Nanny McPhee
Overview
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson is a British actress, comedian and screenwriter. Her first major film role was in the 1989 romantic comedy The Tall Guy. In 1992, Thompson won multiple acting awards, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress, for her performance in the British drama Howards End...
and Colin Firth
Colin Firth
SirColin Andrew Firth, CBE is a British film, television, and theatre actor. Firth gained wide public attention in the 1990s for his portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice...
. Thompson also wrote the screenplay, which is adapted from Christianna Brand
Christianna Brand
Christianna Brand was a British crime writer and children's author.- Background :Christianna Brand was born Mary Christianna Milne in Malaya and grew up in India. She had a number of different occupations, including model, dancer, shop assistant and governess...
's Nurse Matilda
Nurse Matilda
The Nurse Matilda books were written by the British children's author Christianna Brand and illustrated by her cousin, Edward Ardizzone. The books are based on stories told to the cousins by their grandfather....
books.
In 19th century England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, widowed Cedric Brown (Colin Firth
Colin Firth
SirColin Andrew Firth, CBE is a British film, television, and theatre actor. Firth gained wide public attention in the 1990s for his portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice...
) has seven children: 11-year old Simon (Thomas Sangster
Thomas Sangster
Thomas Brodie Sangster is an English film and television actor, best known for his roles in Love Actually, Nanny McPhee, The Last Legion, and voice of Ferb Fletcher in Phineas and Ferb.-Personal life:...
), 10-year old Tora (Eliza Bennett
Eliza Bennett
Eliza Hope Bennett is an English teen actress and singer. Her most notable roles were that of Meggie Folchart in the film Inkheart and Susan in From Time to Time.-Early life:...
), 9-year old Lily (Jennifer Rae Daykin
Jennifer Rae Daykin
Jennifer Rae Daykin is a British teen actress best known for her role as Liliana "Lily" Brown in Nanny McPhee. She attended Westende Junior School in Wokingham, Berkshire, England- Filmography :- Awards & nominations :...
), 8-year old Eric (Raphaël Coleman
Raphaël Coleman
Raphaël Coleman is a British teen actor, best known for his role as Eric Brown in Nanny McPhee.,-Films:*Nanny McPhee as Eric Brown*It's Alive as Chris Davis*"Edward's Turmoil" as Edward...
), 7-year old Sebastian (Samuel Honywood
Samuel Honywood
Samuel Honywood is an English teen actor best known for having portrayed Sebastian Brown in Nanny McPhee.-Films:*Nanny McPhee as Sebastian Brown*Who Killed Mrs De Ropp? as Conradin-Awards & nominations:...
), 5-year old Christianna (Holly Gibbs
Holly Gibbs
Holly Gibbs is an English child actor known for having played in The Story of Tracy Beaker as Millie and Nanny McPhee as Christianna. She is the daughter of former actress Claire Toeman. She recently appeared in TEENSVILLE The show was about the Jewish Bar Mitzvah...
)and 1-year old baby Agatha (Hebe and Zinnia Barnes).
Quotations
I NEVER say 'please'!
I'm Oglington Fart worthy. Thats F-A-R-T, FART Worthy.
Bee hive?
I did knock.
I have 5 lessons to teach. What lessons they learn is entirely up to them. Goodnight, Mr Brown.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH! Look at them! Just look at them! The little small things!
Behave or Beware.