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Most Recent Role: Herself on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Gender: Female
Birthplace: London, England.
Birthday: 4-15-1959
Emma is the daughter of English actress Phyllida Law and of stage director Eric Thompson . Actress Sophie Thompson is her sister. Emma attended the Camden School for Girls, a comprehensive girls' secondary school in North London. She first came into the limelight at Cambridge, where she studied English Literature and was an active member of the Cambridge Footlights alongside close...

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Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
The Mighty Boosh, John Barrowman, Emma Thompson, Gwen Stefani.
Friday 10 November 2006 on BBC-1

When Emma last appeared on the show, Jordan seemed to invite her and her husband to take part in some adult activity with her and her husband. I've not been able to sleep since. John Barrowman, who stars in Torchwood and The Mighty Boosh also appear - one of whom looks like a Freddie Mercury...

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In 2008, Emma joined with the Warrington Peace Centre to invite them to help tackle knife crime in schools. (edit)
Emma was nominated for SAG Awards in 1996, 2002, and 2004. In 1996, she was nominated for "Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role" for Sense and Sensibility. In 2002, she was nominated for "Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries" for Wit. In 2004, she was nominated for "Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries" for Angels in America. (edit)
Emma was nominated for an Emmy in 2004 for her work in Angels in America. The category was "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries". (edit)
In a recent interview with Jonothan Ross, Emma declared that she would like to make a trilogy of Nanny McPhee films. (edit)
Emma and Greg have adopted Tindyebwa, a Rwandan teenager who lost his sister and his parents in the genocide. (edit)

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Emma: (On keeping her Oscars in the toilet) They look far too outré anywhere else. They're great big, gold, shiny things. They're up there tarnishing quietly along with everything else I own, including my body. It does give people the opportunity to pick them up and play with them in privacy rather than having to say, "Can I hold that?" You'd have to come to my house. There's no posh space. Every space is kind of a family space. I'm surprised my daughter hasn't used them for nefarious purposes actually. They're heavy. (edit)
Emma: (On putting on the make up for the character Nanny McPhee) This look took an upsettingly short time to achieve. It took longer to get dressed up for bloody Sense and Sensibility. (edit)
Emma: I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things - disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals. (edit)
Emma: Having reached 40 this year, if they were going to find someone to play opposite me they'd have to exhume him. (edit)
Emma: (On plannng a name for her and Greg's child) I've been toying with names like Winston and Clementine, but I don't think they're going to wash. (edit)
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