Biography
Emma Thompson is a British actress and screenwriter, the owner of a number of prestigious kinonagrad. In his homeland, it is considered one of the best artists of modernity. The celebrity first appeared on the screen in the 80s, but over the years, Thompson's popularity is only grows. With each new project, criticism commemorates that she can call trust and sympathy of the audience.Childhood and youth
Emma was born in 1959 in London, in the district station Paddington. Here at the time of the birth of the eldest daughter, parents lived: the Scottish Star of Phillid Lo and her husband Eric Thompson is an English film actor, as well as a screenwriter and narrator at the time of the children's show "Magic Adventure".
3 years after Emma, the younger daughter Sophie Thompson was born, which also went to the footsteps of the parents and, being an adult, starred with her sister in the 7th ribe about Harry Potter - "Deathly Hallows. Part 1".
Childhood Emma passed in the London District of West Hampeed, in the north of the capital of Great Britain. The actress went to school for girls Camden, and Arndeninni's Scottish village left for the holidays, where grandparents lived on the motherboard.
Thompson teenaged in English literature and dreamed of becoming a writer. After school, Emma entered the Newam College at the University of Cambridge, where he studied philology. But, as confirmed later, after education in the Forest family, And Eric was not a single chance of any profession, except acting.
In Cambridge, Emma fell into the Footlights troupe, through which one generation of popular humorists passed. The actress developed a gift to mix people and went on the scene in comic roles. At the same time, Thompson met the ideas of feminism, made a short haircut and repainted the hair in red. The favorite hobby of an expressive lady in the youth was riding around the city on a motorcycle, be sure to at high speed.
By the way, in Footlights, Emma Thompson turned out to be the first representative of the finest floor, which also speaks both about talent and the dedication of the performer. Emma has created a spectacular trio in the troupe with famous comedians Stephen Fram and Hugh Laurie. Together with colleagues, the British turned into a leading actress of the theater. At that moment, Thompson satisfied the level of semi-sustainer performances.
But when Emma's father died suddenly in 1982, the girl as a psychological protection with his head went to work and for several years turned into a promising actress of the London scene. Thompson played in Shakespeare's productions, and on television appeared in funny sketches.
Films
The first artistic film, which was invited by Thompson, turned out to be a television picture "Worried about nothing!". Then we went off the sentences of similar humorous projects. And the first fame of Emma was presented by the series - the comedy "Tutti Frutti" and the tape "Fortune of War". In addition, in the UK, the easy melodrama "Verlil" was successful, in which the actress portrayed an eccentric nurse Kate Lemmon.Thompson's world recognition received after joint work with Anthony Hopkins - the historic picture "Howard and" and the social drama of love "on the outcome of the day." At the same time, the Biographical Ribbon "In the Name of Father" produced. All 3 projects presented an artist of nominations for prestigious filmmakers, and "Howard &" brought Emma awards BAFTA, Oscar and Golden Globe.
Actress began to invite foreign film studios. In Hollywood, Thompson starred with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny de Vito in the junior comedy. The sciractive science fiction picture fell in love with many generations of viewers.
Above the political tragicomedia "Basic Colors", in which Emma appeared in the form of the first Lady of the United States, being the on-screen wife of John Travolta, 8 countries worked at once, and the budget was $ 65 million. The project was warm, on the Rotten Tomatoes website plot scored 81% of approving reviews .
The actress was able to realize the child's dream of a writer's career: Emma created a script to film the novel Jane Austin "Mind and feelings". For the work, Thompson received the Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe award, but not for the role of Elinor Dashwood, but as the author.
In 2003, the painting "Real Love" was released on the screens, filmed by Richard Kurtis in the genre of christmas stories. In the romantic ribbon partner Emma was Alan Rickman. The lightweight plot was popular, cash charges exceeded $ 245 million.
Soon a talented woman again sat down for the pen and began to work on a scenario to family fantasy comedy "My terrible nanny." True, this time Emma took 9 years to turn the idea to the finished project. The film in which Thompson took part and as an actress, dividing the main roles with Angela Lansbury and Colin Furst, was widely fame.
Another merit of Emma Thompson is to participate in the creation of a script for the screening of the popular novel Jane Austin "Pride and Prejudice", which the director Joe Wright took. The author of the picture was looking for a long time for Mr. Darcy for a long time, rejected by hundreds of candidates before Matthew McFeen approved.
In the melodrame "The Last Chance of Harvey" Emma played in the foreground in a pair with Dustine Hoffman. Both performers deserved nominations for the Golden Globe Prize. American film critic and TV presenter Roger Ebert highly appreciated the game of artists, but the plot and operator work caused a number of claims from the observer.
In the XXI century, the actress, like many of the leaders of the British scene, was shot in a popular saga about the Harry Potter's wizard. Emma first appeared in the 3rd part of the picture - "Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban" in the role of an eccentric prediction teacher, Professor Sivila Telleon.
