Kristin Scott Thomas
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Kristin A. Scott Thomas, OBE (born 24 May 1960) is an English actress who has also acquired French nationality. She gained international recognition in the 1990s for her roles in Bitter Moon
, Four Weddings and a Funeral
and The English Patient
.
Since the 1980s, she has also worked in French cinema in films such as the thriller Tell No One
and Philippe Claudel
's I've Loved You So Long
. She has lived in France since she was 19, has brought up her three children in Paris, and says she considers herself more French than British. She was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
in 2005.
, Cornwall. Her mother, Deborah (née Hurlbatt), was brought up in Hong Kong and Africa, and studied drama before marrying Scott Thomas's father. Her father, Lieutenant Commander
Simon Scott Thomas, was a pilot for the Royal Navy
's Fleet Air Arm
who died in a flying accident in 1964. She is the elder sister of actress Serena Scott Thomas
, the niece of Admiral Sir Richard Thomas (who was a Black Rod
in the House of Lords
), and a more distant great-great-niece of Captain Scott
, the ill-fated explorer who lost the race to the South Pole.
Scott Thomas was brought up as a Roman Catholic. Her childhood home was in Trent
, Dorset, England. Her mother remarried, to another Royal Navy
pilot, who also died in a flying accident, six years after the death of her father. Scott Thomas was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College
and St. Antony's Leweston School for Girls
in Sherborne
, Dorset, both independent schools. On leaving school she moved to Hampstead
, London, and worked in a department store. She then began training to be a drama teacher at the Central School of Speech and Drama
. On being told she would never be a good enough actress, she left at the age of 19 to work as an au pair
in Paris. Speaking French fluently, she studied acting at the École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre (ENSATT) in Paris, and at age 25 on graduation, was cast opposite pop star Prince
as Mary Sharon, a French heiress, in the 1986 film Under The Cherry Moon
. On his 2009 3-CD set LOtUSFLOW3R, the album MPLSoUND has a song titled "Better With Time", which Prince has said is an ode to Kristin.
. During the 1990s, she appeared opposite Hugh Grant
in Bitter Moon
and Four Weddings and a Funeral
and in 2001 she played the role of Lady Sylvia McCordle in Gosford Park
. She has also appeared in the theatre and on TV in the 2003 Book Clubbin episode of Absolutely Fabulous
, where she played a character called Plum Berkeley.
She was awarded an OBE
in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours
list, and was also made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
by the French government in 2005.
Scott Thomas is a frequent subject on the British motoring programme Top Gear
. She was used as a standard of reference for "good taste," such as during the "Cool Wall" segment of the programme. Presenter Jeremy Clarkson
would rate a car's coolness based mostly on what he thought Scott Thomas's level of distaste for it would be. She appeared as the "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" on the episode broadcast on 25 February 2007 (Series 9, Episode 5) and, proceeded to rubbish most of the decisions Clarkson had made over the past years of the Cool Wall. She also ridiculed the car that he had just ordered, a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder. She completed her lap in a time of 1min 54secs, placing her just above Philip Glenister
, although still near the bottom of the leaderboard.
In early 2007, she played Arkadina in a London West End
production of Anton Chekhov
's The Seagull
, for which she won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress on 9 March 2008. She reprised the role in New York in September 2008.
In 2006, she played the role of Hélène, in French, in Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One
), by French director Guillaume Canet
. In 2008, Scott Thomas received many accolades for her performance in another French film, Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (I've Loved You So Long
), including BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress.
In 2008, Scott Thomas took the role of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire and Ormond, mother of Henry VIII's second wife Anne
, in The Other Boleyn Girl
.
In 2009, she played the role of a fashion magazine creator and editor in the film Confessions of a Shopaholic.
She stars in the film adaption of Douglas Kennedy
's novel The Woman in the Fifth, which is planned with a release in late 2011.
In Sarah's Key
(2011), Scott Thomas starred as an American journalist living in Paris who discovers that the apartment her husband is renovating for them was once the home of a Jewish family who were taken away in the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup; she becomes obsessed with learning what happened to the family's daughter, Sarah. Also in 2011, Scott Thomas will star in the upcoming film Bel Ami
as another love interest of George Duroy (played by Robert Pattinson
).
