Emma Thompson

Gave birth to her first child at age 40, a daughter Gaia Romilly Wise on December 4, 1999, and jokingly called her "jane.com". Childs father is her husband Greg Wise.

(October 1997) Ranked #91 in Empire magazines "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.

Attended and graduated from Camden School for Girls, and the all-women Newnham College of Cambridge University with an English degree. Jodhi May also attended Camden School for Girls.

She co-wrote, co-produced, and co-directed Cambridge Universitys first all-female revue "Womans Hour".

Elder sister of Sophie Thompson.

Was named to the Board of Advisors for Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival (previously Fahrenheit Theater Company) in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Her mother is Phyllida Law , who has appeared in several movies with her.

Her father was stage director Eric Thompson.

Was originally slated to play the role of "God" in Kevin Smith s Dogma . She was unable to perform due to her pregnancy.

Turned down the role of Anna Leonowens in Anna and the King , which went to Jodie Foster.

She was initially cast as the lead role in Basic Instinct , but refused later on. About Sharon Stone s appearance she said: "As far as I can see, from Sharon Stone s love scene in Basic Instinct , they molded her body out of tough Plasticine. She was shagging Michael Douglas like a donkey, and not an inch moved. If that had been me, there would have been things flying around hitting me in the eye.".

Speaks French and Spanish fluently.

Resides across the street from her mother and down the street from her sister.

Her brother-in-law is Richard Lumsden , a British actor-comedian.

She was ranked fifth in the 2001 Orange Film Survey of greatest British film actresses.

Is one of only ten actors who have been nominated for both a Supporting and Lead Acting Academy Award in the same year for their achievements in two different movies. The other nine are Fay Bainter , Cate Blanchett , Teresa Wright , Barry Fitzgerald (nominated in both categories for the same role in the same movie), Jessica Lange , Sigourney Weaver , Al Pacino , Holly Hunter , Julianne Moore and Jamie Foxx. Holly Hunter received her double-nomination in the same year that Thompson did.

Has one song dedicated to her and named after her, on famous French singer Georges Moustaki s album "Moustaki".

Is the only person to have won Academy awards for both acting and writing. She won Best Actress for Howards End , and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sense and Sensibility .

Accepted the role of Professor Trelawny in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban to impress her daughter, Gaia.

Read English Literature at Cambridge University.

Used to keep her Oscar statuettes in her bathroom but had to move her Oscars to make room for her daughter Gaias artwork. She now keeps them in her office.

Her performance as Miss Kenton in The Remains of the Day is ranked #52 on Premiere magazines 100 Greatest Performances of All Time.

She was a member of the Cambridge Footlights and in 1981, along with Stephen Fry , Tony Slattery , Hugh Laurie , Paul Dwyer and Paul Shearer , she became the winner of the first ever Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Has played Hugh Grant s love interest in Sense and Sensibility and his sister in in Love Actually .

Won both of her Oscars for films that also featured actors she would work with again in the Harry Potter films. Helena Bonham Carter , who appeared in Howards End , also played Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . Alan Rickman , who appeared in Sense and Sensibility , had played Professor Severus Snape in 8 films of Harry Potter from 2001 to 2011.

Was considered for the lead role of Emma Peel in the high-profile film adaptation of The Avengers , which went to Uma Thurman.

Good friends with Meryl Streep after starring with her in "Angels in America" .

Though she is not seen in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix after her character is fired, it is her voice that speaks the prophecy that Harry retrieves at the films ending.

Was to executive produce the film "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline", that was to be written and directed by Fay Efrosini Lellios. Actors Sherilyn Fenn , Kate Winslet , Rufus Sewell , Miranda Richardson and Paul McGann were involved in the project. The shooting was set to start in June 1998 in New Hampshire. The film was canceled due to financial withdrawal.

Whilst working on the Oscar winning script for Sense and Sensibility , Emmas computer developed a serious problem and she was unable to locate the file. She took the computer to Stephen Fry who, after seven hours, finally managed to retrieve the script.

Ex-sister-in-law of Joyce Branagh.

Returned to work eight months after giving birth to her daughter Gaia in order to begin filming Wit .

Good friends with Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hayley Atwell.

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6714 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on August 6, 2010. Among those who helped her celebrate were Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Laurie.

Met husband-to-be Greg Wise on the set of Sense and Sensibility .

First experience of Los Angeles occurred in 1973 when, at age 14, she accompanied her father Eric Thompson who was scheduled to direct a theatrical production of Alan Ayckbourn s "The Norman Conquests" at the Ahmanson Theatre. Coincidentally, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (adjacent to the Ahmanson) would be where, 20 years on, Thompson was awarded her first Best Actress Oscar for Howards End in 1993.

On August 7, 2010, she was awarded a Star (#2416) on the Hollywood Walk of Fame right outside the British landmark pub the Pig n Whistle. Longtime friend Hugh Laurie , also a earlier boyfriend during undergraduates at Cambridge University... was on hand to deliver fond words of commendation.

