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Emma Thompson Biography (1959-)

Born April 15, 1959, in London, England; daughter of Eric (a director) and Phyllida (an actress) Thompson; sister of Sophie Thompson (an actress); marriedKenneth Branagh (an actor, producer, and director), 1989 (divorced, c. 1995); children: (with Greg Wise) Gaia Romilly Wise. Addresses: Agent: Peters, Fraser & Dunlop, Drury House, 34-43 Russell St., London WC2B 5HA, England; and William Morris Agency, Inc., 151 South El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2775.

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress, writer

Birth Details

April 15, 1959

London, England

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Princess Katherine, Henry V, Samuel Goldwyn, 1989
• Kate Lemon, The Tall Guy, Virgin Vision, 1989
• Duchess d'Antan, Impromptu, Hemdale, 1990
• Amanda Grace Sharp and Margaret Strauss, Dead Again, Paramount, 1991
• Margaret Schlegel, Howards End, Sony Pictures Classics, 1992
• Margaret "Maggie," Peter's Friends, Samuel Goldwyn, 1992
• Beatrice, Much Ado about Nothing, Samuel Goldwyn, 1993
• Miss Sally Kenton, The Remains of the Day, Columbia, 1993
• Gareth Peirce, In the Name of the Father, Universal, 1993
• Dr. Diana Reddin, Junior, Universal, 1994
• (Uncredited) Isabel, My Father the Hero (also known as My Father, ce heros), Buena Vista, 1994
• Dora Carrington, Carrington, Gramercy, 1995
• Elinor Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility, Columbia, 1995
• The Well of Loneliness, 1996
• Frances, The Winter Guest, Fine Line Features, 1997
• Susan Stanton, Primary Colors (also known as Perfect Coupleand Mit aller Macht), Universal, 1998
• FBI agent Sadie Hawkins, Judas Kiss, Moonlight Films, 1998
• Druscilla, Maybe Baby, USA Films, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Harriet Pringle, Fortunes of War, BBC, broadcast in the United States on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1988
• Suzy Kettles, Tutti Frutti, BBC, 1987
• Movies
• Alison Porter, Look Back in Anger, then Bravo, 1993
• Vivian Bearing, Wit, HBO, 2001
• Specials
• Catherine Winslow, "The Winslow Boy," Great Performances, then PBS, 1990
• Night of Comic Relief, 1988
• Night of Comic Relief 2, 1989
• Marie, "The Blue Boy," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1994
• Also appeared in Jasper Carrott: The Crystal Tube and Jasper Carrott: Election Night Special.
• Series
• Alfresco, ITV (England), 1983
• Assaulted Nuts, 1985
• Host, Thompson, BBC, 1988
• Episodic
• Young woman, "Slags," The Comic Strip Presents, 1982
• Miss Money Sterling, "Bambi," The Young Ones, BBC, 1984
• Nannette "Nanny" Gee, "One Hugs, the Other Doesn't," Cheers, NBC, 1992
• Herself, "Emma," Ellen, ABC, 1997
• Other Television Appearances
• Host, Up for Grabs (also known as Sexually Transmitted), England, 1983
• Friday Morning ... Saturday Morning, BBC, 1983
• Saturday Live, 1986
• Jenny Wilbur, Knuckle, BBC, 1989
• Elephant woman, Hospital!, BBC, 1997
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) Sally Smith, Me and My Girl, Adelphi Theatre, London, 1985
• Alison Porter, Look Back in Anger, Coliseum Theatre, then Lyric Theatre, both London, 1989
• Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Renaissance Theatre Company, Dominion Theatre, London, later Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 1990
• The fool, King Lear, Renaissance Theatre Company, Dominion Theatre, later Mark Taper Forum, 1990
• Major Tours
• Not the Nine O'Clock News, c. 1982
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Sense and Sensibility (based on the novel by Jane Austen), Columbia, 1995, published in The Sense and Sensibility Diaries and Screenplay: The Making of the Film Based on the Jane Austen Novel, Newmarket (New York,NY), 1995
• Television Movies
• Wit, HBO, 2001
• Other Television Writing
• (With others) Up for Grabs (also known as Sexually Transmitted), England, 1983
• Thompson (series), BBC, 1988

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Newsmakers 1993, 1993. Issue 4, Gale,
• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1996. Volume 3:Actors and Actresses, St. James Press,

Periodicals

• Entertainment Weekly, December 15, 1995, p. 45; March 27, 1998, pp. 24-30.
• Hollywood Reporter, January 23, 1990, pp. 18, 107, 110.
• New Republic, January 8, 1996, pp. 34-35.
• Parade, March 1, 1998, pp. 4-5.
• People Weekly, September 9, 1991, pp. 61-62; October 16, 1995, p.134; February 12, 1996, pp. 38-39.
• Vanity Fair, February, 1996, p. 80.