In 1993, she had dual Academy Award nominations for her roles in The Remains of the Day as the housekeeper of a grand household and In the Name of the Father as a lawyer, becoming the eighth performer in history to be nominated for two acting Oscars in the same year. I have a definite feeling of inheriting space. [37] She continued to experiment with Shakespeare in the new decade, appearing with Branagh in his stage productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and King Lear. [40], Thompson reunited with Merchant–Ivory and Anthony Hopkins to film The Remains of the Day (1993), a film which has been described as a "classic" and the production team's definitive film. [133] In 2008, Thompson announced that she and Wise "had written a script together about John Ruskin, the Victorian art critic, which we want to make into a film. [168][169] Early in her career, when she was closely associated with her first husband Kenneth Branagh, she was considered a "luvvy". She was approached by the publishers to write it, the first authorised Peter story since 1930 and the only one not written by Potter. [79] Thompson's character, Susan, is described as that of an "ambitious, long-suffering wife" who has to deal with her husband's infidelity. [120][121] Film critic Peter Travers was critical of Thompson's performance and "outrageously awful Southern accent", and feared "the damage this crock may do to [her] reputation". Thompson's first husband was the actor and director Kenneth Branagh, whom she met in 1987 while filming the television series Fortunes of War. [7] "Slowly", Thompson has commented, "he became a sort of permanent fixture, came on holiday to Scotland with us, became part of the family. [28] There's Nothing to Worry About! Thompson's only credit of 2002 was a voice role in Disney's Treasure Planet, an adaptation of Treasure Island, where she voiced Captain Amelia. [98] The film was booed and jeered at when it was screened at the Venice Film Festival and received a scathing article in The Guardian. [8], Parlamentarische Versammlung bei den Vereinten Nationen, Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban, Eine zauberhafte Nanny – Knall auf Fall in ein neues Abenteuer, Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes – Teil 2, Beautiful Creatures – Eine unsterbliche Liebe, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), Mister Link – Ein fellig verrücktes Abenteuer, Kampagne für die Einrichtung eines Parlaments bei den Vereinten Nationen. [56] She has named the film as one of the greatest experiences of her career, considering it to be a "masterpiece of withheld emotion". [43] According to the critic Vincent Canby, the film allowed Thompson to "[come] into her own", away from Branagh. [178] In 2013, Thompson wrote a second book in the series titled The Christmas Tale of Peter Rabbit. [143] Effie Gray was released in October 2014, to a modest reception. Flower of Scotland. [16] She often brings her real personality to her roles, and Kellaway believes that her lack of conventional beauty contributes to her likeability as an actress. [6][7] Her godfather was the director and writer Ronald Eyre. [29] For these performances, Thompson won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. The film explored the social class system in Edwardian England, with Thompson playing an idealistic, intellectual, forward-looking woman who comes into association with a privileged and deeply conservative family. [44] Upon release, Roger Ebert wrote that she was "superb in the central role: quiet, ironic, observant, with steel inside". [24] Thompson graduated with upper second-class honours. [144] Thompson plays Elizabeth Eastlake and Greg Wise plays John Ruskin. 1986 spielte sie in der BBC-Fernsehserie Fortunes of War, wo sie ihren späteren Ehemann Kenneth Branagh kennenlernte. [7] The pair attempted to keep the relationship private, refusing to be interviewed or photographed together. Tata Matilda e il grande botto (Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang) è un film del 2010 diretto da Susanna White, tratto dalla serie di libri Tata Matilda della scrittrice inglese Christianna Brand, sequel del film Nanny McPhee - Tata Matilda del 2005.. Trama. She explained in an interview in 2007 how she discovered the book The Madwoman in the Attic, "which is about Victorian female writers and the disguises they took on in order to express what they wanted to express. -Herci Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, a Thomas Sangster spolu hráli už v Lásce nebeské (2003) a další herecké trio Colin Firth, Celia Imrie a Patrick Barlow se zase objevilo v Deníku Bridget Jonesové (2001). [21] Fry recalled that "there was no doubt that Emma was going the distance. "[191], She is particularly active in human rights work. [91] Reviewing the performance, Roger Ebert was touched by "the way she struggles with every ounce of her humanity to keep her self-respect", and in 2008 he called it Thompson's finest work. [20] Also in the troupe were fellow actors Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, and she had a romantic relationship with the latter. [191] In 2010, The Daily Telegraph ran an article headlined, "Emma Thompson: a national treasure or Britain's most annoying woman? Set over one day in a Scottish seaside village, the drama allowed Thompson and her mother (Phyllida Law) to play mother and daughter on screen. [110], – Thompson on her approach to acting[171], Thompson is particularly known for playing reticent women,[172] and Sands describes her as "the best actress of our times on suffering borne with poignant dignity". She next starred in The Legend of Barney Thomson. [63] She returned to independent cinema for a lead role in Carrington, which studied the platonic relationship between artist Dora Carrington and writer Lytton Strachey (played by Jonathan Pryce). Thompson hält einen Rekord bei den Academy Awards: Sie ist die bislang einzige Person, die sowohl einen Oscar für Schauspiel (Beste Hauptdarstellerin für Wiedersehen in Howards End, 1992) als auch für ein Drehbuch (Bestes adaptiertes Drehbuch für Sinn und Sinnlichkeit, 1995) gewinnen konnte. "[26] The couple have a daughter, Gaia, a pregnancy achieved via in vitro fertilisation when Thompson was 39. Her first film role was in the 1989 romantic comedy The Tall Guy. [38] Thompson returned to cinema in 1991, playing a "frivolous aristocrat"[5] in Impromptu with Judy Davis and Hugh Grant. [119] Her first film of 2013 was the fantasy romance Beautiful Creatures, in which she played an evil mother. They both declined to promote the film. The scene in which her stalwart character breaks down was described by one critic as "the best crying on screen ever",[56] and in 2013, Thompson mentioned that she gets commended for this role more than any other. They have one daughter and an adopted son. [152] The film received positive reviews and grossed $1.2 billion worldwide, making it the 15th highest-grossing film of all time. In Peter's Friends (1992), the pair starred with Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton, and Tony Slattery as a group of Cambridge alumni who are reunited ten years after graduating. En 2008, Emma Thompson confirmó entonces que no regresaría para las películas finales de la saga de Harry Potter, Harry Potter y las Reliquias de la Muerte, debido a sus compromisos con la segunda película de Nanny McPhee. [56], The year 2005 saw the release of a project Thompson had been working on for nine years. [25], In 1982, Thompson's father died aged 52. "[184] Agaba became a British citizen in 2009. "[17] She became a self-professed "punk rocker",[18] with short red hair and a motorbike, and aspired to be a comedian like Lily Tomlin. [182] In September 1995, Thompson and Branagh announced their separation; they cited their work schedules as the reason, but it later emerged that he was having an affair with actress Helena Bonham Carter. [89] She was greatly drawn to the "daredevil" role,[90] for which she had no qualms about shaving her head. [185], On 28 February 2020, Thompson and her husband were sworn in as honorary citizens of Venice, Italy and became legal residents of Italy as a result. "[160] She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for her performance. Mit Wiedersehen in Howards End (1992) hatte Thompson ihren ersten großen Erfolg, wofür sie mit dem Golden Globe und dem Oscar ausgezeichnet wurde. Widower Cedric Brown (Colin Firth) hires Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. [176] The book falls in the middle of the earlier series, rather than at the end, and takes Peter Rabbit outside of Mr. McGregor's garden and into Scotland. [88] Adapted from Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize winning play, it focuses on a self-sufficient Harvard University professor who finds her values challenged when she is diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Put shortly, Miss Jessel was upper class, Quint was lower class, and they liked to play it rough (sex) and in fact allowed themselves to be seen in the act by other servants. [39] and Thompson was nominated for Best Supporting Female at the Independent Spirit Awards. [65], Thompson's Academy success continued with Sense and Sensibility (1995), generally considered to be the most popular and authentic of the numerous film adaptations of Jane Austen's novels made in the 1990s. "Emma Thompson revives anarchist Peter Rabbit", "Arise Sir Ken: Kenneth Branagh profiled", "Scottish independence: Emma Thompson attacks separation", "Emma Thompson and her 'adopted' son meet Nelson Mandela", "Emma Thompson left new home in Venice to self-isolate at 'mum's house in Scotland, "Letters: Emma Thompson 'I do not want to die before closing the pay gap, "Emma Thompson: a national treasure or Britain's most annoying woman? [119][172] Thompson belongs to a group of highly decorated British actresses including Judi Dench, Kate Winslet and Helena Bonham Carter who are known for appearing in "heritage films" and typically showing "restraint, rendering emotions through intellect rather than feelings, and a sense of irony, which demonstrates the heroine's superior understanding". She is one of Britain's most acclaimed actresses and is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, a British Academy Television Award and two Golden Globe Awards. [81][82] According to Kevin O'Sullivan of the Daily Mirror, Americans were "blown away" by her performance and accent, and top Hollywood producers became increasingly interested in casting her. [31] The following year, she wrote and starred in her own sketch comedy series for BBC, Thompson, but this was poorly received. Emma Thompson ist die Tochter der Schauspielerin Phyllida Law und des Schauspielers, Regisseurs und Fernsehproduzenten Eric Thompson. [85], When she became a mother in 1999, Thompson made a conscious decision to reduce her workload, and in the following years many of her appearances were supporting roles. [163][164][165], Thompson is regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation[166][167] and one of Britain's most recognisable actresses, held in high regard within Hollywood. 