Sophie Thompson
Sophie Thompson ( born January 1, 1962 in London) is a British actress.
Life and career
Sophie Thompson is the daughter of actor Eric Thompson and Phyllida Law; the actress Emma Thompson is her older sister.
Thompson has learned their trade at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She debuted in 1978 in the television series A Traveller in Time. In the television drama Secret Orchards (1979 ) she played a greater role. In the television war drama Tumbledown (1988 ) she appeared alongside Colin Firth; 21 ( 1991), she appeared in a larger role alongside Patsy Kensit.
In the comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994 ) Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell Thompson played the bride of the second wedding. In the film drama Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), she starred opposite Meryl Streep to see as their sister. For her role in the comedy Relative Values ( 2000) with Julie Andrews and Edward Atterton she was nominated in 2001 as a British Supporting Actress of the Year for the London Critics Circle Film Award. As an ensemble member of the comedy Gosford Park ( 2001) she won the 2002 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, the Florida Film Critics Circle Award, the Online Film Critics Society Award, Satellite Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, she was also for the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award nomination.
In the years 2006 and 2007, Thompson has appeared in 87 episodes of the TV series EastEnders. For this role she was nominated as the villain of the year for the British Soap Awards 2007. In 2008 she was nominated in two categories for the same price.
Thompson was awarded in 1999 for her role in the musical Into the Woods the Laurence Olivier Award. She is married to actor Richard Lumsden since 1995 and has two sons.