Born:
January 20, 1962
in
Hampstead, London
Best Known For:
Playing Mafalda Hopkirk in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1.
Early-life:
Born on January 20, 1962 in Hampstead, London to actress Phyllida Law and actor Eric Thompson. She is the younger sister of actress Emma Thompson. She first appeared on TV at age 15, starring in the BBC adaptation of A Traveller in Time. She then went on to study at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Career:
Thompson appeared in a number of films during the 1990s, including Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Emma (1996) and Dancing at Lughnasa (1998). She also made a number of TV appearances in the 1990s and 2000s, including in Jonathan Creek, Persuasion, Midsomer Murders and Doc Martin. From 2006 to 2007 she played Stella Crawford in EastEnders. More recently, she has appeared in such films as Eat Pray Love (2010), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010) and That Day We Sang (2014), as well as such TV series as Lightfields, Detectorists and Jericho. Aside from TV and film, Thompson has had a successful stage career that has seen her nominated for Olivier Awards on several occasions, and even winning one when she portrayed The Baker's Wife in Into the Woods from 1998 to 1999. In 2014, Thompson won Celebrity Masterchef and released a recipe book, My Family Kitchen, the year after.
Quote:
'I wonder what it was like to be an actor years ago. We're so respected now and I don't think it does us any good. We used to be vagabonds. I want to be a vagabond!'
Trivia:
She released her first children's book, Zoo Boy, in 2016.