Emma Thompson
Thompson at the Nanny McPhee London premiere, 2005
Born	April 15, 1959 (1959-04-15) (age 49) Paddington, London, England
Spouse(s)	Kenneth Branagh (1989-1995) Greg Wise (2003-present)
Awards won Academy Awards Best Actress 1992 Howards End Best Adapted Screenplay 1995 Sense and Sensibility BAFTA Awards Best TV Actress 1987 Tutti Frutti ; Fortunes of War Best Actress 1992 Howards End 1996 Sense and Sensibility Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series 1998 Ellen Golden Globe Awards Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama 1993 Howards End Best Screenplay 1996 Sense and Sensibility

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Biography

Early life

Thompson was born in Paddington, London, England. Her father, Eric Thompson, was an actor known for narrating the English version of the French children's TV series The Magic Roundabout. Her mother, Phyllida Law, is a Scottish actress. Thompson's younger sister is actress Sophie Thompson. Thompson has spent part of her life in Scotland and has stated that she "feel[s] Scottish".^[1] For other places with the same name, see Paddington (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Eric Thompson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Magic Roundabout (Known in the original French as Le Manège enchanté) was a childrens television programme created in France in 1963 by Serge Danot. ... Phyllida Law (born 8 May 1932) is a Scottish actress. ... This article is about the country. ... Sophie Thompson (born 1 January 1962) is an award-winning British actress, perhaps best known for playing Stella Crawford in EastEnders. ...

Thompson went to Camden School for Girls and then studied English at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she was a member (along with fellow actors Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, and Tony Slattery) and vice-president of the University's theatrical club, the Footlights. Her acting talent was so impressive that agent Richard Armitage signed her to a contract while she was still 2 years away from graduation. In 1982, Emma completed her education at Cambridge with her degree. Soon after that, she came to fame with a leading role in the West End revival of the musical Me and My Girl, opposite Robert Lindsay, followed by the BBC serial drama, Fortunes of War. Camden School for Girls is a comprehensive girls secondary school with a mixed sixth form. ... Full name Newnham College Motto - Named after Its location in the village of Newnham Previous names Newnham Hall Established 1871 Sister College(s) Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford Principal Dame Patricia Hodgson Location Sidgwick Avenue Undergraduates 396 Postgraduates 120 Homepage N/A A view of the Clough and Kennedy buildings of... Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, writer, actor, humourist, novelist, columnist, filmmaker and television personality. ... James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE (born June 11, 1959) is an English actor, comedian, writer and musician. ... Anthony Declan James Slattery (born 9 November 1959) is an English actor and comedian. ... The ADC Theatre is the home of the Footlights. ... West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, England, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre... Me and My Girl is a popular British stage musical, with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and music by Noel Gay. ... For other persons of the same name, see Robert Lindsay. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ...

Acting career

Thompson's first major film role was in a romantic comedy, The Tall Guy. 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 Oscar for Best Actress); the part of Gareth Peirce, the lawyer for the Guildford Four, in In the Name of the Father; The Remains of the Day opposite Anthony Hopkins; and as the British painter Dora Carrington in the film Carrington. She won her next Oscar in 1996, for Best Adapted Screenplay for her screenplay adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, a film in which she also played the Oscar-nominated lead actress role. She has said that she keeps both of her award statues in her downstairs bathroom, citing embarrassment at placing them in a more prominent place.^{[citation needed]} A romantic comedy may be a film or novel, presenting a story about romance in a comedic style. ... Thompson as Kate. ... The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. ... Howards End is a 1991 (released in 1992) film adaptation of E.M. Forsters 1910 novel Howards End, a story of class struggle in turn-of-the-20th-century England. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. ... Jean Gareth Peirce (born c. ... The Guildford Four were a group of people (Paul Hill, Gerry Conlon, Patrick Paddy Armstrong and Carole Richardson), who were wrongly convicted in the United Kingdom in October 1975 for the Provisional IRAs Guildford pub bombing — which killed five people and injured sixty-five more — and imprisoned for over... In the Name of the Father is a 1993 film directed by Jim Sheridan based on the true life story of the Guildford Four, four people falsely convicted of the IRAs Guildford pub bombing. ... The Remains of the Day (1993) is a Merchant Ivory Film adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. ... For the composer, see Antony Hopkins. ... Dora de Houghton Carrington (March 29, 1893 – March 11, 1932) was a British painter and decorative artist. ... Carrington is a film made in 1995 about the life of the English artist Dora Carrington, who was known simply as Carrington. The film, starring Emma Thompson in the title role, focusses on her relationship with the author Lytton Strachey, played by Jonathan Pryce, as well as with other members... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ... Sample from a screenplay, showing dialogue and action descriptions. ... A watercolour and pencil sketch of Jane Austen, believed to be drawn from life by her sister Cassandra (c. ... Jane Austens novel Sense and Sensibility (1811) was adapted into a 1995 film by Emma Thompson, for which she received general acclaim as well as the 1996 Academy Award. ...

