Emma Thompson
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Emma Thompson – British actress and screenwriter, winner of two awards “Oscar” and two “Golden Globe”. It is known for the television series “Tutti Frutti,” “Fortunes of War”, the comedy “Long”, the film adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility.”
Biography
Born in London on April 15, 1959. Her mother and father – famous actors Phyllida Law and Eric Thompson, and her sister Sophie also an actress.
Emma studied at the London School of Camden for girls, and then at Cambridge University, where she participated in productions of comic scenes. After completion of the course she began to act in the company «Footlights».
In 1987, Emma first appeared on screen in the series “Tutti Frutti” and “Fortunes of War”, which brought fame aspiring actress. Two years later came the comedy “lanky” Mel Smith in which Thompson starred. In 1992, Emma Thompson made her debut in a Hollywood movie – the film “Howards End,” for which Thompson was nominated for “Oscar” in the nomination “Best Actress”, “Golden Globe” and a BAFTA. The following year, she played in the film “Remains of the Day” and “In the Name of the Father.”
In 1995, she played in the film adaptation of the Jane Austen novel “Sense and Sensibility”, as she wrote the screenplay for this film. As an actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson again nominated for “Oscar” and “Golden Globe”, and as a result she was given two awards in the category “Best Screenplay.”
In 1998, Thompson played in the political film “Primary Colors” with actor John Travolta. Later, Thompson starred as Professor Sybil Trelawney in the film adaptations of books about Harry Potter, however, said the actress, these surveys were not particularly interesting to her.
In 2005 came the family comedy “Nanny McPhee,” which Thompson starred in and also made the author of the script, which she wrote for nine years. 5 years later came the sequel of this film – “Nanny McPhee 2”.
In 2013, Emma Thompson co-starred with Tom Hanks in the tragicomedy “Saving Mr. Banks”, in which she got the role of the English writer Pamela Travers. The participation of the actress in this film was highly appreciated by film critics, they predicted it nominated for an “Oscar”, but Thompson was unable to get shortlisted.
Most of his life Emma Thompson spends in Scotland, where now the actress has a second home.
Thompson was a failed marriage with actor Kenneth Branagh – they divorced in 1995 after six years of marriage. In 1999, the actress daughter of actor Greg Wise, who under her for 7 years. In 2003, Thompson married Wise, and in the same year the couple adopted a child from Rwanda, whose family was killed during the genocide.
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