Emma Thompson Highlights

  • 2008: Co-starred with Dustin Hoffman in the romantic comedy "Last Chance Harvey"
  • 2008: Nominated for the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ("Last Chance Harvey")
  • 2007: Reprised role of Professor Sybill Trelawney in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
  • 2006: Voiced the narrator dictating Will Ferrell's life in the Marc Forster comedy, "Stranger Than Fiction"
  • 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
  • 2004: Cast as Sibyl Trelawney, the ethereal and quirky professor of divination in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
  • 2003: Starred in Richard Curtis' directorial debut "Love Actually"
  • 2003: Re-teamed with Nichols to play the Angel in the HBO miniseries adaption of "Angels in America"; earned SAG and Emmy nominations
  • 2001: Returned to acting in Mike Nichols' TV adaption of the the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Wit" (HBO), playing a professor who develops ovarian cancer; also co-wrote the screenplay with Nichols; earned Emmy nominations for writing and acting
  • 1998: Cast as the wife of a presidential candidate (played by John Travolta) in the Mike Nichols directed "Primary Colors"
  • 1997: Appeared on the ABC sitcom "Ellen" as a British actress named 'Emma Thompson' who reveals she's a lesbian from Ohio
  • 1997: Played on-screen mother and daughter, opposite her real-life mother in "The Winter Guest"; directed by Alan Rickman
  • 1995: Made screenwriting debut with an adaptation of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility"; directed by Ang Lee; also co-starred; received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination
  • 1994: Starred in the British TV drama "The Blue Boy"; first collaboration with mother, Phyllida Law, who played her on-screen mother
  • 1994: Played a rare comic lead in "Junior" opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger
  • 1993: Earned an Oscar nomination for her performance as a housekeeper in Merchant-Ivory's "The Remains of the Day"; again co-starred with Hopkins
  • 1993: Received an Oscar nomination for her role as the lawyer for the Guildford Four in Jim Sheridan's "In the Name of the Father"
  • 1992: Breakthrough screen role, co-starring with Anthony Hopkins in the Merchant-Ivory production, "Howards End"
  • 1992: Had a memorable guest role on the NBC sitcom "Cheers" as Nanny Gee, a woman from Dr. Frasier Crane's past
  • 1989: Film debut in "The Tall Guy"
  • 1989: Acted the role of Katherine in "Henry V"; again directed by Branagh, who also co-starred
  • 1989: Cast opposite Kenneth Branagh in stage revival of "Look Back in Anger"; directed by Judi Dench
  • 1988: Hosted and wrote own BBC-TV comedy-variety series, "Thompson"
  • 1987: Starred with Robbie Coltrane in the six-hour BBC miniseries, "Tutti Frutti"
  • 1987: Played Harriet Pringle opposite Kenneth Branagh in the BBC miniseries, "Fortunes of War"
  • 1985: Co-starred opposite Robert Lindsay in the West End hit musical, "Me and My Girl"
  • 1984: Wrote and performed the one woman show "Short Vehicle" at the Edinburgh Fringe
  • 1983: Worked with Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry in the sketch comedy series "Alfresco"
  • 1981: Co-wrote, co-produced, co-directed and performed with Cambridge's first all-female revue, "Woman's Hour"
  • 1979: Acted with Cambridge the University's theatrical club, the Footlights

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