Emma Thompson Video Profile
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Profession: Actress / Writer / Producer Known for: Sense and Sensibility / Love Actually / Nanny McPhee Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 36 wins & 43 nominations (see below) Born: 15 April 1959, UK (age 51) Height: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Emma Thompson was born in London on April 15, 1959, into a family of actors - her father was Eric Thompson, who has passed away, and her mother, Phyllida Law, has co-starred with Thompson in several films (her sister, Sophie Thompson, is an actor as well). Thompson's wit was earlier cultivated by a cheerful, clever, creative family atmosphere, and she was a popular and successful student. She attended Cambridge University, studying English Literature, and was part of the university's Footlights Group, the famous group where, previously, many of the Monty Python members had first met.
Thompson graduated in 1980 and embarked on her career in entertainment, beginning with stints on BBC radio and touring with comedy shows. She soon got her first major break in television, on the comedy skit program Alfresco, writing and performing along with her fellow Footlights Group alums Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. She also worked on other TV comedy review programs in the mid-1980s, occasionally with some of her fellow Footlights alums, and often with actor Robbie Coltrane.
Thompson found herself collaborating again with Fry in 1985, this time in his stage adaptation of the play "Me and My Girl" in London's West End, in which she had a leading role, playing Sally Smith. The show was a success and she received favorable reviews, and the strength of her performance led to her casting as the lead in the BBC television miniseries Fortunes of War, in which Thompson and her co-star, Kenneth Branagh, play an English ex-patriate couple living in Eastern Europe as the Second World War erupts. Thompson won a BAFTA award for her work on the program. She married Branagh in 1989, continued to work with him professionally, and formed a production company with him. In the late 80s and early 90s, she starred in a string of well-received and successful television and film productions, most notably her lead role in the Merchant-Ivory production of Howards End, which confirmed her ability to carry a movie on both sides of the Atlantic and appropriately showered her with trans-Atlantic honors - both an Oscar and a BAFTA award.
Since then, Thompson has continued to move effortlessly between the art film world and mainstream Hollywood, though even her Hollywood roles tend to be in more up-market productions. She continues to work on television as well, but is generally very selective about which roles she takes. She writes for the screen as well, such as the screenplay for Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility, in which she also starred as Elinor Dashwood, and the teleplay adaptation of Margaret Edson's acclaimed play Wit, in which she also starred.
Thompson is known for her sophisticated, skillful, though her critics say somewhat mannered, performances, and of course for her arch wit, which she is unafraid to point at herself - she is a fearless self-satirist. Thompson and Branagh divorced in 1994, and Thompson is now married to fellow actor Greg Wise, who had played Willoughby in Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility. Thompson and Wise have one child, Gaia, born in 1999.
Emma Thompson's awards: Academy Awards, USA 1996 Won, Oscar Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for Sense and Sensibility (1995) Nominated, Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for Sense and Sensibility (1995) 1994 Nominated, Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for In the Name of the Father (1993) Nominated, Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Remains of the Day (1993) 1993 Won, Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for Howards End (1992) Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2007 Nominated, Saturn Award Best Supporting Actress for Stranger Than Fiction (2006) American Comedy Awards, USA 1999 Nominated, American Comedy Award Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) for Primary Colors (1998) Annie Awards 2003 Nominated, Annie Outstanding Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production for Treasure Planet (2002) As the voice of "Captain Amelia". BAFTA Awards 2004 Nominated, BAFTA Film Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for Love Actually (2003) 1996 Won, BAFTA Film Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Sense and Sensibility (1995) Nominated, BAFTA Film Award Best Screenplay - Adapted for Sense and Sensibility (1995) 1994 Nominated, BAFTA Film Award Best Actress for The Remains of the Day (1993) 1993 Won, BAFTA Film Award Best Actress for Howards End (1992) 1988 Won, BAFTA TV Award Best Actress for Tutti Frutti (1987) Also for Fortunes of War. Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1999 Nominated, Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actress - Drama for Primary Colors (1998) Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1995 Won, BSFC Award Best Screenplay for Sense and Sensibility (1995) British Independent Film Awards 2008 Nominated, British Independent Film Award Best Supporting Actress for Brideshead Revisited (2008) 1998 Nominated, British Independent Film Award Best Performance by a British Actress in an Independent Film for The Winter Guest (1997) Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2007 Nominated, Critics Choice Award Best Supporting Actress for Stranger Than Fiction (2006) 2002 Nominated, Critics Choice Award Best Actress in a Picture Made for Television for Wit (2001) 1996 Won, Critics Choice Award Best Screenplay for Sense and Sensibility (1995) Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1993 Won, CFCA Award Best Actress for Howards End (1992) Chlotrudis Awards 1998 Nominated, Chlotrudis Award Best Actress for The Winter Guest (1997) 1996 Nominated, Chlotrudis Award Best Actress for Sense and Sensibility (1995) Christopher Awards 2002 Won, Christopher Award Television & Cable for Wit (2001) Shared With: Mike Nichols (director/writer/executive producer), Simon Bosanquet (producer), Julie Lynn (co-producer), Charles F. Ryan (co-producer), Michael Haley (co-producer), Cary Brokaw (executive producer) David di Donatello