Emma Thompson
Biography
Dame Emma Thompson (born April 15, 1959) is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2018, she was made a dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to drama. Born to actors Eric Thompson and Phyllida Law, Thompson was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she became a member of the Footlights troupe and app…
Known For
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Sybill Trelawney
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Sybill Trelawney
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Sybill Trelawney
Cruella
The Baroness
I Am Legend
Dr. Alice Krippin
Beauty and the Beast
Mrs. Potts
Brave
Elinor (voice)
Treasure Planet
Captain Amelia (voice)
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Filmography
Acting (154)
Movies (109)
The Sheep Detectives
2026 UpcomingMay 6
Everybody to Kenmure Street
2026as Van Guy
Dead of Winter
2025as Barb
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025as Dr. Rawlings
Merchant Ivory
2024as Self
Bad Tidings
2024as Self (archive footage)
What's Love Got to Do with It?
2023as Cath Stevenson
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
2022as Agatha Trunchbull
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
2022as Nancy Stokes
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
2022as Self
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022as Self
Cruella
2021as The Baroness
An Audience with Adele
2021as Self
Twelve Nights
2021as Narrator (voice)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021as Self (archive footage)
Dolittle
2020as Poly (voice)
How to Build a Girl
2020as Amanda
Men in Black: International
2019as Agent O
Last Christmas
2019as Petra Andrich
Late Night
2019as Katherine Newbury
Missing Link
2019as Dora the Yeti Elder (voice)
Extinction
2019
Hollywood's Dark Secret
2019as Self
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018as Prime Minister
Greenpeace: There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom
2018as Narrator (voice)
King Lear
2018as Goneril
The Children Act
2018as Fiona Maye
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018as Self (archive footage)
Beauty and the Beast
2017as Mrs. Potts
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017as Maureen Meyerowitz
Sea Sorrow
2017as Self
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016as Dr Rawlings
Alone in Berlin
2016as Anna Quangel
To the Ends of the Earth
2016as Narrator (voice)
Die vielen Gesichter der Emma Thompson
2016as Elle-Même
The Doubt Machine: Inside the Koch Brothers' War on Climate Science
2016as Narrator (voice)
Burnt
2015as Dr. Rosshilde
Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity
2015as Narrator (voice)
A Walk in the Woods
2015as Catherine Bryson
The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015as Cemolina
The Love Punch
2014as Kate Jones
Men, Women & Children
2014as Narrator (voice)
Effie Gray
2014as Lady Eastlake
The Real Mary Poppins
2014as Self
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2014as Mrs. Lovett
Saving Mr. Banks
2013as P.L. Travers
Beautiful Creatures
2013as Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes
Brave
2012as Elinor (voice)
Men in Black 3
2012as Agent O
Walking the Dogs
2012as The Queen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011as Sybill Trelawney
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011as Self
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010as Nanny McPhee
The Song of Lunch
2010as She
Fry and Laurie Reunited
2010as Self
The Boat That Rocked
2009as Charlotte
Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility
2009as Self
An Education
2009as Headmistress
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility
2009as Self
A Very Quiet Man
2009as Self
A Sense of Character
2009as Self
Brideshead Revisited
2008as Lady Marchmain
Last Chance Harvey
2008as Kate Walker
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007as Sybill Trelawney
I Am Legend
2007as Dr. Alice Krippin
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007as Self
Stranger Than Fiction
2006as Karen Eiffel
Nanny McPhee
2005as Nanny McPhee
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005as Self (archive footage)
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
2005as Self (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004as Sybill Trelawney
Love Actually
2003as Karen
Imagining Argentina
2003as Cecilia Rueda
Treasure Planet
2002as Captain Amelia (voice)
Wit
2001as Vivian Bearing
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
2001as Self
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw
2001as Self
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
2001as Self
Maybe Baby
2000as Druscilla
Primary Colors
1998as Susan Stanton
Judas Kiss
1998as FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins
Junket Whore
1998as Self
The Winter Guest
1997as Frances
Hospital!
1997as Elephant Woman
Sense and Sensibility
1995as Elinor Dashwood
Carrington
1995as Dora Carrington
My Father the Hero
1994as Isabel (uncredited)
Junior
1994as Dr. Diana Reddin
The Blue Boy
1994as Marie Bonnar
Much Ado About Nothing
1993as Beatrice
In the Name of the Father
1993as Gareth Peirce
The Remains of the Day
1993as Miss Kenton
Howards End
1992as Margaret Schlegel
Peter's Friends
1992as Maggie Chester
Dead Again
1991as Margaret Strauss / Grace
Impromptu
1991as Duchess D'Antan
Rabbit Ears - The White Cat
1991as Narrator (voice)
Tin Fish
1990
Henry V
1989as Katherine
The Tall Guy
1989as Kate
The Winslow Boy
1989as Catherine Winslow
Look Back in Anger
1989as Alison Porter
Colleagues From Hell
1989
Slags
1984as Young Woman
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
The Cellar Tapes
1982as various
Hear Me Roar
as Elizabeth Butler-Sloss
How to Stop a Nuclear War
as Narrator (voice)
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty
as Self
Television (45)
Down Cemetery Road
2025as Zoë Boehm
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022as Lady Marcham
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019as Self - Guest
Years and Years
2019as Vivienne Rook
Upstart Crow
2016as Queen Elizabeth I
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015as Self - Guest
Funny Valentines
2015as Debbie
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014as Self
Playhouse Presents
2012as The Queen
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007as Self - Guest
The Tony Danza Show
2004as Self
QI
2003as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003as Self
Angels in America
2003as Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel
Angels in America
2003as Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel
Timeshift
2002as self
Sucré salé
2002as Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001as Self - Guest
Parkinson
1998as Self
The View
1997as Self
Leute heute
1997as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Ellen
1994as Emma Thompson
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993as Self - Guest
GMTV
1993as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 Thompson
1988as Self - Host
Fortunes of War
1987as Harriet Pringle
Tutti Frutti
1987as Suzi Kettles
Screen Two
1985as Marie
The Crystal Cube
1983as Jackie Meld / Various Roles
Alfresco
1983as Various
Cheers
1982as Nanny Gee
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982as Young Woman
The Young Ones
1982as Miss Money-Sterling
There's Nothing to Worry About!
1982as Various
Wetten, dass..?
1981as Self
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979 The Val Doonican Music Show
1977
Saturday Night Live
1975as Self - Host
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Self
The Oscars
1953as Self
Crew (19)
Movies (16)
Dead of Winter
2025Executive Producer
Mediha
2024Executive Producer
Last Christmas
2019Producer
Last Christmas
2019Screenplay
Ponyboi
2019Co-Producer
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016Screenplay
Sold
2016Executive Producer
Effie Gray
2014Screenplay
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010Executive Producer
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010Screenplay
Nanny McPhee
2005Screenplay
Wit
2001Teleplay
Wit
2001Writer
Eight
1998Thanks
Sense and Sensibility
1995Screenplay
The Cellar Tapes
1982Writer
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