In summer 2011 Scott Thomas returned to London's West End
to star as Emma in Harold Pinter
's Betrayal
at the Comedy Theatre. The revival was brought to life by director Ian Rickson
. Her husband was played by Ben Miles
and the love triangle was completed by Douglas Henshall
.
The separation was reportedly precipitated by her romantic involvement with English actor Tobias Menzies
, whom she met while appearing in Chekhov's play Three Sisters
in London's West End around 2003. Menzies was also her costar in a London production of Pirandello's As You Desire Me in 2006.
Terre étrangère (1984, Théâtre des Amandiers de Nanterre)
Naïves Hirondelles (1984, Festival d'Avignon
) Yes, peut-être (1985, in a field in Burgundy)
Bérénice
(2001, Festival de Perpignan and Festival d'Avignon + national tour) Three Sisters
(2003, Playhouse Theatre
, London) ... Masha As You Desire Me (2005–06, Playhouse Theatre
, London) ... Elma The Seagull
(2007, Royal Court Theatre
, London) ... ArkadinaLaurence Olivier Awards
Best Actress – The Seagull
A Little Night Music
(Planned February 2010, Théâtre du Châtelet
, Paris)... Désirée Harold Pinter
's Betrayal
(2011, Comedy Theatre, London) ... Emma
Mark Anstead, "Kristin Scott Thomas: The Ice Maiden thaws", interview, Daily Mail, 8 June 2007
Louise France, "I'm 47. Unlike most actresses I don't lie about my age" Interview, The Guardian, 3 February 2008
Betrayal, "Comedy Theatre Review", The Telegraph, 17 June 2011
Betrayal - Review, "Comedy Theatre London", The Guardian, 17 June 2011
First Night: Betrayal, "Comedy Theatre London", The Independent', 17 June 2011
Bitter Moon
Bitter Moon is a 1992 film starring Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner and Peter Coyote and directed by Roman Polanski. The film is known as in France. The script is inspired by a book with the same name, written by the French author Pascal Bruckner. The score was composed by...
, Four Weddings and a Funeral
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British comedy film directed by Mike Newell. It was the first of several films by screenwriter Richard Curtis to feature Hugh Grant...
and The English Patient
The English Patient (film)
The English Patient is a 1996 romantic drama film based on the novel of the same name by Sri Lankan-Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje. The film, written for the screen and directed by Anthony Minghella, won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture...
.
Since the 1980s, she has also worked in French cinema in films such as the thriller Tell No One
Tell No One
Tell No One is a 2006 French thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet and based on the novel of the same name by Harlan Coben. It was written by Guillame Canet and Philippe Lefèbvre and stars François Cluzet...
and Philippe Claudel
Philippe Claudel
Philippe Claudel , is a French writer and film director.Claudel was born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, Meurthe-et-Moselle. In addition to his writing, Claudel is a Professor of Literature at the University of Nancy....
's I've Loved You So Long
I've Loved You So Long
I've Loved You So Long is a 2008 French-language drama film written and directed by Philippe Claudel. It tells the story of a woman struggling to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.-Plot:...
. She has lived in France since she was 19, has brought up her three children in Paris, and says she considers herself more French than British. She was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
Légion d'honneur
The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
in 2005.
Early life
Scott Thomas was born in RedruthRedruth
Redruth is a town and civil parish traditionally in the Penwith Hundred in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has a population of 12,352. Redruth lies approximately at the junction of the A393 and A3047 roads, on the route of the old London to Land's End trunk road , and is approximately west of...
, Cornwall. Her mother, Deborah (née Hurlbatt), was brought up in Hong Kong and Africa, and studied drama before marrying Scott Thomas's father. Her father, Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant Commander is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander...
Simon Scott Thomas, was a pilot for the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
's Fleet Air Arm
Fleet Air Arm
The Fleet Air Arm is the branch of the British Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft. The Fleet Air Arm currently operates the AgustaWestland Merlin, Westland Sea King and Westland Lynx helicopters...
who died in a flying accident in 1964. She is the elder sister of actress Serena Scott Thomas
Serena Scott Thomas
Serena Harriet Scott Thomas is an English actress.-Family and personal:Scott Thomas was born in Nether Compton, Dorset. Her mother, Deborah , was brought up in Hong Kong and Africa, and studied drama before marrying Scott Thomas' father...
