Born April 19, 1959, in London, Emma Thompson is the daughter of actress Phyllida Law. While studying English Literature at Cambridge, Thompson also began acting and got her professional start on BBC sitcoms in the late 1980s.She made her film debut with 1989's The Tall Guy, followed the same year with Henry V, the first of four films she made with then-husband Kenneth Branagh. She won a Best Actress Academy Award for Howards End and was also nominated for In the Name of the Father, Remains of the Day and Sense and Sensibility.
Her screenplay of Sense and Sensibility also earned Thompson her second Oscar (for Best Adapted Screenplay), making her the first person to win both acting and writing Oscars. After playing a thinly disguised Hilary Clinton in Primary Colors (1998), Thompson also did award-winning work in TV movies, including Wit and Angels in America.
Love ActuallyWriter-director Richard Curtis's charming treatise on romance and relationships is an all-star ensemble comedy that tells 10 separate (but intertwining) London love stories, leading up to a spirited climax on Christmas Eve. One of the threads follows the newly installed Prime Minister (Hugh Grant),... Read More
WitEmma Thompson stars as Vivian Bearing, a disciplined, esteemed English professor dealing with a sensitive issue -- her health. After being diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Bearing is forced to reassess her life and decide what's really important. Directed by Mike Nichols and adapted from the Pulitzer... Read More
Last Chance HarveyDustin Hoffman stars in this romantic drama as struggling jingle writer Harvey Shine, an aging father who risks losing his job to attend his daughter's London wedding, only to discover that he's not exactly welcome. While seeking refuge in the airport bar, Harvey meets a lonely statistician named... Read More
Nanny McPhee ReturnsWhen Nanny McPhee arrives at the Green farm, she uses her blend of magic and discipline to help frazzled Mrs. Green run things while her husband's off fighting in World War II -- and to help the Green kids deal with their nasty cousins. Read More
The Remains of the DayDutiful butler Stevens (Anthony Hopkins) dedicates himself wholly to tending Lord Darlington's (James Fox) house, turning a blind eye to Darlington's Nazi sympathies. When housekeeper Miss Kenton (Emma Thompson) tries to coax Stevens out of his staid shell, his reluctance may cost him dearly. He... Read More
Men in Black III (2012) | NR | |
Brave (2012) | NR | |
PG | ||
The Song of Lunch (2010) | NR | |
R | ||
An Education (2008) | PG-13 | |
Last Chance Harvey (2008) | PG-13 | |
Brideshead Revisited (2008) | PG-13 | |
PG-13 | ||
NR | ||
Nanny McPhee (2005) | PG | |
PG | ||
Imagining Argentina (2004) | R | |
Love Actually (2003) | R | |
Angels in America (2003) | NR | |
Treasure Planet (2002) | PG | |
Wit (2001) | PG-13 | |
NR | ||
Maybe Baby (2000) | R | |
Primary Colors (1998) | R | |
The Winter Guest (1997) | R | |
Sense and Sensibility (1995) | PG | |
Carrington (1995) | R | |
Junior (1994) | PG-13 | |
Much Ado About Nothing (1993) | PG-13 | |
In the Name of the Father (1993) | R | |
The Remains of the Day (1993) | PG | |
PG | ||
Peter's Friends (1992) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
Dead Again (1991) | R | |
Henry V (1989) | PG-13 | |
Look Back in Anger (1989) | NR | |
The Tall Guy (1989) | R | |
NR | ||
Alfresco (1983) | NR | |
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