Still of Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie in Peter's Friends (1992)
 
				
				
						 Caption: Still of Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie in Peter's Friends (1992)
																																				
						Actress, Writer, Soundtrack
						Born: April 15, 1959
						Star sign: Aries
						Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
						Known for: Sense and Sensibility (1995), Love Actually (2003), Nanny McPhee (2005), Howards End (1992)
						Source: IMDB
						Emma Thompson was born in London on April 15, 1959, into a family of actors - her father was Eric Thompson, who has passed away, and her mother, Phyllida Law, has co-starred with Thompson in several films (her sister, Sophie Thompson, is an actor as well). Her father was English-born and her mother is Scottish-born. Thompson's wit was cultivated ...