Emma Thompson movies

She is also a patron of the Refugee Council.BiographyEarly lifeThompson was born in Paddington, London. Her father, Eric Thompson, was an actor known for narrating the radio series The Magic Roundabout. Her mother, Phyllida Law, is a Scottish actress.

Thompsons sister is actress Sophie Thompson.Thompson went to Camden School for Girls and then read English Literature at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she was a member and vice-president of the Footlights comedy club. While there, Thompson dated Footlights member and future actor, Hugh Laurie. After completing her education, she came to fame with a leading role in the West End revival of the musical Me and My Girl, opposite Robert Lindsay, followed by the BBC serial drama, Fortunes of War.Acting careerThompsons first major film role was in a romantic comedy, The Tall Guy (1989). Her career took a more serious turn with a series of critically acclaimed performances and films, beginning with 1992s Howards End (for which she received an Oscar for Best Actress), the part of Gareth Peirce, the lawyer for the Guildford Four, in 1993s In the Name of the Father, The Remains of the Day opposite Anthony Hopkins, and as the British painter Dora Carrington in the film Carrington (1995). She won her next Oscar in 1996, for Best Adapted Screenplay for her screenplay adaptation of Jane Austens Sense and Sensibility, a film in which she also played the Oscar-nominated lead actress role. She has said that she keeps both of her award statues in her downstairs bathroom, citing embarrassment at placing them in a more prominent place.One of Thompsons earliest television appearances was in 1984 alongside Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie as guest stars on the sitcom The Young Ones.

Emma Thompson Movies

All movies starring Emma Thompson.

• Dead Again
• Howards End
• In the Name of the Father
• Junior
• Love Actually
• Maybe Baby
• Much Ado About Nothing
• Sense and Sensibility
• Last Chance Harvey