Emma Thompson on stage and screen

British actress Dame Emma Thompson has appeared in many films, television programmes and stage productions. She has won and been nominated for many awards during her career, including five Academy Award nominations (winning two), nine Golden Globe Award nominations (winning two), seven BAFTA Award nominations (winning three), and six Emmy Award nominations (winning one).

She first came to prominence in 1987 in two BBC TV series, ''Tutti Frutti (1987 TV series), Tutti Frutti'' and ''Fortunes of War (TV series), Fortunes of War'', winning the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her work in both series. Her first film role was in the 1989 romantic comedy ''The Tall Guy'', and in the early 1990s, she and her then husband, actor and director Kenneth Branagh co-starred in several films, including ''Dead Again'' (1991) and ''Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film), Much Ado About Nothing'' (1993).

In 1992, Thompson won an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Award for Best Actress for the period drama ''Howards End (film), Howards End''. In 1993, she garnered dual Academy Award nominations for her roles in ''The Remains of the Day (film), The Remains of the Day'' as the housekeeper of a grand household and ''In the Name of the Father (film), In the Name of the Father'' as a lawyer. Thompson scripted and starred in ''Sense and Sensibility (film), Sense and Sensibility'' (1995), which earned her numerous awards. In 2013, she received acclaim and several award nominations for her portrayal of author P. L. Travers in ''Saving Mr. Banks''. Other notable film and television credits include the Harry Potter (film series), ''Harry Potter'' film series (2004–2011), ''Wit (film), Wit'' (2001), ''Love Actually'' (2003), ''Angels in America (miniseries), Angels in America'' (2003), ''Nanny McPhee'' (2005), ''Stranger than Fiction (2006 film), Stranger than Fiction'' (2006), ''Last Chance Harvey'' (2008), ''Men in Black 3'' (2012), ''Brave (2012 film), Brave'' (2012), ''A Walk in the Woods (film), A Walk in the Woods'' (2015), ''Bridget Jones's Baby'' (2016), ''Beauty and the Beast (2017 film), Beauty and the Beast'' (2017), ''Late Night (film), Late Night'' (2019), ''Years and Years'' directed & written by Russell Davies (2019) and ''Cruella (film), Cruella'' (2021).

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Theatre

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