, the niece of Admiral Sir Richard Thomas (who was a Black Rod
Black Rod
The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, generally shortened to just Black Rod, is an official in the parliaments of several Commonwealth countries. The position originates in the House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
), and a more distant great-great-niece of Captain Scott
Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13...
, the ill-fated explorer who lost the race to the South Pole.
Scott Thomas was brought up as a Roman Catholic. Her childhood home was in Trent
Trent, Dorset
Trent is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley four miles north west of Sherborne and four miles north east of Yeovil. It was formerly in Somerset...
, Dorset, England. Her mother remarried, to another Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
pilot, who also died in a flying accident, six years after the death of her father. Scott Thomas was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College
Cheltenham Ladies' College
The Cheltenham Ladies' College is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.-History:The school was founded in 1853...
and St. Antony's Leweston School for Girls
St Antony's Leweston
Leweston School is a Catholic independent school for girls near Sherborne in Dorset, UK. It is the sister-school of St Teresa's School in Surrey. The school was founded as St Antony's school in 1891 by the Sisters of Christian Instruction....
in Sherborne
Sherborne
Sherborne is a market town in northwest Dorset, England. It is sited on the River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The A30 road, which connects London to Penzance, runs through the town. The population of the town is 9,350 . 27.1% of the population is aged 65 or...
, Dorset, both independent schools. On leaving school she moved to Hampstead
Hampstead
Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland...
, London, and worked in a department store. She then began training to be a drama teacher at the Central School of Speech and Drama
Central School of Speech and Drama
The Central School of Speech and Drama was founded in London in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students...
. On being told she would never be a good enough actress, she left at the age of 19 to work as an au pair
Au pair
An au pair is a domestic assistant from a foreign country working for, and living as part of, a host family. Typically, au pairs take on a share of the family's responsibility for childcare as well as some housework, and receive a small monetary allowance for personal use...
in Paris. Speaking French fluently, she studied acting at the École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre (ENSATT) in Paris, and at age 25 on graduation, was cast opposite pop star Prince
Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
as Mary Sharon, a French heiress, in the 1986 film Under The Cherry Moon
Under the Cherry Moon
Under the Cherry Moon is a 1986 film directed by and starring Prince as a gigolo named Christopher Tracy and Time member Jerome Benton as his partner, Tricky. Together, the pair swindle wealthy French women...
. On his 2009 3-CD set LOtUSFLOW3R, the album MPLSoUND has a song titled "Better With Time", which Prince has said is an ode to Kristin.
Career
Scott Thomas played the central role of an unfaithful wife in the 1996 film The English PatientThe English Patient (film)
The English Patient is a 1996 romantic drama film based on the novel of the same name by Sri Lankan-Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje. The film, written for the screen and directed by Anthony Minghella, won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture...
. During the 1990s, she appeared opposite Hugh Grant
Hugh Grant
Hugh John Mungo Grant is an English actor and film producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, and an Honorary César. His films have earned more than $2.4 billion from 25 theatrical releases worldwide. Grant achieved international stardom after appearing in Richard Curtis's...
in Bitter Moon
Bitter Moon
Bitter Moon is a 1992 film starring Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner and Peter Coyote and directed by Roman Polanski. The film is known as in France. The script is inspired by a book with the same name, written by the French author Pascal Bruckner. The score was composed by...
and Four Weddings and a Funeral
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British comedy film directed by Mike Newell. It was the first of several films by screenwriter Richard Curtis to feature Hugh Grant...
and in 2001 she played the role of Lady Sylvia McCordle in Gosford Park
Gosford Park
Gosford Park is a 2001 British-American mystery comedy-drama film directed by Robert Altman and written by Julian Fellowes. The film stars an ensemble cast, which includes Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Alan Bates, and Michael Gambon...
. She has also appeared in the theatre and on TV in the 2003 Book Clubbin episode of Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous, also known as Ab Fab, is a British sitcom created by Jennifer Saunders, based on an original idea by her and Dawn French, and written by Saunders, who plays the leading character. It also stars Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha, along with June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks...
, where she played a character called Plum Berkeley.
She was awarded an OBE
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours
Queen's Birthday Honours
The Queen's Birthday Honours is a part of the British honours system, being a civic occasion on the celebration of the Queen's Official Birthday in which new members of most Commonwealth Realms honours are named. The awards are presented by the reigning monarch or head of state, currently Queen...
list, and was also made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
Légion d'honneur
The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
by the French government in 2005.
