Critics were unenthusiastic about the film,[107] but several picked Thompson out as its highlight. [89] She was greatly drawn to the "daredevil" role,[90] for which she had no qualms about shaving her head. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published [133] In 2008, Thompson announced that she and Wise "had written a script together about John Ruskin, the Victorian art critic, which we want to make into a film. Our nickname for her was Emma Talented. Like Austen, she's laughing at her own culture while she's a part of it. I could not have chosen a better novel!! [6] The actress has commented that this "tore [the family] to pieces",[26] and "I can't begin to tell you how much I regret his not being around". . [172], With a background in comedy, Thompson's performances are typically delivered with an ironic touch. With a worldwide gross of $624 million, MIB3 ranks as Thompson's highest-grossing release outside of the Harry Potter films. [56] Loosely based on the Nurse Matilda stories that she read as a child, Thompson wrote the screenplay for the children's film Nanny McPhee – which centres on a mysterious, unsightly nanny who must discipline a group of children. [16] She often brings her real personality to her roles, and Kellaway believes that her lack of conventional beauty contributes to her likeability as an actress. [17], At Cambridge, Thompson was invited into Footlights, the university's prestigious sketch comedy troupe, by its president, Martin Bergman,[19] becoming its first female member. [28] There's Nothing to Worry About! [5][28] She later collaborated again with Fry and Laurie on the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series Saturday Night Fry (1988). I regard religion with fear and suspicion. 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[188], Thompson is also an active environmentalist. "[123] She found it to be the best script she had read in years and was delighted to be offered the role. "[26] The couple have a daughter, Gaia, a pregnancy that was achieved through IVF treatment when Thompson was 39. Emily Jean Stone, detta Emma (Scottsdale, 6 novembre 1988), è un'attrice statunitense.. Nel 2017 ha vinto l'Oscar alla miglior attrice per la sua interpretazione nel film La La Land, mentre nel 2015 e nel 2019 è stata candidata all'Oscar alla miglior attrice non protagonista per la sua interpretazione rispettivamente nel film Birdman e ne La favorita. A little known, gay and inconsequential writer, Arthur Less, is approaching 50 with fear, his body is displaying all the physical symptoms of getting older. [140] In May 2013, Effie Gray's Cannes Film Festival premiere was cancelled. [75] Thompson received a third nomination for Best Actress and won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay, making her the only person in history to win an Oscar for both acting and screenwriting. [72][73] Shelly Frome remarked that she displayed a "great affinity for Jane Austen's style and wit",[74] and Graham Fuller of Sight and Sound saw her as the film's auteur. We’d love your help. [165][166] Early in her career, when she was closely associated with her first husband Kenneth Branagh, she was considered a "luvvy". [98] The film was booed and jeered at when it was screened at the Venice Film Festival and received a scathing article in The Guardian. [173] The book falls in the middle of the earlier series, rather than at the end, and takes Peter Rabbit outside of Mr. McGregor's garden and into Scotland. [128], The romantic comedy The Love Punch (2013) gave Thompson her second consecutive leading role, where she played half of a divorced couple who reunite to steal the man's ex-boss's jewellery. In 2018, she provided the voiceover for Greenpeace's palm-oil awareness commercial which Iceland picked to promote as their 2018 Christmas advertisement. In 2019, she supported the London Extinction Rebellion rally against climate change, although she received some criticism for having flown 8,700 kilometres (5,400 mi) to attend it. [80] The film was critically well received but lost money at the box office. Roger Ebert remarked that Thompson had "developed a specialty in unrequited love",[64] and the TV Guide Film & Video Companion commented that her "neurasthenic mannerisms, which usually drive us batty, are appropriate here". He picked up the pieces and put them together again. [65], Thompson's Academy success continued with Sense and Sensibility (1995), generally considered to be the most popular and authentic of the numerous film adaptations of Jane Austen's novels made in the 1990s. Phil King replaced Rippon in 1991. [7] Also in 2003, Thompson and her husband informally adopted a Rwandan orphan and former child soldier named Tindyebwa Agaba. Neither film was a critical success, although the latter received some positive reviews