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Emma Thompson smiling at an event, wearing a sleeveless black and white patterned dress with red earrings, against a backdrop with logos. Henry V (1989) Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson, and Anthony Hopkins in period costumes stand outdoors on grass in a scene from the film Howard's End. Emma Thompson as Beatrice and Kenneth Branagh as Benedick stand facing each other, holding hands, in front of a window with potted flowers and a scenic landscape in Much Ado About Nothing (1993). Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in period costumes stand outdoors in a scene from the film Sense and Sensibility, with Winslet wearing a straw bonnet. Tom Hanks as Walt Disney waves while walking with Emma Thompson as P.L. Travers through Disneyland in a scene from Saving Mr. Banks, with park visitors in the background.
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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: NPR - Emma Thompson on her new film — and the idea the female orgasm has to be performative. Jul 20, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 11, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - Emma Thompson on her new film — and the idea the female orgasm has to be performative. Dec 02, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - Radio 1's Screen Time - Emma Thompson Interview Special: Movies That Made Me. Jun 16, 2025
Article revised and updated. Dec 03, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 29, 2024
Add new Web site: All American Speakers - Emma Thompson. Dec 29, 2023
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Emma Thompson. Jan 05, 2023
Added the movie Cruella. May 27, 2021
Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Biography of Emma Thompson. Feb 19, 2020
Added the film Dolittle. Jan 17, 2020
Added the movie Late Night (2019). Jun 06, 2019
Added the film Missing Link. Apr 12, 2019
Added the movie Johnny English Strikes Again (2018). Oct 26, 2018
Noted that she married actor Greg Wise in 2003, added the movies The Children Act (2017) and King Lear (2018), and noted she was made a DBE in 2018. Sep 28, 2018
Added the movies Beauty and the Beast (2017) and The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017). Oct 16, 2017
Noted the release of A Walk in the Woods (2015). Sep 01, 2015
Noted the release of Effie Gray (2014). Apr 03, 2015
Noted the release of Men, Women & Children (2014). Oct 02, 2014
Noted the release of Saving Mr. Banks (2013). Dec 13, 2013
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Emma Thompson. Aug 05, 2013
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Emma Thompson. Aug 01, 2013
Added the movie Brave (2012). Jun 22, 2012
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Emma Thompson. May 10, 2011
Added the movies An Education (2009), Pirate Radio (2009), and Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010). Aug 20, 2010
Updated to include mention of Last Chance Harvey. Jan 06, 2009
Media added. Dec 16, 2008
Article revised and updated. Apr 21, 2008
New article added. Mar 12, 2008
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