Fun Trivia : Thompson, Emma

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Thompson, Emma

Emma Thompson was born in 1959 to a Scottish actress. Do you know her name?

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Phyllida Law. Her father was English actor, television presenter and producer Eric Thompson, who died in 1982. Sophie Thompson is Emma's sister. Blythe Danner is Gwyneth Paltrow's ("Emma") mother. Vanessa Redgrave is actress Natasha Richardson's mother.



Ms. Thompson was nominated for the Best Actress in a Supporting Role Academy Award in 1993 for her role in "In The Name of The Father" (1993). Which role did she play in this film, based on the true story of the Guildford Four, four people falsely convicted of the IRA's 1975 Guildford pub bombing?

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Gareth Pierce. Gareth Pierce was the human rights solicitor who defended the Guildford Four. Five people were killed and sixty-five were injured in the pub blast. The Guildford Four were imprisoned for fifteen years before having their convictions overturned.



Emma Thompson had a leading role in all the following movies except one. Which one was it?

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Four Weddings and a Funeral. Emma played Miss Kenton opposite Anthony Hopkins in "Remains of the Day" (1993). She played British artist Dora Carrington in "Carrington" (1995); and had the starring role in "Nanny McPhee" (2005). She was not in the 1994 film "Four Weddings and a Funeral".



Ms. Thompson married the first time in 1989 and the second time in 2003, to which men?

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Kenneth Branagh and Greg Wise. She married Kenneth Branagh in 1989, but they divorced in 1995. She married Greg Wise in 2003. She was once romantically linked to Hugh Laurie, but they never married.



Ms. Thompson has a self-depracating sense of humor. When asked where she kept her awards, she admitted she had them in an unusual place. Where did she keep them?

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Bathroom. She said the Oscars were far too outre to keep them in a more prominent place, so she had installed them in her bathroom.



Emma Thompson has also done quite a bit of television work. She appeared in two HBO releases, "Wit" (2001) and "Angels in America" (2003), and also appeared in BBC productions. But the program for which she won the Emmy was for her appearance in which show?

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Ellen. She won the Emmy for appearing as a guest star on "Ellen" in 1997, in which she played a parody of herself. A further bit of trivia: in 1992 she appeared in an episode of "Cheers" as Frasier Crane's first wife, Nanette Guzman.



Emma Thompson is an alumna of which prestigious school of higher learning?

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Cambridge. She read Literature at Cambridge where she was also vice-president of the Footlights comedy club. She was romantically involved with another member of Footlights who has also become a celebrity, Hugh Laurie.