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Emma Thompson
Dame Emma Thompson DBE (born 15 April 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). Besides acting, Thompson is also an active environmentalist and a supporter of Greenpeace; she even participated in a Greenpeace 'Save the Arctic' expedition and is an ambassador for the Galapagos Conservation Trust. She is also politically liberal and a supporter of the Labour Party.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Emma Thompson
Born: London, England
Citizenship: United Kingdom, Italy
Birthday: April 15, 1959
Occupations: Actress, Screenwriter
Years Active: 1982-present
Children: 2
Spouses: Kenneth Branagh, Greg Wise
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Awards and Nominations Received by Emma Thompson
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Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Actress)
Good Luck to You, Leo GrandeBest Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Last Chance HarveyBest Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy (Supporting Actress)
In the Name of the FatherMovies Featuring Emma Thompson
Dolittle
Brave
Howards End
Primary Colors
Johnny English Strikes Again
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Nanny McPhee
Sense and Sensibility
Dead Again
Much Ado About Nothing
Junior
Missing Link
Nanny McPhee Returns
The Children Act
Late Night
How to Build a Girl
Treasure Planet
Effie Gray
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
A Walk in the Woods
Saving Mr. Banks
Last Christmas
The Remains of the Day
Men in Black: International
Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical
Cruella
Last Chance Harvey
Beautiful Creatures
Imagining Argentina
What's Love Got to Do with It?
Merchant Ivory
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
The Song of Lunch
Walking the Dogs
Bunni
And the Oscar Goes To…
Fry and Laurie Reunited
Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 6: Magical Effects
When Harry Left Hogwarts
The Real Mary Poppins
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Legend of Barney Thomson
The Things We’ve Seen
Sea Sorrow
Greenpeace: There’s a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom
Years and Years
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England’s Fatal Flaw
King Lear
Wit
Angels in America
How to Build a Girl
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker’s Journey
The Cellar Tapes
The Crystal Cube
Tutti Frutti
Fortunes of War
The Tall Guy
Impromptu
Look Back in Anger
An Audience with Adele
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
The Fringe, Fame and Me
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
The Winter Guest
Carrington
Judas Kiss
The Blue Boy
Peter’s Friends
Junket Whore
Dead of Winter
Everybody to Kenmure Street
Career Timeline
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2022
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Nancy Stokes
Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical
Agatha Trunchbull
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Self
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Self
2021
Cruella
The Baroness
An Audience with Adele
Self
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
2019
Missing Link
The Elder
Late Night
Katherine Newbury
Last Christmas
Petra
Men in Black: International
Agent O
How to Build a Girl
Amanda
2018
Johnny English Strikes Again
Prime Minister
The Children Act
Fiona Maye
Greenpeace: There’s a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom
Narrator (voice)
King Lear
Goneril
2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Maureen
The Things We’ve Seen
Laken Rice
Sea Sorrow
Self
2014
And the Oscar Goes To…
Self (archive footage)
The Real Mary Poppins
Self
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Mrs. Lovett
2010
Nanny McPhee Returns
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Nanny McPhee
The Song of Lunch
She
Fry and Laurie Reunited
Self
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