Emma Thompson
Born 1959 · English actress and screenwriter
Dame Emma Thompson is an English actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as a nomination for two Grammy Awards. In 2018, she was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to drama.
Emma Thompson, in order
- 1975 Saturday Night Live (TV series): acted · directed by A. D. Miles and Adam McKay · audiences 63% · streaming on Peacock, Prime Video, fuboTV
- 1983 Alfresco (TV series): acted
- 1988 Thompson (TV series): acted · directed by John Stroud
- 1989 Henry V: acted · directed by Kenneth Branagh
- 1989 The Tall Guy: acted · directed by Mel Smith · critics 85%, audiences 66%
- 1991 Dead Again: acted · directed by Kenneth Branagh · critics 82%, audiences 76% · streaming on MGM+, Hoopla
- 1991 Impromptu: acted · directed by James Lapine · critics 76%, audiences 71% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
- 1992 Howards End: acted · directed by James Ivory
- 1992 Peter's Friends: acted · directed by Kenneth Branagh
- 1993 In the Name of the Father: acted · directed by Jim Sheridan · critics 96%, audiences 95%
- 1993 Much Ado About Nothing: acted · directed by Kenneth Branagh
- 1993 The Remains of the Day: acted · directed by James Ivory · critics 95%, audiences 89% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel
- 1994 Junior: acted · directed by Ivan Reitman · critics 38%, audiences 22%
- 1994 My Father the Hero: acted · directed by Steve Miner
- 1994 The Blue Boy (TV movie): acted
- 1995 Carrington: acted · directed by Christopher Hampton
- 1995 Sense and Sensibility: wrote, acted · directed by Ang Lee
- 1997 The Winter Guest: acted · directed by Alan Rickman
- 1998 Judas Kiss: acted · directed by Sebastian Gutierrez
- 1998 Junket Whore: acted · directed by Debbie Melnyk
- 1998 Primary Colors: acted · directed by Mike Nichols · critics 79%, audiences 64% · streaming on Prime Video
- 2000 Maybe Baby: acted · directed by Ben Elton and Hugh Laurie
- 2001 Wit (TV movie): wrote, acted · directed by Mike Nichols
- 2002 Imagining Argentina: acted · directed by Christopher Hampton
- 2003 Love Actually: acted · directed by Richard Curtis · critics 65%, audiences 72% · streaming on Netflix, Peacock, Starz
- 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: acted · directed by Alfonso Cuarón · critics 91%, audiences 86% · streaming on HBO Max, Peacock
- 2005 Nanny McPhee: wrote, acted · directed by Kirk Jones
- 2006 Stranger than Fiction: acted · directed by Marc Forster · critics 74%, audiences 85% · streaming on Peacock, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: acted · directed by David Yates · critics 78%, audiences 81% · streaming on HBO Max, Peacock
- 2007 I Am Legend: acted · directed by Francis Lawrence · critics 68%, audiences 68% · streaming on Tubi
- 2008 Brideshead Revisited: acted · directed by Julian Jarrold · critics 61%, audiences 52% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2008 Last Chance Harvey: acted · directed by Joel Hopkins
- 2009 An Education: acted · directed by Lone Scherfig
- 2009 Pirate Radio: acted · directed by Richard Curtis
- 2010 Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang: wrote, acted · directed by Susanna White
- 2010 The Song of Lunch (TV movie): acted · directed by Niall MacCormick
- 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2: acted · directed by David Yates · critics 96%, audiences 89% · streaming on HBO Max, Peacock
- 2012 Men in Black 3: acted · directed by Barry Sonnenfeld · critics 67%, audiences 70% · streaming on Paramount+
- 2013 Beautiful Creatures: acted · directed by Richard LaGravenese
- 2013 Saving Mr. Banks: acted · directed by John Lee Hancock · critics 79%, audiences 84% · streaming on Disney+
- 2013 The Love Punch: acted · directed by Joel Hopkins
- 2014 Annie: wrote · directed by Will Gluck · critics 28%, audiences 59% · streaming on Netflix
- 2014 Effie: wrote, acted · directed by Richard Laxton · critics 42%, audiences 42%
- 2014 Lennon or McCartney: acted · directed by Matt Schichter
- 2014 Men, Women & Children: acted · directed by Jason Reitman
- 2015 A Walk in the Woods: acted · directed by Ken Kwapis
- 2015 Burnt: acted · directed by John Wells
- 2015 The Legend of Barney Thomson: acted · directed by Robert Carlyle
- 2016 Alone in Berlin: acted · directed by Vincent Perez
- 2016 Bridget Jones's Baby: wrote, acted · directed by Sharon Maguire · critics 78%, audiences 64% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
- 2016 To the Ends of the Earth: acted · directed by David Lavallee
- 2017 Beauty and the Beast: acted · directed by Bill Condon · critics 71%, audiences 79% · streaming on Disney+
- 2017 The Children Act: acted · directed by Richard Eyre
- 2017 The Meyerowitz Stories: acted · directed by Noah Baumbach · critics 92%, audiences 72% · streaming on Netflix
- 2018 Johnny English Strikes Again: acted · directed by David Kerr
- 2018 King Lear (TV movie): acted · directed by Richard Eyre
- 2019 How to Build a Girl: acted · directed by Coky Giedroyc
- 2019 Last Christmas: wrote, produced, acted · directed by Paul Feig
- 2019 Late Night: acted · directed by Nisha Ganatra
- 2019 Men in Black: International: acted · directed by F. Gary Gray · critics 23%, audiences 66% · streaming on Paramount+, YouTube (free), Starz
- 2019 Missing Link: acted · directed by Chris Butler · critics 88%, audiences 67% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)
- 2019 Years and Years (TV series): acted · directed by Simon Cellan Jones
- 2020 Dolittle: acted · directed by Stephen Gaghan
- 2021 Cruella: acted · directed by Craig Gillespie
- 2022 Good Luck to You, Leo Grande: acted · directed by Sophie Hyde
- 2022 Matilda: acted · directed by Matthew Warchus
- 2022 What's Love Got to Do With It?: acted · directed by Shekhar Kapur
- 2022 Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (TV series): acted · directed by Hugh Laurie
- 2025 Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy: acted · directed by Michael Morris
- 2025 Dead of Winter: acted · directed by Brian Kirk
- 2025 Down Cemetery Road (TV series): acted · directed by Natalie Bailey
- 2026 The Sheep Detectives: acted · directed by Kyle Balda