Scott Thomas is a frequent subject on the British motoring programme Top Gear
Top Gear (current format)
Top Gear is a British television series about motor vehicles, primarily cars. It began in 1977 as a conventional motoring magazine show. Over time, and especially since a relaunch in 2002, it has developed a quirky, humorous style...
. She was used as a standard of reference for "good taste," such as during the "Cool Wall" segment of the programme. Presenter Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson is an English broadcaster, journalist and writer who specialises in motoring. He is best known for his role on the BBC TV show Top Gear along with co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May...
would rate a car's coolness based mostly on what he thought Scott Thomas's level of distaste for it would be. She appeared as the "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" on the episode broadcast on 25 February 2007 (Series 9, Episode 5) and, proceeded to rubbish most of the decisions Clarkson had made over the past years of the Cool Wall. She also ridiculed the car that he had just ordered, a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder. She completed her lap in a time of 1min 54secs, placing her just above Philip Glenister
Philip Glenister
Philip Haywood Glenister is an English actor, known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in British television series Life On Mars and its sequel Ashes To Ashes.-Television and films:...
, although still near the bottom of the leaderboard.
In early 2007, she played Arkadina in a London West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
production of Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
's The Seagull
The Seagull
The Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The Seagull was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896...
, for which she won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress on 9 March 2008. She reprised the role in New York in September 2008.
In 2006, she played the role of Hélène, in French, in Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One
Tell No One
Tell No One is a 2006 French thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet and based on the novel of the same name by Harlan Coben. It was written by Guillame Canet and Philippe Lefèbvre and stars François Cluzet...
), by French director Guillaume Canet
Guillaume Canet
Guillaume Canet is a French actor and film director.Canet began his career in theatre and television before moving to film. He starred in several films like Joyeux Noël, Love Me If You Dare and The Beach...
. In 2008, Scott Thomas received many accolades for her performance in another French film, Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (I've Loved You So Long
I've Loved You So Long
I've Loved You So Long is a 2008 French-language drama film written and directed by Philippe Claudel. It tells the story of a woman struggling to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.-Plot:...
), including BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress.
In 2008, Scott Thomas took the role of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire and Ormond, mother of Henry VIII's second wife Anne
Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn ;c.1501/1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of Henry VIII of England and Marquess of Pembroke in her own right. Henry's marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the...
, in The Other Boleyn Girl
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Other Boleyn Girl is a historical fiction novel written by British author Philippa Gregory, loosely based on the life of 16th-century aristocrat Mary Boleyn. Reviews were mixed; some said it was a brilliantly claustrophobic look at palace life in Tudor England, while others have consistently...
.
In 2009, she played the role of a fashion magazine creator and editor in the film Confessions of a Shopaholic.
She stars in the film adaption of Douglas Kennedy
Douglas Kennedy (writer)
Douglas Kennedy is an internationally renowned and bestselling novelist. His 10 novels havebeen translated in 22 countries. His latest novel, , to be published in paperback with...
's novel The Woman in the Fifth, which is planned with a release in late 2011.
In Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key is a French drama starring Kristin Scott-Thomas and follows an American journalist's present-day investigation into the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup Sarah's Key is a French drama starring Kristin Scott-Thomas and follows an American journalist's present-day investigation into the Vel' d'Hiv...
(2011), Scott Thomas starred as an American journalist living in Paris who discovers that the apartment her husband is renovating for them was once the home of a Jewish family who were taken away in the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup; she becomes obsessed with learning what happened to the family's daughter, Sarah. Also in 2011, Scott Thomas will star in the upcoming film Bel Ami
Bel Ami (2011 film)
Bel Ami is an upcoming film starring Robert Pattinson and Uma Thurman. The film is directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod and is based on the 1885 French novel of the same name by Guy de Maupassant...
as another love interest of George Duroy (played by Robert Pattinson
Robert Pattinson
Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson is an English actor, model, musician, and producer. Born and raised in London, Pattinson started out his career by playing the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire...
).
In summer 2011 Scott Thomas returned to London's West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
to star as Emma in Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to...
