:21/11/2021
Cruella
Character:The Baroness
Release Date:26/05/2021
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/03/2021
How to Build a Girl
Character:Amanda
Release Date:24/09/2020
Dolittle
Character:Poly (voice)
Release Date:02/01/2020
Last Christmas
Character:Petra Andrich
Release Date:07/11/2019
Extinction
Character:
Release Date:01/09/2019
Hollywood's Dark Secret
Character:Self
Release Date:09/07/2019
Men in Black: International
Character:Agent O
Release Date:12/06/2019
Missing Link
Character:Dora the Yeti Elder (voice)
Release Date:04/04/2019
Late Night
Character:Katherine Newbury
Release Date:25/01/2019
Johnny English Strikes Again
Character:Prime Minister
Release Date:13/09/2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/08/2018
Greenpeace: There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:13/08/2018
The Children Act
Character:Fiona Maye
Release Date:01/08/2018
King Lear
Character:Goneril
Release Date:28/05/2018
Sea Sorrow
Character:Self
Release Date:08/11/2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Character:Maureen Meyerowitz
Release Date:13/10/2017
Beauty and the Beast
Character:Mrs. Potts
Release Date:16/03/2017
Die vielen Gesichter der Emma Thompson
Character:Elle-Même
Release Date:20/11/2016
The Doubt Machine: Inside the Koch Brothers' War on Climate Science
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:31/10/2016
To the Ends of the Earth
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:29/10/2016
Bridget Jones's Baby
Character:Dr Rawlings
Release Date:14/09/2016
Alone in Berlin
Character:Anna Quangel
Release Date:15/02/2016
Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/12/2015
Burnt
Character:Dr. Rosshilde
Release Date:02/10/2015
A Walk in the Woods
Character:Catherine Bryson
Release Date:02/09/2015
The Legend of Barney Thomson
Character:Cemolina
Release Date:24/07/2015
Men, Women & Children
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:17/10/2014
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Character:Mrs. Lovett
Release Date:26/09/2014
Effie Gray
Character:Lady Eastlake
Release Date:08/03/2014
The Real Mary Poppins
Character:Self
Release Date:17/01/2014
The Love Punch
Character:Kate Jones
Release Date:13/01/2014
Saving Mr. Banks
Character:P.L. Travers
Release Date:29/11/2013
Beautiful Creatures
Character:Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes
Release Date:13/02/2013
Brave
Character:Elinor (voice)
Release Date:21/06/2012
Walking the Dogs
Character:The Queen
Release Date:31/05/2012
Men in Black 3
Character:Agent O
Release Date:23/05/2012
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Character:Self
Release Date:11/11/2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Character:Sybill Trelawney
Release Date:12/07/2011
Fry and Laurie Reunited
Character:Self
Release Date:24/11/2010
The Song of Lunch
Character:She
Release Date:08/10/2010
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Character:Nanny McPhee
Release Date:26/03/2010
An Education
Character:Headmistress
Release Date:29/10/2009
The Boat That Rocked
Character:Charlotte
Release Date:01/04/2009
A Sense of Character
Character:Self
Release Date:17/03/2009
A Very Quiet Man
Character:Self
Release Date:17/03/2009
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility
Character:Self
Release Date:17/03/2009
Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility
Character:Self
Release Date:17/03/2009
Last Chance Harvey
Character:Kate Walker
Release Date:25/12/2008
Brideshead Revisited
Character:Lady Marchmain
Release Date:25/07/2008
I Am Legend
Character:Dr. Alice Krippin
Release Date:12/12/2007
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Character:Self
Release Date:11/08/2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Character:Sybill Trelawney
Release Date:08/07/2007
Stranger Than Fiction
Character:Karen Eiffel
Release Date:09/09/2006
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/10/2005
Nanny McPhee
Character:Nanny McPhee
Release Date:21/10/2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/03/2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Character:Sybill Trelawney
Release Date:31/05/2004
Imagining Argentina
Character:Cecilia Rueda
Release Date:13/09/2003
Love Actually
Character:Karen
Release Date:07/09/2003
Treasure Planet
Character:Captain Amelia (voice)
Release Date:26/11/2002
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
Character:Self
Release Date:22/10/2001
Wit
Character:Vivian Bearing
Release Date:09/02/2001
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2001
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2001
Maybe Baby
Character:Druscilla
Release Date:02/06/2000
Junket Whore
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/1998
Judas Kiss
Character:FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins
Release Date:16/09/1998
Primary Colors
Character:Susan Stanton
Release Date:20/03/1998
The Winter Guest
Character:Frances
Release Date:27/12/1997
Hospital!
Character:Elephant Woman
Release Date:30/03/1997
Sense and Sensibility
Character:Elinor Dashwood
Release Date:13/12/1995
Carrington
Character:Dora Carrington
Release Date:25/05/1995
Junior
Character:Dr. Diana Reddin
Release Date:22/11/1994
The Blue Boy
Character:Marie Bonnar
Release Date:02/07/1994
My Father the Hero
Character:Isabel (uncredited)
Release Date:04/02/1994
In the Name of the Father
Character:Gareth Peirce
Release Date:12/12/1993
The Remains of the Day
Character:Miss Kenton
Release Date:05/11/1993
Much Ado About Nothing
Character:Beatrice
Release Date:07/05/1993
Peter's Friends
Character:Maggie Chester
Release Date:18/09/1992
Howards End
Character:Margaret Schlegel
Release Date:13/03/1992
Rabbit Ears - The White Cat
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:14/09/1991
Dead Again
Character:Margaret Strauss / Grace
Release Date:23/08/1991
Impromptu
Character:Duchess D'Antan
Release Date:12/04/1991
Tin Fish
Character:
Release Date:24/04/1990
Look Back in Anger
Character:Alison Porter
Release Date:28/12/1989
Henry V
Character:Katherine
Release Date:05/10/1989
The Winslow Boy
Character:Catherine Winslow
Release Date:30/04/1989
The Tall Guy
Character:Kate
Release Date:01/02/1989
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Character:
Release Date:25/11/1984
Slags
Character:Young Woman
Release Date:11/02/1984
The Cellar Tapes
Character:various
Release Date:20/05/1982
Television Appearances
Down Cemetery Road
Character:Zoë Boehm
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Character:Lady Marcham
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self - Guest
Years and Years
Character:Vivienne Rook
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self - Guest
Funny Valentines
Character:Debbie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
Character:Self
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Tony Danza Show
Character:Self
Angels in America
Character:Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel
QI
Character:Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
Timeshift
Character:self
Sucré salé
Character:Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Character:Self - Guest
Parkinson
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self - Guest
Leute heute
Character:Self
E! True Hollywood Story
Character:
Ellen
Character:Emma Thompson
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
GMTV
Character:Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:
Thompson
Character:Self - Host
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
Fortunes of War
Character:Harriet Pringle
Tutti Frutti
Character:Suzi Kettles
Screen Two
Character:Marie
The Crystal Cube
Character:Jackie Meld / Various Roles
Alfresco
Character:Various
The Young Ones
Character:Miss Money-Sterling
The Comic Strip Presents...
Character:Young Woman
There's Nothing to Worry About!
Character:Various
Cheers
Character:Nanny Gee
Wetten, dass..?
Character:Self
The Val Doonican Music Show
Character:
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
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