Who is Emma Thompson

Three Reasons To Love Emma Thompson 

1. Much Ado About Nothing
2. Nanny McPhee
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Emma Thompson Filmography 

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
  Sybil Trelawney
• Nanny McPhee (2006)
  Nanny McPhee
• Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
  Kay Eiffel
• Fortunes of War (2005)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
  Professor Sybil Trelawney
• Imagining Argentina (2004)
  Cecelia Reuda
• Love Actually (2003)
  Karen
• Treasure Planet (2002)
  Voice of Captain Amelia
• Maybe Baby (2001)
  Druscilla
• Judas Kiss (1999)
• Primary Colors (1998)
  Susan Stanton
• The Winter Guest (1997)
  Frances
• Carrington (1995)
  Dora Carrington
• Sense and Sensibility (1995)
  Elinor Dashwood
• Junior (1994)
  Diana Reddin
• In the Name of the Father (1993)
  Gareth Peirce
• Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
  Beatrice--An Orphan, Leonato's Niece
• The Remains of the Day (1993)
  Miss Kenton
• Howards End (1992)
  Margaret Schlegel
• Peter's Friends (1992)
  Maggie
• Dead Again (1991)
  Grace/ Margaret Strauss
• Impromptu (1991)
  Duchess d'Antan
• The Tall Guy (1990)
  Kate Lemon
• Henry V (1989)
  Katherine
• Look Back in Anger (1989)
• Fortunes of War (1987)
• Tutti Frutti (1987)BBC-TV miniseries
  Suzi Kettles

Emma Thompson's Writing Credits 

• Nanny McPhee (2006)
  Screenplay (Adaptation)
• Sense and Sensibility (1995)
  screenplay

Some Of Emma Thompson's Milestones 

• 1979 Acted with Cambridge University's Footlights revue at the Edinburgh Fringe
• 1981 Co-wrote, co-produced, co-directed and performed with Cambridge's first all-female revue, "Woman's Hour"
• 1983 Worked with Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry on the TV show "Alfresco"
• 1985 Co-starred opposite Robert Lindsay in the West End hit musical, "Me and My Girl" for a 16-month run
• 1987 Starred with Robbie Coltrane in six-hour BBC-TV miniseries, "Tutti Frutti"
• 1988 Hosted and wrote own BBC-TV comedy-variety series, "Thompson"
• 1989 Acted the role of Katherine in "Henry V", directed and starring Kenneth Branagh
• 1989 Film debut in "The Tall Guy"
• 1989 Joined Renaissance Theatre Company and was directed by Branagh as the Fool in "King Lear" and as Helena in "A Midsummer's Night's Dream"
• 1989 Played opposite Kenneth Branagh in stage revival of "Look Back in Anger", directed by Dame Judi Dench; production was filmed for TV directed by David Jones
• 1992 Breakthrough screen role, Margaret Schlegel in the Merchant-Ivory production of "Howards End", co-starring Anthony Hopkins; received Best Actress Academy Award
• 1992 Made memorable guest appearance on the NBC sitcom "Cheers" as Nanny Gee, a woman from Dr Frasier Crane's past
• 1993 Earned two Oscar nominations: Best Actress for her performance as a housekeeper in Merchant-Ivory's "The Remains of the Day", again opposite Hopkins; and Best Supporting Actress for her turn as a barrister in "In the Name of the Father"
• 1994 Played a rare comic lead in "Junior" opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger
• 1994 Starred in the British TV drama "The Blue Boy"; first time her mother, actress Phyllida Law was cast as her onscreen mother
• 1995 Made screenwriting debut with adaptation of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility"; also starred; received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination and won Best Screenplay Oscar
• 1997 Made guest appearance on the ABC sitcom "Ellen" playing a British actress named "Emma Thompson" who reveals she's a lesbian from Ohio
• 1997 Played opposite her real-life mother as mother and daughter in "The Winter Guest", directed by Alan Rickman
• 1998 Cast as the wife of a presidential candidate in "Primary Colors"
• 2003 Reunited with Nichols to play the Angel in the HBO miniseries adaptation of "Angels in America"; received a SAG and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (2004)
• 2004 Cast as Sibyl Trelawney, the ethereal and quirky professor of divination in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"; based on the third book in the best-selling children's series by J.K. Rowling
• 2006 Played a governess who uses magic to rein in the behavior of seven ne'er-do-well children in "Nanny McPhee"; also wrote screenplay