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Dame Emma Thompson

(1959-), Actress

Sitter in 3 portraits
Thompson read English at Newnham College, Cambridge and began her career playing in the Cambridge Footlights with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. Her award-winning film roles include Margaret Schlegel in Howards End (1992) and Elinor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility (1995) for which she also won an Oscar for the screenplay. To a younger generation she is recognisable as Sybill Trelawney in the Harry Potter series of films.

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'Work in Progress',  - NPG 7145

'Work in Progress'

acrylic on paper collaged on panels, 2021-2022
On display in Room 33 on Floor 0 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7145

Dame Emma Thompson, by Tim Richmond - NPG x32111

Dame Emma Thompson

by Tim Richmond
bromide print, November 1988
NPG x32111

Dame Emma Thompson, by Alistair Morrison - NPG x76967

Dame Emma Thompson

by Alistair Morrison
colour print, July 1995
NPG x76967

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