Emma Thompson
Biographical information
Born	15 April, 1959 Paddington, London, England, UK
Nationality	British
Gender	Female
Hair colour	Blond
Height	5' 8½"[1]
Family	Eric Thompson (father) Phillida Law (mother) Sophie Thompson (sister) Richard Lumsden (brother-in-law) Kenneth Branagh (ex-husband) Greg Wise (husband) Gaia Romilly Wise (daughter)
Career
Years active	1989-present
In Harry Potter	Sybill Trelawney
Notable roles	Henry V (1989) Dead Again (1991) Howards End (1992) Much Ado About Nothing (1993) Love Actually (2003) Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang' (2010)
Academy Awards	Best Actress (1993) Howards End Best Adapted Screenplay (1995) Sense and Sensibility
Emmy Awards	"Ellen" (1994)

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Emma Thompson (born 15 April, 1959) is an Emmy, BAFTA and two time-Academy Award-winning English actress, comedian, and screenwriter. She is also a patron of the Refugee Council. She plays Sybill Trelawney in the Harry Potter films.

Personal life

She was formerly married to Kenneth Branagh who played Gilderoy Lockhart in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Emma shares the same birthday (15 April) and name with her Harry Potter co-star Emma Watson (Hermione Granger).

Select filmography

Actress

• Voyage of Time (2013): Narrator
• Effie (2012): Lady Eastlake
• Brave (2012): Voice of Queen Elinor
• Men in Black III (2012) : Oh
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011): Sybill Trelawney
• Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010): Nanny McPhee
• The Boat That Rocked (2009): Charlotte
• Last Chance Harvey (2008): Kate Walker
• Brideshead Revisited (2008): Lady Marchmain
• I Am Legend (2007): Dr. Alice Krippin
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007): Sybill Trelawney
• Stranger Than Fiction (2006): Karen Eiffel
• Nanny McPhee (2005): Nanny McPhee
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004): Sybill Trelawney

  

• Love Actually (2003): Karen
• Sense and Sensibility (1995): Elinor Dashwood
• In The Name of the Father (1993): Gareth Peirce
• Much Ado About Nothing (1993): Beatrice
• Howard's End (1992): Margaret J. 'Meg' Schlegel
• Henry V (1989): Princess Katherine de Valois

Writer

• Nanny McPhee Returns (2010) (Written By)
• Nanny McPhee (2005) (Screenplay)
• Sense and Sensibility (1995) (Screenplay)

Producer

• Sold (2011) (executive producer)
• Nanny McPhee Returns (2010) (executive producer)
• The Journey (executive producer)

Notes and references

External links

The Harry Potter Wiki has 7 images related to Emma Thompson.

• Emma Thompson at the Internet Movie Database
• Emma Thompson on Wikipedia