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[171] She also plays many haughty characters, with a "bracing, nanny-like demeanour",[22] but she is noted for her ability to win the empathy of audiences. Emma Thompson ist die Tochter der Schauspielerin Phyllida Law und des Schauspielers, Regisseurs und Fernsehproduzenten Eric Thompson. [43] According to the critic Vincent Canby, the film allowed Thompson to "[come] into her own", away from Branagh. Im Dezember 2003 lernten sie bei der jährlich (u. a. von Thompson) ausgerichteten Weihnachtsfeier des Londoner Refugee Council den damals 16-jährigen Vollwaisen Tindyebwa Agaba aus Ruanda kennen, der vor seiner Flucht mehrere Jahre lang als Kindersoldat missbraucht worden war und alle Familienmitglieder an den Völkermord in Ruanda und AIDS verloren hatte. What resulted from Travers' later collaboration with Disney (which was also depicted in 2013's Saving Mr. Banks, with Tom Hanks portraying Disney and Emma Thompson … Because of Nanny McPhee's scary makeup and costume and fighting among the children, I would recommend this movie for ages 6 and up. [169] The public warmed to her after the separation, and she became one of the key actresses of the 1990s. [32] In 1989, she and Branagh—who had formed a romantic relationship—starred in a stage revival of Look Back in Anger, directed by Judi Dench and produced by Branagh's Renaissance Theatre Company. [48] Among its three wins was the Best Actress trophy for Thompson, who was also awarded a Golden Globe and BAFTA for her performance. [128], The romantic comedy The Love Punch (2013) gave Thompson her second consecutive leading role, where she played half of a divorced couple who reunite to steal the man's ex-boss's jewellery. [169][170] Her status has continued to grow; in 2008, journalist Sarah Sands stated that Thompson has improved with age and experience,[167] and Mark Kermode said of her performances, "There is something about her which is — you just trust her. [200] The film was released on 31 October 2016. London, on 15 April 1959. [6] The actress has commented that this "tore [the family] to pieces",[26] and "I can't begin to tell you how much I regret his not being around". Then I just let it be. [73] As part of an ensemble cast that included Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley, and Colin Firth, she played a middle-class wife who suspects her husband (played by Alan Rickman) of infidelity. You just think 'I'm in proper hands here.' Emma Thompson returns as Nanny McPhee, and this time Maggie Smith plays an eccentric character. [59] It came for her role as the lawyer Gareth Peirce in In the Name of the Father (1993), a drama about the Guildford Four starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Banks. [31] The following year, she wrote and starred in her own sketch comedy series for BBC, Thompson, but this was poorly received. She had a cameo role as Queen Elizabeth I in the 2017 Christmas special of the BBC sitcom Upstart Crow. Commenting on how she was able to overcome her depression, she told BBC Radio 4, "Work saved me and Greg saved me. Emma Thompson was born on April 15, 1959 in Paddington, London, into a family of actors - father Eric Thompson and mother Phyllida Law, who has co-starred with Thompson in several films.Her sister, Sophie Thompson, is an actor as well.Her father was English-born and her mother is Scottish-born. [171] As an ambassador for the charity ActionAid she has travelled to Uganda, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Liberia, Burma and South Africa. I do the cerebral bit before I start. [4][5], Am 9. Although the male pregnancy storyline was poorly received by most critics and flopped at the box office,[62] Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle praised the lead trio. The scene in which her stalwart character breaks down was described by one critic as "the best crying on screen ever",[56] and in 2013, Thompson mentioned that she gets commended for this role more than any other. You are tricking your subconscious. "[50] She followed this with Branagh's screen version of Much Ado About Nothing (1993). [122], Saving Mr. Banks, which depicted the making of Mary Poppins, starred Thompson in a leading role as P. L. Travers, the curmudgeonly author of the source novel, alongside Tom Hanks as Walt Disney. The commercial was rejected by the advertising organisation Clearcast due to Greenpeace's alleged involvement in politics, thus violating their code of conduct. [105], Following a brief, uncredited role in the post-apocalyptic blockbuster I Am Legend (2007),[106] Thompson played the devoutly Catholic Lady Marchmain in a 2008 film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. [56], —Thompson on Nanny McPhee and its sequel, which she wrote and starred in. Biografie. [201][202] She is also an ambassador for the Galapagos Conservation Trust. [41] Early in 1992, Thompson had a guest role in an episode of Cheers as Frasier Crane's first wife. [193] She is chair of the Helen Bamber Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture,[194] a patron of the Refugee Council,[195] and has a therapy room in her office for traumatised refugees. [3] Anlässlich des Weltflüchtlingstages 2015 teilten Thompson und Agaba ihre Geschichte im Rahmen zweier Video-Interviews auf dem offiziellen YouTube-Kanal der UNHCR (UN-Flüchtlingskommission). [56], The year 2005 saw the release of a project Thompson had been working on for nine years. 