's Betrayal
Betrayal (play)
Betrayal is a play written by Harold Pinter in 1978. Critically regarded as one of the English playwright's major dramatic works, it features his characteristically economical dialogue, characters' hidden emotions and veiled motivations, and their self-absorbed competitive one-upmanship,...
at the Comedy Theatre. The revival was brought to life by director Ian Rickson
Ian Rickson
Ian Rickson is a British theatre and film director. He was the Artistic Director at the Royal Court Theatre in London from 1998 to 2006, and currently works freelance....
. Her husband was played by Ben Miles
Ben Miles
Ben Miles is an English actor, best known for his starring role as Patrick Maitland in the British TV comedy Coupling, from 2000 to 2004.-Life and career:...
and the love triangle was completed by Douglas Henshall
Douglas Henshall
Douglas James Henshall is a Scottish actor probably best known for his role as Professor Nick Cutter in the British science fiction series Primeval.-Early life:...
.
Personal life
Scott Thomas is divorced from French gynaecologist François Olivennes, with whom she has three children: Hannah (born in 1988), Joseph (1991) and George (2000). They had been together for 18 years.The separation was reportedly precipitated by her romantic involvement with English actor Tobias Menzies
Tobias Menzies
Tobias Menzies is an English stage, television, and film actor, best known for his role as Brutus in the 2005/2007 TV series Rome.-Early years:...
, whom she met while appearing in Chekhov's play Three Sisters
Three Sisters (play)
Three Sisters is a play by Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, perhaps partially inspired by the situation of the three Brontë sisters, but most probably by the three Zimmermann sisters in Perm...
in London's West End around 2003. Menzies was also her costar in a London production of Pirandello's As You Desire Me in 2006.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Charly | ||
| 1986 | Under the Cherry Moon Under the Cherry Moon Under the Cherry Moon is a 1986 film directed by and starring Prince as a gigolo named Christopher Tracy and Time member Jerome Benton as his partner, Tricky. Together, the pair swindle wealthy French women... |
Mary Sharon | Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress |
| 1987 | Djamal et Juliette | ||
| 1987 | Agent trouble | Julie | |
| 1988 | Lounge Chair Lounge Chair (film) Lounge Chair is a 1988 Swiss-French drama film directed by Jean-François Amiguet. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Jérôme Anger - François* Kristin Scott Thomas - Marie* Sylvie Orcier - Marthe... |
Marie | |
| 1988 | Brenda Last | Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer | |
| 1988 | Thérèse | ||
| 1989 | Bille en tête | Clara | also released as Headstrong |
| 1989 | Force majeure | Katia | |
| 1990 | Marie Forestier | ||
| 1991 | Aux yeux du monde | ||
| 1991 | Valentino! I Love You | ||
| 1991 | Mio caro dottor Gräsler | Sabine | |
| 1992 | Bitter Moon Bitter Moon Bitter Moon is a 1992 film starring Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner and Peter Coyote and directed by Roman Polanski. The film is known as in France. The script is inspired by a book with the same name, written by the French author Pascal Bruckner. The score was composed by... |
Fiona | |
| 1994 | Marie-Thérèse Von Debretsy | ||
| 1994 | Four Weddings and a Funeral Four Weddings and a Funeral Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British comedy film directed by Mike Newell. It was the first of several films by screenwriter Richard Curtis to feature Hugh Grant... |
Fiona | |
| 1994 | Alfred Hitchcock's assistant | ||
| 1995 | Plaisir d'offrir | ||
| 1995 | En mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît | Martine | |
| 1995 | Mary–Jane Cooper | ||
| 1995 | Richard III Richard III (1995 film) Richard III is a 1995 drama film adapted from William Shakespeare's play of the same name, starring Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Nigel Hawthorne, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, John Wood and Dominic West.... |
Lady Anne | |
| 1995 | Angels & Insects Angels & Insects Angels & Insects is a 1995 romance drama film directed by Philip Haas. It was written by Philip and Belinda Haas with A. S. Byatt after her novella Morpho Eugenia.-Plot:... |
Matty Crompton | |
| 1996 | Microcosmos | Narrator | |
| 1996 | Gulliver's Travels (mini-series) | Immortal Gatekeeper | |
| 1996 | Katharine Clifton | ||
| 1996 | Mission: Impossible Mission: Impossible (film) Mission: Impossible is a 1996 action thriller directed by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Cruise. Following on from the television series of the same name, the plot follows a new agent, Ethan Hunt and his mission to uncover the mole within the CIA who has framed him for the murders of his entire... |
Sarah Davies | |
| 1996 | Somebody to Love | ||
| 1996 | Caroline | ||
| 1997 | Amour et confusions Amour et confusions Amour et confusions is a French film which was released in 1997. It stars Patrick Braoudé, Kristin Scott Thomas and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi.... |
Sarah | |
| 1998 | Souvenir | Ann | |
| 1998 | Sweet Revenge Sweet Revenge (1998 film) Sweet Revenge is a 1998 British comedy film written and directed by Malcolm Mowbray. The screenplay is based on the epic two-part play The Revengers' Comedies by Alan Ayckbourn.... |
Imogen Staxton-Billing | |
| 1998 | Annie MacLean | ||
| 1999 | Random Hearts Random Hearts (film) Random Hearts is a 1999 film adaption of the novel of the same name. It is directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas.-Plot:... |
Kay Chandler | |
| 2000 | Up at the Villa Up at the Villa Up at the Villa is a 1941 novella by William Somerset Maugham about a young widow caught between three men: her suitor, her one-night stand, and her confidant. A fast-paced story, Up at the Villa incorporates elements of the crime and suspense novel.... |
Mary Panton | |
| 2000 | Play | First Woman | |
| 2001 | Life as a House Life as a House Life as a House is a 2001 American drama film produced and directed by Irwin Winkler. The screenplay by Mark Andrus focuses on a man who is anxious to repair his relationship with his ex-wife and teenaged son after he is diagnosed with terminal cancer.... |
Robin Monroe | |
| 2001 | Gosford Park Gosford Park Gosford Park is a 2001 British-American mystery comedy-drama film directed by Robert Altman and written by Julian Fellowes. The film stars an ensemble cast, which includes Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Alan Bates, and Michael Gambon... |
Sylvia McCordle | |
| 2003 | Small Cuts | Béatrice | Petites coupures |
| 2004 | Arsène Lupin | Joséphine, comtesse de Cagliostro | |
| 2005 | Man to Man Man to Man (2005 film) Man to Man is a 2005 historical drama film directed by Régis Wargnier and starring Joseph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas and Iain Glen. One man in a team of Victorian scientists conducting research in Africa begins to have doubts about the human cost of their mission. It was scripted by William Boyd.... |
Elena Van Den Ende | |
| 2005 | Chromophobia | Iona Aylesbury | |
| 2005 | Keeping Mum Keeping Mum Keeping Mum is a 2005 British black comedy film starring Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith and Patrick Swayze.-Plot:In the opening scene, as pregnant young Rosie Jones rides on a train, her very large trunk starts leaking blood... |
Gloria Goodfellow | Nominated – London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the Year |
| 2006 | Christine Levasseur | ||
| 2007 | Mauvaise pente | ||
| 2007 | Tell No One Tell No One Tell No One is a 2006 French thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet and based on the novel of the same name by Harlan Coben. It was written by Guillame Canet and Philippe Lefèbvre and stars François Cluzet... |
Hélène Perkins | |
| 2007 | Lynn Lockner | ||
| 2007 | Stelmaria | ||
| 2008 | I've Loved You So Long I've Loved You So Long I've Loved You So Long is a 2008 French-language drama film written and directed by Philippe Claudel. It tells the story of a woman struggling to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.-Plot:... |
Juliette | |
| 2008 | Elizabeth Boleyn | ||
| 2008 | Seuls two | L'antiquaire | |
| 2008 | Easy Virtue | Mrs. Whittaker | |
| 2008 | Largo Winch Largo Winch (film) Largo Winch is a 2008 French film based on the Belgian comic Largo Winch. It was released on 17 December 2008. A sequel was released in Belgium February 16, 2011 as Largo Winch ; its international title being The Burma Conspiracy.-Cast:... |
Ann Fergusson | |
| 2009 | Confessions of a Shopaholic Confessions of a Shopaholic (film) Confessions of a Shopaholic is a 2009 American romantic comedy film based on the Shopaholic series of novels by Sophie Kinsella. Directed by P. J. Hogan, the film stars Isla Fisher as the shopaholic journalist and Hugh Dancy as her boss.-Plot:... |
Alette Naylor | |
| 2009 | Leaving Leaving (film) - Plot summary :Suzanne is a well to do married woman and mother in the south of France. Her idle bourgeois lifestyle gets her down and she decides to go back to work as a physiotherapist. Her husband agrees to fix up a consulting room for her in their backyard. When Suzanne and the man hired to... |
Suzanne | Nominated – Cesar Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Actress List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:... |
| 2010 | Nowhere Boy Nowhere Boy Nowhere Boy is a 2009 British biopic about John Lennon's adolescence, his relationships with his guardian aunt and his birth mother, the creation of his first band, the Quarrymen, and its evolution into the Beatles. The film is based on a biography written by Lennon's half-sister Julia Baird... |
Mimi Smith Mimi Smith Mary Elizabeth "Mimi" Smith was the maternal aunt and parental guardian of the English musician John Lennon. Mimi was born in Liverpool, England and was the oldest of five daughters. She became a resident trainee nurse at the Woolton Convalescent Hospital, and later worked as a private secretary... |
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| 2010 | Contre Toi | Anna | |
| 2010 | Crime d'amour (Love Crime Love Crime Crime d'amour is a 2010 French psychological suspense thriller starring Ludivine Sagnier and Kristin Scott-Thomas. It is the last film directed by Alain Corneau, and was released posthumously after the director's death from cancer.... ) |
Christine | |
| 2010 | Sarah's Key Sarah's Key Sarah's Key is a French drama starring Kristin Scott-Thomas and follows an American journalist's present-day investigation into the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup Sarah's Key is a French drama starring Kristin Scott-Thomas and follows an American journalist's present-day investigation into the Vel' d'Hiv... |
Julia Armond | Nominated – Cesar Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Actress List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:... |
| 2011 | Bel Ami Bel Ami (2011 film) Bel Ami is an upcoming film starring Robert Pattinson and Uma Thurman. The film is directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod and is based on the 1885 French novel of the same name by Guy de Maupassant... |
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Theatre
Festival d'Avignon
The Festival d'Avignon, or Avignon Festival, is an annual arts festival held in the French city of Avignon. Founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar, it is the oldest extant festival in France and one of the world's greatest...
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Bérénice
Berenice is a five-act tragedy by the French 17th-century playwright Jean Racine. Berenice was not played often between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Today it is one of Racine's more popular plays, after Phèdre, Andromaque and Britannicus.It was first performed in 1670...
(2001, Festival de Perpignan and Festival d'Avignon + national tour)
Three Sisters (play)
Three Sisters is a play by Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, perhaps partially inspired by the situation of the three Brontë sisters, but most probably by the three Zimmermann sisters in Perm...
(2003, Playhouse Theatre
Playhouse Theatre
The Playhouse Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, located in Northumberland Avenue, near Trafalgar Square. The Theatre was built by F. H. Fowler and Hill with a seating capacity of 1,200. It was rebuilt in 1907 and still retains its original substage machinery...
, London) ... Masha
Playhouse Theatre
The Playhouse Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, located in Northumberland Avenue, near Trafalgar Square. The Theatre was built by F. H. Fowler and Hill with a seating capacity of 1,200. It was rebuilt in 1907 and still retains its original substage machinery...
, London) ... Elma
The Seagull
The Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The Seagull was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896...
(2007, Royal Court Theatre
Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...
, London) ... Arkadina
Laurence Olivier Awards
The Laurence Olivier Award is presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre. Named after the renowned British actor Laurence Olivier, they are given for West End shows and other productions staged in London...
Best Actress –
The Seagull
The Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The Seagull was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896...
A Little Night Music
A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it involves the romantic lives of several couples. Its title is a literal English translation of the German name for Mozart's Serenade...
(Planned February 2010, Théâtre du Châtelet
Théâtre du Châtelet
The Théâtre du Châtelet is a theatre and opera house, located in the place du Châtelet in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France.One of two theatres built on the site of a châtelet, a small castle or fortress, it was designed by Gabriel Davioud at the request of Baron Haussmann between 1860 and...
, Paris)... Désirée
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to...
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Betrayal
Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations...
(2011, Comedy Theatre, London) ... Emma
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External links
- Ryan Gilbey, "The three stages of Kristin", interview,