Emma Thompson was born on 15 April 1959 in Paddington, London. Thompson studied at Cambridge and made her stage debut with the Footlights while still a student. Showing a remarkable comic talent, she played opposite Robert Lindsay in Me and My Girl (1983), going on to appear on BBC TV's Fortunes of War opposite Kenneth Branagh, for which she won a BAFTA award. In 1989 she appeared in Henry V, directed by Branagh. The couple went on to make Dead Again (1991) and Much Ado About Nothing (1993). Thompson's other notable films include Howards End (1992), for which she won an Oscar, Peter's Friends (1992), Remains of the Day (1993), In the Name of the Father (1994) and Sense and Sensibility (1996, BAFTA). In December 2002, she signed on to write and star in the comedy Nanny McPhee.
Thompson was married to co-star Kenneth Branagh from 1989 to 1995. She married longtime partner actor Greg Wise in 2003. The couple has a daughter, Gaia.
If you would like to send Emma Thompson a fan letter, the following address handles her fan mail:
Emma Thompson
c/o Hamilton Hodell
24 Hanway Street
London
W1T 1UH
England
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