Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson is a famous British actress who gained worldwide recognition after the release of the movie "Poor" and the series "Fortune of War" and "Tutti Frutti". The actress has twice won an Academy Award for Howards End and Sense and Sense, and has won an Emmy television award as the star of the television series Ellen. For British moviegoers, Emma is considered one of the classic actresses of our time.

She was born in London, near the famous metropolitan Paddington Station. At the time of her eldest daughter's birth, her parents lived there: Scottish actress Phyllida Law and husband Eric Thompson, also a film actor, as well as screenwriter and narrator of the popular children's show "Magic Adventure" in those years. Three years after Emma, ​​her younger sister Sophie Thompson was born, who also followed in the footsteps of her parents and today is famous all over the world as an actress in the films "Gosford Park", "Harry Potter" and "Four Weddings and One Funeral".

Emma's childhood was spent in London's West Hampstead district, in the north of the capital. She attended Camden Girls' School and spent the holidays in the Scottish village of Ardentinny, where her maternal grandparents lived. As a teenager, Thompson was passionate about English literature and dreamed of becoming a writer. The girl even entered after school at Newnham College at Cambridge University, where she began to study philology. But, as the actress will say later, after being raised in the family of Phyllida and Eric, she did not have a single chance for any profession, except for acting.

In Cambridge, Emma joined the Footlights troupe, through which more than one generation of popular comedians passed. The girl began to develop a talent to make people laugh and appeared on stage in comic roles. At the same time, she becomes a convinced feminist, cuts her hair short and begins to dye it red, and the expressive lady's favorite hobby is riding a motorcycle around the city and always at high speed. By the way, Thompson became the first female representative of the Footlights troupe, which also speaks of her talent and dedication.

Emma created a spectacular trio with the famous comedians Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie in the troupe and with them became the leading actress of this theater. At that time, Thompson was satisfying the level of semi-amateur performances. But when Emma's father died suddenly in 1982, the young woman, as a psychological defense, plunged into work and within a few years became one of the most promising and promising actresses on the London stage. She starred in Shakespearean productions, and appeared on television in humorous sketches.

Thompson became the creator and organizer of the top-rated comedy program "Outdoors", and in addition, she began to try herself as an actress in historical series on the BBC.

The first feature film, in which Emma Thompson was invited, was the television comedy Nothing to Worry About! Then there was a number of similar humorous projects. And the first fame of the actress was given by serials - the comedy "Tutti Frutti" and the war drama "Fortune of War". Also in the UK, the light melodrama "Bigger" was a success, in which Emma portrayed the eccentric nurse Kate Lemmon.

Thompson received world recognition after collaborating with Anthony Hopkins - the historical film Howards End and the social drama about love At the End of the Day. At the same time, the biographical tape "In the name of the father" made a splash. All three works presented the actress with nominations for the most prestigious film awards, and Howards End brought Thompson Oscar and Golden Globe awards. Began to invite Emma and foreign film studios. In Hollywood, she starred opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito in the comedy Junior and with Antonio Banderas in the thriller Dreaming of Argentina. And on the political tragicomedy "Primary Colors", in which Emma appeared as the first lady of the United States, becoming the on-screen wife of John Travolta, four countries worked at once.

By the way, the actress managed to realize her childhood dream of a career as a writer: Emma created the script for Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility and won an Oscar as a screenwriter. Soon, the talented woman again sat down at the pen and began work on the script for the family fantasy comedy My Terrible Nanny. True, this time it took her nine years to turn the idea into a finished project. The film was a great success, and Thompson took part in it as an actress, sharing the lead roles with Angela Lansbury and Colin Firth.

Another work of Emma Thompson - participation in the screenplay of the film adaptation of the popular novel by Jane Austen "Pride and Prejudice", which was undertaken by director Joe Wright. The main role in the film went to Hollywood star Keira Knightley.

Another success in the creative biography of Emma Thompson was the work on the script for the drama "Effie", in which the actress also starred as the writer Lady Eastlake. The cast also includes Dakota Fanning and Greg Wise. The picture was released in 2014.

In the 21st century, the actress, like many leaders of the British scene, starred in the popular saga about the wizard boy "Harry Potter". Emma first appeared in the third part of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as an eccentric teacher of fortune-telling, Professor Sibyl Trelawney. The actress herself remained dissatisfied with the results of the work, despite the fact that the series of films had tremendous popularity, and the role of Thompson, unlike most others, was almost comedic. The actress said that filming was boring, since the directors and producers did not allow her to add a twist to the image of Professor Trelawney that would turn this character into a diamond.

Nevertheless, another fantasy project soon appears in the filmography of the actress - the melodrama "Beautiful Creatures", in which Emma appeared in two images at once - the mother of the main character Lena (Alice Englert) and the hero of Lincoln (Thomas Mann).

