Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson is an English actress and screenwriter known for performances in period dramas and for adapting literary works, including Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.

Howards End: A 1992 film adaptation of E. M. Forster’s novel, directed by James Ivory. Thompson won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Margaret Schlegel.
Kenneth Branagh: A British actor and director known for Shakespeare adaptations and screen performances. Thompson and Branagh collaborated onscreen and in theatre, and were married from 1989 to 1995.
Academy Award for Best Actress: An annual Academy Award recognizing a leading performance by an actress in a film. Thompson received it for Howards End, a defining recognition of her screen acting.
Literary adaptation: The transformation of a written literary work into another medium, such as film or theatre. Thompson’s Austen adaptation helped establish her as both a screenwriter and performer.
Sense and Sensibility: Jane Austen’s 1811 novel about the Dashwood sisters and their changing fortunes. Thompson adapted the novel and starred as Elinor Dashwood, earning an Academy Award for the screenplay.
Richard Curtis: A British screenwriter and director associated with romantic comedies including Four Weddings and a Funeral. Curtis directed Thompson in Love Actually and The Boat That Rocked.
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: An annual Academy Award for a screenplay adapted from previously published or produced material. Thompson won for Sense and Sensibility, becoming the first person to win acting and writing Oscars.
Jane Austen: An English novelist whose works examine courtship, class, and social judgment. Thompson’s Sense and Sensibility brought Austen’s fiction to a wide film audience.
The Remains of the Day: A 1993 film about an English butler whose devotion to service limits his personal life. Thompson plays Miss Kenton opposite Anthony Hopkins in this acclaimed literary adaptation.
James Ivory: An American film director known for literary adaptations made with producer Ismail Merchant. Ivory directed Thompson in Howards End and The Remains of the Day.

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