Sophie Thompson
| Sophie Thompson | |
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Thompson in 2014
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| Born |
20 January 1962 London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Lumsden (m. 1995; sep. 2015) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) |
Eric Thompson Phyllida Law |
| Relatives | Emma Thompson (sister) |
Sophie Thompson (born 20 January 1962) is an English actress who has worked in television, film and theatre.
She received an Olivier Award nomination for the 1995 London revival of the musical Company, before winning the 1999 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the London revival of Into the Woods. Her film appearances include Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Persuasion (1995) Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Gosford Park (2001), and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010). She also played Stella Crawford in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2006–07), for which she won "Best Bitch" at the Inside Soap awards. Other Olivier nominations include Wildest Dreams (RSC 1994), Clybourne Park (Royal Court and West End, 2010), and Guys and Dolls (Savoy Theatre, 2015–16).
Thompson is the second daughter of actress Phyllida Law, the presenter of the first TV show broadcast on BBC Two, Play School, and actor Eric Thompson, the writer–narrator of the popular children's television series The Magic Roundabout on BBC One in the 1960s. She is the younger sister of actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson.
Thompson made her television debut at the age of 15, starring in the BBC adaptation of the Alison Uttley classic A Traveller in Time, opposite Simon Gipps-Kent, before going on to study at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
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