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[162], As of February 2021[update], Thompson is working on the comedy feature film Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, scripted by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde (in pre-production). Other notable film and television credits include the Harry Potter film series (2004–2011), Wit (2001), Love Actually (2003), Angels in America (2003), Nanny McPhee (2005), Stranger than Fiction (2006), Last Chance Harvey (2008), Men in Black 3 (2012) and the spin-off Men in Black: International (2019), Brave (2012), Beauty and the Beast (2017), Late Night (2019) and the BBC/HBO series Years and Years (2019). Thompson scripted and starred in Sense and Sensibility (1995), which earned her numerous awards, including an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay—which makes her the only person to receive Academy Awards for acting and writing—and a second BAFTA Award for Best Actress. [141][142] In December 2013, Thompson said of the still unreleased Effie Gray that its "time has probably passed," comparing it to another project of hers that "didn't happen either". Thompson's first husband was the actor and director Kenneth Branagh, whom she met in 1987 while filming the television series Fortunes of War. [140] In May 2013, Effie Gray's Cannes Film Festival premiere was cancelled. It's not enough to say that I don't believe in God. Her screenplay transported the story to Britain during World War II. Critics praised the chemistry between the two leads, and both received Golden Globe nominations for their performances. [19] The following year, Thompson and her Footlights team won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for their sketch show The Cellar Tapes. I actually regard the system as distressing: I am offended by some of the things said in the Bible and the Qur'an and I refute them. [159] The film received positive reviews, with Thompson being singled out for praise, and Owen Gleiberman of Variety remarked that "Thompson truly seems like a born talk-show host. Schon während ihres Englischstudiums am Newnham College in Cambridge spielte Thompson Theater und trat zusammen mit Stephen Fry und Hugh Laurie in Sketchen auf, 1992 spielten die drei neben Thompsons damaligem Ehemann Kenneth Branagh die Hauptrollen in dessen Tragikomödie Peter’s Friends. [167] According to Kate Kellaway of The Guardian, she specialises in playing "a good woman in a frock". Our nickname for her was Emma Talented. [6][7] Her godfather was the director and writer Ronald Eyre. [190], Thompson has been a campaigner since her youth. 1994 bekam sie in Junior mit Arnold Schwarzenegger erstmals eine Rolle in einem Hollywood-Streifen. Antonio Banderas played the husband who tries to find her, in a film that most critics disliked. [97], Thompson continued with supporting roles in the 2003 drama Imagining Argentina, where she played a dissident-journalist abducted by the country's 1970s dictatorial regime. Thompson believes that it was inevitable that she would become an actress, commenting that she was "surrounded by creative people and I don't think it would ever have gone any other way, really". Her first film role was in the 1989 romantic comedy The Tall Guy. [38] Thompson returned to cinema in 1991, playing a "frivolous aristocrat"[5] in Impromptu with Judy Davis and Hugh Grant. "[96] Her performance received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. [36], Thompson and Branagh are considered by American writer and critic James Monaco to have led the "British cinematic onslaught" in the 1990s. Seit den Dreharbeiten zu Sinn und Sinnlichkeit (1995) ist Thompson mit ihrem Kollegen Greg Wise liiert, der die Rolle des John Willoughby spielte. Widower Cedric Brown (Colin Firth) hires Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. The film explored the social class system in Edwardian England, with Thompson playing an idealistic, intellectual, forward-looking woman who comes into association with a privileged and deeply conservative family. Thompson played three roles – a nurse, a homeless woman, and the title role of The Angel of America – and was again nominated for an Emmy Award. Thompson was instrumental in bringing Mike Nichols to direct the project, and the pair spent months in rehearsal to get the complex character right. Put shortly, Miss Jessel was upper class, Quint was lower class, and they liked to play it rough (sex) and in fact allowed themselves to be seen in the act by other servants. [120][121] Film critic Peter Travers was critical of Thompson's performance and "outrageously awful Southern accent", and feared "the damage this crock may do to [her] reputation". "[22] At the end of 1985, she wrote and starred in her own one-off special for Channel 4, Emma Thompson: Up for Grabs. [100] She later reprised the role in Order of the Phoenix (2007) and Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011),[29] and has described her time working on the popular franchise as "great fun". [1] Am 6. [73][118] Also in 2012, Thompson played Queen Elizabeth II in an episode of Playhouse Presents, which dramatised an incident in 1982 when an intruder broke into the Queen's bedroom. And power."