Meanwhile, in Britain, Emma enjoys filming the adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's classic drama Brideshead Return and the melodrama Harvey's Last Chance, in which she collaborates with Dustin Hoffman. Also on account of the actress star duets with Pierce Brosnan in the comedy "How to Steal a Diamond" and with Tom Hanks in the biographical tragicomedy "Saving Mr. Banks". In the last of them, Thompson was so successful in the role of the famous English writer Pamela Travers, the author of fairy tales about "Mary Poppins", that all colleagues were sure: the next Oscar for Best Actress would go to Emma. All the more shocking was the news that the artist did not even make it to the shortlist of applicants.

Of the last works of the actress, one can single out the crime comedy "Slaughter Haircut", the war drama "Alone in Berlin". In 2016, the third part of the melodramatic diaries "Bridget Jones" was completed, on the script for which Emma Thompson also worked. The comedy about 43-year-old Bridget, who has not yet started a family, again attracted the attention of the audience. This time, the heroine manages to jump into the last car of the departing train and get pregnant. But the situation is complicated by the presence of two candidates for the role of the child's father. In addition to Renee Zellweger, the main characters were played by Patrick Dempsey and Colin Firth. Emma Thompson herself appeared in the film as a gynecologist.

In the late 1970s, the aspiring actress began dating Footlights partner Hugh Laurie. The relationship lasted about four years, but after the breakup the actors remained loyal and close friends. Warm relations connect them to this day.

Soon, Emma met and started an affair with actor and director Kenneth Branagh, with whom she collaborated on the set of six films. Interestingly, the couple tried not to advertise the relationship and tried to prevent viewers from seeing them as a “star couple”. In 1995, the marriage came to a standstill, and Kenneth and Emma divorced.

Thompson later admitted that she was in terrible depression after breaking up with her husband. The actress again plunges into work, this time on the film "Sense and Sensibility". And on the set of this melodrama, the woman meets the young actor Greg Wise, who is seven years younger than her. According to Emma, ​​new love and interesting work helped to restore vitality.

From a relationship with Greg Wise, the actress gave birth to a daughter, Gaia. At that time, the woman was already 39 years old. And four years after the birth of the girl, Thompson officially married the father of her child. The ceremony took place in the Scottish town of Dunune, where Emma has her own home. In their wedding year, the couple also adopted 16-year-old Tindiebois Agaba, a refugee from the African country of Rwanda. At home, the entire family of the young man died from genocide, and the teenager fled to England.

Although Emma was raised in religious morality from childhood, at a tender age she stopped attending church. The fact is that a young girl in a conversation with the pastor asked if her homosexual uncle would go to heaven. Having received a negative answer, young Thompson decided that since there is no place in paradise for her uncle, who was the kindest, most sympathetic and helpful person she knew, then she had nothing to do there either. A woman lives according to Christian moral principles, but does not consider herself to be a given confession.

Emma Thompson is one of those actors who gain name and fame with their work, and not blogging on social networks. But photos with the actress still appear on Instagram on the accounts of fans and fan groups.

In 2017, Thompson starred in the most anticipated film - the film version of the Disney musical fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast", in which she played the enchanted housekeeper Mrs. Potts. In addition to Thompson, Emma Watson, Luke Evans, Ian McKellen and other top stars were involved in the film. The success of the project was confirmed by a gross of $ 1.2 billion, which made the film the highest grossing musical in the history of cinema. The film brought the creators many awards, and Emma Thompson won the MTV Movie & TV Awards and the Teen Choice Awards.

In the same year, Emma got the lead role in the American tragicomedy The Stories of the Mairowitz Family, which was nominated for the Palme d'Or in Cannes. The actress also played the main character in the drama Childrens Law. In 2018, with the participation of Emma Thompson, the British adventure comedy "Agent Johnny English 3.0" is expected to be released, where the main character will be played by Rowan Atkinson.

Now it has become known that the actress will undertake the development of the script for the theatrical adaptation of the film "My Terrible Nanny". The artist said that the first act of the play was already ready, and within six months the script would be finished. The genre of the performance is musical.

1987 - "Tutti Frutti" 1989 - "Henry V" 1992 - "Friends of Peter" 1993 - "In the Name of the Father" 1994 - "Junior" 1995 - "Sense and Sensibility" 2003 - "Love Actually" 2004 - "Harry Potter and the Prisoner Azkaban "2005 -" My Horrible Nanny "2008 -" Educating the Senses "2012 -" Men in Black 3 "2013 -" Beautiful Creatures "2013 -" Saving Mr. Banks "2014 -" Effie "2016 -" Bridget Jones-3 "2017 - "Beauty and the Beast" 2017 - "Meyrowitz Family Stories" 2018 - "Agent Johnny English 3.0"

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Emma Thompson Net Worth 2021

Emma Thompson 's revenue is $1.6M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Emma Thompson and could vary in the range between $904.3K - $1.1M.

Emma Thompson Net Worth 2020

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Emma Thompson Net Worth 2019

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Emma Thompson Net Worth 2018

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Emma Thompson Net Worth 2017

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Emma Thompson Net Worth 2016

Emma Thompson 's revenue is $1.9M in 2016. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Emma Thompson and could vary in the range between $847.4K - $1.1M.

Emma Thompson Net Worth 2015

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