Emma Thompson Biography
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Emma Thompson (born April 15, 1959) is a
BAFTA Award and Oscar-winning English actress and screenwriter.
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Early life
She was born in Paddington, London, England
to Eric Thompson (an English actor known for creating the TV show, The
Magic Roundabout) and Phyllida Law (a Scottish actress). Her sister is
actress Sophie Thompson.
Emma Thompson took English Literature at
Newnham College, Cambridge, where she was also a member of the
Footlights comedy club. After completing her education, she came to fame
with a leading role in the BBC drama serial, Fortunes of War.
Film career
Thompson's first major film role was in a
romantic comedy, The Tall Guy (1990). Her career took a more serious
turn with a series of critically acclaimed performances and films,
beginning with 1992's Howards End (for which she received an Academy
Award for Best Actress), The Remains of the Day opposite Anthony
Hopkins, and Carrington (1995). She won her next Academy Award in 1996,
for her screenplay adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, a
film in which she also played the lead role. Thompson has said that she
keeps both of her Oscars in her downstairs bathroom.
Most recently, Thompson appeared in
supporting roles in films of a lighter nature, including her role as
Sibyll Trelawney in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and
the comedy Love Actually (2003).
In October 2005 her film, Nanny McPhee, was
released. Thompson has worked on the project for 9 years, having written
the screenplay and starred, alongside her mother (who has a cameo
appearance).
Private life
Thompson married Kenneth Branagh, with whom
she appeared in Fortunes of War, on August 20, 1989. They appeared
together several times, in hit films such as Dead Again, Henry V and
Much Ado About Nothing. They eventually divorced in October of 1995.
In 2003, Thompson married actor Greg Wise,
with whom she had had a daughter in 1999.
Selected filmography
Year Title Role Other notes
2006 Nanny McPhee Nanny McPhee
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azakaban Professor Sybil Trelawney
2003 Love Actually Karen
1998 Primary Colors Susan Stanton
1995 Sense and Sensibility Elinor Dashwood
1995 Carrington Dora Carrington
1994 Junior Dr. Diana Reddin
1993 In the Name of the Father Gareth
Peirce
1993 The Remains of the Day Miss Kenton
1993 Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice
1992 Peter's Friends Maggie Chester
1992 Howards End Margaret Schlegel
1991 Dead Again Grace/Margaret Strauss
1990 The Tall Guy Kate Lemmon
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