Age: 67
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Dame Emma Thompson (born April 15, 1959) is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2018, she was made a dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to drama. Born to actors Eric Thompson and Phyllida Law, Thompson was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she became a member of the Footlights troupe and appeared in the comedy sketch series Alfresco (1983–1984). In 1985, she starred in the West End revival of the musical Me and My Girl, which was a breakthrough in her career. In 1987, she became famous for her performances in two BBC series, Tutti Frutti and Fortunes of War, winning the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her work on both series. In the early 1990s, she often collaborated with then-husband, actor and director Kenneth Branagh in films such as Henry V (1989), Dead Again (1991), and Much Ado About Nothing (1993). Thompson won the BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the Merchant-Ivory period drama Howards End (1992). In 1993, she received two Academy Award nominations—Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress—for the respective roles of the housekeeper of a grand household in The Remains of the Day and a lawyer in In the Name of the Father, becoming one of the few actors to achieve this feat. Thompson wrote and starred in Sense and Sensibility (1995), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay—making her the only person in history to win Oscars for both acting and writing—and once again won the BAFTA. Further critical acclaim came for her roles in Primary Colors (1998), Love Actually (2003), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Late Night (2019), and Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022). 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). Her television credits include Wit (2001), Angels in America (2003), The Song of Lunch (2010), King Lear (2018) and Years and Years (2019). She portrayed Mrs. Lovett in a Lincoln Center production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in 2014. Authorised by the publishers of Beatrix Potter, Thompson has also written three Peter Rabbit children's books.
Emma Thompson
Angelina D'Angelo
for Angelina D'Angelo in Willow Falls Universe
Suggested by danicaharper
In the small town of Willow Falls, there are no such thing as coincidences. Anything is possible, and nothing is as it seems under the watch of the mysterious Angelina D'Angelo. 11 Birthdays AMANDA has spent every birthday with her best friend from birth, LEO. But after a big fight, her 11th will be the first birthday she's ever spent alone. She muddles through a rotten day only to discover that she has to relive it, literally, over and over. Finally 12 RORY just cannot wait to be 12, that magical age at which her parents will lighten up and allow her some independence. But nothing seems to go to plan, and Rory leans that growing up isn't always all it's cracked up to be. 13 Gifts After shrinking violet TARA gets in trouble, her parents sent her to her aunt and uncle and her bratty cousin Emily St. Claire in Willow Falls. What Tara doesn't know is that this charmed town has something big in store for her on her 13th birthday. The Last Present AMANDA and LEO have a history with birthdays. Now they must travel though time to save their friend's little sister, Grace. Amanda and Leo are going to have to unravel the threads of the past and present - and travel much further than they ever imagined - if they're going to save Grace. Graceful Angelina D'Angelo has left town to see the world. It's now GRACE's turn to use her magic to protect the people of Willow Falls, along with friends old and new.
