Kristin Scott Thomas
Biography
Kristin Scott Thomas is a British actress born on 24 May 1960 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. She made her film debut in Under the Cherry Moon in 1986. Scott Thomas has appeared in numerous films, including Bitter Moon, Mission: Impossible, The Horse Whisperer, Gosford Park, and The Valet. She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Four Weddings and a Funeral in 1994 and the Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2008. Scott Thomas was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for The English Patient in 1996. She has been recognized with multiple BAFTA and Olivier Award nominations throughout her career.
Career overview
Kristin Scott Thomas is a British actress born on May 24, 1960, in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. She made her film debut in Under the Cherry Moon in 1986. Her early work includes A Handful of Dust, for which she won the Evening Standard Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer in 1988.
Scott Thomas's film career spans a variety of roles, including Bitter Moon in 1992 and The English Patient, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award. Her performance in Four Weddings and a Funeral earned her a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1994. She continued to work in film, appearing in Mission: Impossible in 1996, The Horse Whisperer in 1998, and Gosford Park in 2001.
Scott Thomas has also worked in theater, winning the Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2008 for her role in the Royal Court revival of The Seagull. Her extensive filmography includes numerous other titles, with 119 known credits. Throughout her career, she has been recognized with multiple nominations, including five BAFTA Award and Olivier Award nominations.
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- Camembert (2026) as France
- My Mother's Wedding (2025) as Diana
- My Mother's Wedding (2025) Director
- My Mother's Wedding (2025) Writer
- My Mother's Wedding (2025) Executive Producer
- Two Tickets to Greece (2023) as Bijou
- Slow Horses (2022) as Diana Taverner
- Final Set (2021) as Judith Edison
- Rebecca (2020) as Mrs. Danvers
- Alan Bennett's Talking Heads (2020) as Celia
- Military Wives (2020) as Kate
- My Grandparents' War (2019) as Self
- One Red Nose Day and a Wedding (2019) as Fiona
- Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Tomb Raider (2018) as Ana Miller
- In Her Hands (2018) as The Countess
- Darkest Hour (2017) as Clemmie
- The Party (2017) as Janet
- Daphne du Maurier: In Rebecca's Footsteps (2017) as Self / Narrator (voice)
- Brexit Shorts: Time to Leave (2017) as Eleanor
- Fleabag (2016) as Belinda
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self
- Suite Française (2015) as Madame Angellier
- My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (2015) as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self
- My Old Lady (2014) as Chloé Girard
- D-Day Sacrifice (2014) as Kay Summersby (voice)
- Only God Forgives (2013) as Crystal
- The Invisible Woman (2013) as Catherine Ternan
- Before the Winter Chill (2013) as Lucie
- In the House (2012) as Jeanne
- Bel Ami (2012) as Virginie Walters
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012) as Patricia Maxwell
- Looking for Hortense (2012) as Iva
- The Jonathan Ross Show (2011) as Self - Guest
- In Your Hands (2011) as Anna
- The Woman in the Fifth (2011) as Margit
- Sarah's Key (2010) as Julia Jarmond
- Love Crime (2010) as Christine Rivière
- Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) as Alette Naylor
- Leaving (2009) as Suzanne
- Nowhere Boy (2009) as Mimi Smith
- The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) as Lady Elizabeth Boleyn
- 2 Alone in Paris (2008) as L'antiquaire
- The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch (2008) as Ann Ferguson
- Easy Virtue (2008) as Mrs. Whittaker
- I've Loved You So Long (2008) as Juliette
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self - Guest
- The Golden Compass (2007) as Stelmania (voice)
- The Walker (2007) as Lynn Lockner
- Tell No One: The B-Side (2007) as Self
- Tell No One (2006) as Helene Perkins
- Chromophobia (2006) as Iona Aylesbury
- The Valet (2006) as Christine Levasseur
- Keeping Mum (2005) as Gloria Goodfellow
- Man to Man (2005) as Elena Van Den Ende
- Arsène Lupin (2004) as Joséphine
- Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film (2003) as Self (archive footage) (segment "Play")
- Three Sisters (2003) as Masha
- The Monkey Prince (2003) as Narrator
- Small Cuts (2003) as Béatrice
- Top Gear (2002) as Self
- Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House' (2002) as Self
- The Making of Gosford Park (2002) as Self
- Gosford Park (2001) as Sylvia McCordle
- Life as a House (2001) as Robin Kimball
- Play (2001) as 1st Woman
- Up at the Villa (2000) as Mary Panton
- The Directors (1999) as Self
- Random Hearts (1999) as Kay Chandler
- Vivement dimanche (1998) as Self
- The Horse Whisperer (1998) as Annie MacLean
- The Revengers' Comedies (1998) as Imogen Staxton-Billing
- Elle Style Awards (1997) as Self - Winner
- Love & Confusions (1997) as Sarah
- Mission: Impossible (1996) as Sarah Davies
- The English Patient (1996) as Katharine Clifton
- Gulliver's Travels (1996) as Immortal Gatekeeper
- The Pompatus of Love (1996) as Caroline
- Souvenir (1996) as Ann
- Richard III (1995) as Lady Anne
- The Confessional (1995) as Assistant to Hitchcock
- Plaisir d'offrir (1995) as Claire
- Angels and Insects (1995) as Matty Crompton
- Belle Époque (1995) as Alice Avellano
- Les Milles (1995) as Mary-Jane Cooper
- Mayday (1995) as Martine
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) as Fiona
- An Unforgettable Summer (1994) as Marie-Thérèse Von Debretsy
- Body & Soul (1993) as Sister Gabriel / Anna
- Absolutely Fabulous (1992) as Plum Berkeley
- Bitter Moon (1992) as Fiona
- Weep No More, My Lady (1992) as Elisabeth
- Look At It This Way (1992) as Victoria Rolfe
- Valentino! I love you (1991)
- In the Eyes of the World (1991) as L'institutrice
- Titmuss Regained (1991) as Jenny
- The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990) as Leda St Gabriel
- The Bachelor (1990) as Sabine Schleheim
- The Governor's Party (1990) as Marie Forestier
- Framed (1990) as Kate
- Cela s'appelle l'amour (1989) as Juliette
- The Endless Game (1989) as Caroline
- Uncontrollable Circumstances (1989) as Katia
- The Endless Game (1989) as Caroline
- Headstrong (1989) as Clara
- The Tenth Man (1988) as Therese Mangeot
- A Handful of Dust (1988) as Brenda Last
- Lounge Chair (1988) as Marie
- Boucherie fine (1987) as Cashier 3
- Agent trouble (1987) as Julie
- Under the Cherry Moon (1986) as Mary Sharon
- Charly (1985) as Marie
- Mistral's Daughter (1984) as Nancy
- Natural World (1983)
- American Playhouse (1982) as Matty Crompton
- Cérémonie des César (1976) as Self - President
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Therese
- The Sea Change Director
- Lost and Found in Paris as Madame Feuillate
- Paramour as Susanne Klatten