Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Birthplace: Paddington, London, England
Birthday: April 15

Esteemed actress Emma Thompson delivered a critically-acclaimed performance in PBS Television's BBC/Masterpiece telepic The Song of Lunch. While fans have enjoyed her work in recent motion pictures like Men in Black 3 and Brave, the beloved British thesp is widely known to fans for her Oscar® Award-winning portrayal of "Margaret Schlegel" in the 1992 motion picture Howard's End. She played the role of "Elinor Dashwood" in 1995 film favorite Sense and Sensibility, a film for which she also garnered the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Thompson later starred opposite Hugh Grant and Liam Neeson in Love Actually and in the title role of Nanny McPhee with Colin Firth. 

More about Emma Thompson and The Song of Lunch at the movie's official site.

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Emma Thompson, as She
The Song Of Lunch (Masterpiece)
PBS
A BBC / Masterpiece Co-Production

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Emma Thompson, as Nurse Emily, Homeless Woman & The Angel
Angels In America
HBO

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Emma Thompson, as Vivian Bearing
Wit
HBO