[27]. Taunted by … [40], Thompson reunited with Merchant–Ivory and Anthony Hopkins to film The Remains of the Day (1993), a film which has been described as a "classic" and the production team's definitive film. [29][33] Later that year, the pair starred in a televised version of the play. [7], In 2003, Thompson and Wise were married in Dunoon. The film was not widely seen,[34] but Thompson's performance was praised in The New York Times, where Caryn James called her "an exceptionally versatile comic actress". Dame Emma Thompson, DBE (* 15. The comedy was positively reviewed,[49] and Desson Howe of The Washington Post wrote that Thompson was its highlight: "Even as a rather one-dimensional character, she exudes grace and an adroit sense of comic tragedy. [182] In September 1995, Thompson and Branagh announced their separation; they cited their work schedules as the reason, but it later emerged that he was having an affair with actress Helena Bonham Carter. [114], Five years after the original, Thompson reprised the role of Nanny McPhee with 2010's Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang. Sie trat in der britischen Comedy-Sendung Alfresco und dem Musical Me and My Girl auf. The film was her second hit of the year, earning $65 million and critical praise, and was nominated for Best Picture along with The Remains of the Day. [143] Effie Gray was released in October 2014, to a modest reception. 1987 bekam sie ihre eigene TV-Sitcom Thompson. [111][112] Thompson's two 2009 films were both set in 1960s England, and in both she made cameo appearances: as a headmistress in the critically praised drama An Education[113] and as a "tippling mother" in Richard Curtis's The Boat That Rocked. The regional ITV comedy series There's Nothing To Worry About! [37] She continued to experiment with Shakespeare in the new decade, appearing with Branagh in his stage productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and King Lear. Thompson hält einen Rekord bei den Academy Awards: Sie ist die bislang einzige Person, die sowohl einen Oscar für Schauspiel (Beste Hauptdarstellerin für Wiedersehen in Howards End, 1992) als auch für ein Drehbuch (Bestes adaptiertes Drehbuch für Sinn und Sinnlichkeit, 1995) gewinnen konnte. [131] In 2014, Thompson provided the narration for Jason Reitman's comedy-drama film, Men, Women & Children. [26] While filming Sense and Sensibility in 1995, she began a relationship with her co-star Greg Wise. Sticks have also been made for the TV shows "Emmerdale" and "Heartbeat" and numerous stage shows. [96], Thompson was living alone as the relationship with Branagh deteriorated, and became depressed. Reviews for the film were generally favourable. [29][33] Reviewing the latter, the Chicago Tribune praised her "extraordinary" performance of the "hobbling, stooped hunchback Fool". En 2008, Emma Thompson confirmó entonces que no regresaría para las películas finales de la saga de Harry Potter, Harry Potter y las Reliquias de la Muerte, debido a sus compromisos con la segunda película de Nanny McPhee. [199] She narrated The Real News Network's The Doubt Machine: Inside the Koch Brothers' War on Climate Science, a documentary short about Koch Industries and its efforts to discredit climate research. [81][82] According to Kevin O'Sullivan of the Daily Mirror, Americans were "blown away" by her performance and accent, and top Hollywood producers became increasingly interested in casting her. The couple had previously purchased a house in the city and indicated their intention to relocate to Italy permanently. [196] She is a patron of the Elton John AIDS Foundation,[197] and in 2009 Time magazine named her a "European Hero" in recognition of "her work to highlight the plight of AIDS sufferers in Africa". "[192] She has justified her assertiveness by saying, "[W]hat I feel is that we all need to speak up and a woman who has got a louder voice needs to shout very loudly indeed. [29] For these performances, Thompson won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. Emma Thompson won the first of two Academy Awards for her role as the kind, level-headed, and loyalty-torn Margaret Schlegel in the 1992 Merchant-Ivory masterpiece Howards End.To watch Thompson over the course of the film’s two-and-a-half hours is to witness precisely what makes the 61-year-old actor the rarest of cinematic talents. Thompson had her first professional role in 1982, touring in a stage version of Not the Nine O'Clock News. Dame Emma Thompson DBE (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress, screenwriter, activist, author, and comedian. [156] She followed it with a starring role in the film The Children Act, a drama about a family who refuse cancer treatment for their son based on religious beliefs. [157][158], In 2019, Thompson starred in a leading role in Late Night, which was written by Mindy Kaling (who also co-starred in that film) and featured her as a popular television host who hires a new writer to keep the show from getting replaced. [84] Thompson followed Primary Colors by playing an FBI agent opposite Rickman in the poorly received thriller Judas Kiss (1998). Emma Thompson tijdens de première van Nanny McPhee (2005) Emma Thompson (Paddington , 15 april 1959) is een Brits actrice en scenarioschrijfster. "[184] Agaba became a British citizen in 2009. Neither film was a critical success, although the latter received some positive reviews and Empire magazine wrote that Thomson was "unforgettable". Sie schreibt auch Drehbücher, so für den mehrfach preisgekrönten Kinohit Sinn und Sinnlichkeit (1995), für den sie in der Kategorie Bestes adaptiertes Drehbuch ihren zweiten Oscar erhielt. [132], The period drama Effie Gray, a project that she had been working on for many years, based on the true-life story of John