Emma Thompson

Actor

Born April 15, 1959 in Paddington, London, England, UK

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).

Filmography

The Sheep Detectives

Lydia Harbottle

Everybody to Kenmure Street

Van Guy

Down Cemetery Road

Zoë Boehm

Dead of Winter

Barb

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Dr Rawlings

Bad Tidings

Self (archive footage)

Mediha

Merchant Ivory

Self

What's Love Got to Do with It?

Cath Stevenson

The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special

Self

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

Agatha Trunchbull

The Fringe, Fame and Me

Self

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Nancy Stokes

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

Lady Marcham

An Audience with Adele

Self

Cruella

The Baroness

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

Self (archive footage)

How to Build a Girl

Amanda

Dolittle

Poly (voice)

Last Christmas

Petra Andrich

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self - Guest

Extinction

Hollywood's Dark Secret

Self

Men in Black: International

Agent O

Years and Years

Vivienne Rook

Missing Link

Dora the Yeti Elder (voice)

Ponyboi

Late Night

Katherine Newbury

Johnny English Strikes Again

Prime Minister

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

Self (archive footage)

Greenpeace: There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom

Narrator (voice)

The Children Act

Fiona Maye

King Lear

Goneril

Sea Sorrow

Self

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

Maureen Meyerowitz

Beauty and the Beast

Mrs. Potts

Die vielen Gesichter der Emma Thompson

Elle-Même

To the Ends of the Earth

Narrator (voice)

Bridget Jones's Baby

Dr Rawlings

Sold

Alone in Berlin

Anna Quangel

Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity

Narrator (voice)

Burnt

Dr. Rosshilde

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self - Guest

A Walk in the Woods

Catherine Bryson

The Legend of Barney Thomson

Cemolina

Men, Women & Children

Narrator (voice)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Mrs. Lovett

Effie Gray

Lady Eastlake

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self - Guest

The Real Mary Poppins

Self

The Love Punch

Kate

Saving Mr. Banks

P.L. Travers

Beautiful Creatures

Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes

Brave

Elinor (voice)

Walking the Dogs

The Queen

Men in Black 3

Agent O

Playhouse Presents

The Queen

When Harry Left Hogwarts

Self

The Jonathan Ross Show

Self

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Sybill Trelawney

Fry and Laurie Reunited

Self

The Song of Lunch

She

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

Nanny McPhee

An Education

Headmistress

The Boat That Rocked

Charlotte

Last Chance Harvey

Kate Walker

Brideshead Revisited

Lady Marchmain

I Am Legend

Dr. Alice Krippin

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out

Self

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Sybill Trelawney

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Stranger Than Fiction

Karen Eiffel

A Tribute To Ismail Merchant

Self (archive footage)

Nanny McPhee

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Sybill Trelawney

Angels in America

Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel

Imagining Argentina

Cecilia Rueda

Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self

Love Actually

Karen

Treasure Planet

Captain Amelia (voice)

Timeshift

self

Sucré salé

Self

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Self - Guest

Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'

Self

Wit

Vivian Bearing

Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw

Self

The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey

Self

Maybe Baby

Druscilla

Junket Whore

Self

Eight

Judas Kiss

FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins

Primary Colors

Susan Stanton

Parkinson

Self

The Winter Guest

Frances

The View

Self

Leute heute

Self

Hospital!

Elephant Woman

E! True Hollywood Story

Sense and Sensibility

Elinor Dashwood

Carrington

Dora Carrington

Junior

Dr. Diana Reddin

The Blue Boy

Marie Bonnar

Ellen

Emma Thompson

My Father the Hero

Isabel (uncredited)

In the Name of the Father

Gareth Peirce

The Remains of the Day

Miss Kenton

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

Much Ado About Nothing

Beatrice

GMTV

Self

Peter's Friends

Maggie Chester

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Howards End

Margaret Schlegel

Dead Again

Margaret Strauss / Grace

Impromptu

Duchess D'Antan

Tin Fish

Look Back in Anger

Alison Porter

Henry V

Katherine

The Tall Guy

Kate

Colleagues From Hell

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Fortunes of War

Harriet Pringle

Tutti Frutti

Suzi Kettles

Screen Two

Marie

Royal Variety Performance 1984

Slags

Young Woman

The Crystal Cube

Jackie Meld / Various Roles

Alfresco

Various

The Young Ones

Miss Money-Sterling

The Comic Strip Presents...

Young Woman

There's Nothing to Worry About!

Various

Cheers

Nanny Gee

The Cellar Tapes

various

Wetten, dass..?

Self

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Oscars

Self