What is Emma Thompson’s Net Worth?
Emma Thompson, the British actress, screenwriter, and producer, has a net worth of $40 million. She gained fame for her roles in the BBC television miniseries “Tutti Frutti” and “Fortunes of War” in 1987 and has since starred in numerous high-profile films, including “Henry V,” “Howards End,” and the “Harry Potter” franchise. Thompson has won multiple Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and BAFTAs throughout her career.
Early Life and Education
Emma Thompson was born on April 15, 1959 in London, England to Scottish actress Phyllida Law and English actor Eric Thompson. She attended Camden School for Girls and studied English at Newnham College in Cambridge where she joined the sketch comedy troupe, the Cambridge Footlights. In 1980, Thompson became the group’s vice president, and co-directed its first all-female revue, entitled “Woman’s Hour.”
Early Career
Thompson made her professional stage debut in a theatrical production of “Not the Nine O’Clock News” in 1982 and subsequently transitioned to television. She often worked with her fellow Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. Her credits included “There’s Nothing to Worry About!,” “The Crystal Cube,” and the sketch show “Alfresco,” which ran for two seasons between 1983 and 1984.
Breakthrough Roles
In 1985, Thompson played Sally Smith in the West End revival of the musical “Me and My Girl.” The same year, she wrote and starred in her own Channel 4 special, “Emma Thompson: Up for Grabs.” Thompson rose to even greater prominence in 1987, when she starred in two television miniseries: the World War II drama “Fortunes of War” and the dark comedy “Tutti Frutti.” She won the BAFTA for Best Actress for both performances.
Emma Thompson’s Film Career Highlights
Thompson made her film debut in 1989 with “The Tall Guy” and later starred in Kenneth Branagh’s “Henry V” and “Dead Again.” In 1992, she starred in “Peter’s Friends” and earned her first Academy Award nomination and win for “Howards End.” She received two Academy Award nominations in 1993 for “The Remains of the Day” and “In the Name of the Father,” and starred in “Much Ado About Nothing.” In 1995, she wrote and starred in “Sense and Sensibility,” winning her second Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. She continued to appear in films throughout the 90s, including “The Winter Guest,” “Primary Colors,” and “Judas Kiss.”
Emma Thompson’s Film Career
Emma Thompson appeared in numerous films in the early 2000s, including “Maybe Baby,” “Treasure Planet,” and “Love Actually.” She also played Professor Sybill Trelawney in “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” and appeared in “Nanny McPhee,” “Brideshead Revisited,” and “An Education,” among others.
In 2012, Thompson appeared in “Men in Black 3” and “Brave,” followed by “Beautiful Creatures,” “The Love Punch,” and “Saving Mr. Banks” in 2013. Her portrayal of P.L. Travers in “Saving Mr. Banks” received critical acclaim and numerous award nominations.
Thompson continued to appear in a variety of films, including “Effie Gray,” “Bridget Jones’s Baby,” and “Cruella.”
Emma Thompson’s Career Highlights
Thompson’s breakthroughs in the late 80s led to her appearances in several television films, including “Knuckle,” “The Winslow Boy,” “The Blue Boy,” and “Hospital!”
In 2001, she both starred in and wrote the critically acclaimed television film “Wit,” directed by Mike Nichols. Two years later, Thompson appeared in another highly acclaimed Nichols production, “Angels in America.”
Thompson’s other television credits include “The Song of Lunch,” “Walking the Dogs,” and the miniseries “Years and Years.”
On stage, Thompson has starred in “Me and My Girl,” “Look Back in Anger,” “King Lear,” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” From 2014 to 2015, she played Mrs. Lovett in a revival of the musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”
Emma Thompson’s Personal Life and Activism
In 1989, Thompson married actor and director Kenneth Branagh, whom she had met while filming “Fortunes of War.” They divorced in 1995 after it was discovered that Branagh was having an affair with actress Helena Bonham Carter. Thompson later married her “Sense and Sensibility” costar Greg Wise in 2003, and they have a daughter named Gaia and an informally adopted son named Tindyebwa from Rwanda.
Aside from her acting career, Thompson is heavily involved in human rights advocacy and is an ambassador for the charity ActionAid. She also chairs the Helen Bamber Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture and is an active environmental activist, collaborating with Greenpeace on campaigns against climate change and oil drilling in the arctic. Thompson is also an ambassador for the British charity Galapagos Conservation Trust.
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