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 | 2025-02-12 |
Movie | The Fisherwoman | 2025 | |
Movie | Merchant Ivory | Self | 2024-08-30 |
Movie | What's Love Got to Do with It? | Cath | 2023-01-26 |
Movie | Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical | Agatha Trunchbull | 2022-11-25 |
Movie | The Fringe, Fame and Me | Self | 2022-08-08 |
Movie | Cruella | The Baroness | 2021-05-26 |
Movie | An Audience with Adele | Self | 2021-11-21 |
Movie | How to Build a Girl | Amanda | 2020-09-24 |
Movie | Dolittle | Poly (voice) | 2020-01-02 |
Series | Drunk History: Australia | 2020-03-27 | |
Movie | Late Night | Katherine Newbury | 2019-01-25 |
Series | Years and Years | Vivienne Rook | 2019-05-14 |
Movie | Missing Link | Dora the Yeti Elder (voice) | 2019-04-04 |
Movie | Last Christmas | Petra Andrich | 2019-11-07 |
Movie | Hollywood's Dark Secret | Self | 2019-07-09 |
Movie | Men in Black: International | Agent O | 2019-06-12 |
Movie | King Lear | Goneril | 2018-05-28 |
Movie | Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal | Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-21 |
Movie | The Children Act | Fiona Maye | 2018-08-01 |
Movie | Johnny English Strikes Again | Prime Minister | 2018-09-13 |
Movie | The Things We've Seen | Laken Rice | 2017-01-28 |
Movie | The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) | Maureen Meyerowitz | 2017-05-21 |
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 | A Walk in the Woods | Catherine Bryson | 2015-09-02 |
Movie | The Legend of Barney Thomson | Cemolina | 2015-07-24 |
Movie | Burnt | Dr. Rosshilde | 2015-10-02 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | The Love Punch | Kate Jones | 2014-01-13 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Herself | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | Lennon or McCartney | Herself (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | Effie Gray | Lady Eastlake | 2014-03-08 |
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 | Walking the Dogs | The Queen | 2012-05-31 |
Movie | Brave | Elinor (voice) | 2012-06-21 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Sybill Trelawney | 2011-07-12 |
Movie | When Harry Left Hogwarts | Self | 2011-11-11 |
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 | An Education | Headmistress | 2009-10-29 |
Movie | The Boat That Rocked | Charlotte | 2009-04-01 |
Movie | Last Chance Harvey | Kate Walker | 2008-12-25 |
Movie | Brideshead Revisited | Lady Marchmain | 2008-07-25 |
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 | Hoodwinked! | Lesa (voice) | 2005-12-16 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | Unknown | 2004-09-13 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Sybill Trelawney | 2004-05-31 |
Movie | Love Actually | Karen | 2003-09-07 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Series | Angels in America | Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel | 2003-12-07 |
Movie | Imagining Argentina | Cecilia Rueda | 2003-09-13 |
Series | QI | Unknown | 2003-09-11 |
Movie | Treasure Planet | Captain Amelia (voice) | 2002-11-26 |
Movie | The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey | Self | 2001-01-01 |
Series | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Unknown | 2001-11-02 |
Movie | Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' | Self | 2001-10-22 |
Movie | Wit | Vivian Bearing | 2001-02-09 |
Movie | Maybe Baby | Druscilla | 2000-06-02 |
Movie | Junket Whore | Self | 1998-10-12 |
Movie | Judas Kiss | FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins | 1998-09-16 |
Movie | Primary Colors | Susan Stanton | 1998-03-20 |
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 | Sense and Sensibility | Elinor Dashwood | 1995-12-13 |
Movie | Carrington | Dora Carrington | 1995-05-25 |
Movie | Junior | Dr. Diana Reddin | 1994-11-22 |
Movie | My Father the Hero | Isabel (uncredited) | 1994-02-04 |
Movie | The Blue Boy | Marie Bonnar | 1994-07-02 |
Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | 1993-05-07 |
Movie | In the Name of the Father | Gareth Peirce | 1993-12-12 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | The Remains of the Day | Miss Kenton | 1993-11-05 |
Movie | Howards End | Margaret Schlegel | 1992-03-13 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Peter's Friends | Maggie Chester | 1992-09-18 |
Movie | Impromptu | Duchess D'Antan | 1991-04-12 |
Movie | Dead Again | Margaret Strauss / Grace | 1991-08-23 |
Movie | The Tall Guy | Kate | 1989-02-01 |
Movie | The Winslow Boy | Catherine Winslow | 1989-04-30 |
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 |
Movie | Slags | Young Woman | 1984-02-11 |
Series | The Crystal Cube | Jackie Meld / Various Roles | 1983-07-07 |
Series | Alfresco | Various | 1983-05-01 |
Movie | The Cellar Tapes | various | 1982-05-20 |
Series | The Young Ones | Unknown | 1982-11-09 |
Series | There's Nothing to Worry About! | Various | 1982-10-06 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Series | The Val Doonican Music Show | Unknown | 1977-04-09 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |