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Sophie Thompson(I)

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Sophie Thompson
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Sophie Thompson is a British actress who has worked in film, television and theatre. A six-time Olivier Award nominee, she won the 1999 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the London revival of Into the Woods. Her other nominations were for Wildest Dreams (1994), Company (1996), Clybourne Park (2011) Guys and Dolls (2016) and 'Present Laughter' (2019). Thompson's film appearances include Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Persuasion (1995), Emma (1996), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Gosford Park (2001) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010). Her television roles include playing Stella Crawford in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2006-2007) and Rosemary Piper in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2018).
BornJanuary 20, 1962
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Jeremy Northam and Sophie Thompson in Emma (1996)
Jeremy Northam, Greta Scacchi, Toni Collette, James Cosmo, Angela Down, John Franklyn-Robbins, Phyllida Law, Sophie Thompson, and Polly Walker in Emma (1996)
Phyllida Law and Sophie Thompson in Emma (1996)
Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, John Hannah, Anna Chancellor, James Fleet, David Haig, and Sophie Thompson in One Red Nose and a Wedding (2019)
Emma Thompson and Sophie Thompson
Emma Thompson and Sophie Thompson
John Carson and Sophie Thompson in Hammer House of Horror (1980)
Imelda Staunton and Sophie Thompson in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Jamie Bell, Romola Garai, Stella Gonet, and Sophie Thompson in Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
Sophie Thompson and Lucy Hutchinson in Inside No. 9 (2014)
Kate Fleetwood, Daniel Radcliffe, Steffan Rhodri, and Sophie Thompson in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Kate Fleetwood, Daniel Radcliffe, Steffan Rhodri, and Sophie Thompson in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

Known for

Gosford Park (2001)
Gosford Park
7.2
  • Dorothy
  • 2001
Gwyneth Paltrow in Emma (1996)
Emma
6.6
  • Miss Bates
  • 1996
Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Simon Callow, John Hannah, and Charlotte Coleman in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Four Weddings and a Funeral
7.1
  • Lydia the Bride - Wedding Two
  • 1994
Julia Roberts in Eat Pray Love (2010)
Eat Pray Love
5.8
  • Corella
  • 2010

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Actress

  • Mackenzie Crook, Gerard Horan, Toby Jones, Pearce Quigley, Laura Checkley, Divian Ladwa, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, and Orion Ben in Detectorists (2014)
    Detectorists
  • The Flatshare (2022)
    The Flatshare
  • Aliyah Odoffin, Bel Powley, Marli Siu, and Emma Appleton in Everything I Know About Love (2022)
    Everything I Know About Love
  • Riann Steele and Helen Miles in The Creeping (2022)
    The Creeping
  • Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After (2021)
    Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After
  • Sandylands (2020)
    Sandylands
  • Aimee Lou Wood, Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa, and Emma Mackey in Sex Education (2019)
    Sex Education
  • Mae Martin and Charlotte Ritchie in Feel Good (2020)
    Feel Good
  • Present Laughter (2019)
    Present Laughter
  • Simon Farnaby, Jim Howick, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Willbond, Charlotte Ritchie, Mathew Baynton, Laurence Rickard, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, and Lolly Adefope in Ghosts (2019)
    Ghosts
  • Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, and John Hannah in One Red Nose and a Wedding (2019)
    One Red Nose and a Wedding
  • Mackenzie Crook, Laura Fraser, Sophie Thompson, Johnny Vegas, Kelly Wenham, and Dustin Demri-Burns in Tales from the Lodge (2019)
    Tales from the Lodge
  • A Disappearance (2019)
    A Disappearance
  • The Importance of Being Earnest (2018)
    The Importance of Being Earnest
  • Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Johnny Briggs, Margot Bryant, and Doris Speed in Coronation Street (1960)
    Coronation Street

Soundtrack

  • Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
    Dancing at Lughnasa
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"Drop Your Wands"
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"Drop Your Wands"
"Cafe Attack"
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"Cafe Attack"
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Emma
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Emma
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1: Behind the Scenes
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1: Behind the Scenes

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    • January 20, 1962
    • London, England, UK
    • Richard LumsdenOctober 1995 - 2015 (divorced, 2 children)
    • Gaia Wise(Niece or Nephew)
  • Other works
    Her credits at London's Donmar Warehouse include: the Baker's Wife in the musical "Into the Woods" (5 November '98 to 13 February '99), and Amy in the musical "Company" (1995, also West End).
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    Both Sophie and her sister, Emma Thompson, met their future husbands-- Richard Lumsden and Greg Wise respectively-- on the set of Sense and Sensibility (1995).

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