Nanny McPhee

…Johannes Vermeer; the family film Nanny McPhee (2005); and the box-office hit Mamma Mia! (2008), a musical based on the songs of ABBA. In Tom Ford’s 2009 adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s novel A Single Man, he portrayed a gay professor who, following the death of his lover, displays a stoic…

…Marple; and the family comedies Nanny McPhee (2005), Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018).

…career with the family film Nanny McPhee (2005), adapted from a series of books by Christianna Brand, and played the titular role, a governess with magical powers. She wrote and starred in the sequel, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010; U.S. title Nanny McPhee Returns) as well. Thompson also…