Awards 1994 Won, David Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniero) for The Remains of the Day (1993) 1993 Won, David Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniero) for Howards End (1992) Emmy Awards 2004 Nominated, Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Angels in America (2003) 2001 Nominated, Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Wit (2001) Nominated, Emmy Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Movie for Wit (2001) Shared With: Mike Nichols (writer) 1998 Won, Emmy Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Ellen (1994) For playing "Herself". For episode "Emma". Empire Awards, UK 2004 Won, Empire Award Best British Actress for Love Actually (2003) European Film Awards 1998 Nominated, Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema for Primary Colors (1998) 1997 Nominated, European Film Award Best Actress for The Winter Guest (1997) Evening Standard British Film Awards 2004 Won, Evening Standard British Film Award Best Actress for Love Actually (2003) 1997 Won, Evening Standard British Film Award Best Screenplay for Sense and Sensibility (1995) Tied with John Hodge for Trainspotting. 1994 Won, Evening Standard British Film Award Best Actress for Much Ado About Nothing (1993) Also for The Remains of the Day. 1993 Won, Evening Standard British Film Award Best Actress for Howards End (1992) Also for Peter's Friends. Golden Globes, USA 2009 Nominated, Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for Last Chance Harvey (2008) 2002 Nominated, Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for Wit (2001) 1996 Won, Golden Globe Best Screenplay - Motion Picture for Sense and Sensibility (1995) Nominated, Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for Sense and Sensibility (1995) 1995 Nominated, Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical for Junior (1994) 1994 Nominated, Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for In the Name of the Father (1993) Nominated, Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for The Remains of the Day (1993) 1993 Won, Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for Howards End (1992) Humanitas Prize 2001 Won, Humanitas Prize 90 Minute or Longer Cable Category for Wit (2001) Shared With: Mike Nichols Independent Spirit Awards 1994 Nominated, Independent Spirit Award Best Female Lead for Much Ado About Nothing (1993) 1992 Nominated, Independent Spirit Award Best Supporting Female for Impromptu (1991) Irish Film and Television Awards 2009 Nominated, Audience Award Best International Actress for Brideshead Revisited (2008) Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1994 Won, KCFCC Award Best Supporting Actress for In the Name of the Father (1993) Won, KCFCC Award Best Actress for The Remains of the Day (1993) 1993 Won, KCFCC Award Best Actress for Howards End (1992) London Critics Circle Film Awards 2009 Nominated, ALFS Award British Supporting Actress of the Year for Brideshead Revisited (2008) 2007 Nominated, ALFS Award British Supporting Actress of the Year for Stranger Than Fiction (2006) 2004 Won, ALFS Award British Supporting Actress of the Year for Love Actually (2003) 1997 Won, ALFS Award British Screenwriter of the Year for Sense and Sensibility (1995) Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1995 Won, LAFCA Award Best Screenplay for Sense and Sensibility (1995) 1992 Won, LAFCA Award Best Actress for Howards End (1992) National Board of Review, USA 1995 Won, NBR Award Best Actress for Sense and Sensibility (1995) Also for Carrington. 1992 Won, NBR Award Best Actress for Howards End (1992) National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 1993 Won, NSFC Award Best Actress for Howards End (1992) New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1995 Won, NYFCC Award Best Screenplay for Sense and Sensibility (1995) 1992 Won, NYFCC Award Best Actress for Howards End (1992) Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2004 Nominated, PFCS Award Best Ensemble Acting for Love Actually (2003) Shared With: Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Sienna Guillory, Liam Neeson, Lulu Popplewell, Kris Marshall, Heike Makatsch, Martin Freeman, Joanna Page, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Andrew Lincoln, Keira Knightley, Nina Sosanya, Martine McCutcheon, Laura Linney, Thomas Sangster, Alan Rickman, Rodrigo Santoro, Rowan Atkinson, Claudia Schiffer, Bill Nighy, Gregor Fisher, Rory MacGregor, Carla Vasconcelos, Shannon Elizabeth, Denise Richards, Elisha Cuthbert Nominated, PFCS Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for Love Actually (2003) Satellite Awards 2008 Nominated, Satellite Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Brideshead Revisited (2008) 2004 Nominated, Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television for Angels in America (2003) Nominated, Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical for Love Actually (2003) 2002 Nominated, Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television for Wit (2001) Screen Actors Guild Awards 2010 Nominated, Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for An Education (2009) Shared With: Dominic Cooper, Alfred Molina, Carey Mulligan, Rosamund Pike, Peter Sarsgaard, Olivia Williams 2004 Nominated, Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for Angels in America (2003) 2002 Nominated, Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for Wit (2001) 1996 Nominated, Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast for Sense and Sensibility (1995) Shared With: Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet Nominated, Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for Sense and Sensibility (1995) Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 1993 Won, SEFCA Award Best Actress for Howards End (1992) USC Scripter Award 1996 Won, USC Scripter Award for Sense and Sensibility (1995) Shared With: Jane Austen (author) Valladolid International Film Festival 2001 Won, Best Actress for Wit (2001) Venice Film Festival 1997 Won, Pasinetti Award Best Actress for The Winter Guest (1997) Writers Guild of America, USA 1996 Won, WGA Award (Screen) Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published for Sense and Sensibility (1995) Writers' Guild of Great Britain 1996 Won, Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award Film - Screenplay for Sense and Sensibility (1995)
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