Emma Thompson
Biography
Emma Thompson is an Emmy-, BAFTA-, Golden Globe- and two time Academy Award-winning English actress, comedian, and screenwriter.
She is also a patron of the Refugee Council.
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- Country
- United Kingdom
- Gender
- Female
- Education
- Newnham College· Cambridge·University of Cambridge
- Place of birth
- Paddington
- Birth date
- 15 April 1959
- Member of
- Tasmanian Roar
- Nationality
- British
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts
- Gave birth to her first child at age 40, a daughter Gaia Romilly Wise on December 4, 1999, and jokingly called her "jane.com".
- (October 1997) Ranked #91 in Empire magazines "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
- Attended and graduated from Camden School for Girls, and the all-women Newnham College of Cambridge University with an English degree. Jodhi May also attended Camden School for Girls.
- She co-wrote, co-produced, and co-directed Cambridge Universitys first all-female revue "Womans Hour".
- Elder sister of Sophie Thompson.
- Was named to the Board of Advisors for Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival (previously Fahrenheit Theater Company) in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Her mother is Phyllida Law , who has appeared in several movies with her.
- Her father was stage director Eric Thompson.
- Was originally slated to play the role of "God" in Kevin Smith s Dogma . She was unable to perform due to her pregnancy.
- Turned down the role of Anna Leonowens in Anna and the King , which went to Jodie Foster.
- I am who I am and there is nothing I can do about that.
- I have periods of intense activity, then stop. My ideal is to work hard,in the morning until I pick Gaia up from school.
- [on the personality of P. L.
- [Walt] Disney had a very Dickensian childhood. Disneyland was a way of,rendering the world a safe place for himself and other children.
- Lindsay [Doran] goes round the table and introduces everyone -- making it clear that I am present in the capacity of writer rather than actress, therefore no one has to be too nice to me.
- My godfather sad that story was abut taking the chaotic jigsaw of life, making it into a picture and putting a frame around it so that we could look at it, have control over it. Story and art are the humanizing elements of us.
- The fire alarm went off. Fire engines came racing; we all rushed out on the gravel drive, everyone thinking it was us.
- (On period costume posture coaching:)"We all stand about like parboiled spaghetti being straightened out.
- I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word-politeness of the heart a gentleness of the spirit.
- Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals.
Movies
Cruella
2021
Cruella is an upcoming American crime comedy film directed by Craig Gillespie from a screenplay written by Aline Brosh McKenna, Jez Butterworth, Dana Fox, Kelly Marcel, Tony McNamara, and Steve Zissis.
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
Disaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain.
Yeh Din Ka Kissa
2017
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father..
The Children Act
2017
As her marriage to Jack (Stanley Tucci) founders, eminent High Court judge Fiona Maye (Emma Thompson) has a life-changing decision to make at work - should she force a teenage boy, Adam (Fionn Whitehead), to have the blood transfusion that will save his life?
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016
The continuing adventures of British publishing executive Bridget Jones as she enters her 40s..
A Walk in the Woods
2015
In this new comedy adventure, celebrated travel writer, Bill Bryson, instead of retiring to enjoy his loving and beautiful wife, and large and happy family, challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail - 2,200 miles of America's most unspoiled, spectacular and rugged countryside from Georgia to Maine.
The Resurrection of Victor Jara
2015
This feature length film explores the legacy and cultural resurgence of South American singer-songwriter and activist Victor Jara, who was brutally killed in 1973 following a military coup in Chile.
Barney Thomson
2015
Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer..
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
When Walt Disney's daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.
The Love Punch
2013
Richard (Pierce Brosnan) and Kate Jones (Emma Thompson) are divorcees with two children Sophie and Matt.
Brave
2012
Set in Scotland in a rugged and mythical time, "Brave" features Merida, an aspiring archer and impetuous daughter of royalty.
The Magic of Belle Isle
2012
Monte Wildhorn (Freeman) is a famous Western novelist whose struggle to cope with the death of his wife six years earlier has sapped his passion for writing, and has caused him to begin drinking heavily.
The Song of Lunch
2010
An existential parable of a wistful journey to ones heady youth with the excitement and bitterness of that time trapped in the mind.
Intermission
2003
Intermission is an urban love story about people adrift and their convoluted journeys in the search for some kind of love.
Wit
2001
Based on the Margaret Edson play, Vivian Bearing is a literal, hardnosed English professor who has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
Judas Kiss
1998
A woman and her lover, who has made a living by running sex scams at hotels, decide to enter the big time by kidnapping a computer company owner and demanding $4 million ransom.
The Winter Guest
1997
The film centers on four pairs - Frances is a recent widow who wants to get away from Scotland to Australia with her teenage son Alex to escape her memories, arrival of her old mother Elspeth makes her reconsider her decision.
