Emma Thompson
- 65 years old
- British
- Actor, writer, producer and executive producer
Press clippings
Wimbledon: Stars call on championships to end Barclays sponsorship
Actress Emma Thompson and film director Richard Curtis are two of the campaigners who said Barclays was "profiting from climate chaos".
Jemma Dempsey, BBC, 3rd July 2023Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry and Aisling Bea urge UK banks to stop financing fossil fuels
Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry and Aisling Bea are among celebrities calling on the five of the UK's biggest High Street banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coal projects.
Beth Timmins, BBC, 25th January 2023Comedies up for British Independent Film Awards
Brian And Charles & Good Luck To You, Leo Grande are nominated for the British Independent Film Awards.
Chortle, 4th November 2022Good Luck To You, Leo Grande film review
A real eye-opener with a fantastic performance by Emma Thompson, who seemingly can't put a foot wrong.
Linda Marric, The Jewish Chronicle, 30th June 2022Good Luck To You, Leo Grande review
I enjoy watching Leo Grande but I'm unconvinced by it.
Susan Singfield, Bouquets & Brickbats, 29th June 2022Good Luck To You, Leo Grande review
For its first 35 minutes or so, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande foregrounds one of the most fascinating, maddening conversational duets in a good long while--the kind of extended two-hander that definitely feels like transplanted theater but rarely suffers from that feeling.
Mike D'Angelo, Alternate Ending, 28th June 2022Good Luck To You, Leo Grande review
The endlessly versatile actor plays a reserved widow who hires a sex worker in this enjoyably subversive but not quite believable romp.
Mark Kermode, The Observer, 19th June 2022Good Luck To You, Leo Grande review
A chamber piece set in the bedchamber depicts an older woman in search of sexual pleasure.
Saskia Baron, The Arts Desk, 17th June 2022Good Luck To You, Leo Grande review
Emma Thompson dramedy is a refreshing bedroom romp.
Ro Moore, What To Watch, 17th June 2022Finally an older woman gets to be sexual on screen. Why did it take so long?
In Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, the sight of Emma Thompson, 63, showing her entire naked female body is still more surprising than it should be.
Francesca Steele, i Newspaper, 17th June 2022