Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson is a British an Academy Award winning actress and writer. She has appeared in a variety of films, including the period pieces Sense and Sensibility and Brideshead Revisited, contemporary films such as Love Actually and Last Chance Harvey as well as several Harry Potter films.

• Emma Thompson was born in Paddington, London, England on April 15, 1959. She is the daughter of actress Phyllida Law. She would attend the Camden School for Girls in her youth, then move on to attend Newnham College, Cambridge.

• Thompson's career began with appearances on several British television shows such as There's Nothing to Worry Abbout!, Tutti Frutti and Thompson. She made her feature film debut in the Jeff Goldblum vehicle The Tall Guy. Thompson followed that up with her then-husband's, Kenneth Branagh, film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play, Henry V. In 1992, Thompson received her first Academy Award for her role in Howard's End . She has another Academy Award for writing the screen adaptation Sense and Sensibility.

• "Illusion of normalcy. I may have to borrow that as the title of my autobiography. Am I normal? Well, we have to define our terms."—Emma ThompsonKansas City: Truly Down to Earth (January 15, 2009)

• 1989: Henry V as Katherine
• 1991: Dead Again as Grace / Margaret Strauss
• 1992: Howards End as Margaret J. "Meg" Schlegel
• 1993: Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
• 1993: The Remains of the Day as Mary Kenton
• 1995: Sense and Sensibility as Elinor Dashwood
• 2003: Love Actually as Karen
• 2003: Angels in America as Homeless Woman (TV)
• 2004: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Sybil Trelawney
• 2005: Nanny McPhee as Nanny McPhee
• 2006: Stranger Than Fiction as Karen Eiffel
• 2007: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Sybil Trelawney
• 2008: Brideshead Revisited as Lady Marchmain
• 2009: Last Chance Harvey as Kate Walker
• 2009: An Education

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1989: The Tall Guy

• 1989: Henry V

• 1991: Dead Again

• 1992: Wins Best Actress Oscar for Howards End

• 1993: Much Ado About Nothing

• 1993: The Remains of the Day

• 1995: Wins Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Sense and Sensibility

• 2003: Love Actually

• 2004: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

• 2006: Stranger Than Fiction

• 2007: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

• 2008: Brideshead Revisited

• 2009: Last Chance Harvey

• 2009: An Education