Emma Thompson was born on 15 April 1959, in Paddington, London UK, of English and Scottish (mother) descent.Emma Thompson is an extremely well-known British actress who has made a successful career, starring in a long list of films that made her very popular, often in period dramas and literary adaptions. but is also known for her natural, often self-deprecating sense of humour, and in fact used to be a comedian. Besides being an actress, Emma is also a screenwriter, and so not only is she one of the most famous UK actresses today, but she is also quite wealthy.
So how rich is Emma Thompson and how did she become so wealthy? It is estimated that Emma’s net worth reaches $64 million, which she has accumulated through acting and screenwriting during a career in the entertainment industry spanning more than 30 years.
Emma Thompson Net Worth $64 Million
Emma Thompson was born into a theatrical family; both her father Eric Thompson and mother Phyllida Law were actors, her mother subsequently starring with Emma in several films. Emma was educated at Camden School for Girls, and then graduated with a BA in English Literature from Newnham College, Cambridge University. While studying, she also made her debut in 1982 when she appeared in the comedy sketch show Cambridge Footlights Revue, with such notable celebrities as Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, with whom she collaborated later in TV shows. She then toured with the stage version of the popular TV series ‘Not the Nine O’Clock News’.
Since then Emma Thompson has appeared in a number of television series such as ‘The Fortunes of War’, ‘Tutti Frutti’, and ‘Thompson’, the latter self-written too, but not very successful. Thompson’s early filmography also includes a few television films such as ‘Wit’, ‘The Song of Lunch’, and ‘Walking the Dogs’. In 1989 she appeared in the British film ‘Henry V’ as Katharine, daughter of Charles VI.All these activities improved her net worth considerably.
However, Emma rose to prominence in 1989 through her performance in the film ‘The Tall Guy’, featuring Jeff Goldblum and Rowan Atkinson. This role significantly increased Emma Thompson’s popularity and net worth. She has subsequently starred in many successful films, including ‘The Remains of the Day’ with Anthony Hopkins, ‘In the Name of the Father’, with Daniel Day-Lewis, ‘Love Actually’ together with an ensemble cast of well-known celebrities, and in three of the ‘Harry Potter’ series of films.
Emma has also won a number of awards. In 1992 for her performance in the film ‘Howards End’ she won the Academy Award for The Best Actress. The movie ‘Sense and Sensibility’, a screen adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen, earned Thompson a BAFTA award for Best Actress.
In addition though, Emma is a versatile personality, whose career revolves not only around cinema and television but also in theatre. She has starred in eight plays, ranging from ‘Henry V’ to, in 2014, starring in the musical ‘Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street’, portraying Mrs. Lovett.
Throughout her acting career Emma Thompson has built a loyal fanbase and has become a household name in the cinema. This is unsurprising as she has appeared in over 40 films and more than 20 TV productions, as well as continuing to perform on the stage. All of her performances have contributed to her net worth
Emma Thompson proved herself not only as a professional actress but also as a successful writer. As a screenwriter, Emma Thompson wrote the screenplay for the film ‘Sense and Sensibility’. which won her an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Moreover, in 2012 Thompson also wrote ‘The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit’, the sequel to The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. and the book was a bestseller. Another book ‘The Christmas Tale of Peter Rabbit’ appeared in 2013. Consequently, these involvements added significantly to the total amount of Emma Thompson’s net worth.
In her personal life, Emma Thompson has been married twice. Her first husband was Kenneth Branagh, whom she married in 1989 but divorced in 1995. Since 2003 Thompson has been married to Greg Wise. Together they have two children, daughter Gaia Romilly Wise and an adopted son Tindyebwa Agaba Wise.
