Kristin Scott Thomas

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Biography

Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas (born 24 May 1960) is a British actress. A five-time BAFTA Award and Olivier Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and the Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2008 for the Royal Court revival of The Seagull. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in The English Patient (1996). Scott Thomas made her film debut in Under the Cherry Moon (1986), and won the Evening Standard Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer for A Handful of Dust (1988). Her work includes Bitter Moon (1992), Mission: Impossible (1996), The Horse Whisperer (1998), Gosford Park (2001), The Valet (2006), and Tell No One (2007). She won the European Film Award for Best Actress for Philippe Claudel's I've Loved You So Long (2008). Her other films include Leaving (2009), Love Crime (2010), Sarah's Key (2010), Nowhere Boy (2010), The Woman in the Fifth (2011), Only God Forgives (2013), Darkest Hour (2017), and Tomb Raider (2018). On television, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for her guest appearance in the second season of the comedy series Fleabag (2019), and has starred in the Apple TV+ spy series Slow Horses since 2022. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama. She was named a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by the French government in 2005. Scott Thomas was born in Redruth, Cornwall. Her mother, Deborah (née Hurlbatt), was brought up in Hong Kong and Africa, and studied drama before marrying Kristin's father, Lieutenant Commander Simon Scott Thomas, a pilot in the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm 893 Squadron, who died in a flying accident on a de Havilland Sea Vixen when Kristin was aged five. She has three siblings, including Serena Scott Thomas. She is the niece of Admiral Sir Richard Thomas (a former Black Rod), the granddaughter of William Scott Thomas (who commanded HMS Impulsive during World War II) and the great-great-niece of the polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott. The childhood home of Scott Thomas was in Trent, near Sherborne, Dorset, England. Her mother remarried another Royal Navy pilot, Lieutenant Commander Simon Idiens (of Simon's Sircus aerobatic team flying Sea Vixens), who also died in a flying accident whilst flying a Phantom FG1 from RNAS Yeovilton off the North coast of Cornwall in January 1972. Scott Thomas was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College and St Antony's Leweston in Sherborne, Dorset. On leaving school in 1978, she moved to Hampstead, London, and worked in a department store. She began training to become a drama teacher at the Central School of Speech and Drama, enrolling on a BEd in Speech and Drama. During her time at the school, she requested to switch degree courses to acting but was refused. After a year at Central, speaking French fluently, she decided to move to Paris to work as an au pair,[2] and studied acting at the École Nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre (ENSATT). When she was 25, she was cast as Mary Sharon in the film Under the Cherry Moon (1986).

Filmography

1. 2025My Mother's Weddingas Diana · Director · Writer · Executive producer
2. 2023Two Tickets to Greeceas Bijou
3. 2022Slow Horsesas Diana Taverner · 36 episodes
4. 2021Final Setas Judith Edison
5. 2020Rebeccaas Mrs. Danvers
6. 2020Military Wivesas Kate
7. 2019One Red Nose Day and a Weddingas Fiona
8. 2018In Her Handsas The Countess
9. 2018Tomb Raideras Ana Miller
10. 2017Darkest Houras Clemmie
11. 2017The Partyas Janet
12. 2016Fleabagas Belinda · 1 episode
13. 2015Suite Françaiseas Madame Angellier
14. 2015My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refnas Self
15. 2014My Old Ladyas Chloé Girard
16. 2014D-Day Sacrificeas Kay Summersby (voice) · 2 episodes
17. 2013The Invisible Womanas Catherine Ternan
18. 2013Before the Winter Chillas Lucie
19. 2013Only God Forgivesas Crystal
20. 2012In the Houseas Jeanne
21. 2012Looking for Hortenseas Iva
22. 2012Salmon Fishing in the Yemenas Patricia Maxwell
23. 2012Bel Amias Virginie Walters
24. 2011The Woman in the Fifthas Margit
25. 2011In Your Handsas Anna
26. 2010Sarah's Keyas Julia Jarmond
27. 2010Love Crimeas Christine Rivière
28. 2009Nowhere Boyas Mimi Smith
29. 2009Leavingas Suzanne
30. 2009Confessions of a Shopaholicas Alette Naylor
31. 2008The Heir Apparent: Largo Winchas Ann Ferguson
32. 2008Easy Virtueas Mrs. Whittaker
33. 20082 Alone in Parisas L'antiquaire
34. 2008I've Loved You So Longas Juliette
35. 2008The Other Boleyn Girlas Lady Elizabeth Boleyn
36. 2007The Golden Compassas Stelmania (voice)
37. 2007The Walkeras Lynn Lockner
38. 2006Tell No Oneas Helene Perkins
39. 2006Chromophobiaas Iona Aylesbury
40. 2006The Valetas Christine Levasseur
41. 2005Keeping Mumas Gloria Goodfellow
42. 2005Man to Manas Elena Van Den Ende
43. 2004Arsène Lupinas Joséphine
44. 2001Gosford Parkas Sylvia McCordle
45. 2001Life as a Houseas Robin Kimball
46. 2000Up at the Villaas Mary Panton
47. 1999Random Heartsas Kay Chandler
48. 1998The Horse Whispereras Annie MacLean
49. 1996The English Patientas Katharine Clifton
50. 1996Mission: Impossibleas Sarah Davies
51. 1996Gulliver's Travelsas Immortal Gatekeeper · 2 episodes
52. 1995Richard IIIas Lady Anne
53. 1995Angels and Insectsas Matty Crompton
54. 1994Four Weddings and a Funeralas Fiona
55. 1992Absolutely Fabulousas Plum Berkeley · 1 episode
56. 1992Bitter Moonas Fiona
57. 1989Uncontrollable Circumstancesas Katia
58. 1988A Handful of Dustas Brenda Last
59. 1986Under the Cherry Moonas Mary Sharon
60. 1953The Oscarsas Self · 1 episode