Emma Thompson
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Dame Emma Thompson (born April 15, 1959) is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2018, she was made a dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to drama. Born to actors Eric Thompson and Phyllida Law, Thompson was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she became a member of the Footlights troupe and app...
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
Filmography
The Sheep Detectives
2026
Everybody to Kenmure Street
2026
as Van Guy
Dead of Winter
2025
as Barb
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
as Dr. Rawlings
Down Cemetery Road
2025
as Zoë Boehm
Merchant Ivory
2024
as Self
Bad Tidings
2024
as Self (archive footage)
What's Love Got to Do with It?
2023
as Cath Stevenson
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
as Self
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
2022
as Self
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
2022
as Nancy Stokes
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
2022
as Agatha Trunchbull
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022
as Lady Marcham
An Audience with Adele
2021
as Self
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Cruella
2021
as The Baroness
How to Build a Girl
2020
as Amanda
Dolittle
2020
as Poly (voice)
Hollywood's Dark Secret
2019
as Self
Extinction
2019
Late Night
2019
as Katherine Newbury
Missing Link
2019
as Dora the Yeti Elder (voice)
Last Christmas
2019
as Petra Andrich
Men in Black: International
2019
as Agent O
Years and Years
2019
as Vivienne Rook
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
Greenpeace: There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom
2018
as Narrator (voice)
The Children Act
2018
as Fiona Maye
King Lear
2018
as Goneril
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
as Prime Minister
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Beauty and the Beast
2017
as Mrs. Potts
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017
as Maureen Meyerowitz
Sea Sorrow
2017
as Self
Alone in Berlin
2016
as Anna Quangel
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016
as Dr Rawlings
To the Ends of the Earth
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Die vielen Gesichter der Emma Thompson
2016
as Elle-Même
The Doubt Machine: Inside the Koch Brothers' War on Climate Science
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
A Walk in the Woods
2015
as Catherine Bryson
The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015
as Cemolina
Burnt
2015
as Dr. Rosshilde
Funny Valentines
2015
as Debbie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
The Real Mary Poppins
2014
as Self
Effie Gray
2014
as Lady Eastlake
The Love Punch
2014
as Kate Jones
Men, Women & Children
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2014
as Mrs. Lovett
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
as P.L. Travers
Beautiful Creatures
2013
as Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes
Men in Black 3
2012
as Agent O
Brave
2012
as Elinor (voice)
Walking the Dogs
2012
as The Queen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Sybill Trelawney
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
as Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
as Self
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
as Nanny McPhee
The Song of Lunch
2010
as She
Fry and Laurie Reunited
2010
as Self
An Education
2009
as Headmistress
The Boat That Rocked
2009
as Charlotte
A Sense of Character
2009
as Self
A Very Quiet Man
2009
as Self
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility
2009
as Self
Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility
2009
as Self
Brideshead Revisited
2008
as Lady Marchmain
Last Chance Harvey
2008
as Kate Walker
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Sybill Trelawney
I Am Legend
2007
as Dr. Alice Krippin
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self - Guest
Stranger Than Fiction
2006
as Karen Eiffel
Nanny McPhee
2005
as Nanny McPhee
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
as Sybill Trelawney
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
Love Actually
2003
as Karen
Imagining Argentina
2003
as Cecilia Rueda
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
QI
2003
as Self
Angels in America
2003
as Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel
Treasure Planet
2002
as Captain Amelia (voice)
Sucré salé
2002
as Self
Timeshift
2002
as self
Wit
2001
as Vivian Bearing
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
2001
as Self
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw
2001
as Self
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
2001
as Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self - Guest
Maybe Baby
2000
as Druscilla
Primary Colors
1998
as Susan Stanton
Judas Kiss
1998
as FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins
Junket Whore
1998
as Self
Parkinson
1998
as Self
The Winter Guest
1997
as Frances
Hospital!
1997
as Elephant Woman
The View
1997
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Sense and Sensibility
1995
as Elinor Dashwood
Carrington
1995
as Dora Carrington
Junior
1994
as Dr. Diana Reddin
My Father the Hero
1994
as Isabel (uncredited)
The Blue Boy
1994
as Marie Bonnar
Ellen
1994
as Emma Thompson
The Remains of the Day
1993
as Miss Kenton
In the Name of the Father
1993
as Gareth Peirce
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
as Beatrice
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
GMTV
1993
as Self
Peter's Friends
1992
as Maggie Chester
Howards End
1992
as Margaret Schlegel
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Dead Again
1991
as Margaret Strauss / Grace
Impromptu
1991
as Duchess D'Antan
Rabbit Ears - The White Cat
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Tin Fish
1990
Henry V
1989
as Katherine
The Tall Guy
1989
as Kate
Look Back in Anger
1989
as Alison Porter
The Winslow Boy
1989
as Catherine Winslow
Colleagues From Hell
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Thompson
1988
as Self - Host
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Tutti Frutti
1987
as Suzi Kettles
Fortunes of War
1987
as Harriet Pringle
Screen Two
1985
as Marie
Slags
1984
as Young Woman
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
Alfresco
1983
as Various
The Crystal Cube
1983
as Jackie Meld / Various Roles
The Cellar Tapes
1982
as various
The Young Ones
1982
as Miss Money-Sterling
There's Nothing to Worry About!
1982
as Various
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Young Woman
Cheers
1982
as Nanny Gee
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
The Val Doonican Music Show
1977
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self