![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Screenwriter, Actor Born: April 15, 1959 in London, England, UK Biography:One of the first ladies of contemporary British stage and cinema, "Emma Thompson" has won equal acclaim for her work as an actress and a screenwriter. For a long time known as "Kenneth Branagh"'s other half, Thompson was able to demonstrate her considerable talent to an international audience with Oscar-winning mid-1990s work in such films as "Howards End" and "Sense and Sensibility".
Born April 15, 1959 in Paddington, West London, Thompson grew up in a household well-suited for creative expression. Both of her parents were actors, her father, "Eric Thompson", the creator of the popular TV series The Magic Roundabout, and her actress mother, "Phyllida Law", a cast member of This Poisoned Earth (1961), Otley (1968) and several other films. Thompson and her sister, Sophie (who also became an actress), enjoyed a fairly colorful upbringing; as Emma later said, "I was brought up by people who tended to... Full Biography
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