Emma Thompson Net Worth

Emma Thompson's Quotes

• [on her role in the Harry Potter film] I have a nervous breakdown in the film and in one scene I get to stand at the top of the stairs waving an empty sherry bottle which is, of course, a typical scene from my daily life, so isn't much of a stretch.
• I can't stand this new culture of the instant disposable celebrity. It's all so vulgar.
• I am who I am and there is nothing I can do about that.
• I have periods of intense activity, then stop. My ideal is to work hard in the morning until I pick Gaia up from school. Just putting an empty square in my diary seems to make a space in my head, too. You have to be very good at saying no.
• My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman. I've never thought of myself as vain. When I was at Cambridge, I shaved my head and wore baggy clothes. What I did was to desexualise myself. It was partly to do with the feminism of that time: militant and grungy. That's all changed now, though I don't think it is liberating to get your tits out. I don't hold with that. But I am much more comfortable with being a woman now than I was in my twenties.

Interesting Facts about Emma Thompson

1. Mother, with husband Greg Wise, of a daughter Gaia Wise (b. December 4, 1999) and adopted son Tindyebwa Agaba (b. 1987).
2. Ranked #91 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
3. Attended and graduated from Camden School for Girls, and the all-women Newnham College of Cambridge University with an English degree (1982). Jodhi May also attended Camden School for Girls.
4. She co-wrote, co-produced, and co-directed Cambridge University's first all-female revue "Woman's Hour" (1983).
5. Elder sister of Sophie Thompson.
6. Was named to the Board of Advisors for Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival (previously Fahrenheit Theater Company) in Cincinnati, Ohio.
7. Her mother is Phyllida Law, who has appeared in several movies with her.
8. Her father was television presenter Eric Thompson. He was most famous for being the English narrator of the French animated show The Magic Roundabout (1964).
9. Was originally slated to play the role of "God" in Kevin Smith's Dogma (1999). She was unable to perform due to her pregnancy.
10. Turned down the role of Anna Leonowens in Anna and the King (1999), which went to Jodie Foster.
11. She was initially cast as the lead role in Basic Instinct (1992), but refused later on. About Sharon Stone's appearance she said: "As far as I can see, from Sharon Stone's love scene in Basic Instinct (1992), they molded her body out of tough Plasticine. She was shagging Michael Douglas like a donkey, and not an inch moved. If that had been me, there would have been things flying around hitting me in the eye.".
12. Resides across the street from her mother and down the street from her sister.
13. Her brother-in-law is Richard Lumsden, a British actor-comedian.
14. She was ranked fifth in the 2001 Orange Film Survey of greatest British film actresses.
15. Is one of only twelve actors who have been nominated for both a Supporting and Lead Acting Academy Award in the same year for their achievements in two different movies. The other eleven are Fay Bainter, Cate Blanchett, Teresa Wright, Barry Fitzgerald (nominated in both categories for the same role in the same movie), Jessica Lange, Sigourney Weaver, Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Julianne Moore, Jamie Foxx and Scarlett Johansson. Holly Hunter received her double-nomination in the same year that Thompson did.
16. Has one song dedicated to her and named after her, on famous French singer Georges Moustaki's album "Moustaki" (2003).
17. Is the only person to have won Academy awards for both acting and writing. She won Best Actress for Howards End (1992), and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sense and Sensibility (1995).
18. Accepted the role of Professor Trelawny in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) to impress her daughter, Gaia.
19. Read English Literature at Cambridge University.
20. Used to keep her Oscar statuettes in her bathroom but had to move her Oscars to make room for her daughter Gaia's artwork. She now keeps them in her office.