Emma recognized that he was unhappy with the results of the work, despite the fact that the cycle of films had a grandiose popularity, and the heroine Thompson, unlike many others, turned out to be almost comedy. The artist said that it was boring to be boring, as the directors and producers did not allow the drawing a highlight to the image of Professor Treloni, which would turn the character in a diamond.
In 2012, the performer was called in the 3rd part of the fantastic militant "People in Black" for the role of Agent O. Picture brought Emme a new wave of fame. World cash charges barely reached $ 625 million.
In 2013, the next fantasy project appeared in the filmography of the actress - the "Beautiful creatures" melodrama, in which Emma appeared immediately in two images. The tape was filmed in New Orleans in a couple of months.
On the account of Emma, star duets with a pier Rusan in the comedy "How to steal a diamond" and with Tom Hanks in the biographic picture "Save Mr. Banks". In the last Thompson, it was so good to play the famous English writer Pamela Travers, the author of the tales about Mary Poppins that colleagues were sure: the next Oscar for the best female role would get by Emme Thompson. Moreover, the shocking became the news that the actress did not even get into the short list of applicants.
Another success in the creative biography of Emma Thompson was to work on the scenario of the Drama "EFFI", in which the actress appeared and as a performer of the writer's writer Lady Istleyk.
In 2016, the premiere of the 3rd part of the Bridget Jones diaries was held, over the scenario to which Thompson worked. The comedy about the already 43-year-old Bridget, who still did not create a family, again attracted the attention of the audience. This time heroin managed to jump into the last car of the outgoing train and become pregnant. Emma appeared in the ribbon as a gynecologist.
In 2017, Thompson starred in a film of the Disney musical fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast", in which the enchanted housekeeper Mrs. Potts played. The success of the project was confirmed by the fees - $ 1.2 billion, which made the film by the most cash musical in the history of cinema. The picture brought the creators a lot of awards, and Emma became the owner of the MTV Movie & TV Awards Awards and Teen Choice Awards.
At the same time, the actress played the main character - Judge Fione Mei in the Drama "The Law on Children", the premiere show of which was held at the Film Festival in Toronto. The tape was generally positive and neutral network user reviews. At Rottentomatoes, the rating was 70%, and on the Metacritic website - 62%.
In 2019, with Tompson, the British adventure comedy "Agent Johnny Inglish 3.0" was published, where the key character played Rowan Atkinson. But the star composition did not help the film get good performance. In the same year, the picture "Christmas for two," where Emma worked in the second plan, also did not meet enthusiastic responses.
Personal life
In the late 1970s, a beginner actress began to meet with a partner on the troupe Footlights Hugh Laurie. Relationships last about 4 years, but after parting, the colleagues remained loyal and close companions. Friendly feelings are associated Laurie and Thompson so far.
Soon in the personal life of Emma, an affair with an artist and director Kenneth Brand, with whom she collaborated on the set. Interestingly, the spouses tried not to advertise the connection and sought the audience to not perceive them as a star couple. In 1995, the marriage went to a dead end, and Kenneth with Emma divorced. According to rumors, Brana exchanged his wife on Eccentric Helen Bonham Carter.
Later, Thompson admitted that he was in a terrible depression after parting with her husband. The celebrity again plunged into the work, this time on the film "Mind and Feelings". And on the set of Melodrama met with the young actor Greg Wise, who is 7 years old. According to Emma, the new love and an interesting character in the tape helped restore vitality.
From the relationship with Greg's artist, Gaya daughter was born. At that time, the woman was already 39 years old. And 4 years after the birth of the girl, Thompson officially married a child's father. The solemn ceremony took place in the Scottish town of Danun, where Emma has its own house in which Thompson loves to spend time with children and loved ones.
In the year of the wedding, the pair adopted the 16-year-old young people of Tintybua Agaba, Refugees from the African country of Rwanda. In his homeland, the Agaba family died from genocide, but the teenager ran away to England.
Celebrity growth is 173 cm.
Emma Thompson now
Now Thompson is still in demand as an actress. Fans are followed by news from the life of the idol and appreciate the new photos of Emma on the fan page in "Instagram".In May 2021, the premiere of the film "Crewlla" took place, in which the actress played the cruel mentor of the main character. The central image got the namesake Thompson - Emma Stone. The performer complained in an interview that because of the new Disney rules were not allowed to smoke in the frame. According to Stone, such a detail would give the character an additional charm.
Filmography
- 1987 - "Tutti Fruutti"
- 1989 - "Heinrich V"
- 1993 - "In the name of the Father"
- 1994 - "Junior"
- 2003 - "Real Love"
- 2004 - "Harry Potter and a prisoner of Azkaban"
- 2005 - "My terrible nanny"
- 2008 - "Education of Sensities"
- 2012 - "People in Black 3"
- 2013 - "Beautiful creatures"
- 2014 - Effey
- 2016 - "Bridget Jones-3"
- 2017 - "Beauty and the Beast"
- 2018 - "Agent Johnny Inglish 3.0"
- 2019 - "Live"
- 2019 - "People in Black: International"
- 2021 - "Crewlla"