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Dame Emma Thompson, DBE (born April 15, 1959 in Paddington, London), is a distinguished British actor and screenwriter best known for a lot of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Ivory_Productions Merchant Ivory]] movies, as well as ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'', ''Film/DeadAgain'', ''Film/StrangerThanFiction'', ''Film/NannyMcPhee'', and ''Film/SavingMrBanks''.

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Dame Emma Thompson, DBE (born April 15, 1959 in Paddington, London), is a distinguished British actress and screenwriter.

The daughter of English
actor Eric Norman Thompson and screenwriter Scottish actress Phyllida Law, she is best known for a lot of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Ivory_Productions Merchant Ivory]] movies, as well as ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'', ''Film/DeadAgain'', ''Film/StrangerThanFiction'', ''Film/NannyMcPhee'', and ''Film/SavingMrBanks''.
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'''Stephen:''' ''[sigh]'' I mean, I'm not going to get as upset as some actors do -- some actors say, "We do a bloody hard job of work, we're serious people, you know, it's a coal face, doing a play! How dare they call us luvvies!" I think that's a bit overdone. On the other hand, it's a bit tedious when the ''Daily Mail'' says "luvvie couple XYZ," or something....\\

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'''Stephen:''' ''[sigh]'' I mean, I'm not going to get as upset as some ''some'' actors do -- - some actors say, "We do a bloody hard job of work, we're serious people, you know, it's a coal face, doing a play! How dare they call us luvvies!" I think that's a bit overdone. On the other ''other'' hand, it's a bit tedious when the ''Daily Mail'' says "luvvie couple XYZ," or something....\\something -\\

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* ActingForTwo: For the TV adaptation of ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica'' she plays an angel, a homeless woman and Nurse Emily.



* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: For the TV adaptation of ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica'' she plays an angel, a homeless woman and Nurse Emily.

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Dame Emma Thompson, DBE (born April 15, 1959 in Paddington, London), is a distinguished British actor best known for a lot of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Ivory_Productions Merchant Ivory]] movies, as well as ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'', ''Film/DeadAgain'', ''Film/StrangerThanFiction'', ''Film/NannyMcPhee'', and ''Film/SavingMrBanks''. Introduced [[Creator/StephenFry Fry]] to [[Creator/HughLaurie Laurie]], thus making her responsible for a veritable English institution. Also almost played [[Film/{{Dogma}} God]] (it was decided that Music/AlanisMorissette would be [[RuleOfFunny funnier]]). Has a very vitriolic friendship with Creator/StephenFry, who has seen her naked more than once.[[note]]She says that Fry finds the naked female body overwhelming and that one of her favorite pranks to play on him when they were younger was to lock all the doors and then sashay toward him in the nude knowing he'd have trouble opening all the locks in his terror.[[/note]] She was, before his death, a very good friend of Alan Rickman.[[note]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=bo9b0rLQYUc Emma Thompson talks about Alan Rickman.]][[/note]]

Thompson is also the only person who's won Academy Awards in both screenwriting (''Film/SenseAndSensibility'') and acting (''Film/HowardsEnd''). Compare with Creator/BarbraStreisand, Creator/LaurenceOlivier, Creator/GeorgeClooney, and Creator/MichaelDouglas, who also have unusual Oscar combinations.

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Dame Emma Thompson, DBE (born April 15, 1959 in Paddington, London), is a distinguished British actor and screenwriter best known for a lot of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Ivory_Productions Merchant Ivory]] movies, as well as ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'', ''Film/DeadAgain'', ''Film/StrangerThanFiction'', ''Film/NannyMcPhee'', and ''Film/SavingMrBanks''. Introduced ''Film/SavingMrBanks''.

She introduced
[[Creator/StephenFry Fry]] to [[Creator/HughLaurie Laurie]], thus making her responsible for [[Series/ABitOfFryAndLaurie a veritable English institution. Also almost played [[Film/{{Dogma}} God]] (it was decided that Music/AlanisMorissette would be [[RuleOfFunny funnier]]). Has institution]], and has a very vitriolic friendship with Creator/StephenFry, Fry, who has seen her naked more than once.[[note]]She says that Fry finds the naked female body overwhelming and that one of her favorite pranks to play on him when they were younger was to lock all the doors and then sashay toward him in the nude knowing he'd have trouble opening all the locks in his terror.[[/note]] She also almost played [[Film/{{Dogma}} God]] (it was decided that Music/AlanisMorissette would be [[RuleOfFunny funnier]]), and was, before his death, a very good friend of Alan Rickman.[[note]][[https://www.Creator/AlanRickman.[[note]]You can hear her talk about him [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=bo9b0rLQYUc Emma Thompson talks about Alan Rickman.]][[/note]]

here]].[[/note]]

Thompson is also the only person who's won Academy Awards UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s in both screenwriting (''Film/SenseAndSensibility'') and acting (''Film/HowardsEnd''). (''Film/HowardsEnd'').

Compare with Creator/BarbraStreisand, Creator/LaurenceOlivier, Creator/GeorgeClooney, and Creator/MichaelDouglas, who also have unusual Oscar combinations.

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