Emma Thompson: movies and TV shows
Emma Thompson has 177 credits in the archive: 125 films and 52 TV series, from 1953 to 2026. Highest rated: Sucré salé (9.3/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2026 · busiest year: 2019 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Sheep Detectives | Lydia Harbottle | Film | 7.9 | 67 |
| 2026 | Everybody to Kenmure Street | Van Guy | Film | 8.3 | 67 |
| 2026 | Everybody to Kenmure Street | Film | 8.3 | 67 | |
| 2025 | Dead of Winter | Barb | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 2025 | Dead of Winter | Film | 6.3 | 66 | |
| 2025 | Down Cemetery Road | Zoë Boehm | TV | 6.9 | 66 |
| 2025 | Down Cemetery Road | TV | 6.9 | 66 | |
| 2025 | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Dr Rawlings | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 2024 | Merchant Ivory | Self | Film | 7.7 | 65 |
| 2024 | Mediha | Film | — | 65 | |
| 2024 | Bad Tidings | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 2023 | What's Love Got to Do with It? | Cath Stevenson | Film | 6.1 | 64 |
| 2022 | Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical | Agatha Trunchbull | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 2022 | Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Nancy Stokes | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 2022 | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Lady Marcham | TV | 6.6 | 63 |
| 2022 | The Fringe, Fame and Me | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 2022 | The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special | Self | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 2021 | Cruella | The Baroness | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 2021 | An Audience with Adele | Self | Film | 8.4 | 62 |
| 2021 | Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony | Self (archive footage) | Film | 4.5 | 62 |
| 2020 | Dolittle | Poly (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 2020 | How to Build a Girl | Amanda | Film | 5.7 | 61 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 2019 | Men in Black: International | Agent O | Film | 5.9 | 60 |
| 2019 | Years and Years | Vivienne Rook | TV | 7.5 | 60 |
| 2019 | Missing Link | Dora the Yeti Elder (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 60 |
| 2019 | Late Night | Katherine Newbury | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 2019 | Last Christmas | Petra Andrich | Film | 7.2 | 60 |
| 2019 | Last Christmas | Film | 7.2 | 60 | |
| 2019 | Last Christmas | Film | 7.2 | 60 | |
| 2019 | Ponyboi | Film | 8.0 | 60 | |
| 2019 | Hollywood's Dark Secret | Self | Film | — | 60 |
| 2019 | Extinction | Film | — | 60 | |
| 2018 | Johnny English Strikes Again | Prime Minister | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 2018 | King Lear | Goneril | Film | 6.1 | 59 |
| 2018 | The Children Act | Fiona Maye | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 2018 | Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.4 | 59 |
| 2018 | Greenpeace: There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 59 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Mrs. Potts | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 2017 | The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) | Maureen Meyerowitz | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 2017 | Sea Sorrow | Self | Film | 5.3 | 58 |
| 2016 | Bridget Jones's Baby | Dr Rawlings | Film | 6.4 | 57 |
| 2016 | Bridget Jones's Baby | Film | 6.4 | 57 | |
| 2016 | Alone in Berlin | Anna Quangel | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 2016 | Sold | Film | 6.4 | 57 | |
| 2016 | To the Ends of the Earth | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 57 |
| 2016 | Die vielen Gesichter der Emma Thompson | Elle-Même | Film | — | 57 |
| 2016 | The Doubt Machine: Inside the Koch Brothers' War on Climate Science | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 57 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | TV | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2015 | Burnt | Dr. Rosshilde | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 2015 | A Walk in the Woods | Catherine Bryson | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2015 | Funny Valentines | Debbie | TV | 6.0 | 56 |
| 2015 | Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity | Narrator (voice) | Film | 9.0 | 56 |
| 2015 | The Legend of Barney Thomson | Cemolina | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 55 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 55 |
| 2014 | Men, Women & Children | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 2014 | Effie Gray | Lady Eastlake | Film | 5.9 | 55 |
| 2014 | Effie Gray | Film | 5.9 | 55 | |
| 2014 | The Love Punch | Kate | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 2014 | The Real Mary Poppins | Self | Film | 4.0 | 55 |
| 2014 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Mrs. Lovett | Film | 8.1 | 55 |
| 2013 | Beautiful Creatures | Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 2013 | Saving Mr. Banks | P.L. Travers | Film | 7.3 | 54 |
| 2012 | Brave | Elinor (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents | The Queen | TV | 6.0 | 53 |
| 2012 | Men in Black 3 | Agent O | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 2012 | Walking the Dogs | The Queen | Film | — | 53 |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Sybill Trelawney | Film | 8.1 | 52 |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show | Self | TV | 5.2 | 52 |
| 2011 | When Harry Left Hogwarts | Self | Film | 7.2 | 52 |
| 2010 | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Nanny McPhee | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 2010 | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Film | 6.3 | 51 | |
| 2010 | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Film | 6.3 | 51 | |
| 2010 | The Song of Lunch | She | Film | 6.6 | 51 |
| 2010 | Fry and Laurie Reunited | Self | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 2009 | The Boat That Rocked | Charlotte | Film | 7.2 | 50 |
| 2009 | An Education | Headmistress | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 2009 | Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility | Self | Film | — | 50 |
