Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin A. Scott Thomas, OBE ( born May 24, 1960 in Redruth, Cornwall ) is a British- French actress.

Life

Kristin Scott Thomas grew up with her younger sister Serena Scott Thomas in Dorset in England. Your family is traditionally associated with the Royal Navy. Her father and her step- father served as a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm. Her uncle, Sir Richard Thomas, was Admiral and Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod in the House of Lords. Her great- uncle was the polar explorer and naval officer Robert Falcon Scott.

At the age of 19 she went as an Au Pair in Paris, graduated from an acting training at the École Nationale des Arts et Technique de Théâtre and was engaged immediately after graduation for the film project under the cherry moon of the American pop star Prince. In the following years she was mostly seen in French productions. Her breakthrough came in 1992 with Roman Polanski's film Bitter Moon. In 1996 she was nominated for her portrayal of Katharine Clifton in The English Patient for the Oscar for Best Actress. Since then it is one of the great stars of the European film scene and got lead roles in The Horse Whisperer and Gosford Park. In 2008 she received for her portrayal of a child murderess in Philippe Claudel's French-speaking drama So many years I love you the European Film Award for Best Actress. In the same year she was also nominated for a Golden Globe.

In addition, they also played at the theater, including Chekhov and Pirandello in London. She was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress and won it in 2008 for the role of Chekhov's The Seagull in Arcadina at London's Jerwood Theatre. With this production, she went in September 2008 on tour to New York.

2003 Kristin Scott Thomas was awarded the Order of the British Empire and the Legion d' honneur in 2005. She lives separately since 2004 by the French physician Francois Olivennes, with whom she was married from 1987. From the relationship a daughter went (* 1988) and produced two sons (* 1991 and * 2000 ). Thomas has, in addition to the British and the French citizenship.

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Others

Like other celebrities also, Thomas is immortalized in the online role-playing game World of Warcraft. In the capital of Stormwind available at Bank bankers three side by side, together are used to " Kristin Scott Thomas" whose first name.

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