Prior to giving birth to her daughter Gaia in 1999, Thompson became pregnant by her then-husband Kenneth Branagh in 1994 and partner Greg Wise in 1997; she suffered miscarriages on both occasions. Thompson and Wise used IVF to conceive Gaia.

Several of her Harry Potter castmates have appeared in her Nanny McPhee films as well: Imelda Staunton , Kelly Macdonald , Ralph Fiennes , Maggie Smith and Rhys Ifans.

Has been best friends with Simon McBurney ever since they were teenagers.

According to a 2012 Guardian profile of Emma Thompson, in 2003, she and Greg Wise (who had already had their daughter, Gaia), informally adopted a teenage boy. Their son, Tindyebwa ("Tindy") Agaba, was a former child soldier from Rwanda whom Thompson first met when he was 16 at a party for the charity organization the Refugee Council. Tindys family had died before or during the Rwandan genocide, and after he escaped from his forced child soldier-hood, he lived on the streets of London before receiving aid from the Refugee Council.

Thompson, Leonardo DiCaprio , Tilda Swinton , Marion Cotillard , Tom Hanks , Daniel Brhl , Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams are the only actors to receive a Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA and Critics Choice Award nomination for the same performance and then fail to be Oscar-nominated for it: for their performances in Saving Mr. Banks , The Departed , We Need to Talk About Kevin , De rouille et dos , Captain Phillips , Rush (2013/I) , Nightcrawler and Arrival , respectively.

Has won two Oscars and at both ceremonies, her statuettes were presented to her by frequent co-star Sir Anthony Hopkins.

As of 2017, has appeared in five films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Howards End , In the Name of the Father , The Remains of the Day , Sense and Sensibility and An Education .

Was the 105th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Howards End at The 65th Annual Academy Awards on March 29, 1993.

Did an uncredited final polishing of the script for Paddington .

She appeared in four films directed by her then husband Kenneth Branagh : Henry V , Dead Again , Peters Friends and Much Ado About Nothing .

(May 1989) Is the only cast member to have a Shakespearian role directly after a British premiere attendance, upon the same day as the role other co-stars matched Emma Thompsons attended/support of a Shakespeare themed event.

When she won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Howards End , she received that from Sir Anthony Hopkins , who had been her co-star in that movie. The next year, she presented the Best Actor Oscar to Tom Hanks for his performance in Philadelphia . The two would co-star in Saving Mr. Banks .

Shares her birthday with her Harry Potter co-star Emma Watson .

Along with Fay Bainter , Teresa Wright , Barry Fitzgerald , Jessica Lange , Sigourney Weaver , Al Pacino , Holly Hunter , Julianne Moore , Jamie Foxx and Cate Blanchett , she is one of only eleven actors to receive Academy Award nominations in two acting categories in the same year. She was nominated for Best Actress for The Remains of the Day and Best Supporting Actress for In the Name of the Father at the 66th Academy Awards in 1994. Hunter was likewise nominated for both awards at the 66th Academy Awards, winning Best Actress for The Piano .

In 2016, Emma Thompson played a high-octane version of herself in the comedy web series High Road. The performance earned Thompson a "Best Guest Actress - Comedy" nomination at the 8th Annual Indie Series Awards. Her husband, Greg Wise, is also nominated for his work in the same episode. Winners will be announced at the ISAs ceremony in Los Angeles on April 5, 2017.

Is one of 3 actresses who have won both the Best Actress Oscar (hers being for Howards End ) and the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy (hers being for "Ellen" ). The other actresses are Gwyneth Paltrow and Kathy Bates.

I am who I am and there is nothing I can do about that.

I have periods of intense activity, then stop. My ideal is to work hard,in the morning until I pick Gaia up from school. Just putting an empty,square in my diary seems to make a space in my head, too. You have to,be very good at saying no.

[on the personality of P. L. Travers and Saving Mr. Banks (2013) ],She is a rather extraordinary combination of things. I suppose that was,the scary thing about playing her. In film, we often get to play,someone who is emotionally or morally consistent in some way, and she,was not consistent in any way.

[Walt] Disney had a very Dickensian childhood. Disneyland was a way of,rendering the world a safe place for himself and other children.

Lindsay [Doran] goes round the table and introduces everyone -- making it clear that I am present in the capacity of writer rather than actress, therefore no one has to be too nice to me.

My godfather sad that story was abut taking the chaotic jigsaw of life, making it into a picture and putting a frame around it so that we could look at it, have control over it. Story and art are the humanizing elements of us.

The fire alarm went off. Fire engines came racing; we all rushed out on the gravel drive, everyone thinking it was us. In fact, one of the elderly residents of Saltram had left a pan on the oven in her flat. Apparently this happens all the time. The tenant in question is appearing as an extra -- playing one of the cooks.

(On period costume posture coaching:)"We all stand about like parboiled spaghetti being straightened out.

I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word-politeness of the heart a gentleness of the spirit.

Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals.

We need men and women to sit down and talk to each other about sex honestly and openly. That would help us fight Aids so immediately. But our lack of communication is hugely problematic.

It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world and I think that that knowledge gap has done a lot to contribute to the imbalance quite frankly.