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Kristin Scott Thomas
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1960 in Dorset, England
Biography:Early in her career, it looked as though actress "Kristin Scott Thomas" was going to be relegated to playing the kind of elegantly bloodless British women she portrayed in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994), but with her role as the aristocratic but passionate Katharine Clifton in "The English Patient" (1996), "Scott Thomas" broke the mold, proving herself capable of projecting a good deal of sensuality and heat as her character embarked on a tragic affair with a Hungarian adventurer ("Ralph Fiennes").

The daughter of a Royal Navy pilot who died in an air crash when she was five, "Scott Thomas" was born the eldest of five children, in Cornwall, on May 24, 1960. When she was 11, tragedy struck again when her stepfather, also a military pilot, met a demise identical to her father's. "Scott Thomas" was left to help her mother look after the family and -- in contrast to what her film roles would... Full Biography

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Actors Peter Sarsgaard and Kristin Scott Thomas at the curtain call for the opening night of "The...
Actor/director Robert Redford, who portrays a Montana rancher and horse specialist in the film "The...
Kristin Scott Thomas in "Easy Virtue" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Kristin Scott Thomas in "Easy Virtue" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Kristin Scott Thomas in "Easy Virtue" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Kristin Scott Thomas, left, and Jessica Biel in "Easy Virtue" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Kristin Scott Thomas, left, and Woody Harrelson in "The Walker" (ThinkFilm)
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