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Emma thompson, the oscarwinning actress and screenwriter whose latest film, beautiful creatures, is in theaters february 14, curates her favorite movies, from the princess bride to. Emma thompson and greg wise on last christmas and their. Emma thompson and greg wise on last christmas and their favourite xmas books duration. Dec 3, 2019 explore georgia1943s board emma thompson. The english actress serves up a great booklistfrom beatrix potter to virginia woolf. Below, thompson names six favorite comic works written by women. Emma thompson, the oscarwinning british actress and screenwriter, is currently starring in the film the children act, a drama adapted from an. The beloved actress, 58, was photographed at the 70th annual cannes film festival on tuesday soaking up. She made her 45 million dollar fortune with the further tale of peter rabbit, new york times best seller, the christmas tale of peter rabbit. Yorgos lanthimos bizarre auditions for the favourite included emma stone panting like she was giving birth stones costar nicholas hoult was asked to imagine invisible force fields were. Oprahs machine lists emma thompsons seven favorite books. The brothers karamazov by fyodor dostoyevsky steve coogan.
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An extraordinary linguistic feat, a timeless bit of genius. Emma thompson, english actress and screenwriter, noted for her sophisticated and witty performances and later for her awardwinning scripts. Emma was born in paddington, london, england, united kingdom. Books by emma thompson author of the sense and sensibility. Emma thompson is as unstarry a film star as you will find. Emma thompson author of the sense and sensibility screenplay. Emma thompson, the oscarwinning british actress and screenwriter, is currently starring in the film the children act, a drama adapted from an ian mcewan novel. She is one of britains 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, thompson. Emma thompson has 41 books on goodreads with 16810 ratings. Though written over a 100 years ago jane austens books are both relevant and popular today.