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Emma Thompson
10 films · 548 frames · top-billed in 5 · 1989–2025
Born 15 April 1959 · Paddington, London, England, UK
Dame Emma Thompson 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.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 10 films · 548 frames · top-billed in 5 · 1989–2025
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay1996
- Academy Award for Best Actress1993
- Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay1996
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama1993
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role1995
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role1992
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series1998
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire2018
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature2021
- Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 548 frames from the 10 films we hold. This is the look of the work Emma takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 10 films we hold, 55% of their frames are day, 53% natural — the look of the work Emma takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Dead of Winter
2025 · Barb
Cruella
2021 · The Baroness
Brave
2012 · Elinor (voice)
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010 · Nanny McPhee
Treasure Planet
2002 · Captain Amelia (voice)
Missing Link
2019 · Dora the Yeti Elder (voice)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017 · Maureen Meyerowitz
Beauty and the Beast
2017 · Mrs. Potts
Men in Black 3
2012 · Agent O
Henry V
1989 · Katherine
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 548 frames from Emma Thompson's 10 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.