Emma writing sequel to Nanny McPhee
20 Oct 2006
The next film
will be an original story based on the characters created by Christianna Brand.
Interviews about Stranger Than Fiction
9 Oct 2006
In this interview,
Emma says, "After I'd read the first five pages, I immediately called [producer Lindsay Doran] and said, 'I'll do it.'"
Also check out another interview.
Stranger Than Fiction trailer
28 July 2006
If the trailer is any indication,
this movie looks like a winner.
Emma returns in next Harry Potter film
7 May 2006
Professor Trelawney will be back in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Emma supports Anne Frank site
2 Feb 2006
Emma helped launch www.annefranktree.com to foster exchanges between schoolchildren and fight racism.
Read more.
Emma and Greg adopt Rwandan teen
28 Jan 2006
Emma and husband Greg Wise have adopted
a 17-year-old orphan from Rwanda named Tindyebwa Agaba.
Interview with Emma
8 Jan 2006
Read the latest
about Emma from The Age in Australia. Nanny McPhee is "the film I've loved best out of anything I've done."
Writing award for Nanny McPhee
10 Dec 2005
Emma won
the script award at the 15th annual Women in Film and Television awards in London.
Emma in talks for Altman film
16 Oct 2005
In London next year Robert Altman will film The Tortoise and the Hare, based on a screenplay by Andrew Davies. Emma is
in talks to join the cast.
Tidbits on Nanny McPhee
15 Oct 2005
What inspired the new nanny? And why did she wait ten years between screenplays? Take a look
hither and
yon.
Nanny McPhee premiere
10 Oct 2005
Emma at the London premiere:
"It was liberating having moles for this part. I always find it more strange being glammed up." She was
fashionable too.
Nanny McPhee trailer
23 July 2005
View this sneak peek at Emma's next film!
Stranger Than Fiction starts filming
25 April 2005
Emma is in Chicago with co-stars
Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, and Queen Latifah.
Emma in anti-poverty ad
31 March 2005
Watch Emma
in the "Click" ad campaign from the organization Make Poverty History.
New movie: Stranger Than Fiction
21 Jan 2005
Emma is in final negotiations to join the cast of this follow-up to Finding Neverland alongside Will Ferrell
and Queen Latifah. Ferrell plays an obsessive/compulsive IRS auditor who begins to hear a voice that turns out to be
an author (Emma) who is writing a novel in which Ferrell is the ill-fated protagonist. The auditor heeds the narrator's advice and turns his life around.
Time names Emma "hero"
10 Oct 2004
Time magazine named Emma among the European heroes of the year in an annual magazine poll to find the continent's
most committed humanitarians. Emma was recognized largely for her work as an ambassador for ActionAid, the U.K.-based anti-poverty organization.
Emmy Award nomination
15 July 2004
Emma is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie for her performance in Angels in America.
Harry Potter opens
4 June 2004
See Emma as Professor Trelawny in a theater near you!
Harry Potter trailer
25 March 2004
Watch Emma make a brief appearance in the new trailer.
Back in the spotlight
9 Feb 2004
Emma is here, there, and everywhere these days. Check out new articles on
Imagining Argentina and
Emma's comments on Los Angeles.
Best Actress, Empire Awards
6 Feb 2004
Love Actually earns Emma another award. From the acceptance speech:
"All I can say is you've made an old woman very happy." Old? Please.
Nanny McPhee update
6 Feb 2004
Shooting begins in April, and Colin Firth may star in this Emma-written family comedy, which is adapted
from the Nurse Matilda books.
Emma's daughter attacked by turtle
4 Feb 2004
Well, not really. Just a wee bite.
British award for Love Actually
2 Feb 2004
At the Evening Standard British Film Awards, Emma received the
Best Actress award for her work in Love Actually.
Women and AIDS coalition launched
2 Feb 2004
The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS is started
with Emma as a steering committee member.
Read her words on this crisis.
BAFTA nomination for Love Actually
19 Jan 2004
Nominations for The British Academy of Film and Television Arts are out, and Emma is up for
Actress in a Supporting Role for her work in Love Actually.
The awards are February 15.
SAG nomination for Angels
16 Jan 2004
Emma is on the roster of the Screen Actors Guild Awards with a nomination for
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries.
The awards occur February 22.
Emma to appear on Frasier
16 Jan 2004
Emma reprises her role as Frasier's first wife for the January 28 episode.
A song for Emma
1 Jan 2004
Georges Moustaki is a French composer and singer who, for reasons obvious to many, loves Emma Thompson. His latest album
has a song dedicated to Emma, in which she reads a letter she wrote to him.
Go listen to it (scroll down to find the song).
Interview on AIDS
31 Dec 2003
Watch Emma's appearance
on the BBC show HARDtalk as she discusses her work with Action Aid.
Angels in America begins
6 Dec 2003
The new HBO film starts Sunday night, with Emma as the Angel.
It's getting great press.
Unfortunately, I don't have HBO! Any generous VCR owners out there?
Forum on AIDS
25 Nov 2003
Emma speaks with the BBC
on the fight against AIDS and her experiences in Africa with ActionAid.
Emma enjoys filming Harry Potter
12 Nov 2003
Quote:
"I'm doing it for [daughter Gaia] so that she'll be impressed.... 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."
Love Actually opens
7 Nov 2003
Emma's latest is now playing at a theater near you. She talked about
marshmallows at the New York premiere.
Emma in Next Harry Potter
4 Oct 2003
Guess who will make a guest appearance as Professor Trelawny in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?
Angels in America teaser
4 Oct 2003
A powerful video tease with Emma literally angelic.
Love Actually trailer
10 Sept 2003
Watch it now. Go on. Watch it. I smell a hit.
Defending Imagining Argentina
5 Sept 2003
With all the controversy, I can't wait to see this film.
Amnesty International defends it, and John Walsh
writes a beautiful piece commiserating with Emma.
More on Imagining Argentina
2 Sept 2003
A few
more
articles
from the Venice Film Festival.
Controversy Around Imagining Argentina
1 Sept 2003
Emma's latest film wasn't well received at the Venice Film Festival, where critics seem to be rolling their eyes
at the mixture of hard-hitting realism and mystic mind-reading. Emma spoke out:
"When you're dealing with a subject as tricky as torture and state-sponsored terrorism and you combine it with something that is magical realism, you're treading a very thin line."
Love Actually in Toronto
10 Aug 2003
The new film will be shown as a "Special Presentation" at the Toronto International Film Festival
(Sept 4-13). If you're in the neighborhood, go see if the good buzz is justified.
Emma and Greg married!
29 July 2003
Our dear Emma and her love Greg Wise made it official today
at a ceremony at their home in Scotland.
Three-year-old Gaia was a flower girl at the event, and Emma was giddy:
"This for me is heaven. It's been a wonderful day." Check out pictures. Here's to heaps of blessings upon the family!
Early reviews of Love Actually
17 July 2003
A couple of positive early reviews by some lucky viewers.
Does this cast look amazing or what?
Emma's address updated
9 July 2003
Write to Emma care of her agents in the UK, Hamilton Hodell Ltd.
The fight against AIDS continues
21 June 2003
Video clips of Emma speaking out.
She's right: We're losing.
Comic Relief commercial
28 March 2003
Emma absolutely cracks me up in this
TV spot for Comic Relief.
Early peek at Imagining Argentina
13 Jan 2003
Some promising opinions from a lucky viewer posted at
Ain't It Cool News.
Update on Nanny McPhee
26 Dec 2002
The movie, Emma's adaptation of the Nurse Matilda books, now has a director: Kirk Jones, who directed
Waking Ned Divine.
Treasure Planet opens
27 Nov 2002
Go hear Emma in this animated adventure.
Emma on stage
2 Nov 2002
For two nights only, Emma will join an amazing cast in Short Talks on the Universe, a collection of short plays
orchestrated by Mike Nichols.
If you're going to be in New York Nov. 17 or 18, go!
(Update: Unfortunately, Emma didn't appear at the event.)
Update from Madrid
22 Aug 2002
In a Reuters article
Emma and Antonio Banderas speak out about the film. "I have realized that this story isn't about the past...the wound is still open."
She also says next year she'll film a children's story she's written. Could this be Nurse Matilda?
Imagining Argentina now filming
1 Aug 2002
Through September she's in Buenos Aires with Antonio Banderas and director Christopher Hampton filming this psychic drama.
Angels in America now filming
20 May 2002
Emma is busy in New York filming this movie, under the direction of Mike Nichols. Wish I could go.
In talks for Love Actually
22 March 2002
Emma is currently in talks to star in a romantic comedy directed by Richard Curtis, the writer of
Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral. She would play the sister of the
British prime minister (played by Hugh Grant).
Emma in Uganda for ActionAid
18 Feb 2002
As an ambassador for ActionAid, Emma recently spent time in Uganda to better understand that country's
struggle with HIV/AIDS. Read more at allAfrica.com.
A new film: Angels in America
9 Feb 2002
Alongside Al Pacino and Meryl Streep, Emma will star in a new six-hour miniseries from HBO and Mike Nichols.
The AIDS drama is based on the Pulitzer-Prize-winning play by Tony Kushner.
Emma nominated for Golden Globe and more
20 Dec 2001
The Wit accolades continue. The Golden Globe Awards nominated Emma for
"Actress, Miniseries or Movie Made for Television," and the Broadcast Film Critics Association
nominated her for "Best Actress in a Picture Made for Television."
Emma in talks for Imagining Argentina
1 Nov 2001
Emma is in talks to co-star in this movie about an Argentine playwright (played by Antonio Banderas) who has a
preternatural ability to see what will happen to people's loved ones when he looks into their faces.
Multiple Emmy nominations for Wit
17 July 2001
Emma received an Emmy nomination in the "Actress, Miniseries or a Movie" category for her brilliant
performance in Wit. She was also nominated for her teleplay in the category of "Outstanding Writing
for a Miniseries or Movie." Wit itself was nominated as best Made-for-TV Movie, among other categories.
Emma wins!
5 July 2001
See the tidbit below.
Emma nominated for Humanitas Prize
21 June 2001
Emma and director Mike Nichols are nominated in the cable telefilm category for their work on Wit.
The award is for writers whose work "explores the complexities of
the human experience and sheds light on the positive values of life."
Emma taking time off for AIDS awareness campaign
30 May 2001
Emma announced she'll be taking a year off to travel through Africa with her family to raise awareness
of AIDS. They'll start the journey before the end of this year.
"We have always wanted to do some voluntary work overseas. I will talk to women and orphans and try to spread the
message about AIDS to inform people of the risks. The problem with Africa is that people are not talking about their
problems." Go Emma Go!
Emma on Oprah
23 March 2001
Watch Oprah today. Sorry for the short notice.
New site for Wit
20 March 2001
Go visit HBO's official Web site for Wit, which premieres this weekend.
Be sure to listen to Emma reading John Donne.
Buy Emma's T-shirt
19 March 2001
Well, a T-shirt designed by Emma, anyway. It's for a charity auction.
Take a look.
Wit worth reading
16 March 2001
Someone just sent me the play Wit, now featuring Emma on its cover. It's powerful and amazing.
I highly recommend reading it as we await seeing Emma's performance on HBO.
Buy it.
The Sanctuary is reborn
28 February 2001
Welcome to the re-thought, re-designed, and re-dedicated Emma Thompson Sanctuary. It's the first major
redesign since the original launch in 1995, and all rantings and ravings are welcomed at
steve@muldermedia.com. We've got a bigger Gallery,
updated Emma info, and now a News
section. Explore and enjoy!
Emma's voice in upcoming Disney IMAX movie
9 February 2001
Treasure Planet, slated for a fall 2002 release, is an animated, intergalactic update of Robert Louis
Stevenson's Treasure Island.
Wit premieres at Berlin Film Festival
9 February 2001
In Berlin?
Go see it. The rest of us will have to wait.
Read more.
And a review.
Buy the silhouette portraits used in Sense and Sensibility
February 2001
Yes, someone is auctioning off the portraits of Emma and Kate Winslet that were used in the film.
Place your bid!
Emma getting involved in Fast Forward
November 2000
Our dear Emma has teamed up with Nick Hornby (writer of High Fidelity) on the screenplay of his new
comedy Fast Forward. The story focuses on a confused, frustrated career girl who stumbles on a
video cassette of her future and tries to change the shape of events to come.
There is talk of Emma playing the central figure in the film. But she has
told close friends she sees the part suiting Kate Winslet or Renee Zellweger,
depending on which side of the Atlantic the film gets made. Hornby tells the story:
"I did a treatment that was sent to Emma in an actress capacity. She liked
it, and wanted to talk about it - so much so that I suggested we wrote the
script together. It's an amazing experience, because she is just so
smart."
Emma scouts locations for Victor Jara project, criticizes Pinochet
November 2000
While scouting locations in Chile for a film she will direct about a murdered leftist folk singer,
Emma criticized Gen. Augusto Pinochet's 1973-1990 bloody military rule.
"Government is not the correct word for Pinochet. It was a dictatorship in
which human rights did not exist (except) for the rich," she said.
Emma to star in HBO's Wit
April 2000
Emma and director Mike Nichols have committed to making the HBO original movie, based on the
Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Margaret Edson. The film is slated to shoot in London in September.
The story centers on Dr. Vivian Bearing, a renowned professor of John Donne's poetry who is forced to
reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. As grim as that sounds, the play
also been praised for its wit and insight.
The baby is named: Gaia Romilly Wise
22 December 1999
The name Gaia refers to the Goddess of the Earth. Proud dad Greg Wise says, "We spent ages looking through
books of names and eventually settled on Gaia because of its environmental connotations. Romilly, on the
other hand, was the name of our friend's child and we thought it was beautiful and wanted to follow suit."
See the baby pictures!
Emma has a baby girl!
4 December 1999
Born in London to the proud and happy parents, Emma Thompson and Greg Wise.
Wise jokes, "At the moment, we are calling her jane.com," until they decide on a name.
She weighed in at 7.5 pounds.
At the October premiere of Mad Cows, Thompson said she was "excited and scared" at the prospect of
motherhood. She says she's taking a leave from acting because she would be "mad not to fully enjoy
being a mother."
But she hasn't been completely idle professionally. The BBC notes that she's written two scripts during her pregnancy,
a political epic on Victor Jara and a children's film.
