Emma Thompson
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"Emma Thompson" is a British actress, comedian, screenwriter and author. Cited as one of the greatest British actresses of her generation, she is known for her portrayals of reticent women in period dramas and literary adaptations, often playing haughty or matronly characters with a sense of irony.

Born in Paddington, London to English actor Eric Thompson and Scottish actress Phyllida Law, she was educated at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, where she became a member of the Footlights troupe. After appearing in several comedy programmes, she first came to prominence in 1987 in two BBC TV series, Tutti Frutti (1987 TV series)/Tutti Frutti and Fortunes of War (TV series)/Fortunes of War, winning the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress/BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her work in both. Her first film role came in the 1989 romantic comedy The Tall Guy, and in the early 1990s she frequently collaborated with her then husband, actor and director Kenneth Branagh. The pair became popular in the British media, and co-starred in several films including Dead Again (1991) and Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film)/Much Ado About Nothing (1993).

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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.

This whole thing is like a cross between a very severe virus and getting married.

If you've got to my age, you've probably had your heart broken many times. So it's not that difficult to unpack a bit of grief from some little corner of your heart and cry over it.

The gap was so long because it needed to be. It took that time - that's the time it took.

I would say to people, for heaven's sake, if you're going to have kids you've got to put the work and the time into it.

It's lovely to be here, and at least it's, you know, no effort.

It was a hard time but you have to get on with things.You can't wander around miserable.

I think our hearts are very chemical and we change the way we see people according to how we feel about them. That's what love is, in a way.