and Empire magazine wrote that Thomson was "unforgettable". I've read almost all of the Pulitzers, and this is one of my favorites. [32] In 1989, she and Branagh—who had formed a romantic relationship—starred in a stage revival of Look Back in Anger, directed by Judi Dench and produced by Branagh's Renaissance Theatre Company. [5], Thompson was absent from screens in 1996, but returned the following year with Alan Rickman's directorial debut, The Winter Guest. Andrew Sean Greer is not merely a beautiful storyteller, he is a breathtaking stylist. Some years, if there was nothing better than the winner on offer, you can't help feeling it might have been better to withhold the prize. Jim Spellman/WireImage. [180] The family's permanent residence is in West Hampstead, London, on the same road as her childhood home. [44] Upon release, Roger Ebert wrote that she was "superb in the central role: quiet, ironic, observant, with steel inside". [66][67][68] Thompson—a lifelong lover of Austen's work—was hired to write the film based on the period sketches in her series Thompson. [84] Thompson followed Primary Colors by playing an FBI agent opposite Rickman in the poorly received thriller Judas Kiss (1998). I allow whatever rises to rise naturally. [29] It starred Jeff Goldblum as a West End actor, and Thompson played the nurse with whom he falls in love. Where is Thompson's passion and commitment, or any hint of what she intended to achieve. Online Dictionaries: Definition of Options|Tips Options|Tips [182], On 28 February 2020, Thompson and her husband were sworn in as honorary citizens of Venice, Italy and became legal residents of Italy as a result. I have a definite feeling of inheriting space. [78] In 2004, she played the eccentric Divination teacher Sybill Trelawney in the third Harry Potter film, Prisoner of Azkaban, her character described as a "hippy chick professor who teaches fortune-telling". [24] Thompson graduated with upper second-class honours. Born in London to English actor Eric Thompson and Scottish actress Phyllida Law, Thompson was educated at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, where she became a member of the Footlights troupe. As we wrap up our 2018 Reading Challenge, we decided to ask our Goodreads coworkers a simple yet tough question: What were the... To see what your friends thought of this book. I loved Arthur Less's journey -- his transformation -- and I savored his adventures (some of which are howlingly funny). [20] Also in the troupe were fellow actors Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, and she had a romantic relationship with the latter. : (. Star: Garner, who got her start on TV series Alias, is divorced from Hollywood heavyweight Ben … [119] Her first film of 2013 was the fantasy romance Beautiful Creatures, in which she played an evil mother. Like Austen, she's laughing at her own culture while she's a part of it. Error rating book. I work from the inside out.". She is a supporter of Greenpeace, and in January 2009, as part of her campaign against climate change, she and three other members of the organisation bought land near the village of Sipson to deter the building of a third runway for Heathrow Airport. What to do? [71] Directed by Ang Lee and co-starring Kate Winslet, Sense and Sensibility received widespread critical acclaim and ranks among the highest-grossing films of Thompson's career. [160][161][162], Thompson is regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation[163][164] and one of Britain's most recognisable actresses, held in high regard within Hollywood. "[17] She became a self-professed "punk rocker",[18] with short red hair and a motorbike, and aspired to be a comedian like Lily Tomlin. In 2017, Thompson appeared as Mrs. Potts (played by Angela Lansbury in the 1991 animated film) in Disney's live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon and starring her Harry Potter co-star Emma Watson in the lead role. Critics praised the chemistry between the two leads, and both received Golden Globe nominations for their performances. She also co-wrote the screenplay for Bridget Jones's Baby and appeared in the film as a doctor. [94] This failure was countered the following year by one of Thompson's biggest commercial successes, Richard Curtis's romantic comedy Love Actually. [168] Thompson is also an activist for Palestinians, having been a member of the British-based ENOUGH! She considered it the most challenging of her career because she had "never really played anyone quite so contradictory or difficult before", but found the inconsistent and complicated character "a blissful joy to embody". They met at a Refugee Council event when he was 16, and she invited him to spend Christmas at their home. For the HBO television film Wit (2001), however, Thompson happily took the lead role