1999 wurde eine gemeinsame Tochter geboren, 2003 heirateten die beiden. [129] In March 2014, she made her first stage appearance in 24 years – and her New York debut – in a Lincoln Center production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Ihre jüngere Schwester Sophie Thompson ist ebenfalls Schauspielerin. "[50] She followed this with Branagh's screen version of Much Ado About Nothing (1993). [6] The actress has commented that this "tore [the family] to pieces",[26] and "I can't begin to tell you how much I regret his not being around". "[192] She has justified her assertiveness by saying, "[W]hat I feel is that we all need to speak up and a woman who has got a louder voice needs to shout very loudly indeed. [114], Five years after the original, Thompson reprised the role of Nanny McPhee with 2010's Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang. [141][142] In December 2013, Thompson said of the still unreleased Effie Gray that its "time has probably passed," comparing it to another project of hers that "didn't happen either". [73] As part of an ensemble cast that included Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley, and Colin Firth, she played a middle-class wife who suspects her husband (played by Alan Rickman) of infidelity. [94] This failure was countered the following year by one of Thompson's biggest commercial successes, Richard Curtis's romantic comedy Love Actually. [29][33] Reviewing the latter, the Chicago Tribune praised her "extraordinary" performance of the "hobbling, stooped hunchback Fool". Like Austen, she's laughing at her own culture while she's a part of it. [169] The public warmed to her after the separation, and she became one of the key actresses of the 1990s. You are tricking your subconscious. The couple had previously purchased a house in the city and indicated their intention to relocate to Italy permanently. [78] In 2004, she played the eccentric Divination teacher Sybill Trelawney in the third Harry Potter film, Prisoner of Azkaban, her character described as a "hippy chick professor who teaches fortune-telling". [139][140] In response to Murphy's attorney's concerns that the completed film Effie Gray would not adhere to Thompson's second revised screenplay, Judge Griesa concluded his ruling by saying that Thompson's film would not infringe Murphy's play or screenplay "only to the extent that it does not substantially deviate from the November 29, 2011 screenplay," the date of Thompson's second revised screenplay. [153][154][155] She also had a supporting role as a hippy in the Noah Baumbach-directed dramedy The Meyerowitz Stories, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim. Eine zauberhafte Nanny – Knall auf Fall in ein neues Abenteuer (Originaltitel: Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang) ist ein Familienfilm von Susanna White aus dem Jahr 2010 mit Emma Thompson als Nanny McPhee. Thompson was widely praised for the on-screen chemistry with Branagh and the natural ease with which she played the role[51][52] marking another critical success for Thompson. [29] It starred Jeff Goldblum as a West End actor, and Thompson played the nurse with whom he falls in love. Thompson is married to actor Greg Wise, with whom she lives in London. Emma Thompson tijdens de première van Nanny McPhee (2005) Emma Thompson (Paddington , 15 april 1959) is een Brits actrice en scenarioschrijfster. [190], Thompson has been a campaigner since her youth. In 2018, she provided the voiceover for Greenpeace's palm-oil awareness commercial which Iceland picked to promote as their 2018 Christmas advertisement. In October 2013, the film was withdrawn from the Mill Valley Film Festival in California due to "unforeseen circumstances" according to producer Rosenfeld. The commercial was rejected by the advertising organisation Clearcast due to Greenpeace's alleged involvement in politics, thus violating their code of conduct. [204], "I am an instinctive actress. "[96] Her performance received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Critics praised the chemistry between the two leads, and both received Golden Globe nominations for their performances. [178], In 2018, Thompson said she would like to write about "what it's like being human now".[179]. [130] She received her sixth Emmy nomination for the televised version of the show. She played a woman who has forgotten her identity. Neither film was a critical success, although the latter received some positive reviews and Empire magazine wrote that Thomson was "unforgettable". [92] Caryn James of The New York Times also described it as "one of her most brilliant performances", adding "we seem to be peering into a soul as embattled as its body. 1994 bekam sie in Junior mit Arnold Schwarzenegger erstmals eine Rolle in einem Hollywood-Streifen. Because of Nanny McPhee's scary makeup and costume and fighting among the children, I would recommend this movie for ages 6 and up. The American playwright Gregory Murphy said that Thompson's screenplay was an infringement on his play and screenplay The Countess, which he claimed he had submitted to Thompson through a mutual friend in 2003 to consider the role of Elizabeth Eastlake in a proposed film of his play, and to Thompson's husband Greg Wise through a casting director to consider the role of John Ruskin in the play's 2005 West End production. Emma Thompson was born on April 15, 1959 in Paddington, London, into a family of actors - father Eric Thompson and mother Phyllida Law, who has co-starred with Thompson in several films.Her sister, Sophie Thompson, is an actor as well.Her father was English-born and her mother is Scottish-born. The comedy was positively reviewed,[49] and Desson Howe of The Washington Post wrote that Thompson was its highlight: "Even as a rather one-dimensional character, she exudes grace and an adroit sense of comic tragedy. The film was her second hit of the year, earning $65 million and critical praise, and was nominated for Best Picture along with The Remains of the Day. Proud Emma Thompson poses with adopted refugee son at graduation six years later. [4][5], Am 9. 