Ruskin's disastrous marriage, was written by Thompson but became the subject of a copyright suit before being cleared for cinemas. [133] In 2008, Thompson announced that she and Wise "had written a script together about John Ruskin, the Victorian art critic, which we want to make into a film. Critics were unenthusiastic about the film,[107] but several picked Thompson out as its highlight. She is one of Britain's most acclaimed actresses and is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, a British Academy Television Award and two Golden Globe Awards. [6] The family lived in West Hampstead in north London,[7] and Thompson was educated at Camden School for Girls. [28] There's Nothing to Worry About! In 1985, Thompson was cast in the West End revival of the musical Me and My Girl, co-starring Robert Lindsay. She actively pursued the role by writing to director James Ivory, who agreed to an audition and then gave her the part. [21] Fry recalled that "there was no doubt that Emma was going the distance. [44] Upon release, Roger Ebert wrote that she was "superb in the central role: quiet, ironic, observant, with steel inside". "Emma Thompson revives anarchist Peter Rabbit", "Arise Sir Ken: Kenneth Branagh profiled", "Scottish independence: Emma Thompson attacks separation", "Emma Thompson and her 'adopted' son meet Nelson Mandela", "Emma Thompson left new home in Venice to self-isolate at 'mum's house in Scotland, "Letters: Emma Thompson 'I do not want to die before closing the pay gap, "Emma Thompson: a national treasure or Britain's most annoying woman? [91] Reviewing the performance, Roger Ebert was touched by "the way she struggles with every ounce of her humanity to keep her self-respect", and in 2008 he called it Thompson's finest work. (TIMEOUT)", "Emma Thompson: Doth the lady protest too much? Thompson is married to actor Greg Wise, with whom she lives in London. [163][164][165], Thompson is regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation[166][167] and one of Britain's most recognisable actresses, held in high regard within Hollywood. [189] She has also expressed support for the Women's Equality Party. [12] After successfully taking A levels in English, French and Latin,[13] and securing a scholarship,[14] she began studying for an English degree at Newnham College, Cambridge,[15] arriving in 1977. [25], In 1982, Thompson's father died aged 52. [40] Her second release of 1991 was another pairing with Branagh, who also directed, in the Los Angeles-based noir Dead Again. "[123] She found it to be the best script she had read in years and was delighted to be offered the role. [175], With a background in comedy, Thompson's performances are typically delivered with an ironic touch. [149][150][151] Later that year, she had a supporting role in the restaurant-based film Burnt. [180] The couple married in 1989 and proceeded to appear in several films together, with Branagh often casting her in his own productions. It was a New York Times Best Seller. [144] Thompson plays Elizabeth Eastlake and Greg Wise plays John Ruskin. [66][67][68] Thompson—a lifelong lover of Austen's work—was hired to write the film based on the period sketches in her series Thompson. [127] Thompson was nominated for Best Actress at the BAFTAs, SAGs and Golden Globes, and was awarded the Lead Actress trophy from the National Board of Review. [56][101] The film was a success, taking number one at the UK box office and earning $122 million worldwide. [79] Thompson's character, Susan, is described as that of an "ambitious, long-suffering wife" who has to deal with her husband's infidelity. [187], She is politically liberal and a supporter of the Labour Party; she told the BBC Andrew Marr Show in 2010 that she had been a member of the party "all my life". They both declined to promote the film. She was approached by the publishers to write it, the first authorised Peter story since 1930 and the only one not written by Potter. Dame Emma Thompson DBE (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress, screenwriter, activist, author, and comedian. [110], – Thompson on her approach to acting[171], Thompson is particularly known for playing reticent women,[172] and Sands describes her as "the best actress of our times on suffering borne with poignant dignity". [85], When she became a mother in 1999, Thompson made a conscious decision to reduce her workload, and in the following years many of her appearances were supporting roles. She also admitted to feeling tired and jaded with the industry at this point, which influenced her decision to leave film for a year. [178] In 2013, Thompson wrote a second book in the series titled The Christmas Tale of Peter Rabbit. The animation earned far less than its large budget and was considered a "box office disaster". [10] She spent much time in Scotland during her childhood and often visited Ardentinny, where her grandparents and uncle lived. [110] Thompson was further acclaimed for her work in the London-based romance Last Chance Harvey (2008), where she and Dustin Hoffman played a lonely, middle-aged pair who cautiously begin a relationship. [5][28] She later collaborated again with Fry and Laurie on the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series Saturday Night Fry (1988). Juni 2018 wurde sie als Dame Commander des Order of the British Empire geadelt. [145][146] Camilla Long, reviewing Effie Gray in The Sunday Times, wrote "nothing fits together" and "no one seems to know why they made this film.