One of Thompson's earliest television appearances was in 1984 alongside Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie as guest stars on the sitcom The Young Ones. In 1988, she starred in and wrote the eponymous Thompson comedy sketch series for BBC1; the series was not successful with audiences or critics. Described in Time Out magazine as "very clever-little-me-ish",^{[citation needed]} it has never been repeated in Britain despite her Oscar successes, and Thompson has not returned to the sketch comedy field. This article is about the year. ... Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, writer, actor, humourist, novelist, columnist, filmmaker and television personality. ... James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE (born June 11, 1959) is an English actor, comedian, writer and musician. ... The Young Ones was a popular British sitcom, first seen in 1982, which aired on BBC2. ... Time-out can mean: sport time-out, a break in play that may be called by a side to formulate strategy or respond to an players injury. ...

Thompson's recent television work has included a starring role in the 2001 HBO drama Wit, in which she played a dying cancer victim, and 2003's Angels in America, playing multiple roles, including one of the titular angels. Her Emmy Award was as a guest star in a 1997 episode of the show Ellen; in the episode, she played a fictionalised parody of herself: a closeted lesbian more concerned with the media finding out she's actually American. She also appeared in an episode of Cheers in 1992 titled "One Hugs, the Other Doesn't". This is a list of television-related events in 2001. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... Wit is a 2001 HBO television movie based on the play Wit. ... The year 2003 in television involved some significant events. ... Angels in America is an award-winning 2003 HBO miniseries adapted from the play of the same name by Tony Kushner. ... The Annunciation - the Angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will bear Jesus (El Greco, 1575) An angel is an ethereal being found in many religions, whose duties are to assist and serve God. ... An Emmy Award. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1997. ... Ellen (originally titled These Friends of Mine for the first season) was a U.S. television sitcom which ran on the ABC network from March of 1994 to July of 1998. ... This article is about the TV series. ... The year 1992 in television involved some significant events. ...

Thompson in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Most recently, Thompson appeared in supporting roles in films of a lighter nature, including her role as Sybill Trelawney in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. She has also appeared in the comedy Love Actually. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 384 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (434 × 678 pixel, file size: 117 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) cropped image from promotional film capture use in article Sybill Trelawney for charactor identification purpose Author: Warner Brothers Source: Downloaded from http://www. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 384 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (434 × 678 pixel, file size: 117 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) cropped image from promotional film capture use in article Sybill Trelawney for charactor identification purpose Author: Warner Brothers Source: Downloaded from http://www. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Starring Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Produced by Michael Barnathan et al. ... Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy adventure film, based on the novel of the same name, by J. K. Rowling. ... Love Actually is a romantic comedy first released in cinemas in October and November 2003. ...

The film Nanny McPhee, written by Thompson, was first released in October 2005. Thompson worked on the project for nine years, having written the screenplay and starred, alongside her mother (who has a cameo appearance). In the film Stranger Than Fiction she plays an author planning on killing her main character, Harold Crick, who turns out to be a real person. Most recently, Emma Thompson made a short uncredited cameo as a doctor introducing the cure for cancer in the form of measles in the latest film adaptation for I Am Legend. Nanny McPhee is a 2005 childrens film. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: José Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles... Stranger than Fiction is a 2006 American comedy-drama film. ... I Am Legend is a 2007 American post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith. ...

