Emma Thompson's biography

Emma Thompson is 63 years old actor born at Paddington. Emma was born on Wednesday 15th of April 1959. She is often nicknamed as Dame Emma Thompson, Dame Emma Thompson DBE. According to year of birth 1959 Emma belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 15th of April means Emma is Aries. Aries is the most active sign of Zodiac, one born with this sign is a very quick learner, aggressive and passionate.She was married 2 times.

Emma Thompson's spouse

She is married to Greg Wise

Emma is native english speaker. Emma is white british. Emma is citizen of United Kingdom. She is atheist. Her primary profession is to be actor. You can know her also as television actor, film actor, comedian, film director, screenwriter, stage actor. She is recently known as voice actor. She received Academy Award for Best Actress Howards End in 1993

Emma Thompson's dad

Emma Thompson's father's name is Eric Thompson. He is known as actor. Her father was born on Saturday 9th of November 1929 in Sleaford. Her father died on Tuesday 30th of November 1982 in London Borough of Camden. Eric Thompson was 23 years old, when this happened.

Emma Thompson's mom

Emma Thompson's mother's name is Phyllida Law. She is known as actor. Her mother was born on Sunday 8th of May 1932 in Glasgow. Emma Thompson was born when she was 27 years old.

Emma Thompson's family

Emma Thompson's husband

He is known as actor. Her husband was born on Sunday 15th of May 1966 in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Emma Thompson's ex husbands

Kenneth Branagh

Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh have been together since 1989 for 6 years. He is known as film actor. Emma´s ex husband was born on Saturday 10th of December 1960 in Belfast.

Emma Thompson's schools

We found 3 schools Emma attended. Complete list of schools: Newnham College, University of Cambridge, The Camden School for Girls.

Detailed informations about her schools

Attended and graduated from Camden School for Girls, and the all-women Newnham College of Cambridge University with an English degree (1982). Jodhi May also attended Camden School for Girls.

Emma Thompson's career

Her main focus is to be actor. She is famous thanks to Howards End (1992), Sense and Sensibility (1995) & Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). You could see her also in Howards End, Sense and Sensibility, Ellen and many more.

Is Emma Thompson gay ?

She is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Emma Thompson's Awards

Emma received award for Academy Award for Best Actress for work Howards End in 1993
She received award for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for work Sense and Sensibility in 1996
She received award for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for work Howards End in 1993
She received award for BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for work Howards End in 1992
Emma received award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for work Ellen in 1998
She received award for Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for work Sense and Sensibility in 1996
Emma received award for BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for work Sense and Sensibility in 1995

Emma Thompson's Rankings

Ranked #91 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
She was ranked fifth in the 2001 Orange Film Survey of greatest British film actresses.
Her performance as Miss Kenton in The Remains of the Day (1993) is ranked #52 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).

Emma Thompson's Nominations

She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for work In the Name of the Father in 1993
Emma was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress
Emma was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress
Emma was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress
She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
She was nominated for European Film Award for Best Actress for work The Winter Guest in 1997
She was nominated for European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award for work Primary Colors in 1998
She was nominated for European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film for work Bridget Jones's Baby in 2017

What Emma Thompson has done for a first time

She co-wrote, co-produced, and co-directed Cambridge University's first all-female revue "Woman's Hour" (1983).
She was a member of the Cambridge Footlights and in 1981, along with Stephen Fry, Tony Slattery, Hugh Laurie, Paul Dwyer and Paul Shearer, she became the winner of the first ever Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
She was the first choice for the female lead in Happy Families (1985). However, she was unavailable as she won the lead in the musical "Me and My Girl".
First on-screen kiss was with Jeff Goldblum in The Tall Guy (1989).

Emma Thompson's quotes

[on her role in the Harry Potter film] I have a nervous breakdown in the film and in one scene I get to stand at the top of the stairs waving an empty sherry bottle which is, of course, a typical scene from my daily life, so isn't much of a stretch.
I can't stand this new culture of the instant disposable celebrity. It's all so vulgar.
I am who I am and there is nothing I can do about that.
I have periods of intense activity, then stop. My ideal is to work hard in the morning until I pick Gaia up from school. Just putting an empty square in my diary seems to make a space in my head, too. You have to be very good at saying no.
I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort.
Liam Neeson, quite frankly, is sex on legs. Always has been.
Children are much more understanding of the suddenness and arbitrariness of death than we are. The old fairy tales contain a lot of that, and we've stolen from them, just as they stole from Greek myth, which has that same mixture of pre-Christian chaos.
I've realized that in all the great stories, even if there's a happily-ever-after ending, there's something sad.
[1992] We just did Hamlet with Sir John Gielgud and it was so luvvy it wasn't true.
My godfather said that 'story' was about taking the chaotic jigsaw of life, making it into a picture and putting a frame around it so that we could look at it, have control over it. Story and art are the humanizing elements in us.
[on being reminded she once claimed that picturing the men she had slept with helped her drift off] I haven't done that in a long time. I'm more likely to rehearse casserole recipes, which perhaps is a sad indictment of my state of mind.
Once you're a mom, you've been split into two people. Like Peter Pan and his shadow.
[Walt] Disney had a very Dickensian childhood. Disneyland was a way of rendering the world a safe place for himself and other children.
Why insist on building a new border between human beings in an ever-shrinking world where we are still struggling to live alongside each other?
I would rather have a root canal treatment for a year than go on Twitter or Facebook. The irony of Facebook is [that you speak out but] don't say it to anybody's face. It revolts me, repels me.
Books are like people, in that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them.
[on renowned author E.M. Forster] I've always been fascinated by the 19th Century, and his characters walk right off the page.
I'm a bit bossy, and I have to say some people find it quite difficult to deal with. Mentioning no names, but my first husband.

Emma Thompson's height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color

Lets describe how Emma Thompson looks. We will focus on Emma´s height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color and shoe size. Emma is tall as 5' 7½" (171 cm). Emma weights 148lbs (67 kg). Body build is slim. Her eyes are tinted green. Emma´s hair is shade of blonde. If you are really curious, you may find interesting Emma´s shoe size is 8.

Emma Thompson