Emma Thompson

Actor

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Fortunes of War (TV Mini-series) (1987): Dir. James Cellan Jones
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Alan Bennett…; An under–appreciated historical epic focused on the personal experience of war, starring then–English glamour couple Kenneth Branagh and…
Tutti Frutti (TV Series) (1987): Feat. Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson, Richard Wilson; This beautifully sardonic Scottish miniseries launched the careers of it's lead actors, offering a brilliant satire of the music industry and a deft…
Tall Guy, The (1989): Dir. Mel Smith
Feat. Jeff Goldblum, Rowan Atkinson, Emma Thompson; Jeff Goldblum plays an American actor in England who faces successive crises with obnoxious employer Rowan Atkinson and love interest Emma Thompson.
Look Back in Anger (1989): Dir. Judi Dench
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Siobhan Redmond; TV production of John Osborne's influential play from the 50's, directed by Judi Dench. Kenneth Branagh plays the educated but disaffected "angry…
Impromptu (1990): Dir. James Lapine
Feat. Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin…; Splendid frolic with Chopin, Liszt, Delacroix, George Sand and friends gathered at a French country villa. Hilarious and moving, Judy Davis leads a…
Dead Again (1991): Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson; Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson go Stateside for this askewed whodunnit about a P.I. who is hired to help an amnesia victim, seemingly haunted by…
Howards End (1992): Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter; Merchant/Ivory's E.M. Forster adaptation is so exquisite it pales their previous efforts. Forster's usual themes of class injustice and emotional…
Peter's Friends (1992): Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie…; British stiff–upper–lip spin on the BIG CHILL with Kenneth Brannagh and friends. They come across as something of a lacklustre lot,…
In the Name of the Father (1993): Dir. Jim Sheridan
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson; Daniel Day–Lewis gives a devastating performance in this powerhouse re–creation of the tragedy that beset Jerry Conlon, his family and…
Much Ado About Nothing (1993): Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves…; Kenneth Branagh plunders the Bard again and pulls off a rare breed of romantic escapism. Here he somehow modifies the traditional text for an…
Remains of the Day (1993): Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Christopher Reeve…; Note–perfect adaptation of the Booker–winning novel plays out its key themes of duty and betrayal, love and loss with effortless class,…
Junior (1994): Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny De Vito, Emma Thompson; High–gloss whimsy in which Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito contrast screen personas once again, this time as science mavericks…
Carrington (1995): Dir. Christopher Hampton
Feat. Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, Steven Waddington…; Titular tomboy Emma Thompson finds inexplicable desire for fellow 'Bloomsbury groupie' and effette intellectual Lytton Strachey in this academic…
Sense and Sensibility (1995): Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman…; It all started here – The Jane Austen Revival, in a witty and engaging take on this classic tale of two sisters, one practical (Emma Thompson),…
Winter Guest, The (1997): Dir. Alan Rickman
Feat. Emma Thompson, Phyllida Law, Gary Hollywood; Emma Thompson ventures to farther–flung fields in a contemporary family melodrama played out within the bleak confines of a wintery British…
Primary Colors (1998): Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton…; In charting the rise of a controversial Southern Governor through the US Democratic primary campaign, John Travolta rises admirably to his most…
Judas Kiss (1998): Dir. Sebastian Guitierrez
Feat. Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Carla Gugino…; Kidnapping–gone–wrong thriller that trades off the curious casting of Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman as the American cops in pursuit.…
Treasure Planet (2002): Dir. John Musker, Ron Clements
Feat. Emma Thompson, Martin Short, David Hyde Pierce; A spaced–up animated version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s TREASURE ISLAND, with young Jim shipping aboard a galactic galleon with…
Wit (2003): Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins, Christopher Lloyd…; The dramatic and comedic talents of Emma Thompson flourish in a brave, heartfelt performance as a terminally ill literary professor with a…
Love Actually (2003): Dir. Richard Curtis
Feat. Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson…; Golden–boy comedy writer Richard Curtis assumes directing duties for the first time but mislays the Midas touch he gained from penning “Four…
Imagining Argentina (2003): Dir. Christopher Hampton
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Ruben Blades…; A controversial adaptation of Lawrence Thornton's award–winning novel, set in the Argentine dictatorship of the mid–1970s. Thompson is…
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004): Dir. Alfonso Cuaron
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane…; Young Harry's troublesome education continues at Hogswarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry, in this increasingly confident series, here given a…
Angels in America (TV Mini Series) (2004): Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson…; An ambitious, multi–leveled portrait of the fractures, politics and metaphysical crises of 1980s America based on the stageplay by Tony…
Nanny McPhee (2005): Dir. Kirk Jones
Feat. Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly MacDonald…; A well–bred British entertainment for children which fuses the traditional likes of MARY POPPINS with the current wave of gothic fantasy (Harry…
Stranger Than Fiction (2006): Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal…; A self–consciously 'clever' comedy with a cunning conceit – tax inspector Will Ferrell discovers that his drab life is being narrated and…
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007): Dir. David Yates
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Robbie Coltrane, Helena Bonham Carter…; The fifth movie of the Harry Potter franchise finds the Wiz–kid struggling with adolescent hormones, a blind bureaucracy and most memorably,…
Brideshead Revisited (2008): Dir. Julian Jarrold
Feat. Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Hayley Atwell…; Sound adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel of illicit love in the realms of High Society, set against the backdrop of pre–WWII Britain.…
Last Chance Harvey (2008): Dir. Joel Hopkins
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins…; Simple romance stars Dustin Hoffman as a down–and–out divorcee whose life seems to be going nowhere until he meets the equally…
An Education (2009): Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina…; An assured and alluring coming–of–age drama set in swinging sixties London (1961 in fact), with teenage ingenue Carey Mulligan falling in…
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010): Dir. Susanna White
Feat. Emma Thompson, Ralph Fiennes, Ewan McGregor…; Emma Thompson again pens and stars in the second installment about the otherworldly nanny, accompanied again by a staggering array of British…

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Filmography (All Films)