Emma Thompson
Acting
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…
Filmography
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The Sheep Detectives
2026
Everybody to Kenmure Street
2026
Down Cemetery Road
2025
Dead of Winter
2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
Bad Tidings
2024
Merchant Ivory
2024
What's Love Got to Do with It?
2023
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
2022
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
2022
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
2022
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022
An Audience with Adele
2021
Cruella
2021
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
How to Build a Girl
2020
Dolittle
2020
Last Christmas
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Extinction
2019
Hollywood's Dark Secret
2019
Men in Black: International
2019
Years and Years
2019
Missing Link
2019
Late Night
2019
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018
Greenpeace: There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom
2018
The Children Act
2018
King Lear
2018
Sea Sorrow
2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017
Beauty and the Beast
2017
Die vielen Gesichter der Emma Thompson
2016
The Doubt Machine: Inside the Koch Brothers' War on Climate Science
The Doubt Machine: Inside the Koch Brothers' War on Climate Science
2016
To the Ends of the Earth
2016
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016
Alone in Berlin
2016
Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity
2015
Burnt
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
A Walk in the Woods
2015
The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015
Funny Valentines
Funny Valentines
2015
Men, Women & Children
2014
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2014
Effie Gray
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Real Mary Poppins
2014
The Love Punch
2014
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
Beautiful Creatures
2013
Brave
2012
Walking the Dogs
2012
Men in Black 3
2012
Playhouse Presents
2012
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Fry and Laurie Reunited
2010
The Song of Lunch
2010
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
An Education
2009
The Boat That Rocked
2009
A Sense of Character
A Sense of Character
2009
A Very Quiet Man
A Very Quiet Man
2009
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility
2009
Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility
Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility
2009
Last Chance Harvey
2008
Brideshead Revisited
2008
I Am Legend
2007
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Stranger Than Fiction
2006
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
2005
Nanny McPhee
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005