Name: Emma Thompson

Birth Name: Emma Thompson

Birthdate: April 15, 1959

Birthplace: London

Born into a family of actors, Thompson graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in English Literature before pursuing a career in entertainment. She found work in radio, television and theater before she won her first major film role in the romantic comedy The Tall Guy in 1989. Though witty by nature, she received her first Oscar for Best Actress for her dramatic turn in Howard's End (1992) before going on to win another one, this time for writing, in 1996 for Best Adapted Screenplay for Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility (she also played the Oscar-nominated lead actress role). An actor of great humor and versatility, Thompson is also known for her work in Dead Again (1991), In the Name of the Father (1993), The Remains of the Day (1993) and, most recently, the role of Sybill Trelawney in the Harry Potter films.


1. She spent part of her life in Scotland and has stated that she "feels Scottish."
2. She was originally slated to play the role of God in Kevin Smith's Dogma (1999) but was unable to perform due to her pregnancy.
3. She speaks French and Spanish fluently.
4. She is one of only ten actors who have been nominated for both a Supporting and Lead Acting Academy Award in the same year for achievements in two different movies and is the only person to have won Academy awards for both acting and writing.
5. She accepted the role of Professor Trelawney in the Harry Potter films to impress her daughter.


On Sharon Stone's performance in Basic Instinct (1992), a role for which she was initially cast: "She was shagging Michael Douglas like a donkey, and not an inch moved. If that had been me, there would have been things flying around hitting me in the eye."


Husband: Greg Wise, actor, married July 29, 2003
Husband: Kenneth Branagh, married August 20, 1989, divorced October 1995
Daughter: (with Wise) Gaia Romilly, born December 4, 1999

2002: Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television, Wit

1996: Academy Award: Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Sense and Sensibility; Golden Globe: Best Screenplay (Motion Picture), Sense and Sensibility; Academy Award nomination: Best Actress in a Leading Role, Sense and Sensibility; Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama), Sense and Sensibility

1995: Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical), Junior

1994: Academy Award nomination: Best Actress in a Leading Role, The Remains of the Day; Academy Award nomination: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, In the Name of the Father; Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama), The Remains of the Day; Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, In the Name of the Father

1993: Academy Award: Best Actress in a Leading Role, Howard's End; Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama), Howard's End

 

FILMS

Nanny McPhee - (2006) - Screenwriter, Actor
Stranger Than Fiction - (2006) - Actor
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - (2004) - Actor
Love Actually - (2003) - Actor
Imagining Argentina - (2003) - Actor
Treasure Planet - (2002) - Voice
Treasure Planet - Read-Along - (2002) - Voice
Wit - (2001) - Actor, Screenwriter
Maybe Baby - (2001) - Actor
Judas Kiss - (1999) - Actor
Primary Colors - (1998) - Actor
The Winter Guest - (1997) - Actor
Carrington - (1995) - Actor
Sense and Sensibility - (1995) - Actor, Screenwriter
Junior - (1994) - Actor
Much Ado About Nothing - (1993) - Actor
My Father the Hero - (1993) - Actor
In the Name of the Father - (1993) - Actor
Remains of the Day - (1993) - Actor
Howards End - (1992) - Actor
Peter's Friends - (1992) - Actor
Dead Again - (1991) - Actor
The Tall Guy - (1990) - Actor
Impromptu - (1990) - Actor
Henry V - (1989) - Actor
Look Back in Anger - (1989) - Actor
Fortunes of War - (1987) - Actor