Emma Thompson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1959-04-15 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Paddington, London, England, UK

Emma Thompson

Biography

Dame Emma Thompson (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). In 1985, she starred in the West End revival of the musical Me and My Girl, which was a breakth...

Acting

2003

1993

2006

Stranger Than Fiction

as Karen Eiffel

1989

Henry V

as Katherine

1995

Sense and Sensibility

as Elinor Dashwood

2007

I Am Legend

as Dr. Alice Krippin

2005

Nanny McPhee

as Nanny McPhee

1989

1992

Peter's Friends

as Maggie Chester

1993

1994

Junior

as Dr. Diana Reddin

1991

Dead Again

as Margaret Strauss / Grace

2009

An Education

as Headmistress

1993

1992

Howards End

as Margaret Schlegel

2002

Treasure Planet

as Captain Amelia (voice)

1998

Primary Colors

as Susan Stanton

2008

Brideshead Revisited

as Lady Marchmain

2001

Wit

as Vivian Bearing

2003

Imagining Argentina

as Cecilia Rueda

1997

2012

Men in Black 3

as Agent O

1998

Judas Kiss

as FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins

2012

Brave

as Elinor (voice)

2008

Last Chance Harvey

as Kate Walker

1995

Carrington

as Dora Carrington

2009

2013

Saving Mr. Banks

as P.L. Travers

2013

Beautiful Creatures

as Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes

2024

2014

Effie Gray

as Lady Eastlake

1982

2014

The Love Punch

as Kate Jones

2021

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

as Self (archive footage)

1989

Look Back in Anger

as Alison Porter

2014

Men, Women & Children

as Narrator (voice)

2015

A Walk in the Woods

as Catherine Bryson

2005

A Tribute To Ismail Merchant

as Self (archive footage)

1984

Slags

as Young Woman

2012

Walking the Dogs

as The Queen

1994

My Father the Hero

as Isabel (uncredited)

2016

Alone in Berlin

as Anna Quangel

2017

2015

Burnt

as Dr. Rosshilde

1994

The Blue Boy

as Marie Bonnar

1991

Impromptu

as Duchess D'Antan

1998

2016

Bridget Jones's Baby

as Dr Rawlings

1989

The Winslow Boy

as Catherine Winslow

2005

Hoodwinked!

as Lesa (voice) (uncredited)

2016

To the Ends of the Earth

as Narrator (voice)

1997

Hospital!

as Elephant Woman

2000

Maybe Baby

as Druscilla

2017

Sea Sorrow

as Self

2018

The Children Act

as Fiona Maye

2018

King Lear

as Goneril

2018

2019

Late Night

as Katherine Newbury

2019

Missing Link

as Dora the Yeti Elder (voice)

2019

Last Christmas

as Petra Andrich

2020

2021

Cruella

as The Baroness

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2020

Dolittle

as Poly (voice)

2022

2022

1991

Rabbit Ears - The White Cat

as Narrator (voice)

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Hear Me Roar

as Elizabeth Butler-Sloss

2021

Twelve Nights

as Narrator

Production

1995

2005

Nanny McPhee

as Screenplay

2010

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

as Executive Producer

2014

Effie Gray

as Screenplay

1982

2016

Sold

as Executive Producer

1998

Eight

as Thanks

2019

Ponyboi

as Co-Producer

2016

2001

Wit

as Writer

2001

Wit

as Teleplay

2019

Last Christmas

as Screenplay

2019

Last Christmas

as Producer

2024

Mediha

as Executive Producer

2025

The Dead of Winter

as Executive Producer

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