| 2009 | Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility | Self | Film | — | 50 |
| 2009 | A Very Quiet Man | Self | Film | — | 50 |
| 2009 | A Sense of Character | Self | Film | — | 50 |
| 2008 | Brideshead Revisited | Lady Marchmain | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 2008 | Last Chance Harvey | Kate Walker | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Sybill Trelawney | Film | 7.7 | 48 |
| 2007 | I Am Legend | Dr. Alice Krippin | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 2007 | Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out | Self | Film | — | 48 |
| 2006 | Stranger Than Fiction | Karen Eiffel | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 2005 | Nanny McPhee | Nanny McPhee | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 2005 | Nanny McPhee | Film | 6.7 | 46 | |
| 2005 | Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 2005 | A Tribute To Ismail Merchant | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Sybill Trelawney | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 45 |
| 2003 | QI | Self | TV | 7.9 | 44 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 44 |
| 2003 | Love Actually | Karen | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 2003 | Imagining Argentina | Cecilia Rueda | Film | 5.7 | 44 |
| 2003 | Angels in America | Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel | TV | 7.6 | 44 |
| 2002 | Treasure Planet | Captain Amelia (voice) | Film | 7.6 | 43 |
| 2002 | Timeshift | self | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 2002 | Sucré salé | Self | TV | 9.3 | 43 |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 42 |
| 2001 | Wit | Vivian Bearing | Film | 7.3 | 42 |
| 2001 | Wit | Film | 7.3 | 42 | |
| 2001 | Wit | Film | 7.3 | 42 | |
| 2001 | Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' | Self | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 2001 | The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey | Self | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 2001 | Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw | Self | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 2000 | Maybe Baby | Druscilla | Film | 5.4 | 41 |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 39 |
| 1998 | Junket Whore | Self | Film | 5.0 | 39 |
| 1998 | Primary Colors | Susan Stanton | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1998 | Eight | Film | 5.9 | 39 | |
| 1998 | Judas Kiss | FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 38 |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest | TV | 4.3 | 38 |
| 1997 | Leute heute | Self | TV | 5.2 | 38 |
| 1997 | The Winter Guest | Frances | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1997 | Hospital! | Elephant Woman | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | TV | 8.2 | 37 | |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Elinor Dashwood | Film | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Film | 7.4 | 36 | |
| 1995 | Carrington | Dora Carrington | Film | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1994 | Ellen | Emma Thompson | TV | 6.1 | 35 |
| 1994 | Junior | Dr. Diana Reddin | Film | 5.2 | 35 |
| 1994 | My Father the Hero | Isabel (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 35 |
| 1994 | The Blue Boy | Marie Bonnar | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1993 | GMTV | Self | TV | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1993 | In the Name of the Father | Gareth Peirce | Film | 7.9 | 34 |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day | Miss Kenton | Film | 7.4 | 34 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | TV | 5.4 | 33 | |
| 1992 | Howards End | Margaret Schlegel | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1992 | Peter's Friends | Maggie Chester | Film | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1991 | Impromptu | Duchess D'Antan | Film | 6.1 | 32 |
| 1991 | Dead Again | Margaret Strauss / Grace | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1991 | Rabbit Ears - The White Cat | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 32 |
| 1990 | Tin Fish | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1989 | Henry V | Katherine | Film | 7.1 | 30 |
| 1989 | The Tall Guy | Kate | Film | 5.7 | 30 |
| 1989 | The Winslow Boy | Catherine Winslow | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1989 | Look Back in Anger | Alison Porter | Film | 9.3 | 30 |
| 1989 | Colleagues From Hell | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | TV | 5.6 | 29 | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 29 |
| 1988 | Thompson | Self - Host | TV | 5.0 | 29 |
| 1987 | Fortunes of War | Harriet Pringle | TV | 6.3 | 28 |
| 1987 | Tutti Frutti | Suzi Kettles | TV | 7.1 | 28 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Marie | TV | 7.1 | 26 |
| 1984 | Royal Variety Performance 1984 | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1984 | Slags | Young Woman | Film | 2.0 | 25 |
| 1983 | Alfresco | Various | TV | 6.6 | 24 |
| 1983 | Alfresco | TV | 6.6 | 24 | |
| 1983 | The Crystal Cube | Jackie Meld / Various Roles | TV | 7.3 | 24 |
| 1982 | Cheers | Nanny Gee | TV | 7.6 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Young Woman | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Young Ones | Miss Money-Sterling | TV | 7.9 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Cellar Tapes | various | Film | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Cellar Tapes | Film | 7.0 | 23 | |
| 1982 | There's Nothing to Worry About! | Various | TV | 5.0 | 23 |
| 1982 | There's Nothing to Worry About! | TV | 5.0 | 23 | |
| 1982 | There's Nothing to Worry About! | TV | 5.0 | 23 | |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self | TV | 5.4 | 22 |
| 1979 | Friday Night, Saturday Morning | TV | 7.5 | 20 | |
| 1977 | The Val Doonican Music Show | TV | — | 18 | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 16 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 3 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 5 |
| Hear Me Roar | Elizabeth Butler-Sloss | Film | — | — | |
| James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty | Self | Film | — | — | |
| How to Stop a Nuclear War | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | — |