Emma Thompson is one of the world’s most critically lauded and respected talents for her versatility in acting as well as screenwriting. She is the only artist to have received an Academy Award for both acting (Howards End) and screenwriting (Sense and Sensibility). In June of 2018 she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Emma’s film credits begin with The Tall Guy. Other roles include Sense and Sensibility, Howards End, The Remains of the Day, In the Name of the Father, Last Christmas (for which she was also co - screenwriter and producer), Late Night, King Lear, The Children Act, Love Actually; Saving Mr. Banks; The Meyerowitz Stories; Beauty and the Beast; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; Henry V; Dead Again; Peter’s Friends; Much Ado About Nothing; Junior; Carrington; Nanny McPhee and Nanny McPhee Returns (for both of which she wrote the screenplay and was an Executive Producer on the latter), The Winter Guest; Primary Colors; Stranger Than Fiction; Last Chance Harvey; Love Punch; Brave, two of the Men In Black sequels, Cruella, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, Matilda, What’s Love Got To Do With It and the title role in the upcoming film The Fisherwoman .
Television credits include Years & Years; HBO’s Wit and Angels in America, Song of Lunch, Walking the Dog; Alfresco, the eponymous BBC series Thompson, Tutti Frutti and Fortunes of War.
Emma is President of the Helen Bamber Foundation , an ambassador for ActionAid , and a Patron of the Refugee Council and of Edinburgh College’s Performing Arts Studio of Scotland.
