
Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress, comedian and screenwriter. Her first major film role was in the 1989 romantic comedy The Tall Guy. In 1992, Thompson won multiple acting awards, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress, for her performance in the British drama Howards End. The following year Thompson garnered dual Academy Award nominations, as Best Actress for The Remains of the Day and as Best Supporting Actress for In the Name of the Father. In 1995, Thompson scripted and starred in Sense and Sensibility, a film adaptation of the Jane Austen novel of the same name, which earned her an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Other notable film and television credits have included the Harry Potter film series, Wit (2001), Love Actually (2003), Angels in America (2003), Nanny McPhee (2005), Stranger than Fiction (2006), Last Chance Harvey (2008), An Education (2009), and Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010). Thompson is also a patron of the Refugee Council and President of the Teaching Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Emma Thompson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie | Late Night | Katherine Newbury | 2019-01-25 |
Movie | Missing Link | Dora the Yeti Elder (voice) | 2019-04-04 |
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Movie | The Children Act | Fiona Maye | 2018-08-01 |
Movie | King Lear | Goneril | 2018-05-28 |
Movie | Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal | Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-21 |
Movie | Johnny English Strikes Again | Prime Minister | 2018-09-13 |
Movie | The Things We've Seen | Laken Rice | 2017-01-28 |
Movie | Beauty and the Beast | Mrs. Potts | 2017-03-16 |
Movie | The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) | Maureen Meyerowitz | 2017-10-13 |
Movie | Sea Sorrow | Self | 2017-11-08 |
Movie | Alone in Berlin | Anna Quangel | 2016-02-15 |
Movie | Bridget Jones's Baby | Dr Rawlings | 2016-09-14 |
Movie | To the Ends of the Earth | Narrator (voice) | 2016-10-29 |
Movie | Burnt | Dr. Rosshilde | 2015-10-02 |
Series | Funny Valentines | Debbie | 2015-02-13 |
Movie | The Legend of Barney Thomson | Cemolina | 2015-07-24 |
Movie | A Walk in the Woods | Catherine Bryson | 2015-09-02 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | The Love Punch | Kate Jones | 2014-01-13 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Herself | 2014-02-17 |
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Movie | Men, Women & Children | Narrator (voice) | 2014-10-17 |
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Movie | Beautiful Creatures | Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes | 2013-02-13 |
Movie | Bunni | Bar Patron #2 | 2013-09-14 |
Movie | Saving Mr. Banks | P.L. Travers | 2013-11-29 |
Movie | Brave | Elinor (voice) | 2012-06-21 |
Movie | Men in Black 3 | Agent O | 2012-05-23 |
Movie | When Harry Left Hogwarts | Self | 2011-11-11 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Sybill Trelawney | 2011-07-12 |
Movie | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Nanny McPhee | 2010-03-26 |
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Movie | Fry and Laurie Reunited | Self | 2010-11-24 |
Movie | An Education | Headmistress | 2009-10-29 |
Movie | The Boat That Rocked | Charlotte | 2009-04-01 |
Movie | Last Chance Harvey | Kate Walker | 2008-12-25 |
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Series | The Graham Norton Show | Herself | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | I Am Legend | Dr. Alice Krippin | 2007-12-12 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Sybill Trelawney | 2007-07-08 |
Movie | Stranger Than Fiction | Karen Eiffel | 2006-09-09 |
Movie | Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self | 2005-03-01 |
Movie | Hoodwinked! | Lesa (voice) (uncredited) | 2005-12-16 |
Movie | Nanny McPhee | Nanny McPhee | 2005-10-21 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Sybill Trelawney | 2004-05-31 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | 2004-09-13 | |
Movie | Love Actually | Karen | 2003-09-07 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Series | Angels in America | Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel | 2003-12-07 |
Series | QI | Unknown | 2003-09-11 |
Movie | Imagining Argentina | Cecilia Rueda | 2003-09-13 |
Movie | Treasure Planet | Captain Amelia (voice) | 2002-11-26 |
Movie | Wit | Vivian Bearing | 2001-02-09 |
Series | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Unknown | 2001-11-02 |
Movie | Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' | Self | 2001-10-22 |
Movie | Maybe Baby | Druscilla | 2000-06-02 |
Movie | Primary Colors | Susan Stanton | 1998-03-20 |
Movie | Judas Kiss | FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins | 1998-09-16 |
Movie | Junket Whore | Self | 1998-10-12 |
Movie | Hospital! | Elephant Woman | 1997-03-30 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | The Winter Guest | Frances | 1997-12-27 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Movie | Sense and Sensibility | Elinor Dashwood | 1995-12-13 |
Movie | Carrington | Dora Carrington | 1995-05-25 |
Movie | My Father the Hero | Isabel (uncredited) | 1994-02-04 |
Movie | The Blue Boy | Marie Bonnar | 1994-07-02 |
Movie | Junior | Dr. Diana Reddin | 1994-11-22 |
Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | 1993-05-07 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | In the Name of the Father | Gareth Peirce | 1993-12-12 |
Movie | The Remains of the Day | Miss Kenton | 1993-11-05 |
Movie | Howards End | Margaret Schlegel | 1992-03-13 |
Movie | Peter's Friends | Maggie Chester | 1992-09-18 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
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Movie | The Winslow Boy | Catherine Winslow | 1989-04-30 |
Movie | The Tall Guy | Kate | 1989-02-01 |
Movie | Henry V | Katherine | 1989-10-05 |
Movie | Look Back in Anger | Alison Porter | 1989-12-28 |
Series | Thompson | Self - Host | 1988-11-10 |
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Series | Tutti Frutti | Suzi Kettles | 1987-03-03 |
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Series | The Crystal Cube | Jackie Meld / Various Roles | 1983-07-07 |
Series | Alfresco | Various | 1983-05-01 |
Series | The Young Ones | Unknown | 1982-11-09 |
Movie | The Cellar Tapes | various | 1982-05-20 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Series | The Val Doonican Music Show | Unknown | 1977-04-09 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |