The following is a list of awards and nominations received by British actress and screenwriter
Emma Thompson.
Throughout her career, she has won two
Academy Awards
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, three
BAFTA Awards, two
Golden Globe Awards, and one
Primetime Emmy Award. She is the only person in Academy Award history to win for both acting and writing (
Best Actress
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for
James Ivory
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's period drama ''
Howards End
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'' and
Best Adapted Screenplay for ''
Sense and Sensibility
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''), and is one of 12 actors to have received
two acting nominations in the same year. Thompson has received six
BAFTA nominations and ten
Golden Globe nominations. For her work on television, she has received seven
Emmy nominations, winning
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearance for ''
Ellen'' in 1998.
Major associations
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
BAFTA Awards
Emmy Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Grammy Awards
Independent Spirit Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Miscellaneous awards
Boston Society Film Critics
Empire Awards
European Film Awards
National Board of Review
Satellite Awards
Writers Guild of America Awards
Critics awards
Miscellaneous awards
References
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Lists of awards received by British actor
Awards