Personal life

While she was at Cambridge University, Thompson had a romantic relationship with her fellow student, actor Hugh Laurie, who was also a member of the Cambridge Footlights Revue. James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE (born June 11, 1959) is an English actor, comedian, writer and musician. ...

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, but were eventually divorced in October 1995. Kenneth Charles Branagh (born December 10, 1960) is an Emmy Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated Northern Irish-born actor and film director. ... is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Promotional poster for Dead Again Dead Again is a 1991 thriller film directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Branagh and his then-wife Emma Thompson. ... Henry reads of the French dead after the battle of Agincourt Henry V is a 1989 film directed by Kenneth Branagh, and based upon the Shakespeare play. ... Much Ado About Nothing is a 1993 movie based on William Shakespeares play; it was adapted for the screen and directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also played the role of Benedick. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...

In 2003, Thompson married actor Greg Wise (who starred with her in Sense and Sensibility) with whom she has a daughter, Gaia Romilly, born in 1999. In 2003, Thompson and Wise informally adopted a 16-year-old Rwandan refugee named Tindyebwa Agaba. They are currently fighting his deportation back to Rwanda where it is thought all his family were killed in the genocide.^[2] Greg Wise (born on 15 May 1966 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England) is a British actor. ... Jane Austens novel Sense and Sensibility (1811) was adapted into a 1995 film by Emma Thompson, for which she received general acclaim as well as the 1996 Academy Award. ... For other uses, see Genocide (disambiguation). ...

Filmography

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Awards

• • Academy Awards

• • 1992 - Best Actress - Howards End
  • 1993 - Best Actress - The Remains of the Day
  • 1993 - Best Supporting Actress - In the Name of the Father
  • 1995 - Best Actress - Sense and Sensibility
  • 1995 - Best Adapted Screenplay - Sense and Sensibility

• • Emmy Awards

• • 1998 - Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - Ellen
  • 2001 - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie - Wit
  • 2004 - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie - Angels in America

• • SAG Awards

• • 1995 - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture - Sense and Sensibility
  • 1995 - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Sense and Sensibility
  • 2001 - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie - Wit
  • 2003 - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie - Angels in America

• • Golden Globe Awards

• • 1993 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama - Howards End
  • 1994 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama - The Remains of the Day
  • 1994 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama - In the Name of the Father
  • 1995 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy - Junior
  • 1996 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama - Sense and Sensibility
  • 2002 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Wit

• • BAFTA Awards

• • 1993 - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Howards End
  • 1994 - Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Remains of the Day
  • 1995 - Best Adapted Screenplay - Sense and Sensibility
  • 1996 - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Sense and Sensibility
  • 2004 - Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Love Actually

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Selected Theatre credits

• 1990 - Played The Fool in Shakespeare's King Lear and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream - International tour.
• 1989 - Played Alison in Look Back In Anger by John Osborne - Lyric Shaftesbury, London.
• 1984/5 - Played Sally in the musical Me and My Girl - Adelphi Theatre, London.
• 1984 - Wrote and starred in the one woman show Short Vehicle - Edinburgh Festival.
• 1982 - Appeared in Not The Nine O'Clock News - UK tour.
• 1982 - Co-wrote and appeared in Beyond the Footlights - Lyric Hammersmith, London.

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Further reading

• Shuttleworth, Ian (1994). Ken and Em. Headline Book Publishing, London. ISBN 0-7472-1225-2. 
• Nickson, Chris (1997). Emma: The Many Facets of Emma Thompson. Taylor Publishing. ISBN 0878339655. 
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External links

• Emma Thompson at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview, 1/27/06, Today Entertainment
• Interview on her views on parenting, 10/01/05, Raisingkids
• Interview, 10/16/05
• Thompson answers questions on her AIDS charity work, 11/25/03
• Interview with Netribution
• Emma Thompson talks trafficking with Philip Halcrow of The War Cry