in Last Chance Harvey, Howard's End, In the Name of the Father

Born April 19, 1959, in London, Emma Thompson is the daughter of actress Phyllida Law. While studying English Literature at Cambridge, Thompson also began acting and got her professional start on BBC sitcoms in the late 1980s. She made her film debut with 1989's The Tall Guy, followed the same year with Henry V, the first of four films she made with then-husband Kenneth Branagh.

She won a Best Actress Academy Award for Howards End and was also nominated for In the Name of the Father, Remains of the Day and Sense and Sensibility.Her screenplay of Sense and Sensibility also earned Thompson her second Oscar (for Best Adapted Screenplay), making her the first person to win both acting and writing Oscars. After playing a thinly disguised Hilary Clinton in Primary Colors (1998), Thompson also did award-winning work in TV movies, including Wit and Angels in America.

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