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Acting

Emma Thompson

Career: Active from 1982 to 2026, busiest in 2016 and 2019 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles: 54
top three billing

Average score: 67/100

Highest rated: In the Name of the Father
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 83 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Emma Thompson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.6, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.5, average 4.8
Crime
2.3, average 3.6
Scare
1.7, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 12
Social Commentary 6
Literary Adaptation 5
Ensemble Cast 5
Nostalgic 4
Emotional Catharsis 4
Political Intrigue 4
Historical Drama 4
Melancholy 4
Romantic Comedy 4
British Humor 3
Witty Banter 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

108

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

3 titles

as Elizabeth Butler-Sloss

How to Stop a Nuclear War

as Narrator (voice)

Short Stay

Thanks

2020s

14 titles · average score 71

Everybody to Kenmure Street

80

as Van Guy

The Sheep Detectives

81

as Lydia Harbottle

Dead of Winter

67

as Barb

Down Cemetery Road

70

TV show · as Zoë Boehm

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

72

as Dr Rawlings

Mediha

Executive Producer

What's Love Got to Do with It?

68

as Cath Stevenson

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

75

as Agatha Trunchbull

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

79

as Nancy Stokes

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

81

TV show · as Lady Marcham

Cruella

72

as The Baroness

Dolittle

39

as Poly (voice)

2010s

35 titles · average score 62

Last Christmas

57

as Petra Andrich

Years and Years

82

TV show · as Vivienne Rook

Late Night

69

as Katherine Newbury

King Lear

76

as Goneril

The Children Act

67

as Fiona Maye

Bridget Jones's Baby

66

as Dr Rawlings

Alone in Berlin

58

as Anna Quangel

A Walk in the Woods

53

as Catherine Bryson

Saving Mr. Banks

73

as P.L. Travers

Brave

72

as Elinor (voice)

Men in Black 3

64

as Agent O

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

61

as Nanny McPhee

2000s

16 titles · average score 69

The Boat That Rocked

65

as Charlotte

Last Chance Harvey

62

as Kate Walker

Brideshead Revisited

62

as Lady Marchmain

I Am Legend

68

as Dr. Alice Krippin

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

75

as Sybill Trelawney

Stranger Than Fiction

73

as Karen Eiffel

Nanny McPhee

66

as Nanny McPhee

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

84

as Sybill Trelawney

Love Actually

66

as Karen

Imagining Argentina

45

as Cecilia Rueda

Treasure Planet

69

as Captain Amelia (voice)

Wit

81

as Vivian Bearing

1990s

21 titles · average score 65

Primary Colors

71

as Susan Stanton

Judas Kiss

49

as FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins

The Winter Guest

66

as Frances

Sense and Sensibility

85

as Elinor Dashwood

Carrington

63

as Dora Carrington

Junior

46

as Dr. Diana Reddin

In the Name of the Father

86

as Gareth Peirce

The Remains of the Day

85

as Miss Kenton

Much Ado About Nothing

79

as Beatrice

Howards End

83

as Margaret Schlegel

Peter's Friends

68

as Maggie Chester

Dead Again

71

as Grace / Margaret Strauss

1980s

17 titles · average score 74

The Tall Guy

73

as Kate

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Constance Clavinger (voice)

Henry V

82

as Katherine

Look Back in Anger

81

as Alison Porter

The Winslow Boy

as Catherine Winslow

Fortunes of War

69

TV show · as Harriet Pringle

Tutti Frutti

75

TV show · as Suzi Kettles

Alfresco

65

TV show · as Various

The Crystal Cube

TV show · as Jackie Meld / Various Roles

There's Nothing to Worry About!

TV show · as Various

The Cellar Tapes

73

as various

Cheers

84

TV show · as Nanny Gee

1970s

2 titles

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

TV show

The Val Doonican Music Show

TV show