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.
Movie | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Dr. Rawlings | 2025-02-13 |
Movie | What's Love Got to Do with It? | Cath | 2023-01-26 |
Movie | Merchant Ivory | Self | 2023-11-11 |
Movie | Cruella | The Baroness | 2021-05-26 |
Movie | How to Build a Girl | Amanda | 2020-09-24 |
Movie | Dolittle | Poly (voice) | 2020-01-02 |
Movie | Missing Link | Dora the Yeti Elder (voice) | 2019-04-04 |
Series | Years and Years | Vivienne Rook | 2019-05-14 |
Movie | Late Night | Katherine Newbury | 2019-01-25 |
Movie | Men in Black: International | Agent O | 2019-06-12 |
Movie | Last Christmas | Petra Andrich | 2019-11-07 |
Movie | Hollywood's Dark Secret | Self | 2019-07-09 |
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 Meyerowitz Stories | Maureen Meyerowitz | 2017-10-13 |
Movie | Beauty and the Beast | Mrs. Potts | 2017-03-16 |
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 |
Series | Funny Valentines | Debbie | 2015-02-13 |
Movie | The Legend of Barney Thomson | Cemolina | 2015-07-24 |
Movie | Burnt | Dr. Rosshilde | 2015-10-02 |
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 |
Movie | Effie Gray | Lady Eastlake | 2014-03-08 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Herself | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | Lennon or McCartney | Herself (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | Men, Women & Children | Narrator (voice) | 2014-10-17 |
Movie | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Mrs. Lovett | 2014-09-26 |
Movie | Beautiful Creatures | Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes | 2013-02-13 |
Movie | Saving Mr. Banks | P.L. Travers | 2013-11-29 |
Movie | Bunni | Bar Patron #2 | 2013-09-14 |
Movie | Men in Black 3 | Agent O | 2012-05-23 |
Movie | Brave | Elinor (voice) | 2012-06-21 |
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 |
Movie | Fry and Laurie Reunited | Self | 2010-11-24 |
Movie | The Song of Lunch | She | 2010-10-08 |
Movie | The Boat That Rocked | Charlotte | 2009-04-01 |
Movie | An Education | Headmistress | 2009-10-29 |
Movie | Brideshead Revisited | Lady Marchmain | 2008-07-25 |
Movie | Last Chance Harvey | Kate Walker | 2008-12-25 |
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 | A Tribute To Ismail Merchant | Self (archive footage) | 2005-10-30 |
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 | Unknown | 2004-09-13 |
Movie | Love Actually | Karen | 2003-09-07 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Imagining Argentina | Cecilia Rueda | 2003-09-13 |
Series | Angels in America | Homeless Woman / The Angel | 2003-12-07 |
Series | QI | Unknown | 2003-09-11 |
Movie | Treasure Planet | Captain Amelia (voice) | 2002-11-26 |
Movie | Wit | Vivian Bearing | 2001-02-09 |
Movie | Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' | Self | 2001-10-22 |
Series | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Unknown | 2001-11-02 |
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 | 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 | Carrington | Dora Carrington | 1995-05-25 |
Movie | Sense and Sensibility | Elinor Dashwood | 1995-12-13 |
Movie | The Blue Boy | Marie Bonnar | 1994-07-02 |
Movie | My Father the Hero | Isabel (uncredited) | 1994-02-04 |
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 |
Movie | Impromptu | Duchess D'Antan | 1991-04-12 |
Movie | Dead Again | Margaret Strauss / Grace | 1991-08-23 |
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 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Series | Thompson | Self - Host | 1988-11-10 |
Series | Tutti Frutti | Suzi Kettles | 1987-03-03 |
Series | Fortunes of War | Harriet Pringle | 1987-10-11 |
Series | Alfresco | Various | 1983-05-01 |
Movie | The Crystal Cube | Jackie Meld | 1983-07-07 |
Movie | The Cellar Tapes | various | 1982-05-20 |
Series | The Young Ones | Unknown | 1982-11-09 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Series | The Val Doonican Music Show | Unknown | 1977-04-09 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |