Emma thompson was born in 1959, in London, England.
Raised in a family of artists, her father was the actor Eric Thompson, already deceased, and his mother, Phyllida Law who starred with Emma several films.
Her wit was cultivated early by a happy and creative family environment and she was a popular and successful student.
Attended the University of Cambridge, Where I study English literature and was part of the Footlights Group, the famous group from which, previously, many of the members of Monty Python they first met.
Thompson graduated in 1980 and began his career in entertainment, beginning with appearances on the radio of the BBC. Soon he got his first big break on television, in the comic sketch “Fresh” in 1983, writing and acting together with his students from the Footlights Group, Stephen Fry Y Hugh Laurie.
I also worked on other comedy shows in the mid-1980s, often alongside the actor. Robbie Coltrane.
Emma found himself sharing again with Stephen Fry in 1985, this time in his theatrical adaptation of the play “Me and My Girl”, in which he had a leading role alongside Maggie smith.
The show was a success and she received rave reviews.
The strength of her performance led her to be chosen as the lead in the miniseries of the BBC “Fortunes of War” during 1987, in which Thompson and his co-star, Kenneth branagh, played an expatriate English couple, living in Eastern Europe during the rise of World War II.
Emma He won an award BAFTA for his work on the show.
Got married with Branagh in 1989 and continued working alongside him, founding a production company. The couple divorced in 1994.
In the late ’80s and early’ 90s, he starred in a string of successful and well-received television and film productions, his performance being highlighted in the production of Howards End, “The Merchand Ivory” in 1992.
The latter confirmed his ability to cope with films on both sides of the Atlantic and earned him recognition of the level of the Oscar And the prize BAFTA.
Since then, Thompson He has not stopped moving effortlessly between the artistic world of cinema and Hollywood. She also continues to work in television, but being very selective when choosing a role.
She has also worked as a writer, participating in the adaptation of Ang lee of the novel “Sense and Feelings” from Jane Austen in 1995, where he played a leading role as Elinor dashwood and shared the billboard with actresses of the stature of Kate Winslet, Gemma Jones and actors like Hugh grant Y Alan Rickman.
It is in this movie where she meets her current husband, Greg Wise. In 1999 their daughter was born, Gaia.
In 2001 he was part of the acclaimed television adaptation of Margaret edson, “Wit”, where I act together with Christopher Lloyd.
The film “Imagining Argentina” (2003), which he shared with Antonio Banderas, met her with the director Christopher hampton and he was massacred by critics.
Best fortune ran “Love Actually” (2003) a film that brought together several prominent actors such as ALan Rickman, Hugh grant, Keira Knightley, Liam Neeson Y Colin firth, which brought a nomination again to the BAFTA.
In the same year he released “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (2005), in which he accepted the role of Sybil trelawney, an absent-minded professor who taught divinatory arts In this member of JK Rowling’s extortionate book saga, she can be seen alongside prominent colleagues such as Alan Rickman, Maggie smith, Michael gambon Y Gary oldman, Emma Watson Y Daniel Radcliffe.
She also resumed her work as a film writer with the film “Nanny McPhee“(2006), based on a children’s story, which had the collaboration of Angela lansbury Y Colin FIrth.
During 2007 he again incarnated the role of Sybil trelawney on “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” in which they appeared as featured additions Ralph fiennes Y Brendan Gleeson.
He also had a small participation in the film “I’m legend”, starring Will Smith.
For 2008 the premieres of “An Education”, “Brideshead Revisited” Y “Last Chance Harvey”, films that are currently in post production.