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The regional ITV comedy series There's Nothing To Worry About! August 2010 wurde sie mit einem Stern auf dem Walk of Fame in Los Angeles geehrt. [32] In 1989, she and Branagh—who had formed a romantic relationship—starred in a stage revival of Look Back in Anger, directed by Judi Dench and produced by Branagh's Renaissance Theatre Company. [2] She has written two books adapted from The Tale of Peter Rabbit. [167][171], In 2012, Thompson wrote The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit[176][177] as an addition to the Peter Rabbit series by Beatrix Potter to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the publication of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Her screenplay transported the story to Britain during World War II. [111][112] Thompson's two 2009 films were both set in 1960s England, and in both she made cameo appearances: as a headmistress in the critically praised drama An Education[113] and as a "tippling mother" in Richard Curtis's The Boat That Rocked. With a worldwide gross of $624 million, MIB3 ranks as Thompson's highest-grossing release outside of the Harry Potter films. [136][137] In March 2013, District Court Judge Thomas P. Griesa, after allowing Thompson to submit a second revised screenplay into evidence from which Murphy claimed "some of the most troubling material" had been removed,[138] ruled that while there were similarities, the screenplays were "quite dissimilar in their two approaches to fictionalising the same historical events". The most famous is the 'magical' walking stick in the "Nanny McPhee" films, starring Emma Thompson. [104] The following year, Thompson appeared in the surreal American comedy–drama Stranger than Fiction, playing a novelist whose latest character (played by Will Ferrell) is a real person who hears her narration in his head. [123][125] The review in The Independent expressed thanks that her "playing of Travers is so deft that we instantly warm to her, and forgive her her snobbery",[126] while Total Film's critic felt that Thompson brought depth to the "predictable" film with "her best performance in years". Bereits wenige Monate nach ihrer ersten Begegnung adoptierten Thompson und Wise den Jungen. Biografie. Thompson nahm ihn unter ihre Fittiche und führte ihn an die englische Sprache heran, die er heute hervorragend beherrscht. That completely changed my life. Although the male pregnancy storyline was poorly received by most critics and flopped at the box office,[62] Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle praised the lead trio. [5], For her next two films, Thompson returned to working with Branagh. [17], At Cambridge, Thompson was invited into Footlights, the university's prestigious sketch comedy troupe, by its president, Martin Bergman,[19] becoming its first female member. Thompson was instrumental in bringing Mike Nichols to direct the project, and the pair spent months in rehearsal to get the complex character right. [10] She spent much time in Scotland during her childhood and often visited Ardentinny, where her grandparents and uncle lived. Roger Ebert remarked that Thompson had "developed a specialty in unrequited love",[64] and the TV Guide Film & Video Companion commented that her "neurasthenic mannerisms, which usually drive us batty, are appropriate here". [36], Thompson and Branagh are considered by American writer and critic James Monaco to have led the "British cinematic onslaught" in the 1990s. [11] She frequently returns to Scotland and visits Dunoon in Argyll and Bute, where she owns a home. [171] As an ambassador for the charity ActionAid she has travelled to Uganda, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Liberia, Burma and South Africa. Sin embargo, (si bien, con un papel muy corto) acabó apareciendo en ellas. [201][202] She is also an ambassador for the Galapagos Conservation Trust. [102][103] Commenting on Thompson's screenplay, film critic Claudia Puig wrote that its "well-worn storybook features are woven effectively into an appealing tale of youthful empowerment". It was a New York Times Best Seller. Thompson had her first professional role in 1982, touring in a stage version of Not the Nine O'Clock News. She had a cameo role as Queen Elizabeth I in the 2017 Christmas special of the BBC sitcom Upstart Crow. [29] It was her second consecutive blockbuster release, and critics were generally kind to the film. Im Dezember 2003 lernten sie bei der jährlich (u. a. von Thompson) ausgerichteten Weihnachtsfeier des Londoner Refugee Council den damals 16-jährigen Vollwaisen Tindyebwa Agaba aus Ruanda kennen, der vor seiner Flucht mehrere Jahre lang als Kindersoldat missbraucht worden war und alle Familienmitglieder an den Völkermord in Ruanda und AIDS verloren hatte. [69] She spent five years developing the screenplay,[70] and took the role of the spinster sister Elinor Dashwood despite, aged 35, being 16 years older than the literary character.