The Latest Breaking News from Emma Thompson

Phoebe Waller-Bridge says debuting Fleabag at Fringe Festival changed her life

A new BBC documentary reflects on the history of world-famous festival as it celebrates its 75th anniversary.

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022

Greenwashing is driving our descent into climate catastrophe. But we can stop it

If we could ban tobacco advertising and sponsorship, we can ban fossil fuel propaganda, says the actor and activist Emma Thompson

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2022

Cheating gran has paid £20,000 for sex with 20-years younger escort behind hubby's back

A mum-of-three and grandmother-of-five is secretly paying an escort £300 an hour for steamy bedroom sessions - just like the character Emma Thompson plays in her new movie

Daily Mirror · Aug 1, 2022

Matilda musical movie starring Emma Thompson to open London film festival

World premiere of the film version of the Roald Dahl-based musical also stars Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2022

Merry widows? How attitudes to bereaved women have changed

Societies around the world have always had a problem with a wife who belongs to no one. But what does the term even mean in the modern era?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2022

What the cast of legendary Glasgow drama Tutti Frutti are up to now

Since the Majestics performed their last gig, some of the cast of Tutti Frutti have gone on to achieve worldwide recognition - while others have hung up their acting hat.

Glasgow Live · Jun 23, 2022

Emma Thompson called 'disappointing and offensive' for wearing 'gross' Matilda fat suit

Love Actually actress Emma Thompson underwent an almost unrecognisable transformation for her role as Ms Trunchbull in the new Matilda adaption with heavy prosthetics and a the addition of a fat suit

Daily Mirror · Jun 22, 2022

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande review – Emma Thompson excels in stagey sex comedy

The endlessly versatile actor plays a reserved widow ​who ​hires a ​sex worker ​in this ​enjoyably subversive but not quite believable​ romp​

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2022

Emma Thompson talks about the ‘challenge’ of shooting full-frontal nude scenes ‘at the age that I am’

Actor stars as a teacher who hires a sex worker in the newly released comedy

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2022

‘Good Luck To You, Leo Grande’ review: Emma Thompson is a widow who hires a sex worker to make up for lost time

In “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” on Hulu, a retired school teacher arranges to meet a sex worker at hotel in the hopes of making up for decades of being in a physically unfulfilling marriage. Widowed now for two years, she looks to be in her 60s. Her gentleman…

Chicago Tribune · Jun 17, 2022