Emma Thompson
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday15 April 1959 (67 years old)
Place of birthPaddington, London, England, UK
Known credits155
Biography
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…
The Sheep Detectives
2026 · Lydia Harbottle
Everybody to Kenmure Street
2026 · Van Guy
Everybody to Kenmure Street
2026 · Executive Producer
Down Cemetery Road
2025 · Zoë Boehm
Down Cemetery Road
2025 · Executive Producer
Dead of Winter
2025 · Barb
Dead of Winter
2025 · Executive Producer
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025 · Dr Rawlings
Mediha
2024 · Executive Producer
Merchant Ivory
2024 · Self
What's Love Got to Do with It?
2023 · Cath Stevenson
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
2022 · Self
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
2022 · Agatha Trunchbull
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022 · Self
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
2022 · Nancy Stokes
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022 · Lady Marcham
An Audience with Adele
2021 · Self
Cruella
2021 · The Baroness
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021 · Self (archive footage)
How to Build a Girl
2020 · Amanda
Dolittle
2020 · Poly (voice)
Last Christmas
2019 · Petra Andrich
Last Christmas
2019 · Producer
Last Christmas
2019 · Screenplay
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Extinction
2019
Hollywood's Dark Secret
2019 · Self
Men in Black: International
2019 · Agent O
Years and Years
2019 · Vivienne Rook
Missing Link
2019 · Dora the Yeti Elder (voice)
Ponyboi
2019 · Co-Producer
Late Night
2019 · Katherine Newbury
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018 · Prime Minister
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Greenpeace: There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom
2018 · Narrator (voice)
The Children Act
2018 · Fiona Maye
King Lear
2018 · Goneril
Sea Sorrow
2017 · Self
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017 · Maureen Meyerowitz
Beauty and the Beast
2017 · Mrs. Potts
Die vielen Gesichter der Emma Thompson
2016 · Elle-Même
The Doubt Machine: Inside the Koch Brothers' War on Climate Science
2016 · Narrator (voice)
To the Ends of the Earth
2016 · Narrator (voice)
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016 · Dr Rawlings
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016 · Screenplay
Sold
2016 · Executive Producer
Alone in Berlin
2016 · Anna Quangel
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