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Emma Thompson (born 15 April, 1959) is an Emmy, BAFTA, and two time-Academy Award-winning English actress, who portrayed Sybill Trelawney in the Harry Potter film series. She is also a comedian, screenwriter, and patron of the Refugee Council. In 2004, Thompson played the eccentric Divination...
Other notable film credits include the Harry Potter series (2004–2011), Nanny McPhee (2005), Stranger than Fiction (2006), An Education (2009), Men in Black 3 (2012) and the spin-off Men in Black: International (2019), Brave (2012), Beauty and the Beast (2017), Cruella (2021), and Matilda the Musical (2022).
99+ Videos. 99+ Photos. Emma Thompson was born on April 15, 1959 in Paddington, London, into a family of actors - father Eric Thompson and mother Phyllida Law, who has co-starred with Thompson in several films. Her sister, Sophie Thompson, is an actor as well. Her father was English-born and her mother is Scottish-born.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, and Emma Thompson in Junior (1994)- Emma Thompson and Lashana Lynch in Matilda: The Musical (2022)
- Emma Thompson in Matilda: The Musical (2022)
- Emma Thompson in Walking the Dogs (2012)
- Emma Thompson in Upstart Crow (2016)
- Emma Thompson and Shabana Azmi in What's Love Got to Do with It? (2022)
- Emma Thompson, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Laurie, and Lucy Boynton in Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (2022)
- Emma Thompson in Cruella (2021)
- Emma Thompson in Howards End (1992)
Dec 10, 2023 · Emma Thompson's character, Professor Trelawney, is criminally underused in the Harry Potter series, despite her significance to the plot and unique abilities. Trelawney's prophecies,...
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Emma Thompson plays the Divination teacher at Hogwarts in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). See her photos, quotes, and trivia on IMDb.
Accepted the role of Professor Trelawny in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) to impress her daughter, Gaia. Whilst working on the Oscar winning script for Sense and Sensibility (1995), Emma's computer developed a serious problem and she was unable to locate the file.
May 9, 2019 · Emma Thompson as Sybil Trelawney in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Photograph: Allstar/Warner Bros. As the Oscar-winning actor, screenwriter and climate change protester returns...