Carrington
1995
The story of the relationship between painter Dora Carrington and author Lytton Strachey in a World War One England of cottages and countryside.
Junior
1994
Alex Hesse and Larry Arbogast are working on a new drug which will reduce the chances of a woman's body rejecting an embryo and thus causing a miscarriage.
In the Name of the Father
1993
In the Name of the Father is a 1993 Irish-British-American biographical courtroom drama film co-written and directed by Jim Sheridan.
The Remains of the Day
1993
A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain.
Love and Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
1993
The filmmakers and lead actors of The Remains of the Day (1993) discuss how they came to make the film, and the subtle power of its execution..
Howards End
1992
Encounter of three social classes of the England at the beginning of the century : the victorian capitalists (the Wilcoxes) considering themselves as aristocrats, whose only god is money ; the enlightened bourgeois (the Schlegels), humanistic and philanthropist ; and the workers (the Basts), fighting to survive.
Look Back in Anger
1989
Look Back in Anger is a 1989 British videotaped television production of John Osborne's play.
The Crystal Cube
1983
The Crystal Cube was a mockumentary television pilot written by and starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, broadcast on 7 July 1983 on BBC2 at 22:10.
TV
Thompson
1988
Fortunes of War
1987
Guy Pringle and his new wife, Harriet, are members of the English community in Bucharest, Rumania on the eve of World War II.
Tutti Frutti
1987
Trouble ensues for the Majestics, Scotland's "Kings of Rock", when a good-looking redhead joins the band on tour..
Books
Homosexuality
Emma Jane Thompson
With our missionaries in China
Emma Maria Thompson Anderson
Christmas Tale of Peter Rabbit
Emma Thompson
'rabbits are very uppity during the christmas season, and peter rabbit was no exception.
Peter Hase
Emma Thompson
Peter Hase
Emma Thompson
Peter hase endlich im mini-format peter hase bläst trübsal, denn er braucht dringend einen tapetenwechsel.
Christmas Tale of Peter Rabbit
Emma Thompson
Further Tale of Peter Rabbit
Emma Thompson
Emma thompson celebrates 110 years of peter rabbit with a new, original tale written by oscar-winning actress and screenwriter emma thompson, based on the original tales by beatrix potter.
The spectacular tale of Peter Rabbit
Emma Thompson
It was high summer and a travelling fun-fair had come to the village...
Sihirli Dadi ve Buyuk Patlama
Emma Thompson
Cite It for Dummies
Emma Thompson
The easy way to access the most common citation styles and avoid inadvertent plagiarismeyes glazing over at the thought of wading through a door-stop sized manual to find the correct way to cite a simple source?
Tavsan Peter Masali
Emma Thompson
Peter arkasını döndüğünde, İskoç eteği giymiş ve bağcıklı ayakkabısının üstüne bir hançer tutturmuş kocaman siyah tavşanı gördü...
Pītā rabitto mō hitotsu no ohanashi =
Emma Thompson
Nanny Mcphee Returns
Emma Thompson
In wartime england, the two very spoiled gray children are being sent to stay in the country with their very numerous and ill-behaved cousins, the greens.
Nanny McPhee Returns
Emma Thompson
In wartime england, the two very spoiled gray children are being sent to stay in the country with their very numerous and ill-behaved cousins, the greens.
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Emma Thompson
Brilliant stand-alone novel to tie in with the release of the new "nanny mcphee "film in spring 2010both screenplay and novel written by emma thompson.
Scribble's Doodles
Emma Thompson
Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson
Bringing jane austen's sense and sensibility to the screen was a labor of love for writer/actress emma thompson.
Reciclar Es Magico/ Recycling Is Magic
Emma Thompson
Co Edition South Africa Felicity Wishes Friendship
Emma Thompson
The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries
Emma Thompson
This engaging and beautiful book includes the complete academy award-winning script and thompson's own diaries detailing the production of the film, reviewed by stanley kauffmann in the new republic as "vivid, funny, and gamy".
DANCING DREAMS.
Emma Thompson
No more diapers!
Emma Thompson
Putting her dolly to bed, mary lou remembers when she grew tired of wearing diapers herself--especially when her friend zoe got big girl underpants with horses on them--and learned how to use the potty..
Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson
Jane Austen's Sense & sensibility
Emma Thompson
Sense and sensibility screenplay & diaries
Emma Thompson
SENSE & SENSIBILITY.
Emma Thompson
Sense and sensibility
Emma Thompson
Peace amongst thefells
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson 2022 Calendar
Emma Thompson Calender
Emma Thompson 2022 Calendar
Emma Thompson Calender
Drug bioscreening
Emmanuel B. Thompson
Drug bioscreening
Emmanuel B. Thompson
Conflicto de España ante el mundo Christiano
Emmanuel Thompson
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