Emma Thompson
Dame Emma Thompson (born April 15, 1959) is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2018, she was made a dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to drama. Born to actors Eric Thompson and Phyllida Law, Thompson was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she became a member of the Footlights troupe and appeared in the comedy sketch series Alfresco (1983–1984). In 1985, she starred in the West End revival…
Also Known As
Dame Emma Thompson
Acting (50)
Merchant Ivory
Self
An Audience with Adele
Self
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Dark Secret
Self
Greenpeace: There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom
Narrator (voice)
Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity
Narrator (voice)
A Walk in the Woods
Catherine Bryson
The Legend of Barney Thomson
Cemolina
Men, Women & Children
Narrator (voice)
Effie Gray
Lady Eastlake
The Real Mary Poppins
Self
The Love Punch
Kate
Saving Mr. Banks
P.L. Travers
Beautiful Creatures
Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes
Brave
Elinor (voice)
Men in Black 3
Agent O
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Sybill Trelawney
The Song of Lunch
She
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Nanny McPhee
An Education
Headmistress
The Boat That Rocked
Charlotte
Last Chance Harvey
Kate Walker
Brideshead Revisited
Lady Marchmain
I Am Legend
Dr. Alice Krippin
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Sybill Trelawney
Stranger Than Fiction
Karen Eiffel
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
Self (archive footage)
Nanny McPhee
Nanny McPhee
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Sybill Trelawney
Imagining Argentina
Cecilia Rueda
Love Actually
Karen
Treasure Planet
Captain Amelia (voice)
Wit
Vivian Bearing
Judas Kiss
FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins
Primary Colors
Susan Stanton
The Winter Guest
Frances
Sense and Sensibility
Elinor Dashwood
Carrington
Dora Carrington
Junior
Dr. Diana Reddin
In the Name of the Father
Gareth Peirce
The Remains of the Day
Miss Kenton
Much Ado About Nothing
Beatrice
Peter's Friends
Maggie Chester
Howards End
Margaret Schlegel
Dead Again
Grace / Margaret Strauss
Look Back in Anger
Alison Porter
Henry V
Katherine
The Tall Guy
Kate
The Cellar Tapes
various
How to Stop a Nuclear War
Narrator (voice)
Crew (23)
Cairn
Thanks
2026
Everybody to Kenmure Street
Executive Producer
2026
Down Cemetery Road
Executive Producer
2025
Dead of Winter
Executive Producer
2025
Mediha
Executive Producer
2024
Last Christmas
Screenplay
2019Last Christmas
Producer
2019
Ponyboi
Co-Producer
2019
Bridget Jones's Baby
Screenplay
2016
Sold
Executive Producer
2016Effie Gray
Screenplay
2014Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Screenplay
2010Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Executive Producer
2010Nanny McPhee
Screenplay
2005Wit
Writer
2001Wit
Teleplay
2001
Eight
Thanks
1998Sense and Sensibility
Screenplay
1995
Alfresco
Writer
1983
There's Nothing to Worry About!
Writer
1982There's Nothing to Worry About!
Creator
1982The Cellar Tapes
Writer
1982
Short Stay
Thanks