Emma Thompson see English Literature at Newnham College, Cambridge where she was a member of the Footlights comedy club. When Cambridge she come to fame by using the leading role in the BBC drama serial, Fortunes of War (based on a novels of Olivia Manning), in which she played paired Kenneth Branagh, whom she later married (August 20, 1989). It appeared together around hit films like Dead Again, Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing, but yet divorced (October 1995). Thompson late (2003) married actor Greg Wise, with whom around 1999 she got got the girl, Gaia Romilly.

Thompson too starred around romantic comedies such as The Tall Guy, and further good films like Howards End (Academy Award for Best Actress), according to the E. M. Forster novel, the sombre The Remains of the Day opposite Anthony Hopkins, and The Winter Guest (director: Alan Rickman). But, a pinnacle of her career was winning an Academy Award in 1996 for the screenplay adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, in which she likewise played a lead, Elinor Dashwood. Thompson proclaimed on the Oct 14th 2005 UK Jonathan Ross show that she keeps both of her oscars within her down the stairs bathroom.

Thompson appeared when Sibyll Trelawney in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) following in the footsteps of her ex-ex Branagh, world health organization got played Gilderoy Lockhart in the previous Harry Potter film.

She likewise appeared when Cecilia around Imagining Argentina (2003), playing alongside Antonio Banderas.

Around October 2005, after working on the plan for complete Ix years, her film Nanny McPhee was released. Thompson wrote the screenplay & starred in the film, alongside her mother, world health organization has a cameo appearance.

Selected filmography
Nanny McPhee (2005) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azakaban (2004) Angels in America (2003) (miniseries) Imagining Argentina (2003) Love Actually (2003) Treasure Planet (2002) (voice) Judas Kiss (1998) Primary Colors (1998) The Winter Guest (1997) Sense and Sensibility (1995) Junior (1994) My Father the Hero (1994) (uncredited) In the Name of the Father (1993) The Remains of the Day (1993) Much Ado About Nothing (1993) ''Peter's Friends (1992) Howards End (1992) Dead Again (1991) Impromptu (1991) Henry V (1989) The Tall Guy (1989) Fortunes of War'' (1988) (miniseries)