in what she felt was "one of the best scripts to have come out of America". [57] The Remains of the Day was a critical and commercial success,[54] receiving eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and a second Best Actress nod for Thompson. It was narrated by a full cast and I just about died when my girl Judy Greer started speaking in my ear as the voice of Karen Karen. [36], Thompson and Branagh are considered by American writer and critic James Monaco to have led the "British cinematic onslaught" in the 1990s. You just think 'I'm in proper hands here.' The series is titled “WeCrashed,” based o… [16] While there, she had a "seminal moment" that turned her to feminism and inspired her to take up performing. [54][55] Based on Kazuo Ishiguro's novel about a housekeeper and butler in interwar Britain, the story is acclaimed for its study of loneliness and repression, though Thompson was particularly interested in looking at "the deformity that servitude inflicts upon people", since her grandmother had worked as a servant and made many sacrifices. [7], In 2003, Thompson and Wise were married in Dunoon. [96], Thompson was living alone as the relationship with Branagh deteriorated, and became depressed. [158] In the same year, she voiced as the Yeti Elder in the stop-motion animated film Missing Link, reprised her role as Agent O in a more substantial part in Men in Black: International, and co-produced and co-starred in the festive romantic comedy Last Christmas which was based on the song of the same name by George Michael, and was written by Thompson, her husband Greg Wise, and Bryony Kimmings. I'm also surprised I loved this book because I hate books about writers. His problems are intensified because his current amour has dropped him and he has received a wedding invitation from the love of his life, a famous celebrity poet, Robert, a man with whom he had a relationship for nine years. 2019: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2019, 2018: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2018, [Poll Ballot Tally] Less by Andrew Sean Greer - 3 stars, Goodreads Staffers' Top Three Books of the Year. Although born in London, Thompson has stated she feels Scottish: "not only because I am half Scottish but also because I've spent half my life [in Scotland]". [19] The following year, Thompson and her Footlights team won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for their sketch show The Cellar Tapes. She is an activist in the areas of human rights and environmentalism and has received criticism for her outspokenness. She was of Scottish and Ulster-Scots descent. [29] The show, also starring Al Pacino and Meryl Streep, deals with the AIDS epidemic in Reagan-era America. Create an account or log into Facebook. I found it plodding with an uninteresting protagonist. Greer has been married to TV producer Dean E. Johnsen since 2011. How on earth did this win the Pulitzer? She is one of Britain's most acclaimed actresses and is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, three BAFTA Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.. Born in London to English actor Eric Thompson and Scottish actress Phyllida Law, … [29][33] Later that year, the pair starred in a televised version of the play. [102][103] Commenting on Thompson's screenplay, film critic Claudia Puig wrote that its "well-worn storybook features are woven effectively into an appealing tale of youthful empowerment". Then I just let it be. Like he has nothing to lose. "[181] Agaba became a British citizen in 2009. In the early 1990s, she often collaborated with her husband, actor and director Kenneth Branagh. In 2013, she received acclaim and several award nominations for her portrayal of author P. L. Travers in Saving Mr. Banks. Strangely, of all. [42], A turning point in Thompson's career[29] came when she was cast opposite Anthony Hopkins and Vanessa Redgrave in the Merchant Ivory period drama Howards End (1992), based on the novel by E. M. Forster. [41] Early in 1992, Thompson had a guest role in an episode of Cheers as Frasier Crane's first wife. Her childhood was a normal if not non-descript life. [166][167] Her status has continued to grow; in 2008, journalist Sarah Sands stated that Thompson has improved with age and experience,[164] and Mark Kermode said of her performances, "There is something about her which is — you just trust her. [81][82] According to Kevin O'Sullivan of the Daily Mirror, Americans were "blown away" by her performance and accent, and top Hollywood producers became increasingly interested in casting her. [11] She frequently returns to Scotland and visits Dunoon in Argyll and Bute, where she owns a home. [166] The public warmed to her after the separation, and she became one of the key actresses of the 1990s. That completely changed my life.